College of Computing

2005 AWARDS

Undergraduate Awards

Outstanding Junior

• Shaun Duncan

Outstanding Senior (provided by EDS)

• Kelsey Martin Francis

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

• Mary Ellen Harmon

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Assistant

• Matthew Bowman

The Dave & Carrie Armento Scholarship - Established by David D. Armento to be awarded to an African-American computer science major who is a resident of the State of Georgia.

• Darryl Prince

The Bierne M.Prager Scholarship - Undergraduate preferably from Shelby County, TN.

• Daniel Uhrman

Graduate Awards

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Jason Elliott

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant

• Vivek Kwartra

Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertations

• Gabriel Brostow
• Christian Poellabauer

The Donald V. Jackson Fellowship - Established by Jeannie Jackson in memory of her husband, Don Jackson, a 1971 master's graduate of IS and a 1965 bachelors graduate of the math department. Don had an extremely successful career in the computing industry, which included serving as CIO of Computer Products. The Donald V. Jackson Fellowship supports the master's program and is awarded to a well-rounded student who best embodies Don's values.

• Kristin Vadas

The Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship - Established by Billie L. Williamson in memory of her husband, Marshall Williamson, a 1969 master's graduate of IS. Marshall had an extremely successful career, serving most recently as the general manager of the Garland Division of E-Systems. The Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship supports the master's program and is awarded to a well-rounded student who best embodies Marshall's values.

• Dolapo Kukoyi

The Verizon Fellowships

• Jonny Aguillard
• Christina Gardner
• Chris Parnin
• Oriana Williams
  

Staff Awards

Outstanding Support Staff

• Jennifer Chisholm

Outstanding Service Staff

• Barbara Binder

Research Awards

Outstanding Junior Faculty Research

• Subhash Khot

Outstanding Outstanding Senior Faculty Research

• Irfan Essa

The Raytheon Faculty Fellowship - The Raytheon Faculty Fellowship is a $10,000 seed grant designed to foster and encourage collaborative activities among CoC faculty members and to further promote a sense of community within the College. The recipients can be academic as well as research faculty members in the CoC who seek to collaborate on new research initiatives in any area. Thanks to the ongoing support of the College by Raytheon Company, this award is presented annually.

• Jim Rehg and Wenke Lee (jointly)

Faculty Awards

Outstanding Instructor

• Monica Sweat

William A. "Gus" Baird Faculty Teaching Award - This award is given to a faculty member who is recognized by his or her peers for excellence in teaching. It is fitting that ”Gus” - “the man who wanted nothing more than to teach” - be remembered each time this award is presented. “Gus” received his master's degree from Georgia Tech in 1980 and was a favorite College of Computing undergraduate instructor for nearly 15 years.

• John Stasko

The Peter A. Freeman Faculty Award - The Freeman Award is presented annually to a member of the College of Computing faculty who has demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit for which the founding Dean, Peter A. Freeman, was known.

• Merrick Furst

The Dean's Award

• Pamela Ruffin

Corporate Awards

Boeing Scholarships

• Jay Anderson
• Mark DeJesus
• Courtland Goodson
• Steven Simmons

IBM Faculty Awards

• Panagiotis (Pete) Manolios
• Alessandro (Alex) Orso
• Karsten Schwan

IBM Research Fellowship

• Aameek Singh

IBM Eclipse Award

• Mary Jean Harrold

Intel Opportunity Scholars

• Jay Anderson
• Jesslyn Beattie
• Matthew Benford
• Michael Boyce
• Mina Doroudi
• Andrew Durso
• Katherine Flinn
• Matthew Fong
• Marlena Frank
• Daniel Hernandez
• Anne Hewitt
• Michelle Kitaoka
• Vanessa Larco
• Joanna Liedy
• Priyanka Mahalanabis
• Angela Navarro
• Uzo Okafor
• Veronica Peshterianu
• Kathy Pham
• Kelly Poulo
• Kady Rosier
• Laura Rouse
• Aason St. Clair
• Logan Thomas
• Megan Thomas
• Dana VanDevender
• Jenelle Walker
• Omari Worthy
• Crystal Wren

Agency Awards - Agency

NSF Career Awards

• Tucker Balch
• Blair MacIntyre
• Milos Prvulovic

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

• Shwetak Patel
• Erik Shehan
• Chris Wojtan

NSF Scholarship for Service

• Adam Bernstein
• Tracey Diamond
• Duc Q. Ngo
• Irby J. Thompson
• Jason Trost
• Alan Tu
• Stephen C. Wampler
• Ryan D. Wilson
• Josh Zaritzky

Georgia Tech Institute Honors & Awards

Ten Years of Service to Georgia Tech

• Pamela Buffington
• Vijay Vazirani
• Chelcea Warren
• Robert Waters

Twenty Five Years of Service to Georgia Tech

• Janet L. Kolodner