Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2014

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2014	Samantha Krieger	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2014	Mikhail Baryshev	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2014	Hardy Wijaya	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2014	Vitor Cid	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2014	Kevin Budiman	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Honours) May 2014	Ron Estrin	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Majors) May 2014	Philip Poulin	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Honours) May 2014	Xin Ru Wang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Majors) May 2014	Yicheng Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship March 2014	Susannah Kirby	Google

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CACS/AIC Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Award March 2014	Kevin Leyton-Brown	CACS/AIC
Steacie Memorial Fellowship February 2014	Kevin Leyton-Brown	NSERC
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award January 2014	Ron Estrin	CRA

2013

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
ACM SIGGRAPH/EG Best Paper Honorable Mention December 2013	Michiel van de Panne, Shailen Agrawal	ACM SIGGRAPH/EG
Motion in Games Conference Best Paper Award December 2013	Michiel van de Panne, Shailen Agrawal, Shuo Shen	Motion in Games Conference
AIJ Classic Paper Award August 2013	Alan Mackworth	AIJ
IJCAI Distinguished Paper Award July 2013	David Matheson, Masrour Zoghi, Nando de Freitas, Ziyu Wang	IJCAI
CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award June 2013	David Poole	CAIAC
Eurographics Fellow June 2013	Wolfgang Heidrich	Eurographics Association
UMAP Best Paper Award June 2013	Cristina Conati, Samad Kardan	UMAP
ICSE Most Influential Paper Award May 2013	Gail Murphy	ICSE
Alain Fournier Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation April 2013	Tyson Brochu	Alain Fournier Memorial Fund
Microsoft SEIF Award April 2013	Joanna McGrenere	Microsoft Research
Alfred Sloan Research Fellowship February 2013	Nick Harvey	Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
CACS Outstanding Young Computer Science Research Prize February 2013	Michael Friedlander	Canadian Association of Computer Science
Charles McDowell Award February 2013	Nando de Freitas	UBC VP Research & International
UBC Killam Research Fellowship February 2013	Cristina Conati	UBC VP Research & International
UBC Killam Research Prize February 2013	Dinesh Pai	UBC VP Research & International

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation Outstanding Service Award December 2013	Alan Hu	IEEE Council Outstanding Service Award story
IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation Outstanding Service Award December 2013	Alan Hu	IEEE
UBC President's Staff Award September 2013	Moyra Ditchfield	UBC
UBC Computer Department Student Service Award May 2013	Hagit Schechter, Vasanth Rajendran	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2013	Maria Piao, Michelle Chuang, Peter Cheung, Richard Lei, Richard Lo, Tina Wang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Fostering a Collegial Environment) May 2013	Dan Miner	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Going Above and Beyond) May 2013	Tim Li	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Research) May 2013	Laura Selander	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Students and/or Educational Program) May 2013	Giuliana Villegas	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Team Award) May 2013	Hermie Lam, Holly Kwan, Kletnathee Imhiran, Lara Hall, Laura Selander	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service May 2013	Anthony Winstanley	UBC Faculty of Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2012 CS Department Teaching Award May 2013	Donald Acton, Gregor Kiczales, Nick Harvey, Patrice Belleville, Paul Carter, Robert Bridson	UBC Department of Computer Science
Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award May 2013	Julius Davies	UBC VP Academic
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2013	Anika Mahmud	UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2013	Anika Mahmud	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Graduate TA Award May 2013	Jessica Dawson, Joel Ferstay, Junhao Shi, Matiul Alam, Michael Firmin, Mikhail Bessmeltsev, Nima Kaviani, Shailen Agrawal, Zachary Drudi	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Award May 2013	Benjamin Israel, Bita Nejat, Brendan Shillingford, Caroline McQuatt, Chris Smith, Chris Thompson, John-Jose Nunez, Shirley Ly, Thea Simpson	UBC Department of Computer Science
Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award April 2013	Julius Davis	UBC VP Academic

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2013	Ruiyuan Chen	Governor General of Canada
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2013	Leemor Yuravlivker	UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2013	Leemor Yuravlivker	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2013	Angel Cheung	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2013	Paul Liu, Stephanie Van Dyk	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2013	Tina Yang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2013	Connor Mayer	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2013	Yu Fei Long	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2013	Jessie Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Majors) May 2013	Alyanna Uy	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Honours) May 2013	Ruiyuan Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Majors) May 2013	Robert Sumi	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition Judges' Choice Award 1st Prize (tied) April 2013	Billy Lin	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition People's Choice Award 1st Prize April 2013	Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition People's Choice Award 2nd Prize April 2013	Vlad Zaharia	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition Judges' Choice Award 1st Prize (tied) March 2013	Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Digital U Competition March 2013	Bio Cho	UBC

2012

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
ACM Fellow December 2012	Gregor Kiczales	ACM
Canada Research Chair in Algorithm Design October 2012	Nick Harvey	NSERC CRC
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada September 2012	Anne Condon	Royal Society of Canada
Best AI Masters Thesis Award July 2012	Martin Lesmana	Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award July 2012	Albert Xin Jiang	International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
BC TIA's 'Emerging Company of the Year' Award June 2012	Gail Murphy
SATzilla Challenge June 2012	Frank Hutter, Holger H. Hoos, Jonathan Shen, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Lin Xu	SAT Challenge
ACM-EC Best Student Paper Award May 2012	Kevin Leyton-Brown	ACM EC
CAIAC Doctoral Dissertation Awards May 2012	Albert Xin Jiang	Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar May 2012	Kevin Leyton-Brown	UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advance Studies
Faculty of Science Graduate Prize April 2012	Ron Maharik	UBC Faculty of Science
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement April 2012	Alla Sheffer, Dinesh Pai, Joanna McGrenere	NSERC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring November 2012	Joanna McGrenere	UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies
CS Faculty Mentoring Award October 2012	Kellogg Booth	UBC Department of Computer Science
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal August 2012	Arvind Gupta
Chelsey Maher Receives Faculty of Science Achievement Award April 2012	Chelsey Maher	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Achievement Award April 2012	Kimberly Voll	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Achievement Award April 2012	Sarah Rastkar	UBC Faculty of Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
TELUS Excellence in IT Award September 2012	Alan Long	TELUS
TELUS Excellence in IT Award September 2012	Leemor Yuravlivker	TELUS
TELUS Excellence in IT Award September 2012	Peter Cheung	TELUS
Microsoft Scholarship June 2012	Maria Piao	Microsoft
William Bredefeld Wins Travel Award for ACM Turing Centenary June 2012	William Bredefeld	ACM SIGACT
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2012	Minyang Han	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2012	Joyce Cheung	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2012	Jing Yun Alice Zhu	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2012	Zachary Siddall	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2012	Rui Zhao	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2012	Wen Di Zhuang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2012	Sean Povill	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Honours) May 2012	Minyang Han	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Majors) May 2012	Daniel Busto	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Honours) May 2012	Martin Lau	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Majors) May 2012	Jason Chou	UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2011 CS Department Teaching Award May 2012	David Kirkpatrick, Ed Knorr, Joanna McGrenere, Kimberly Voll, Norm Hutchinson, Ronald Rensink	UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2012	Cheryl Lau	UBC Department of Computer Science
Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award April 2012	Bruno da Silva