Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2017

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal Academic Award of Excellence May 2017	Pang Chieh (Jason) Chiu	Governor General of Canada

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
DNA Computing And Molecular Programming Conference Best Student Paper Award October 2017	Anne Condon, Mark Schmidt, Nasim Zolaktaf	DNA Computing And Molecular Programming Conference
CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Research Prize March 2017	Nick Harvey	CS-Can/Info-Can

2013

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2013	Ruiyuan Chen	Governor General of Canada
e-Portfolio Competition People's Choice Award 2nd Prize April 2013	Vlad Zaharia	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 Judges' Choice Award 1st Prize (tied) March 2013	Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science
e-Portfolio Competition Judges' Choice Award 1st Prize (tied) April 2013	Billy Lin	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Eurographics Fellow June 2013	Wolfgang Heidrich	Eurographics Association

2016

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2016	Caroline Lemieux	UBC Department of Computer Science
Ericsson Innovation Award May 2016	Karan Grover, Tanha Kabir
David Shum Memorial Prize in Computer Science May 2016	Junze Wu	UBC Department of Computer Science

2019

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2019	Jeffrey Dawson	Governor General of Canada

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CS-Can/Info-Can Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award May 2019	Julie Nutini	CS-CAN/INFO-CAN

2009

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Gold Medal January 2009	Mirela Andronescu	Governor General of Canada
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada January 2009	Alan Mackworth, David Kirkpatrick	Royal Society of Canada

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Google Intern Scholarship January 2009	Neil Thomas	Google

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service May 2009	Norm Hutchinson

2021

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General's Academic Medal May 2021	Fangzhao Zhang	Governor General of Canada

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Fellow of Royal Society of Canada November 2021	Raymond Ng	Royal Society of Canada
Elected Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences April 2021	Margo Seltzer	AAAS
Distinguished Scholar Award April 2021	Kevin Leyton-Brown	UBC
Distinguished Paper Award April 2021	Braxton Hall, Felix Grund, Nick C. Bradley, Reid Holmes, Shaiful Chowdhury	International Conference on Software Engineering
CS-Can/Info-Can 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award January 2021	Kellogg Booth	CS-Can/Info-Can

2005

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General Silver Medal January 2005	Kevin Jamieson	Governor General Academic Medals
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2005	Jonathan Luk	UBC Faculty of Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Service Award January 2005	David Kirkpatrick	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Service Award January 2005	David Lowe	UBC Faculty of Science
Distinguished Paper Award January 2005	Gail Murphy, Reid Holmes	27th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2005	Micheline Manske	UBC Faculty of Science
CSSS Awards January 2005	Maryam Mahdaviani , Mathew Mak	UBC Computer Science Student Society

2006

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General Silver Medal January 2006	Dustin Wei-Lung Tseng	Governor General Academic Medals
First in ACM ICPC Regional - Pacific Northwest Division January 2006	Igor Ostrovsky, Yuri Kholondyrev, nton Likhtarov	ACM

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
First Place - ACM Student Research Competition (Undergraduate) October 2006	Yuan-Ting Erica Huang	Grace Hopper 2006
Faculty of Science Graduate Thesis Prize (Inaugural) January 2006	Jihong Ren	UBC Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Science Achievement Award (for Service) April 2006	Kellogg Booth	UBC Faculty of Science
Eurographics 2006 September 2006	Christophe Schlick, Tamy Boubekeur, (INRIA), Wolfgang Heidrich, Xavier Granier	Eurographics 2006 - Conference Webpage

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Student Leadership Award January 2006	Chad Trytten	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Achievement Award (for Service) January 2006	Moyra Ditchfield	UBC Faculty of Science
CSSS Award of Excellence for service to students January 2006	Rachel Chao	UBC Department of Computer Science
CSSS Award of Excellence for service to students January 2006	Nakisa Shafiee	UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CS Undergraduate TA Award (CPSC 211) for Winter T1 2005 January 2006	Jody Leblanc	UBC Department of Computer Science
CS Undergraduate TA Award (CPSC 111) for Winter T2 (2004) January 2006	Daniel Kuo	UBC Department of Computer Science
CS Undergraduate TA Award (CPSC 111) for Winter T1 2005 January 2006	Simon Hastings	UBC Department of Computer Science
CS Undergraduate TA Award (CPSC 111) for Winter T1 2005 January 2006	Ciaran Llachlan Leavitt	UBC Department of Computer Science
CS Undergraduate TA Award (CPSC 111) for Summer 2005 January 2006	Charles Krzysic	UBC Department of Computer Science
CS Undergraduate TA Award (CPSC 100) for Winter T2 (2004) January 2006	Victor Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
CS Undergraduate TA Award (CPSC 100) for Winter T2 (2004) January 2006	Phoebe Gau	UBC Department of Computer Science

2004

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Governor General Academic Medal January 2004	Mirela Andronescu	Governor General of Canada
Faculty of Science Research Award January 2004	Ronald Rensink	UBC
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2004	Andrew Eisenberg	UBC Department of Computer Science
Encana Principal Award January 2004	Murray Goldberg	Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
David Shum Memorial Prize January 2004	Eng-Liang Ch’ng	UBC Department of Computer Science
CSSS Excellence Award January 2004	Erik Jensen, Jono Luk	UBC Department of Computer Science

2014

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship March 2014	Susannah Kirby	Google

2022

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Going Above and Beyond Award June 2022	Tim Li	UBC Computer Science
Fostering a Collegial Environment June 2022	Taryn Jung	UBC Computer Science
Excellence in Service December 2022	Laura Selander	UBC Faculty of Science
CS Team Award June 2022	Alice Zhou, Celine Francis, Giuliana Villegas, Lexine Atrill	UBC Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty Teaching Awards May 2022	Alex Summers, Elisa Baniassad, Felix Grund, Ivan Beschastnikh, Kwang Moo Yi, Varada Kolhatkar	UBC Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Distinguished Paper Award May 2022	Yanze Li	International Conference on Software Engineering
Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Honourable Mention Award June 2022	Dongwook Yoon, Ning Ma, Oloff C. Biermann	DIS (Designing Interactive Systems) 2022
Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Honourable Mention June 2022	Michael Yin, Robert Xiao	DIS (Designing Interactive Systems) 2022

2023

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
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
Fostering a Collegial Environment May 2023	Bruno Mannella	UBC Computer Science
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
Gary Kusin Award for Women in Video Gaming May 2023	Lisa Lin	Electronic Arts

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Eurographics Fellow July 2023	Alla Sheffer	Eurographics (European Association for Computer Graphics)
Distinguished Dissertation Award (2022) May 2023	Yasha Pushak	CS-Can/INFO-CAN

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CS-Can/INFO-CAN Excellence in Teaching Award May 2023	Elisa Baniassad	CSCan/InfoCan

2020

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Going Above and Beyond October 2020	Dan Miner, Edward Chu, John Seto, Koon Ming Lau, Patrick Lai, Tim Li, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science
Excellence in Service May 2020	Vivian Leung	UBC Faculty of Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
GECCO 2020 Best Paper Award July 2020	Holger H. Hoos, Yasha Pushak	GECCO 2020

2015

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
First Place, World Haptics 2015 Student Innovation Challenge June 2015	Brenna Li, Gordon Minaker, Oliver Schneider, Paul Bucci	IEEE World Haptics Conference 2015
ESEM Best Paper Award October 2015	Ivan Beschastnikh

2012

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada September 2012	Anne Condon	Royal Society of Canada
Faculty of Science Graduate Prize April 2012	Ron Maharik	UBC Faculty of Science
Dahl-Nygaard Senior Prize March 2012	Gregor Kiczales	Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award April 2012	Sarah Rastkar	UBC Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science Achievement Award April 2012	Kimberly Voll	UBC Faculty of Science

2018

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada September 2018	Uri Ascher	Royal Society of Canada
CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Research Prize March 2018	Reid Holmes	CS-Can/Info-Can
CS-Can/Info-Can Lifetime Achievement Award February 2018	David Kirkpatrick	CS-Can/Info-Can

2010

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty Research and Engagement Award November 2010	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	Yahoo!
Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies December 2010	Joanna McGrenere	Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies December 2010	Holger H. Hoos	Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award December 2010	Rock Leung	UBC Faculty of Science

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award December 2010	Norm Hutchinson	UBC Faculty of Science

2008

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service January 2008	Bob Woodham	UBC Faculty of Science
Dolby Computer Science Research Chair January 2008	Wolfgang Heidrich	Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service January 2008	Michele Ng	UBC Faculty of Science
CS Student Service Award for Volunteering January 2008	Baharak Rastegari	UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CS Undergraduate TA Award January 2008	Ciaran Llachlan Leavitt , Henry Chow, Lewis Zhou, Ryan Giuliany, Shawn Callegari, Stewart Yu, Su Yuan, Vania Chan, Yvonne Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science

2003

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service January 2003	Carlin Phillips	UBC Faculty of Science

2007

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Faculty of Science Achievement Award January 2007	Viann Chan	UBC Faculty of Science
CSSS Award of Excellence for service to students January 2007	Amanpreet Sonia Purewal, Derrek Wood , James Lo	UBC Department of Computer Science

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award January 2007	Rachel Pottinger	Anita Borg Institute

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
CS Undergraduate TA Award January 2007	Billy Ta , Ciaran Llachlan Leavitt , Iulian Radu, Stewart Yu	UBC Department of Computer Science