Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2012

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
William Bredefeld Wins Travel Award for ACM Turing Centenary June 2012	William Bredefeld	ACM SIGACT
UBC CS e-Portfolio Competition: People's Choice March 2012	Shirley Ho	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC CS e-Portfolio Competition: Judges' Choice March 2012	Scott Newson	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC CS e-Portfolio Competition: Honourable Mention March 2012	Crystal Koo	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC CS E-Portfolio Competition: Honourable Mention March 2012	Robert Shum	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award July 2012	Albert Xin Jiang	International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems

2004

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Wesbrook Scholar January 2004	Alex Yu-Jen Shyr	UBC
Undergraduate Scholars Program January 2004		UBC Department of Computer Science

2016

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Web3D Best Paper Award For Real-Time Eye Simulation July 2016	Dinesh Pai	International Conference on 3D Web Technology
Web3D Best Paper Award July 2016	Anurag Ranjan, Debang a Raj Neog, Dinesh Pai, Joao Cardoso	International Conference on 3D Web Technology
UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference Poster Competition 2nd Prize April 2016	Tom Jin	UBC MURC
UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship January 2016	Joanna McGrenere	UBC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Helen McCrae Award March 2016	Diane Johnson, Michele Ng	UBC Office of the Vice President
UBC Faculty of Science Excellence in Service Award January 2016	Giuliana Villegas	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Dean Of Science Excellence In Service Awards December 2016	Patrice Belleville	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Dean Of Science Excellence In Service Awards December 2016	Jessica Wrinskelle	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Team Award) July 2016	Agnes Pak, Betty Cho, Constance Wun, Girish Chandra, Victoria Poon	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (for supporting students & educational programs) June 2016	Olivia Kong	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (for going above and beyond) June 2016	Jean Caballero, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science

2021

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Visier Service Awards in Computer Science June 2021	Hyesun An, Joice Tang	UBC Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Undergraduate TA Awards June 2021	Benjamin Chang, Brooke Dai, Burcu Gorgulicten, Carmen Xu, Chantelle Twynstra, Charles Lake, Kean Wah Wong, Mara Solen, Phillip Mark, Rebecca Xie, William Walcher	UBC Computer Science

2020

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Visier Service Award in Computer Science 2019 June 2020	Ayman Azhar	UBC Department of Computer Science
VanHacks Award in Computer Science 2019 June 2020	Petal Vitis	UBC Department of Computer Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Visier Service Award for Women in Computer Science 2019 June 2020	Daphne Liu	UBC Department of Computer Science
Undergraduate Student Service Award 2019 (Volunteers) June 2020	Amy Zhu, Chanbin Lee , Leo Lin, Natalie (Zhi Ling) Chen, Slava Uryumtsev	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Team Award October 2020	Annie Hu, Brenda Chu, Michelle Lin	UBC Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Undergraduate TA Awards 2019 June 2020	Alara Celik, Braxton Hall, Chanbin Lee, Courtney Hermary, Emili Gubskaya, Greg Gzik, John Turkson, Kevin Yap, Lucas Zamprogno , Pardis Roshanzimir, Richard Hou, Sasha Avreline	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Killam Teaching Prize April 2020	Cinda Heeren	UBC Vice President Academic

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Killam Research Prize January 2020	Alla Sheffer	UBC Research & Innovation

2019

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Visier Service Award in Computer Science May 2019	Noah Heyl	UBC Department of Computer Science
Visier Service Award for Women in Computer Science May 2019	Jinny Byun	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC CS Staff Award (for fostering a collegial environment) October 2019	Ana Kopic Drole, Holly Kwan, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
VIS Academy Member October 2019	Tamara Munzner	IEEE VGTC Visualization Academy
USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award July 2019	Margo Seltzer	USENIX
UBC Killam Research Prize February 2019	Tamara Munzner	UBC Research & Innovation

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Open Educational Resource Champion October 2019	Reid Holmes	UBC Open Educational Resource Champions
UBC Killam Teaching Prize April 2019	Elisa Baniassad	UBC Vice President Academic
UBC Killam Graduate TA Award April 2019	Susanne Bradley	UBC VP Academic

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Department of Computer Science Academic Award of Excellence (Honours) May 2019	Jerry Yin	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Department of Computer Science Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Majors) May 2019	Nam Hee Kim	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Department of Computer Science Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2019	Clara Chu	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Department of Computer Science Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2019	Jennifer Ahn	UBC Department of Computer Science

2017

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship June 2017	Yasha Pushak	Government of Canada

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Wesbrook Scholar April 2017	Alice Fredine	UBC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Dean of Science Excellence in Service Award January 2017	Patrice Belleville	UBC Faculty of Science

2022

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
VanHacks Award in Computer Science May 2022	Edric Antoine	VanHack

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Undergraduate TA Awards May 2022	Benny Wong, Emilia Hidalgo, Erica Choi, Jason Hsu, Jingqi Zhang, Katherine Liang, Mazen Kotb, Michael de Marco, Ming Cheng Jiang, Nuket Baydogan, Rose Loftus	UBC Computer Science
UBC Killam Teaching Prize 2021 April 2022	Oluwakemi Ola	UBC

2023

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
VanHacks Award in Computer Science May 2023	Emilie Ma

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
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

2008

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation January 2008	Andrew Warfield, Mike Feeley, Norm Hutchinson	NSDI 2008
USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation January 2008	Brendan Cully, Dutch Meyer, Geoffrey Lefebvre	NSDI 2008
University of Washington College of Engineering Diamond Award January 2008	Gail Murphy	University of Washington

2009

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
USENIX Security Grand Challenge January 2009	Sunjeet Singh	USENIX Security Conference

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
URO Mentorship Award January 2009	Kevin Leyton-Brown	UBC
UBC Faculty of Science Graduate Prize January 2009	Mirela Andronescu	UBC Faculty of Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Undergraduate TA Award January 2009	Bhavjinder Khaira , Billy Ta, Christopher Vicente, Elizabeth Patitsas , Gregory Rabin , Henry Chow , Karl Dray , Matthew Lockyer , Tracy Mew	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Graduate TA Teaching Award January 2009	David Tompkins	UBC VP Academic

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service January 2009	Amy Kwok	UBC Faculty of Science

2011

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
University of Washington Diamond Award December 2011	Anne Condon	College of Engineering, University of Washington
University of Washington CSE Alumni Achievement Award June 2011	Anne Condon	University of Washington
UBC CS Dept. Research Poster Competition January 2011	Joel Ferstay, Juliette Link, Louise Oram, Maria Ivanova	UBC CS Dept.

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Undergraduate TA Award May 2011	Dereck Toker, Douglas Lam, Henry Li, Jay Zhang, Jonathan Stiansen, Max Erler, Paige Zhang, Rachel Busby, Vanessa Kroeker	UBC Department of Computer Science

2014

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Alumni Achievement Award June 2014	Gail Murphy	University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Team Award) May 2014	Jessica Wrinskelle, Tech Staff, Violet Redekop	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 (Going Above and Beyond) May 2014		UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Fostering a Collegial Environment) May 2014	Violet Redekop	UBC Department of Computer Science

2024

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants Awards July 2024	Alexander Steele, Charles Hu, Emily Chu, Harry Sadleir, Hung Dinh, Jeffrey Ho, Matthew Kang, Parsa Seyfourian, Ricky Lau, Shreyas Xen Goyal, Susan Chung, Victor Leung	UBC Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Killam Research Prize in Sciences March 2024	Joanna McGrenere	UBC Office of Awards & Prizes

2010

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Undergraduate TA Award December 2010	Alan Tan, David Leung, Gwendolyn Echlin, Maria Piao, Nicholas Fitzgerald, Piam Kiarostami, Sarah Dadizadeh	UBC Department of Computer Science
Undergraduate TA Award May 2010	Alex Boyd, Benjamin Israel, Cristina Teodoropol, Elizabeth Patitsas, Jordan Chin, Lawrence Cahoon, Minyang Han, Myles Shepherd, Sonia Purewal	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Graduate TA Teaching Award December 2010	Mark Crowley	UBC VP Academic

2013

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UMAP Best Paper Award June 2013	Cristina Conati, Samad Kardan	UMAP
UBC Killam Research Prize February 2013	Dinesh Pai	UBC VP Research & International
UBC Killam Research Fellowship February 2013	Cristina Conati	UBC VP Research & International

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC President's Staff Award September 2013	Moyra Ditchfield	UBC
UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service May 2013	Anthony Winstanley	UBC Faculty of 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 Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Students and/or Educational Program) May 2013	Giuliana Villegas	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Research) May 2013	Laura Selander	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 (Fostering a Collegial Environment) May 2013	Dan Miner	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Digital U Competition March 2013	Bio Cho	UBC

2018

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Killam Graduate TA Award May 2018	Jordon Johnson	UBC Vice President Academic

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Governor General's Gold Medal June 2018	Jason Peng	UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Dean of Science Excellence in Service Award January 2018	Anne Condon	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Computer Science Undergraduate Team Award June 2018	Celina Berg, Donald Acton, Ed Knorr, Eka Nagatani, George Tsiknis, Giuliana Villegas, Helena Merrell, Ian Mitchell, Mike Feeley, Norm Hutchinson, Patrice Belleville, Paul Carter, Sarah Lee, Steve Wolfman, Trey Schiefelbein	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Students) June 2018	Trey Schiefelbein	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Research) June 2018	Hermie Lam	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Going Above and Beyond) June 2018	Tim Li	UBC Computer Science

2007

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship January 2007	Karon MacLean	Office of the Vice President Research
UBC Graduate TA Teaching Award January 2007	Michael Huggett	UBC VP Academic Office

2006

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Graduate TA Teaching Award January 2006	Meghan Allen	UBC VP Academic

2005

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Graduate TA Award January 2005	Micheline Manske	UBC VP Academic

2015

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service February 2015	Diane Johnson	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Students/Educational Programs) June 2015	Tsang-Kay Mak	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Supporting Research) June 2015	Lara Hall, Michelle Lin, TBD	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Going Above and Beyond) June 2015	Renee Stephen	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Fostering a Collegial Environment) June 2015	Jessica Wrinskelle	UBC Department of Computer Science