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 Interdisciplinary Activities
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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