College of Computing
AWARDS
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Distinguished Awards Special Achievement Award This occasional award is given to the person in the College who, in the Dean's opinion, has made an extraordinary contribution to the College. The Dean's Award This annual award is given to the person (or persons) in the College who, in the Dean's opinion, best epitomizes the spirit of the College. It recognizes outstanding dedication to the College and significant efforts for its continued improvement. The Edenfield Faculty Fellowship The James C. Edenfield Faculty Fellowship is a $20,000 seed grant designed to foster and encourage collaborative activities among CoC faculty members and to further promote a sense of community within the College. This award is presented annually, thanks to Mr. Edenfield's generosity. Mr. Edenfield, IE '57, is a former member of the College Advisory Board and a Charter Member of the Dean's Circle. - 2001 - Ling Liu and John Stasko
- 2000 - Milena Mihail and Ellen Zegura - Milena and Ellen submitted a proposal entitled "Spectral Metrics for Large Internet Graphs."
- 1999 - John Stasko - John submitted a proposal entitled, "Personified Agents in the Interface: Exploring the Metaphor."
- 1998 - Mark Guzdial - Mark submitted a proposal for support of research on "A New Model for Web-Based Executable code."
- 1997 - Irfan Essa
- 1996 - Mostafa Ammar and Ann Chervanak - Mostafa and Ann submitted a joint proposal entitled, "Providing Entertainment Content With an Interactive Multimedia Jukebox."
- 1995 - Chris Atkeson - Chris submitted a proposal entitled, "Building a Computerized Shadow."
- 1994 - Mustaque Ahamad
The Imlay Faculty Fellowship In 1993, John P. Imlay, Jr., a 1959 graduate of Georgia Tech and Chairman of Imlay Investments, endowed the Imlay Faculty Fellowship. The Imlay Fellowship is awarded for a two-year term to a faculty member who has demonstrated innovativeness, breadth, and has an entrepreneurial nature. The Raytheon Faculty Fellowship Established by E-Systems (now a part of Raytheon Company), the Raytheon Faculty Fellowship is a $20,000 seed grant designed to foster and encourage collaborative activities among CoC faculty members and to further promote a sense of community within the College. Thanks to the ongoing support of the College by Raytheon Company, this award is presented annually. Sven's program focuses on "agent-centered search" and how it can be used as part of complete agent architectures, including robots and animated agents. - 2001 - Andre dos Santos and Jun Xu
- 2000 - Blair MacIntyre and Yannis Smaragdakis - Blair and Yannis submitted a proposal entitled "Language Tools for Exploratory Programming of Highly Interactive Distributed Applications."
- 1999 - Sven Koenig - Sven's program focused on "agent-centered search" and how it can be used as part of complete agent architectures, including robots and animated agents.
- 1998 - Amy Bruckman and Jessica Hodgins -Amy and Jessica submitted a proposal for support of the development of the new course, "Electronic Game Programming."
- 1997 - Gregory Abowd
- 1996 - Ken Calvert - Ken submitted a proposal entitled, "Home Information Infrastructure Lab."
- 1995 - Colin Potts - Colin submitted a proposal entitled, "Design and Analysis of Consumer Software."
National & International Awards and Honors American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows ACM Fellows - 2004 - Mostafa Ammar
- 2004 - Richard DeMillo
- 2004 - Mary Jean Harrold
- 2004 - Ramesh Jain
James Foley - 2000 - Peter Freeman
- Richard Lipton
ACM/CHI highest award (CHI Academy) ACM/SIGGRAPH highest award (Coons Award) Award of Excellence (Systems Research Foundation, 1986) Eurographics Fellows FIRST (First Independent Research Support Transition Award)
National Library of Medicine Fulbright Fellow Guggenheim Fellow IBM Young Investigator Award IBM Best Paper in Computer Science IEEE Fellows National Academy of Engineering National Science Foundation Career Awards - Gregory Abowd
- Raja Das
- Ann Chervenak
- Mark Guzdial
- Dana Randall
- Greg Turk
- Ellen Zegura
- Amy Bruckman
- Ken MacKenzie
- Leonard Schulman
- Elizabeth Mynatt
- Thad Starner
- Jim Rehg
- Wenke Lee
National Young Investigator Awards - Mary Jean Harrold
- Jessica Hodgins
David and Lucile Packard Fellowship - William Halfond (2002-2003)
- Jessica Hodgins
Presidential Young Investigator Awards - Chris Atkeson
- Craig Tovey
- Kishore Ramachandran
- Vijay Vazirani
Schlumberger Foundation Technical Fellowship Sloan Fellow - Elizabeth Mynatt
- Dana Randall
Institute Awards Faculty and Staff
Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Cup - 2003 – Vida Blair Dowling
Institute Administrative Service Award Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award Outstanding Faculty Leadership for the Development of GRAs Excellence in Teaching Award Outstanding Academic Advisor Award Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Outstanding Continuing Education Award
Outstanding Innovative Use of Education Technology
Outstanding Staff Performance Award - 1995 - Cathy Beam and DeAngela Duff
- 1994 - Eric Trevena
- 1993 - Joan Morton
- 1993 - Tempo Tinch
- 1992 - Karen Hutcheson
Sigma Xi Award for Best Paper by a GT Faculty Sigma Xi Sustained Research Award Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award Sigma Xi Young Faculty Research Award CETL/Amoco Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Ten Years of Service to Georgia Tech - 2004
- Gregory Abowd
- Amihood Amir
- Randy Carpenter
- Barb Ericson
- Chrissy Hendricks
- Austin Hijar
- Matthew Wolf
- 2003
- Mark Guzdial
- Nancy Nersessian
- Jack Ramsey
- Uwanna Smith
- Ellen Zegura
- Allyana Ziolko
- 2002
- Terry Countryman
- Daniel Forsyth
- Paul Manno
- Leo Mark
- Colin Potts
- Peter Wan
- 2001
- James Foley
- David Leonard
- Joan Morton
- 2000
- Peter Freeman
- Shamkant Navathe
- 1999
- Kurt Eiselt
- Richard Fujimoto
- Ashok Goel
- Jim Greenlee
- Ashwin Ram
- John Stasko
- Tempo Tinch
- 1998
- Gwen Baker
- Cathy Beam
- Larry Hodges
- Jalisa Norton
- Karsten Schwan
- 1997
- 1995
- Mustaque Ahamad
- Mostafa Ammar
- Nancy Pinion
- 1994
- 1993
Twenty-five Years of Service to Georgia Tech - 2003
Norberto Ezquerra
Rich LeBlanc
Bill Ribarsky - 2000 - Philip Enslow
- 1998 - Al Badre
Undergraduate Awards Outstanding Undergraduates - 2004 (Sponsored by Schlumberger) Outstanding Undergraduate 2004 *Kristin Vadas Outstanding Undergraduates 2003
* Andrew D. Hilton
* Douglas K. Powers Outstanding Undergraduate Research 2003
* James H. Hays Bierne M. Prager Scholarship Bierne M. Prager Scholarship
*2003 - Brian S. Whited
Graduate Awards CETL/Amoco Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Sigma Xi Research Award - 1998 - Robert Sumner
- 1993 - Tom Meyer
SAIC / Georgia Tech Student Paper Award
CoC Faculty Awards Outstanding Instructor Award - 2003 – Bill Leahy
- 2002 - Christopher Jermaine
- 2001 - David Smith
- 2000 - Jim Greenlee
Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Outstanding Senior Faculty Research
CoC Staff / Service Awards Outstanding Service Staff - 2004 - Carla Bennett
- 2003 – Jennifer Chisholm
- 2002 - Cathy Beam
- 2001 - Dan Forsyth
- 2000 - Christine McMahan and Uwanna Smith
- 1999 - Barbara Durham
- 1998 - Eric Trevena
- 1997 - Cathy Dunahoo
- 1996 - Sheronda Minton
- 1995 - Peter Wan
- 1994 - Susan Haglund
- 1993 - Joan Morton
Outstanding Support Staff - 2004 - Chelcea Warren
- 2003 – Cathy Dunnahoo
- 2002 - Jack Ramsey
- 2001 - Chrissy Hendricks
- 2000 - Susan Jackson
- 1999 - Linda Williams
- 1998 - Rashmi Patel
- 1997 - Gwen Baker
- 1996 - Pam Craig
- 1995 - De Angela Duff
- 1994 - Jalisa Norton
External Awards received by CoC Graduate Students AT&T Fellowship The Donald V. Jackson Fellowship Established by Jeannie Jackson in memory of her husband, Don Jackson, a 1971 Masters 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 will support the Masters program and be awarded in recognition of well-rounded qualities and the ability to succeed. - 2003 – Poonam Hattangady
- 2002 - Hailemelekot Seifu
- 2001 - Srividhya Srinivasan
- 2002 - Oleg M. Kolesnikov
- 1999 - James Hudson
- 1998 - Jeff Chastine
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship GT Bookstore / Student Center Leadership Scholarship GTE Fellowships - 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- Elizabeth Gordon
- Anna Shleyfman
- 1998
- Amy Ayers
- May Cheng
- Travis Maxwell
- 1997
- 1995
IBM Cooperative Fellowship - 2001 - Jennifer Mankoff, Jason Ellis, James Hudson
- 2000 - Jason Ellis
- 1999 - Jason Ellis
- 1998
- 1997 - Sumeer Bohla
Intel Fellowships 2004 2003 - Nancy Babiarz
- Amon D. Millner
- Patrick Widener
- 2001
- Gabriel Brostow, Ph.D.
- Davis King, Ph.D.
- Jennifer Mankoff, Ph.D.
- 2000
- Michael Covington, Ph.D.
- Thomas Drewes, M.S. HCI
- Anne Jacobs, M.S. HCI
- Davis King, Ph.D.
- 1999
- Michael Covington, Ph.D.
- Thomas Drewes, M.S. HCI
- Anne Jacobs, M.S. HCI
- 1998
- 1995 Wayne Wooten
The Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship Established by Billie I. Williamson in memory of her husband, Marshall Williamson, a 1969 Masters graduate of Information Sciences. 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 will support the Masters program and be awarded to a well-rounded student who best embodies Marshall's values. - 2003 – David White
- 2002 - Matthew Might
- 2001 - Michael Kaess
- 2000 - Steve Voida
- 1999 - Derrick Whittle
- 1998 - Bill Leahy
Merri Gaye Hitt Memorial Scholarship Microsoft Research Fellowship Schlumberger Collegiate Scholarship - 1997 - Namrata Patel
- 1995 - Amihai Feinstein
Syntellect Scholarship Texaco Scholarship - 1997 - Maria Gullickson and Carlos Ugarte
- 1995 - Alex Snoeren
CoC Student Awards Outstanding Rising Junior - Sponsored by Procter and Gamble - 2004 - Kyle Mahan
- 2003 – Kyle W. Mahan
- 2002 -Jason Harmening
- 2001 - David Zurow
- 2000 - Seth Markle
- 1999 - Andrew Smith
- 1998 - Michael Anyiwo
- 1997 - Adam Tegen
- 1996 - Devon Ziegler
- 1995 - John Michael Federovitch
- 1994 - Matthew Owen Kressel
- 1993 - Daniel Bassett
Outstanding Rising Senior - Endowed by EDS - 2004 - Ahnil Jagdish Chalwa
- 2003 – James P. Gruen
- 2002 - David Zurow
- 2001 - Ryan Dawe
- 2000 - Arief Sugianto
- 1999 - Jennifer Dempsey
- 1998 - Kevin Sykora
- 1997 - Robert Sumner
- 1996 - Zellyn Hunter
- 1995 - Brandon Craig Rhodes
- 1994 - Stephen Phillip Thorne
- 1993 - David Cardoze
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship - Sponsored by Schlumberger - 2002 - Bryan Kennedy
- 2001 - Namrata Bachwani
- 2001 - George Perantatos
- 2000 - Cory Kidd
- 1999 - Susan Fisher
- 1998 - Robert Sumner
- 1997 - Solomon Duskis
- 1996 - Brandon Rhodes and Alex Snoeren
- 1995 - Reza Ghorieshi
- 1994 - Michael Caldwell Macaluso
- 1993 - Allison Elliott
- 1992 Faye Davis Morse
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant - 2004 - Yoichiro Endo
- 2003 – Amin Saberi
- 2002 - Arno Schoedl and Yaxin Liu
- 2001 - Jen Mankoff and William Murdock
- 2000 - Anind Dey
- 1999 - David Brogan and Kamal Jain
- 1998 - James O'Brien
- 1997 - Ian Smith
- 1996 - Tucker Balch
- 1995 - Anand Sivasubramaniam
- 1994 - George Rouskas
- 1993 - Samir Das
- 1992 - Anurag Gupta
Sigma Xi PhD Thesis Award The Dave and 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. - 2003 – Dennis A. Delgado
- 2002 - Chukwuemeka Okonkon
- 2001 - Belinda Nambooze
- 2000 - Hailemekot Seifu
- 1999 - Tiffany Ross
The William A. "Gus" Baird Faculty Undergraduate Award - 1995 - Reza Ghorieshi
- 1994 - Elizabeth Bright
- 1993 - Tom Meyer
Teaching Awards The William A. "Gus" Baird Faculty Teaching Award The William A. "Gus" Baird Faculty Teaching Award is given to a faculty member who is recognized by his or her peers and students 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 professor for nearly 15 years. Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - 2004 - Jason Whitehurst
- 2004 James Malcolm
- 2003 – Bryan Kennedy
- 2002 - Anthony Gelsomini
- 2001 - Dan Lerner
- 2000 - John Molnar
- 1999 - Choo Yei Chong
- 1998 - Paul Griswold
- 1997 - Mark Canup
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant - 2003 - Elaine Huang
- 2002 - Martin Geier
- 2001 - Gabriel Brostow and Ion Mandoiu
- 2000 - Ion Mandoiu and David Dagon
- 1999 - Scott McCrickard
- 1998 - Kamal Jain
- 1997 - Idris Hsi
- 1996 - Francisco Torres-Rojas
- 1995 - Ivan Yanasak
- 1994 - Kiran Panesar
- 1993 - Terry Kane
- 1992 - Greg Eisenhauer
Corporate Awards Boeing Scholarships
2003-2004 - Jay Anderson
2003-2004 - Ayite Ayite
2003-2004 - Meghan Byrne
2003-2004 - Suyi Li
2003-2004 - David Respaldiza
2002-2003 - Donald Ali
2002-2003 - Ayite Ayite
2002-2003 - Meghan Byrne
2002-2003 - Danielle Dees
2002-2003 - Lauren Rich
2002-2003 - Maria Rueda Cisco Systems Information Assurance Scholarship (2002-2003)
Chaoting Xuan
IBM Research Fellowship
(2003 - 2004) Yazin Liu
(2003 - 2004) Christian Poellabauer
(2002 - 2003) Yazin Liu
(2002 - 2003) Christian Poellabauer Intel Opportunity Scholars 2003-2004
Jay Anderson
Varun Bapna
Jesslyn Beattie
Mike Boyce
Mina Doroudi
Andy Durso
Jessica Frame
Marlena Frank
Daniel Hernandez
Kenyatta Hill
Michelle Kitaoka
Gina Lee
Joanna Liedy
Priyanka Mahalanabis
Ellen Matthews
Kamaram Munira
Angela Navarro
Leonard Neely
Veronica Peshterianu
Kathy Pham
Mai Phung
Tiffany Reece
Chris Ronderos
Laura Rouse
Logan Thomas
Megan Thomas
Stephanie Timms
Louis Ucheya
Dana VanDevender
Jenelle Walker
Omari Worthy
Crystal Wrenn (2002-2003)
Jesslyn Beattie
Marlena Frank
Daniel Hernandez
Joanna Leidy
Veronica Peshterianu
Maianh Phung
Laura Rouse
Chyke Ucheya
Omari Worthy Nortel Networks Scholarships (2003-2004)
Meghan Byrne
Philip Chow
Joseph Scoccimaro
Joseph Uhl Verizon Scholarship (2004)
Chris Parnin
Femui Olumoko 2002-2003)
William Halfond
Tammara Massey
Marcela Musgrove DoD Information Assurance Scholarship BS Program
(2004)
Stephen C. (Craig) Wampler DoD Information Assurance Scholarship MS Program
(2004) - Sheree Elliott (2002-2003) - Sheree Elliott National Defense Science & Eng. Graduate Fellowship (2004) - Ilya Bagrak
(2002-2003) - Chris Plaue NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2004-2005 j- Valerie Henderson
2004-2005 - Julie Kientz
2003-2004 - Giovanni Iachello
2003-2004 - Daron Vroon
2003-2004 - Stephanie Brubaker
2003-2004 - Zhen Hao (Howard) Zhou
2003-2004 - David Zurow
(2002-2003) - David Minnen
(2002-2003) - Hugh Patrick NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2003-2004)
Rachel Fithian
Giovanni Iachello
Daron Vroon
Stephanie Wojtkowski
Zhen Zhou NSF Graduate Scholarship for Service (2003-2004) - James P. (Jim) Gruen
(2002-2003) - Charles Sellers
NSF Undergraduate Scholars
(2003-2004) - Tysen Perszyk
(2003-2004) - John Scimone
(2002-2003) - Tysen Perszyk
(2002-2003) - John Scimone
Honors and Awards Committee 2002-2003 Ronald C. Arkin
Faith Diehl
Pamela Ruffin
Maureen Biggers
Thad E. Starner
Mary Jean Harrold
Brendan Hannigan
Vijay Vazirani
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