Fuheng Zhao Receives Prestigious Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
Congratulations to PhD Student Fuheng Zhao, who received the esteemed Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. This fellowship aims to recognize and empower the future of computing research talent.
Congratulations CS Emeriti Wim van Dam, Ömer Eğecioğlu, and John Gilbert
Left to right: CS Chair Tevfik Bultan, Dean Tresa Pollock, Emeritus Wim van Dam, Emeritus Ömer Eğecioğlu, Emeritus John Gilbert, Chancellor Henry T. Yang
Congratulations to our CS Emeriti Wim van Dam, Ömer Eğecioğlu, and John Gilbert, (left to right) who were honored for their prestigious careers at our Emeriti Reception.
Justin Tjoa Receives NSF CSGrad4US Fellowship
Congratulations to CS Alumnus Justin Tjoa, who was a recipient of the NSF CSGrad4US Fellowship. The program offers a $138,000 scholarship, in order to allow graduates working in industry to pursue a doctorate degree.
Ishtiyaque Ahmad Receives Prestigious IBM PhD Fellowship Award
Congratulations to PhD student Ishtiyaque Ahmad, who was awarded the highly prestigious IBM PhD Fellowship.
Jonathan Balkind Receives OSHWA Open Hardware Trailblazers Fellowship
Congratulations to CS Assistant Professor Jonathan Balkind, who was selected for the new OSHWA Open Hardware Trailblazers Fellowship. This grant is awarded to individuals who are paving the way for open source hardware in academia.
Paper by Yanju Chen, Xifeng Yan and Yu Feng Selected for Distinguished Paper Award at PLDI 2022
A paper titled "Visualization Question Answering Using Introspective Program Synthesis" by PhD candidate Yanju Chen, Prof. Xifeng Yan and Prof. Yu Feng was selected to receive a distinguished paper award at the PLDI'22.
Congratulations CS Undergraduate Awardees
from left to right; top to bottom row: Surya Pugal, Aesha Parekh,Yuval Steinhart, Samhita Honnavalli, CS Capstone Smartgrid team, Chaofan Shou, Alex Mei, Ishana Narayanan, Sophie Groenwold
Congratulations to our CS Undergraduate awardees, who were honored at the 2022 CS Award Ceremony this past Friday, June 10th, 2022.
Congratulations CS Alumnus Awardees
from left to right: Laura Devendorf, George Runcie, Lin Qiao
Congratulations to our Alumnus awardees, who were recognized this past Friday, June 10th, at the 2022 CS Award Ceremony.
Congratulations CS Graduate Student Awardees
(left to right; top row to bottom row): George Tzimpragos, Ashley Bruce, April Sanchez, Rhys Tracy, Yi Ding, Fuheng Zhao, Dheeraj Baby, Yijun Xiao, Liu Kurafeeva, Rohan Bhatia, Sujaya Maiyya, Shlomi Steinburg, Yuke Wang, Ishtiyaque Ahmad, Sanjay Chandrasekaran, Sharon Levy
Congratulations to our CS Graduate Students, who were honored this past Friday at the 2022 Computer Science Award Ceremony.
End-of-the-year Awards for CS Department
from top left and clockwise: Diba Mirza, Aesha Parekh, Sierra Wang, Alex Mei, Henry Zhang, Eric Yuan, and Siddharth Deshpande. Not pictured is Chaofan Shou.
Congratulations to CS faculty and senior students for their end-of-the-year awards, nominated and awarded by the graduating class of 2022.
Gautam Mundewadi, 3rd year CS Major, Selected for Rising Stars in Mentoring Award
Will Eiers Selected for Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Arthur Gatin and Sara Mandic, 3rd year CS Majors, Selected for CS Outstanding Mentor Award
Daniel Shu Selected for Outstanding Graduate Student Award - Honorable Mention
Abby Wysopal (Lead), Kiet Nguyen (Scribe), Brent Luker, Michael Hau, and Ryan Mitchell Awarded Best Capstone Project for ALPRO: NGENUITY 3D Visualization Automation
April Sanchez Selected for the Computer Science Student Of The Year Award
Qinghang Hong, Junfeng Liu, Tony Sun, Nathan Wu, Ziheng Yan, and Bella Yue Awarded Distinction in the Major - Research Track
Michael Christensen Selected for the College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Alex Cyriac, Co-Founder and CEO at Lively, Selected for the Distinguished Undergraduate Alumnus Award
Professor Amr El Abbadi Named Outstanding Faculty in Computer Science for 2020-2021 by College of Engineering Seniors at UCSB
Ori Mizrahi, Sam Pettus, Alan Roddick, and Abby Wysopal Awarded Distinction in the Major - Capstone Track
Vaishali Surianarayanan Selected for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Department of Computer Science
Zoran Dimitrijevic, Principal Software Engineer at Airbnb, Inc. Selected for the Distinguished Graduate Alumnus Award
Sophie Groenwold, Samhita Honnavalli, Lily Ou, and Aesha Parekh Selected for CS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Team Award
Yuke Wang, Peter Gartland, and Ishtiyaque Ahmad Selected for Outstanding Publication Co-Awards Recognizing Excellence as a Main Contributor of a Paper Accepted/Published in 2020-21
Amit Jardosh, Founder & CEO, Careerfront Selected for the Distinguished Graduate Alumnus Award
Nathan Wu Selected for CS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award - Individual
Wenhu Chen Selected for Outstanding Dissertation Award
Kerem Celik, Sam Dunn, and Tony Sun Awarded College of Engineering Outstanding Senior for Highest Cumulative GPA From Each Degree Program
Jack Kilgore, 4th Year CS Major, Given Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Tony Sun Awarded with College of Engineering Tirrell Award for Distinction in Undergrad Research
April Sanchez, 4th Year CS Major, Awarded with the College of Engineering John and Sheila Lake Excellence Award
Georgios Tzimpragos Awarded 2020 IEEE Micro Top Pick
Dawit Aboye, 4th Year CS Major, Given UCSB University Award of Distinction
Professor Linda Petzold Granted Membership In the National Academy Of Sciences
Assistant Professor William Wang Awarded Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Assistant Professor Misha Sra Awarded The IEEE VGTC (Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee) Virtual Reality Best Dissertation Award
Professor Timothy Sherwood Awarded UCSB Academic Senate Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
Graduate Student Yuqing Zhu Chosen as Recipient of Google Ph.D. Fellowship
Students Andrew Gaut and Tony Sun (under Advisor William Wang) Named as Finalists in the Computing Research Association’s Outstanding Researcher Awards
