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.
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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.
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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
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
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
Institute Administrative Service Award
Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award
Outstanding Faculty Leadership for the Development
of GRAs
Excellence in Teaching 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
- 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
- 2000 - Philip Enslow
- 1998 - Al Badre
Student
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
- 2002 - Christopher Jermaine
- 2001 - David Smith
- 2000 - Jim Greenlee
Outstanding Junior Faculty Research
Outstanding Senior Faculty Research
CoC Staff / Service Awards
Outstanding Service Staff
- 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
- 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 ablity to succeed.
- 2002 - Hailemelekot Seifu
- 2001 - Srividhya Srinivasan
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 2002 - Anthony Gelsomini
- 2001 - Dan Lerner
- 2000 - John Molnar
- 1999 - Choo Yei Chong
- 1998 - Paul Griswold
- 1997 - Mark Canup
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- 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
Honors and
Awards Committee 2002-2003
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Chair
Calton Pu
Membrs
Ronald C. Arkin
Faith Diehl
Pamela Ruffin
Maureen Biggers
Thad E. Starner
Mary Jean Harrold
Brendan Hannigan
Vijay Vazirani
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