Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2012

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Sloan Research Fellowship February 2012	Andrew Warfield	Sloan Research Fellowship
SATzilla Challenge June 2012	Frank Hutter, Holger H. Hoos, Jonathan Shen, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Lin Xu	SAT Challenge
Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar May 2012	Kevin Leyton-Brown	UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advance Studies
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement April 2012	Alla Sheffer, Dinesh Pai, Joanna McGrenere	NSERC

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2012	Jing Yun Alice Zhu	UBC Department of Computer Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal August 2012	Arvind Gupta

2017

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Sloan Research Fellow February 2017	Mark Schmidt	Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists August 2017	Joanna McGrenere	Royal Society of Canada

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIMBA Technologies Award May 2017	Angela Chen, Laura Barton, Michelle Findlay-Olynyk	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2017	Patience Shyu	UBC Department of Computer Science

2010

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Simba Technologies Award December 2010	Joyce Cheung	Simba Technologies
Rick Sample Memorial Internship December 2010	Jessica Dawson	UBC Department of Computer Science
Orbital/Simba Technologies Award December 2010	Joyce Cheung	Orbital/Simba Technologies

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIAM Fellow December 2010	Uri Ascher	SIAM
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement December 2010	Holger H. Hoos, Michiel van de Panne, Wolfgang Heidrich	NSERC

2015

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIMBA Technologies Award May 2015	Susannah Kirby	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2015	Stewart Grant	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGGRAPH Laval Virtual Award August 2015	Wolfgang Heidrich	SIGGRAPH 2015
SCA Best Poster Award August 2015	Dinesh Pai	Symposium on Computer Animation
SCA Best Paper Award August 2015	Benjamin Humberston, Dinesh Pai	Symposium on Computer Animation
SCA Best Paper Award August 2015	Kai Ding, KangKang Yin, Libin Liu, Michiel van de Panne	Symposium on Computer Animation
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2015	Gail Murphy	Royal Society of Canada
Oscar Technical Achievement Award February 2015	Robert Bridson	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

2016

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Simba Technologies Award May 2016	Laura McGee, Lynsey Haynes	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship Award May 2016	Alison Clark	UBC Department of Computer Science

2011

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGSOFT Retrospective Impact Paper Award September 2011	Gail Murphy	ACM SIGSOFT
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant January 2011	Karon MacLean	NSERC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
President's Service Award for Excellence May 2011	Michele Ng	UBC
President's Service Award for Excellence May 2011	Michele Ng	President's Service Award

2022

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award December 2022	Gail Murphy	SIGSOFT
SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award June 2022	Michiel van de Panne	SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH Academy Member June 2022	Michiel van de Panne	SIGGRAPH Academy
SIAM Fellow April 2022	Chen Greif	SIAM

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Service Awards for Graduate Students May 2022	Nichole Boufford, Paul Bucci, Rubia Reis Guerra	UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science May 2022	Charley Cai, Joice Tang, Kasra Kamal, Linh Tran, Luis Bolanos, Patrick Lee, Rebecca Lin	UBC Computer Science
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2022	Christy Lo	UBC Computer Science
Project to Product Award in Computer Science May 2022	Kara Deane	Tasktop Technologies

2020

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGMOD Systems Award June 2020	Margo Seltzer	BerkeleyDB - 2020 SIGMOD Systems Award
SIGGRAPH Academy Member August 2020	Alla Sheffer	ACM SIGGRAPH
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2020	Alla Sheffer	Royal Society of Canada

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship 2020 June 2020	Rebecca Lin, Willis Cheng Peng, Yujing (Eugenie) Lai	UBC Department of Computer Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science 2019 June 2020	Beriwan Salamat Ravandi	UBC Department of Computer Science
President's Staff Award - Creativity & Innovation August 2020	Anthony Winstanley	UBC

2021

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGMOD Research Highlight Award April 2021	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	ACM SIGMOD
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science June 2021	David Ewart, Rebecca Lin, Roark Zhang	UBC Computer Science
Prominent Paper Award August 2021	Holger H. Hoos, Kevin Leyton-Brown	AIJ Prominent Paper Award
Outstanding Paper of 2020 April 2021	Jeff Clune	International Society of Artificial Life

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Outstanding Teaching Awards for Faculty June 2021	Anne Condon, Ed Knorr, Helge Rhodin, Leonid Sigal, Paul Carter, Robert Xiao, Steve Wolfman	UBC Computer Science

2007

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGGRAPH Student Research Competition January 2007	Abhijeet Ghosh, Eric Brochu	SIGGRAPH
Semantic Robot Vision Challenge January 2007	David Lowe , Jim Little, Matthew Baumann, Per-Erik Forssen, kevin726	AAAI Mobile Robot Competition
Ranked 3rd in ACM Student Research Competition January 2007	Erica Huang	ACM
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Major Thematic Grant January 2007	Dinesh Pai	Peter Wall Institute
Peter Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence January 2007	Alan Mackworth	Peter Wall Scholars in Residence

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Science Co-op Student of the Year Award January 2007	Matthew O'Toole	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Memorial Internship January 2007	Andrew Cherry, Jackie Cheung , Kevin Lai, Nathan Hapke	UBC Department of Computer Science
Ranked 14th in ACM ICPC World Finals January 2007	Anton Likhtarov, Igor Ostrovsky, Matthew Chan, Yuri Kholondyrev	ACM
Orbital Technologies Award January 2007	Samatha Leung	Orbital Technologies

2023

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGEVO Impact Award July 2023	Jeff Clune	SIGEVO
SIGCHI 2023 Honourable Mention April 2023	Charles Berret, Stephen Kasica, Tamara Munzner	SIGCHI 2023
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2023	Kevin Leyton-Brown	Royal Society of Canada
Outstanding Research Award SIGSOFT 2023 March 2023	Gail Murphy	SIGSOFT 2023
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
NSERC CRSNG Arthur B. MacDonald Fellowship award November 2023	Mark Schmidt	NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships
NORA Award: outstanding publication of the decade July 2023	Jeff Clune	NORA

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science May 2023	Alan Milligan, Jessica Huang, Jordan Coil, Sandy Zhang

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2023	Chloe Van
Project to Product Award in Computer Science May 2023	Lily Lin, Saurav Bhanna	Planview (formerly Tasktop)

2019

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award September 2019	Robert Xiao	SIGCHI

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2019	Chi Wei (Colin) Chen, Laura Rodgers	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2019	Arden Allen, Kara Deane	UBC Department of Computer Science

2024

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
SIAM Fellow (2024) March 2024	Michael Friedlander	Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

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

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

2006

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Seventh Place in ACM ICPC Regional - Pacific Northwest Division January 2006	Ryan Yee, Simon Aloysius Suyadi, Ying Yin	ACM
Second Place in ACM ICPC Regional - Pacific Northwest Division January 2006	Christopher Head, Elena Kholondyreva, Henry Wong, Robert Tseng	ACM
Rick Sample Memorial Internship January 2006	Anthony Wen Lung Lee	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Peter Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence January 2006	Anne Condon	Peter Wall Scholars in Residence
NSERC Industrial Research Doctoral Fellowship January 2006	Barry Po, PhD	NSERC and Cogneto

2009

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Semantic Robot Vision Challenge January 2009	Ankur Gupta, Catherine Gamroth, David Meger, Kenji Okuma, Marius Muja, Matthew Baumann, Pooja Viswanathan, Pooyan Fazli, Scott Helmer, Tomas Hoffman, Tristram Southey	ISVC
Rick Sample Memorial Internship January 2009	Edward Lui, Samantha Leung	UBC Department of Computer Science
Orbital/Simba Technologies Award January 2009	Amy Kwok	Orbital/Simba Technologies

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Semantic Robot Vision Challenge January 2009	Alan Mackworth, David Lowe , Jim Little	ISVC
NSERC Strategic Grant January 2009	Cristina Conati, Giuseppe Carenini	NSERC
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements January 2009	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	NSERC

2008

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship January 2008	Alexander Bradley, Christopher Head, Robert English, Russell MacKenzie	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Precarn 20th Anniversary Commercialization Success Award January 2008	Jim Little, Point Grey Research	Precarn

2013

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2013	Paul Liu, Stephanie Van Dyk	UBC Department of Computer Science

2014

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2014	Samantha Krieger	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship May 2014	Yanyan Zhuang	NSERC

2018

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Summer Internship May 2018	Chris Yoon, Kevin Chow, Raunak Kumar, Rui (Ray) Ning Wu	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science May 2018	Mandy Chen, Oliver Zhang	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
PNSS Best Paper Award September 2018	Holger H. Hoos, Yasha Pushak	Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature

2004

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial Award January 2004	Shawn Minto	UBC Department of Computer Science
One Time Award January 2004	Kevin David Jamieson	UBC Department of Computer Science
One Time Award January 2004	Christopher Seymour	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
NSERC/GM CHAIR Women in Science/Engineering January 2004	Anne Condon	NSERC/General Motors Chair
NSERC - PGS January 2004	Tyson Brochu	NSERC

2005

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Rick Sample Memorial January 2005	Maryam Mahdaviani	UBC Department of Computer Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Research Excellence and Service January 2005	Jim Little	CIPPRS
Outstanding Young Alumnus Award January 2005	Cullen Jennings	UBC Alumni Association