Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2022

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Fostering a Collegial Environment June 2022	Taryn Jung	UBC Computer Science
Supporting Research June 2022	Ali Nasseri, Lara Hall	UBC Computer Science
Supporting Teaching/Educational Programs June 2022	Anthony Winstanley, Koon Ming Lau, Moyra Ditchfield, Patrick Lai, Sean Godel, Tim Li, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science
CS Team Award June 2022	Alice Zhou, Celine Francis, Giuliana Villegas, Lexine Atrill	UBC Computer Science
CS Faculty Mentoring Award June 2022	Steve Wolfman	UBC Computer Science
Excellence in Service December 2022	Laura Selander	UBC Faculty of Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award June 2022	Michiel van de Panne	SIGGRAPH
2022 Educational Data Mining Test of Time award July 2022	Cristina Conati	Educational Data Mining Conference
IEEE VIS Test of Time Award October 2022	Tamara Munzner	IEEE VIS
Best Paper Award October 2022	Bingyao (Jerry) Wang, Margo Seltzer	EMSOFT
SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award December 2022	Gail Murphy	SIGSOFT
Best Paper Award December 2022	Arpan Gujarati	IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS 2022)
IEEE Fellow December 2022	Tamara Munzner	IEEE
IEEE Fellow December 2022	Karon MacLean	IEEE
ACM Distinguished Member December 2022	Joanna McGrenere	ACM
ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award December 2022	Alex Summers	ACM SIGPLAN (SPLASH) 2022

2023

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
ASPLOS Distinguished Artifact Award March 2023	Finn Hackett, Ivan Beschastnikh, Matthew Do, Renato Costa, Shayan Hosseini	ASPLOS 2023
Outstanding Research Award SIGSOFT 2023 March 2023	Gail Murphy	SIGSOFT 2023
Killam Research prize in Science March 2023	Cristina Conati	Faculty of Science
SIGCHI 2023 Honourable Mention April 2023	Charles Berret, Stephen Kasica, Tamara Munzner	SIGCHI 2023
ACM Athena Lecturer Award April 2023	Margo Seltzer	ACM
CAIMS Research Prize April 2023	Chen Greif	CAIMS Research Prize
Lifetime Achievement Award May 2023	Alan Mackworth	CS-Can/INFO-CAN
Distinguished Dissertation Award (2022) May 2023	Yasha Pushak	CS-Can/INFO-CAN
Outstanding Paper Award July 2023	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, Md Tawkat Islam Khondaker, Muhammad Abdul-Mageed	Workshop on Online Abuse and Harm (WOAH 2023), ACL 2023
NORA Award: outstanding publication of the decade July 2023	Jeff Clune	NORA
SIGEVO Impact Award July 2023	Jeff Clune	SIGEVO
Eurographics Fellow July 2023	Alla Sheffer	Eurographics (European Association for Computer Graphics)
ACM SIG-KDD Research Track Test of Time Award August 2023	Kevin Leyton-Brown	ACM SIG-KDD
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2023	Kevin Leyton-Brown	Royal Society of Canada
IEEE InfoVIS Test of Time Award October 2023	Matthew Brehmer, Tamara Munzner	IEEE VIS 2023
IEEE VIS Service Award October 2023	Tamara Munzner	IEEE VIS
Academic Data Leader List October 2023	Raymond Ng	CDO Magazine
NSERC CRSNG Arthur B. MacDonald Fellowship award November 2023	Mark Schmidt	NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships
AAAI Fellow December 2023	Cristina Conati	AAAI Elected Fellows

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Killam Teaching Prize April 2023	Margo Seltzer	UBC
CS-Can/INFO-CAN Excellence in Teaching Award May 2023	Elisa Baniassad	CSCan/InfoCan
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants Awards May 2023	Al Yu, Benjamin Chang, Charles Lake, Eric Kuo, Jamie Ma, Keira Moore, Michael DeMarco, Patrick Lee, Susan Chung, Trevor Chan , Weihan Chen
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards May 2023	Camilo Talero, Dylan Green, Francis Nguyen, Gregory d'Eon, Laura Cang , Paulette Koronkevich, Victor Sanches Portella, Xincheng Huang, Yilin Yang
Incredible Instructor Awards May 2023	Chen Greif, Jeff Clune, Karina Mochetti, Meghan Allen, Tamara Munzner, William J. Bowman

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CS Faculty Mentoring Award May 2023	Alla Sheffer	UBC Computer Science
Going Above and Beyond Award May 2023	Bruno Mannella, Dan Miner, Edward Chu, Gable Yeung, Giao Huynh, Hazita Harun, Koon Ming Lau, Michael Sanderson, Patrick Lai, Vilmos Soti, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science
Supporting Research May 2023	Laura Selander, Michael Sanderson	UBC Computer Science
Fostering a Collegial Environment May 2023	Bruno Mannella	UBC Computer Science
Supporting Students and/or Educational Programs May 2023	Michele Ng	UBC Computer Science
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2023	Chloe Van
Student Community Building Awards for undergraduates May 2023	Anna Friesen, Michael de Marco, Shubh Balla, Taryn Wou
Student Community Building Award May 2023	Baraa Orabi, Finn Hackett , Gautam Luhana, Mara Solen , Paulette Koronkevic, Rubia Reis Guerra, Victor Sanches Portella
Maria Klawe Service Award 2023 May 2023	Alexa Gogoescu, Sarah Wong	UBC Computer Science
Project to Product Award in Computer Science May 2023	Lily Lin, Saurav Bhanna	Planview (formerly Tasktop)
Faculty of Science Service Award December 2023	Steve Wolfman	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Service Award December 2023	Reto Achermann	Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Service Award December 2023	Paulette Koronkevich	Faculty of Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal Award in Science May 2023	Sophie Greenwood	Governor General's Office
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2023	Floria Gu
Laura Huber Memorial Award for Women in Video Gaming May 2023	Floria Gu	Electronic Arts
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2023	Lily Lin
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science May 2023	Alan Milligan, Jessica Huang, Jordan Coil, Sandy Zhang
Bill Aiello Memorial Award in Computer Science May 2023	Patrick Lee
Bit Quill Technologies Award in Computer Science 2022 May 2023	James Shaw, Kara Deane	Improving Vancouver (formerly Bit Quill)
Bit Quill Technologies Award for Women in Computer Science May 2023	Kristine Gonzales, Yeojun Han	Improving Vancouver (formerly Bit Quill)
Gary Kusin Award for Women in Video Gaming May 2023	Lisa Lin	Electronic Arts
Greer Family Scholarship May 2023	Artun Duman, Dora Qi
VanHacks Award in Computer Science May 2023	Emilie Ma

2024

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award January 2024	Arvin Sahami	Computing Research Association (CRA)

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Science Undergrad Society Community Impact Award March 2024	Women in Data Science (WiDS)	Science Undergrad Society

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Killam Research Prize in Science March 2024	Joanna McGrenere	UBC Office of Awards & Prizes
SIAM Fellow (2024) March 2024	Michael Friedlander	Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)