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The University of British Columbia

Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

Year

Title

Award Type

Role

2015

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal Academic Award of Excellence May 2015	Xue Bin (Jason) Peng	Governor General of Canada
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2015	Bo Gong	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2015	Alim Virani	UBC Department of Computer Science
Microsoft Gaming for Education Hackathon May 2015	Eric Kim, Lisa Wong, Yea Han Hwang	Microsoft Canada
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2015	Stewart Grant	UBC Department of Computer Science
SIMBA Technologies Award May 2015	Susannah Kirby	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
AOSA Most Influential Paper Award March 2015	Gail Murphy	AOSA
Oscar Technical Achievement Award February 2015	Rook Bridson	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service February 2015	Diane Johnson	UBC Faculty of Science

2014

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Fellow December 2014	Holger H. Hoos	AAAI
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award December 2014	Caroline Lemieux	CRA
ICVGIP Best Paper Award December 2014	Dinesh Pai	ICVGIP
ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (FSE) November 2014	Darioush Jalali, Gordon Fraser, Laura Inozemtseva, Michael D. Ernst, Reid Holmes, René Just	Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE)
Humboldt Research Award September 2014	Wolfgang Heidrich	Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers Award Honourable Mention August 2014	Ron Estrin	CRA
Grace Hopper Celebration Technical Leadership ABIE Award August 2014	Anne Condon	Anita Borg Institute
International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Best Paper Award July 2014	Cristina Conati, Dereck Toker, Giuseppe Carenini, Michael Wu	International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (ICSE) June 2014	Laura Inozemtseva, Reid Holmes	International Conference on Software Engineering
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards June 2014	Carol Huang	CRA
ICICS Graduate Scholarship June 2014	Seyed Mehran Kazemi	ICICS
Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship June 2014	Dereck Toker	ICICS
University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Alumni Achievement Award June 2014	Gail Murphy	University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship May 2014	Yanyan Zhuang	NSERC
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

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Anita Borg Systers Pass-It-On Award December 2014	Rebecca McKnight	Anita Borg Insitute
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2014	Baharak Rastegari, Daria Bondareva, Juliette Link, Mark Spear	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2014	Crystal Lok Koo, Etienne Hossack, Hardy Wijaya, Kathleen Tichauer, Maggie Phan, Sandy Fang, Vlad Zaharia	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Fostering a Collegial Environment) May 2014	Violet Redekop	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Going Above and Beyond) May 2014		UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Students and/or Educational Programs) May 2014	Anthony Winstanley, Michele Ng	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Team Award) May 2014	Jessica Wrinskelle, Tech Staff, Violet Redekop	UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2013 Computer Science Department Teaching Award May 2014	David Kirkpatrick, George Tsiknis, Kurt Eiselt, Michael Friedlander , Paul Carter, Rachel Pottinger	UBC Department of Computer Science
Killam Teaching Prize May 2014	Kevin Leyton-Brown, Paul Carter	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Computer Science Department Graduate TA Award May 2014	Farbod Roosta-Khorasani, James (Teng) Lo, Jonatan Schroeder, Kailun Zhang, Matt Gingerich, Natasha Jaques, Pax Gonzales, Peter Beshai, Rebecca McKnight, Robert Jackson Sumi, Steve Ramage	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Award May 2014	Albert Xing, Alexander Gondek, Boyang (Tom) Jin, Bryan Tai, Eric Shadwick, Jasdeep Khela, Lynsey Haynes, Patty Wang, Samantha Leung, Wynn Tran	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal Academic Award of Excellence May 2014	Ron Estrin	Governor General of Canada
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2014	Arianne Dee	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2014	Ennas Abdussalam	UBC Department of Computer Science
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

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
IEEE Distinguished Paper Award (WCRE) October 2013	Michael W. Godfrey, Oleksii Kononenko, Olga Baysal, Reid Holmes	Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE)
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

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, Rook 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