Faculty of Science Computer Science

Awards

2017

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

2016

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2016 ACM Distinguished Scientist December 2016	Laks V.S. Lakshmanan	ACM
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award December 2016	Khurram Ali Jafery , Xi Bei She	Computer Research Association (CRA)
IVA Best Paper Award September 2016	Cristina Conati, Sebastien Lalle	International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Web3D Best Paper Award July 2016	Anurag Ranjan, Debang a Raj Neog, Dinesh Pai, Joao Cardoso	International Conference on 3D Web Technology
Web3D Best Paper Award For Real-Time Eye Simulation July 2016	Dinesh Pai	International Conference on 3D Web Technology
Canadian Digital Media Pioneer Award June 2016	Kellogg Booth	Canadian Human-Computer Communication Society
Canadian Human-Computer Communication Society Achievement Award June 2016	Michiel van de Panne	Conference on Graphics, Visualization and HCI
ICSE-10 Most Influential Paper 10 Years Later Award May 2016	Gail Murphy, John Anvik, Lyndon Hiew	ICS
UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference Poster Competition 2nd Prize April 2016	Tom Jin	UBC MURC
National Collegiate Research Conference Poster Competition February 2016	Eviatar Bach	National Collegiate Research Conference
Charles McDowell Award January 2016	Kevin Leyton-Brown	UBC
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award Finalists January 2016	Alison Clark, Caroline Lemieux	CRA
UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship January 2016	Joanna McGrenere	UBC

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Dean Of Science Excellence In Service Awards December 2016	Jessica Wrinskelle	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Dean Of Science Excellence In Service Awards December 2016	Patrice Belleville	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 fostering a collegial environment) June 2016	Lara Hall	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (for going above and beyond) June 2016	Jean Caballero, Vivian Leung	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (for supporting students & educational programs) June 2016	Olivia Kong	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2016	Alireza Shafaei, Antoine Ponsard, Kailun Zhang, Matthew Brehmer, Nayantara Duttachoudhury	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2016	Brian Chau, Cindy Ngan, Jeremy Goh	UBC Department of Computer Science
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

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2016 UBC Computer Science Department Faculty Teaching Award May 2016	Elisa Baniassad, Mark Schmidt, Patrice Belleville, Paul Carter, Steve Wolfman, William Evans	UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2016	Jessica Wong	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Award May 2016	Alireza Shafaei , Alireza Zakeri Hosseinabadi, Issam Hadj Laradji , Jason Hartford, Jessica Wong , Jordon Johnson, Samuel Creed, Shu Yang	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Award May 2016	Albert Xing, Alfred Xing, Anasazi Valair, Branden Siegle, Bruce Li, Erika Thompson, Henry Li, Kieran Collery, Lynsey Haynes, Maher Kader	UBC Department of Computer Science
Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award April 2016	Sarah Huber	UBC VP Academic

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2016	Nicholas Folk	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2016	Gregory Iannacone	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (CHN) May 2016	Caroline Lemieux	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (CMJ) May 2016	Thomas Pierce	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2016	Victoria Loewen	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (MAJ) May 2016	William Zhang	UBC Department of Computer Science
Accenture Leadership Award May 2016	Wesley Berry	UBC Department of Computer Science
Computer Science Scholarship May 2016	Arman Raina, Calvin Cheng, Caroline Lemieux, De Wen Li, Janet Lam, Katherine Cavers, Matthew Nyhus, Stephanie Dong, Xin Bei She, Yifan Yang	UBC Department of Computer Science
David Shum Memorial Prize in Computer Science May 2016	Junze Wu	UBC Department of Computer Science
Ericsson Innovation Award May 2016	Karan Grover, Tanha Kabir
Governor General's Silver Medal May 2016	Caroline Lemieux	UBC Department of Computer Science
Greer Family Scholarship May 2016	Adrian She, Victoria Loewen	UBC Department of Computer Science
Markus Meister Memorial Prize May 2016	Caroline Lemieux	UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize May 2016	Boyang Tom Jin	UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship Award May 2016	Alison Clark	UBC Department of Computer Science
Simba Technologies Award May 2016	Laura McGee, Lynsey Haynes	UBC Department of Computer Science

2015

Research
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
ESEM Best Paper Award October 2015	Ivan Beschastnikh
IEEE Visualization Technical Achievement Award October 2015	Tamara Munzner	IEEE VIS Conference
Royal Society of Canada Fellow September 2015	Gail Murphy	Royal Society of Canada
SCA Best Paper Award August 2015	Kai Ding, KangKang Yin, Libin Liu, Michiel van de Panne	Symposium on Computer Animation
SCA Best Paper Award August 2015	Benjamin Humberston, Dinesh Pai	Symposium on Computer Animation
SCA Best Poster Award August 2015	Dinesh Pai	Symposium on Computer Animation
SIGGRAPH Laval Virtual Award August 2015	Wolfgang Heidrich	SIGGRAPH 2015
First Place, World Haptics 2015 Student Innovation Challenge June 2015	Brenna Li, Gordon Minaker, Oliver Schneider, Paul Bucci	IEEE World Haptics Conference 2015
NAMRC Outstanding Paper June 2015	Alla Sheffer	International Manufacturing Research Conference
ACM ICSE Student Research Competition May 2015	Caroline Lemieux	ACM ICSE
ACM TiiS Best Paper Award May 2015	Ben Steichen, Cristina Conati, Giuseppe Carenini	ACM TiiS
AOSA Most Influential Paper Award March 2015	Gail Murphy	AOSA
Oscar Technical Achievement Award February 2015	Robert Bridson	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
UBC Computer Science Service Award (ACM Programming Team) June 2015	David Williams-King, Henry Liu, Nasa Rouf	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Fostering a Collegial Environment) June 2015	Jessica Wrinskelle	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Staff Award (Going Above and Beyond) June 2015	Renee Stephen	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 (Supporting Students/Educational Programs) June 2015	Tsang-Kay Mak	UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2015	Julieta Martinez, Michael Firmin, Michael Phan-Ba	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Student Service Award May 2015	Kerry Li, Michael Wu, Mira Leung, Sean Lee	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service February 2015	Diane Johnson	UBC Faculty of Science

Teaching
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
2014 UBC Computer Science Department Teaching Award May 2015	Ed Knorr, George Tsiknis, Hassan Khosravi, Mike Feeley, Nick Harvey, Steve Wolfman	UBC Department of Computer Science
Killam Teaching Award May 2015	Gregor Kiczales	UBC Faculty of Science
UBC Computer Science Department Graduate Teaching Assistant Award May 2015	Bita Nejat, Conrad Nickels, Derek Cormier, Frederick Tung, Jianhui Chen, Mohammed Alam, Nowrin Anwar Joyita, Sarah Huber	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Award May 2015	Alison Clark, Ammar Vahanvaty , Andrew Bates , Banafsheh Derayat, Kenard Agbanlog , Paul Bucci , Ziqin Wang	UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Maria Klawe Endowment Award May 2015	Samantha Krieger	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BA) May 2015	Hung-li Chen	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BCS) May 2015	Alim Virani	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (BUCS) May 2015	Christopher Peterson	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (COGS) May 2015	Frederic Ren	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Combined Majors) May 2015	Jaxsun McCarthy Huggan	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Honours) UBC Department of Computer May 2015	Xue Bin (Jason) Peng	UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Academic Award of Excellence (Majors) May 2015	Bo Gong	UBC Department of Computer Science
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

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
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
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

Service
Award	Recipient(s)	Organization
Anita Borg Systers Pass-It-On Award December 2014	Rebecca McKnight	Anita Borg Insitute

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