Awards and Accolades

The computing science researchers at the University of Alberta are often recipients of awards and accolades on a national and international level. Our students, faculty, and staff are all working together to make us one of the top research-intensive computing science departments in Canada and maintain our reputation as a consistently top-ten-ranking program.

The list of recipients below comprises nearly two decades worth of awards for excellence for professors, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Since 2002, when our logging efforts began, the brilliant minds who form the Department of Computing Science have received over 300 awards including:

  • national and international fellowships,
  • university professorships,
  • awards of distinction for research publications,
  • research chairs,
  • teaching awards,
  • national and international scholarships,
  • service awards,
  • doctorate awards,
  • and many other internal and external accolades.

The list below can be sorted by category based on award type, recipient, scope, and year. Feel free to peruse, and congratulations to all of our recipients!

Group
Scope
Type
Year

Group

Type

Award

Awarded to

Year Awarded

FacultyAwardACM A.M. Turing AwardRich Sutton2025
FacultyAwardOutstanding Mentorship in Undergraduate Research & Creative ActivitiesBailey Kacsmar2025
FacultyAwardCAIAC Lifetime Achievement AwardOsmar Zaiane2025
FacultyBest PaperForecasting 2022 Best Paper AwardRuss Greiner, Roberto Vega2024
FacultyAwardCRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring AwardCarrie Demmans Epp2024
GraduateFellowshipCRA-E Graduate FellowEmma McDonald2024
FacultyAwardCS-Can|Info-Can Lifetime Achievement AwardOsmar Zaiane2024
GraduateAwardCS-Can|Info-Can Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation AwardNadia Ady2024
FacultyAwardACM SIGEnergy Rising Star AwardOmid Ardakanian2024
FacultyAwardACM eEnergy Test of Time AwardOmid Ardakanian2024
AlumniAwardUniversity of Alberta Alumni Horizon AwardFrincy Clement2024
AlumniAwardUniversity of Alberta Alumni Honour AwardIsraat Haque2024
FacultyBest PaperEMNLP-24 Best Paper AwardMir Tafseer Nayeem, Davood Rafiei2024
FacultyAwardNSERC Brockhouse PrizeRuss Greiner2024
FacultyFellowshipFellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial IntelligenceCsaba Szepesvári2023
FacultyAwardCS-Can|Info-Can Lifetime Achievement AwardRuss Greiner2023
FacultyAwardPAKDD 10-year Test of Time AwardJoerg Sander2023
FacultyBest PaperCAIAC Best Paper AwardOsmar Zaiane, Chenyang Huang, Paritosh Goyal, Amine Trabelsi2023
FacultyAwardIBM CASCON Most Influential Paper AwardEleni Stroulia, Abram Hindle2023
FacultyBest PaperIBM CASCON Best Paper AwardNelson Amaral2023
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best MSc Thesis AwardPuyuan Liu2023
FacultyBest PaperIJCAI Distinguished Paper AwardLevi Lelis2023
FacultyAwardUniversity of Alberta Killam Award for Excellence in MentoringRuss Greiner2023
FacultyBest PaperIJCNLP-AACL Outstanding Paper AwardBradley Hauer, Greg Kondrak2023
FacultyAwardUniversity of Alberta Precision Health Innovator AwardRuss Greiner2022
UndergraduateCompetitionRocky Mountain Regional Programming Contest WinnerWeiying Chen, Ian DeHaan, Johnson Wu, Zachary Friggstad (coach)2022
FacultyAwardCS-Can|Info-Can Lifetime Achievement AwardRob Holte2022
FacultyAwardSPEC Presidential AwardNelson Amaral2022
FacultyAwardFaculty of Science Research AwardMartha White2022
GraduateScholarshipHuawei Doctoral ScholarshipMir Tafseer Nayeem2022
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best PhD Thesis AwardJincheng Mei2022
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best MSc Thesis AwardShivam Garg2022
FacultyBest PaperACM BuildSys Best Paper AwardOmid Ardakanian, Xiaoqi Tan2022
FacultyAwardASTech Outstanding Achievement in AI/ML Advancement: Energy and Environmental InnovationOmid Ardakanian 2022
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement AwardKristen You2021/2022
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement AwardMrunal Jadhav2021/2022
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis AwardRyan D'Orazio2021/2022
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis AwardHaozhou Pang2021/2022
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis AwardCamila Ferreira Costa2021/2022
FacultyFellowshipFellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial IntelligenceMike Bowling2021
FacultyAwardCS-Can|Info-Can Lifetime Achievement AwardJonathan Schaeffer2021
FacultyAwardUniversity of Alberta Remote Teaching AwardNelson Amaral2021
FacultyFellowshipFellow of the Royal Society of LondonRich Sutton2021
FacultyAwardOutstanding Mentorship in Undergraduate Research & Creative ActivitiesSarah Nadi2021
FacultyAwardCAIAC Lifetime Achievement AwardRuss Greiner2021
FacultyAwardIJCAI Research Excellence AwardRich Sutton2021
FacultyAwardDahl-Nygaard Junior PrizeKarim Ali2021
FacultyAwardIEEE Senior MemberOsmar Zaiane2021
UndergraduateAwardHonourable Mention for the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher AwardChengzhang Dong2021
FacultyBest PaperIEEE ToG Outstanding Paper Award Michael Buro2021
FacultyBest PaperMining Software Challenge Track Best Paper AwardAbram Hindle2021
FacultyBest PaperAAMAS Best Paper AwardMatt Taylor2021
FacultyAwardOne of Top 10% Highest-scoring NeurIPS reviewers Russ Greiner2021
FacultyAwardICLR-21 Outstanding Reviewer Lili Mou2021
FacultyAwardUniversity of Alberta Outstanding Mentorship in Undergraduate Research & Creative ActivitiesNelson Amaral2020
FacultyFellowshipFellow of the TELUS World of ScienceAbram Hindle2020
FacultyAwardKillam Accelerator Research AwardMartha White2020
FacultyAwardIEEE Intelligent Systems AI's 10 to WatchMartha White2020
FacultyAwardEdify Edmonton Top 40 Under 40Alona Fyshe2020
FacultyBest PaperAIED Best Paper Honorable MentionCarrie Demmans Epp2020
FacultyBest PaperIEEE Outstanding Paper (Theory)Martin Jagersand2020
FacultyBest PaperIEEE CoG Best Paper (Runner-Up) AwardJonathan Schaeffer2020
FacultyBest PaperAIJ Prominent Paper AwardNathan Sturtevant2020
FacultyBest PaperAIIDE Best Paper NomineeNathan Sturtevant2020
FacultyAwardACL Outstanding ReviewerGreg Kondrak2020
FacultyAwardEMNLP-20 Oustanding ReviewerLili Mou2020
FacultyAwardAIIDE Best ReviewerNathan Sturtevant2020
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best MSc Thesis AwardHumza Haider2020
GraduateScholarshipGRA Rice Graduate Scholarship in Communications Nawshad Farruque2019/2020
GraduateFellowshipJ.P. Morgan PhD FellowshipSina Ghiassian2019
GraduateAwardFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research Student Teaching AwardAbdulsalam Ba Sabaa, Shaiful Chowdhury, Kalvin Eng, Bradley Hauer, Braedy Kuzma, Andrew Patterson, Tobias Renwick, Saeed Sarabchi, Rameel Sethi2019
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R. Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Shrimanti Ghosh2019
GraduateScholarshipVerna Tate Graduate Scholarship in ScienceMennatullah Siam2019
GraduateAwardComputing Science Early Achievement MSc Andrew Jacobsen (Winner), Alexander Wong (Runner Up)2019
GraduateAwardComputing Science Early Achievement PhDMoein Owhadi Kareshk (Winner), Xinyao Sun (Runner Up) 2019
GraduateAwardComputing Science Outstanding MSc Thesis Artem Chikin (Winner), Ehsan Imani (Runner Up) 2019
GraduateAwardComputing Science Outstanding PhD ThesisGaojian Fan (Winner), Seyed Moein Shakeri (Runner Up) 2019
GraduateScholarshipVerna Tate Graduate Scholarship in ScienceCamila Ferreira Costa2018/2019
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Ngoc Khanh Thy Tran2018/2019
GraduateScholarshipGRA Rice Graduate Scholarship in Communications Mashrura Tasnim2018/2019
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Mirmahdi Rahgoshay2017/2018
FacultyFellowshipFellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial IntelligenceDale Schuurmans2017
FacultyChairshipUC3M-Santander Chair of ExcellenceRob Holte2017
FacultyProfessorshipMcCalla ProfessorshipMartin Jagersand2017
FacultyFellowshipFaculty of Science Research FellowshipMichael Bowling2017
GraduateAwardFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research Graduate Student Teaching AwardsSara Farazi, Leah Hackman, Marcus Karpoff, Camilo Perez, Ian Watts2017
FacultyAwardMSR Early Career Achievement AwardAbram Hindle2017
FacultyBest PaperACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper AwardKarim Ali, Lisa Nguyen Quang Do, Benjamin Livshits, Eric Bodden, Justin Smith, Emerson Murphy-Hill2017
FacultyBest PaperSSTD Best Paper AwardMario Nascimento, Camila F. Costa2017
FacultyAwardUniversity of Alberta Excellence in Leadership AwardMario Nascimento2017
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement AwardCamilla F. Costa2017
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement Award Runner-UpYao Xu2017
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement AwardArtem Chikin2017
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement Award Runner-UpMehran Mahmoudi2017
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis AwardBernardo Avila Pires2017
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-UpGarrett Nicolai2017
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis AwardGautham Vasan2017
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-UpXiaowei Hu2017
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best MSc Thesis AwardYifan Wu2017
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Sepehr Valipour2016/2017
FacultyBest PaperAAAI Outstanding Paper AwardRob Holte, Ariel Felner, Guni Sharon, Nathan Sturtevant2016
GraduateAwardFaculty of Science Dissertation AwardFan Xie2016
FacultyBest PaperAAMAS Best Paper NominationYitao Liang, Marlos C. Machado, Erik Talvitie, and Michael Bowling2016
FacultyAwardIEEE CS TCSE Distinguished Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Leadership AwardEleni Stroulia2016
GraduateBest PaperUAI Best Student Paper AwardTor Lattimore, Jan Leike, Laurent Orseau, Marcus Hutter2016
FacultyAwardCS-Can|Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher PrizeAbram Hindle2016
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement AwardShaiful Chowdhury2016
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement Award Runner-UpCamila Ferreira Costa2016
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement Award Runner-UpSubhayan Mukherjee2016
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement AwardEddie Santos2016
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis AwardMichael Johanson2016
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-UpFelicity Allen2016
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis AwardBradley Hauer2016
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis AwardYifan Wu2016
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-UpChristopher Martin2016
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Xiaowei Hu2015/2016
GraduateScholarshipGRA Rice Graduate Scholarship in Communications Kory Mathewson2015/2016
GraduateAwardFaculty of Science Doctoral Dissertation AwardRouzbeh Maani2015
GraduateAwardFaculty of Science Doctoral Dissertation AwardMartha White2015
GraduateAwardL'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science - NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Supplement AwardMichelle Annett2015
GraduateAwardFaculty of Science Dissertation AwardSiamak Ravanbakhsh2015
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement AwardYiming Qian2015
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement Award Runner-UpShaiful Chowdury2015
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement Award Runner-UpJunfeng Wen2015
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement AwardKory Mathewson2015
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis AwardMartha White2015
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-UpRouzbeh Maani2015
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-UpSiamak Ravanbakhsh2015
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis AwardRoshan Shariff2015
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-UpAmritpal Saini2015
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best PhD Thesis AwardYaoliang Yu2015
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Yifan Wu2014/2015
FacultyBest PaperNETYS 2014 Best Paper AwardEhab Elmallah, Mohamed Gouda2014
FacultyFellowshipMetabolomics Society Honorary FellowshipDavid Wishart2014
FacultyBest PaperUAI Best Paper Runner-upTor Lattimore, Koby Crammer, Csaba Szepesvari,2014
FacultyAwardFaculty of Science Research AwardMichael Bowling2014
FacultyAwardISSS Excellence in TeachingNelson Amaral2014
FacultyAwardFaculty of Science Innovation in Teaching AwardJim Hoover, Michael Bowling2014
GraduateScholarshipAndrew Stewart Memorial Graduate PrizeMichelle Annett2014
GraduateBest PaperUAI Best Paper Runner-upTor Lattimore, Koby Crammer, Csaba Szepesvari2014
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award WinnerYaoliang Yu2014
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-upRichard Gibson2014
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award Runner-upMichelle Annett2014
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement PrizeGaojian Fan2014
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement Award Co-winnerMohammed Elmorsy2014
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement Award Co-winnerGaojian Fan2014
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding MSc Thesis Award WinnerTimothy Yao2014
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding MSc Thesis Award Runner-upMatthew Gaudet2014
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement PrizeKaran Aggarwal2014
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement Award WinnerBradley Hauer2014
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement Award Runner-upKaran Aggarwal2014
FacultyBest PaperInternational Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems Best Paper AwardYi Bi, Jia-Huai You, Zhiyong Feng2014
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best PhD Thesis AwardHootan Nakhost2014
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Zhaoxing Bu2013/2014
FacultyChairshipCisco Research Chair in Healthcare SolutionsPierre Boulanger2013
GraduateAwardCAIAC Best PhD Thesis AwardGábor Bartók2013
GraduateAwardBill Buxton Best Canadian HCI Dissertation AwardXing-Dong Yang2013
GraduateAwardPhD Outstanding Thesis Award WinnerHootan Nakhost2013
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement PrizeJoshua Campbell2013
GraduateAwardPhD Early Achievement AwardAikaterini Vlachaki2013
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement PrizeBlerina Bazelli2013
GraduateAwardMSc Early Achievement AwardZhaoxing Bu2013
GraduateAwardMSc Outstanding Thesis Award WinnerRyan Kiros2013
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Jiemin Wang2012/2013
FacultyAwardPACT Best Paper AwardA. Wang, M. Gaudet, P. Wu, M. Ohmacht, J. N. Amaral, C. Barton, R. Silvera, M. M. Michael2012
FacultyAwardCAS Research Faculty Fellow of the YearNelson Amaral2012
GraduateAwardPACT Best Paper AwardA. Wang, M. Gaudet, P. Wu, M. Ohmacht, J. N. Amaral, C. Barton, R. Silvera, M. M. Michael2012
GraduateAwardGold Medal in ACM Student ResearchMatthew Gaudet2012
GraduateAwardGraduate Student Teaching AwardsJoshua Davidson, John Peters, Anahita Alipour, Ronghong Li, Weitian Tong, Iuliia Vlasenko2012
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Early Achievement AwardDan Han2012
GraduateAwardPh.D. Early Achievement AwardWeitian Tong2012
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Early Achievement PrizeMatthew Gaudet2012
GraduateAwardPh.D. Early Achievement PrizeFan Xie2012
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Outstanding Thesis AwardTimo Ewalds, David Lovi2012
GraduateAwardPh.D Outstanding Thesis AwardNeil Birkbeck, Amir-massoud Farahmand2012
UndergraduateAwardSIGMOD Best Undergraduate Poster AwardTyler Sliwkanich, Douglas Schneider, Aaron Yong, Mitchell Home2012
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Richard Mortimer2011/2012
FacultyBest PaperCNSR 2011 Best Paper AwardVan Ho, Ioanis Nikolaidis2011
FacultyAwardExcellence in Undergraduate TeachingEleni Stroulia, Ioanis Nikolaidis2011
FacultyAwardISSS Inspirational InstructorCsaba Szepesvari2011
GraduateScholarshipQueen Elizabeth II ScholorshipDavoud Moulavi2011
GraduateBest PaperCNSR 2011 Best Paper AwardVan Ho, Ioanis Nikolaidis2011
GraduateAwardNSERC Best Poster AwardFilipe Mesquita2011
GraduateScholarshipAlberta Innovates Graduate Student ScholarshipFilipe Mesquita2011
GraduateAwardUTS Graduate Student Teaching AwardAdam Wolfe Gordon, Katherine Chen, Susan Gentner, Stephanie Husby, Andrew Cenkner, Metanat HooshSadat2011
UndergraduateScholarshipAmdahl Academic Achievement Scholarship in Computing ScienceDaniel Chui, Dustin Morrill, Timothy Phillips2011
UndergraduateAwardDonald B. Scott Memorial PrizeYou Li2011
UndergraduateScholarshipCanadian Information Processing Society ScholarshipStephanie Gil2011
UndergraduateAwardTerence Holowach Memorial PrizeElvis Lin2011
UndergraduateAwardBarry J. Mailloux Prize in Computing ScienceJonathan Clark2011
UndergraduateAwardGold Medal in Computing ScienceRoshan Shariff2011
UndergraduateScholarshipKao Family Eisenco ScholarshipSteven Maschmeyer2011
UndergraduateScholarshipMark Van Mechelen Scholarship in Computing ScienceZachary Jullion2011
UndergraduateAwardDr. Brian Pinchbeck Memorial Industrial Internship PrizeMitchell Lindgren2011
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Parisa Naeimi2010/2011
FacultyBest PaperIEEE Best Paper AwardDenilson Barbosa2010
FacultyAwardACM SIGKDD Service AwardOsmar Zaiane2010
FacultyGrantNSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement AwardMartin Mueller2010
FacultyBest PaperCCAI Best Paper AwardRuss Greiner, Oliver Schulte, Gustavo Frigo, Hassan Khosravi2010
FacultyAwardTeaching AwardJoe Culberson, Janelle Harms2010
FacultyAwardResearch AwardMichael Bowling2010
StaffAwardStaff Service AwardBritta Nielsen2010
GraduateScholarshipAnita Borg ScholarshipMichelle Annett2010
GraduateBest PaperE.M. Gold Award for best student paper at ALT2010Gábor Bartók2010
GraduateScholarshipVanier Canada Graduate ScholarshipQiong Wu2010
GraduateFellowshipDissertation FellowshipJessica Enright, Michael Smit2010
GraduateAwardAndrew Stewart Memorial Graduate PrizeShane Bergsma2010
GraduateAwardUTS Graduate Student Teaching AwardDavid Leis Chodos, Hsiu-Chin Lin, Yifeng Liu, Jeremy Nickurak, Sterling Orsten2010
GraduateAwardOutreach AwardKaylee Bohaychuk, Rui Shen2010
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Early Achievement AwardNatalia Negara2010
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Outstanding Thesis AwardAditya Bhargava, M. Reza Khani (1st Runner Up), Fraser Anderson (2nd Runner Up)2010
GraduateAwardPh.D. Early Achievement AwardAmirhossein Firouzmanesh2010
GraduateAwardPh.D. Outstanding Thesis AwardZachary Friggstad, Sittichai Jiampojamarn (Runner Up)2010
GraduateAwardJeffrey R. Sampson Memorial Graduate PrizeR. Todd Mortimer2010
UndergraduateAwardOutreach AwardKaylee Bohaychuk, Rui Shen2010
UndergraduateScholarshipAmdahl Academic Achievement Scholarship in Computing ScienceSiobhan Buck, Ai Lin, Colby Warkentin2010
UndergraduateAwardDonald B. Scott Memorial PrizeMichael Webb2010
UndergraduateScholarshipCanadian Information Processing Society ScholarshipBradley Hauer2010
UndergraduateAwardTerence Holowach Memorial PrizeSteven Maschmeyer2010
UndergraduateAwardBarry J. Mailloux Prize in Computing ScienceDustin Morrill2010
UndergraduateAwardGold Medal in Computing ScienceAndrew Cave, Timothy Yau2010
UndergraduateAwardStan Heaps Memorial ScholarshipYou Li2010
UndergraduateScholarshipKao Family Eisenco ScholarshipDaniel Matichuk2010
UndergraduateScholarshipDirk Snoeck Henkemans Memorial ScholarshipKaylee Bohaychuk2010
UndergraduateScholarshipIntuit Canada Undergraduate Scholarship in Computing ScienceJonathan Clark, Omar Qadri, Scott Vig, Tsung Ling Yong2010
UndergraduateScholarshipKathryn O'Donoghue Ward Memorial ScholarshipStephanie Gil2010
UndergraduateScholarshipMark Van Mechelen Scholarship in Computing ScienceGregory Burlet2010
UndergraduateScholarshipHaemonetics Software Solutions Computing Science ScholarshipDaniel Matichuk2010
UndergraduateAwardDr. Brian Pinchbeck Memorial Industrial Internship PrizeMatthew Gaudet2010
GraduateScholarshipJeffrey R Sampson Memorial Graduate Prize Ryan Vogt2009/2010
FacultyChairshipiCORE Industry Chair in Services Systems ManagementEleni Stroulia2009
FacultyAwardIEEE Outstanding Service AwardOsmar Zaiane2009
FacultyAwardExcellence in Technology TransferPierre Boulanger2009
FacultyAwardKillam Annual ProfessorshipOsmar Zaiane2009
FacultyAwardTeaching Unit Award (CMPUT 250)Michael Bowling, Jim Hoover, Jonathan Schaeffer, Nathan Sturtevant2009
FacultyAwardResearch AwardGreg Kondrak2009
FacultyAwardTeaching AwardDenilson Barbosa2009
FacultyAwardFaculty Service AwardNafeesa Mohamed2009
StaffAwardFaculty of Science Service AwardRoderick Johnson2009
StaffAwardDocsDB Recognition AwardShauna Grabinsky, Carolyn Morris2009
StaffAwardStaff Service AwardLinda Jiao, Leslie Acker2009
StaffAwardDistinguished Service AwardHarvey Duff2009
GraduateScholarshipFrederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral AwardFraser Anderson2009
GraduateAwardOutstanding Ph.D. ThesisGuohua Liu, David Silver2009
GraduateAwardOutstanding M.Sc. ThesisParisa Mosayebi2009
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Early Achievement AwardAditya Bhargava2009
GraduateAwardPh.D. Early Achievement AwardMike Smit2009
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Academic Achievement AwardShahin Jabbari Arfaee, Ashique Mahmood2009
GraduateAwardPh.D. Academic Achievement AwardBabak Behsaz2009
GraduateAwardJeffrey R. Sampson Memorial Graduate PrizeRyan Vogt2009
GraduateAwardOutreach AwardFraser Anderson, Maryam Hasan, Parisa Naeimi2009
UndergraduateScholarshipAmdahl Academic Achievement Scholarship in Computing ScienceAndrew Cave, David Dietrich, Garett Hunter2009
UndergraduateAwardDonald B. Scott Memorial PrizeJordan Schmidek2009
UndergraduateScholarshipCanadian Information Processing Society ScholarshipMichael Webb2009
UndergraduateAwardTerence Holowach Memorial PrizeAdam Preuss2009
UndergraduateAwardBarry J. Mailloux Prize in Computing ScienceJoel Kravets2009
UndergraduateAwardGold Medal in Computing ScienceJustin Fagnan2009
UndergraduateScholarshipStan Heaps Memorial ScholarshipRoshan Shariff2009
UndergraduateScholarshipKao Family Eisenco ScholarshipAlexander Dorokhine2009
UndergraduateScholarshipDirk Snoeck Henkemans Memorial ScholarshipYu Bing Xu2009
UndergraduateScholarshipIntuit Canada Undergraduate Scholarship in Computing SciencePatrick Lo, Zachary Jullion, Steven Maschmeyer, Kaylee Bohaychuk, Oscar Ramirez2009
UndergraduateScholarshipKathryn O'Donoghue Ward Memorial ScholarshipSiobhan Buck2009
UndergraduateScholarshipMark Van Mechelen Scholarship in Computing ScienceRobert Dmytruk2009
UndergraduateScholarshipHaemonetics Software Solutions Computing Science ScholarshipJordan Schmidek2009
UndergraduateAwardDr. Brian Pinchbeck Memorial Industrial Internship PrizeLukasz Pieczykolan2009
FacultyAwardMcCalla ProfessorshipOsmar Zaiane2008
FacultyCompetitionACM Rocky Mountain Programming Contest, 23rd PlaceTravis Dick, Nicholas Merritt, Roshan Shariff, Martin Mueller (coach)2008
FacultyAwardAVAC/iCORE/ASTech Outstanding Achievement in Information and Communications Technology and InnovationJim Hoover2008
FacultyAwardSyncrude/ASTech Innovation in Oil Sands ResearchHong Zhang2008
FacultyAwardDistinguished University ProfessorJonathan Schaeffer2008
FacultyAwardFaculty Service AwardDale Schuurmans2008
FacultyAwardResearch AwardPierre Boulanger2008
FacultyAwardTeaching AwardJoe Culberson2008
StaffAwardStaff Service AwardIris Everitt2008
GraduateCompetitionACM Rocky Mountain Programming Contest, 23rd PlaceTravis Dick, Nicholas Merritt, Roshan Shariff, Martin Mueller (coach)2008
GraduateAwardJeffrey R. Sampson Memorial Graduate PrizeRichard Valenzano2008
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Academic Achievement AwardDavid Schnizlein2008
GraduateAwardOutreach AwardMichelle Annett2008
GraduateAwardOutstanding M.Sc. ThesisAnna Koop2008
GraduateAwardOutstanding Ph.D. ThesisZhenchang Xing2008
GraduateAwardOutstanding Research M.Sc. Achievement AwardKevin Waugh2008
GraduateAwardOutstanding Research Ph.D. Achievement AwardMaria Cutumisu, Philip Henderson2008
GraduateAwardPh.D. Academic Achievement AwardZhijie Wang2008
UndergraduateScholarshipAmdahl Academic Achievement Scholarship in Computing ScienceJustin Fagnan, John Peters, Timothy Yau2008
UndergraduateAwardBarry J. Mailloux Prize in Computing ScienceSlobodan Pejic2008
UndergraduateAwardDonald B. Scott Memorial PrizeJustin Fagnan2008
UndergraduateScholarshipDirk Snoeck Henkemans Memorial ScholarshipAlexander Dorokhine2008
UndergraduateAwardDr. Brian Pinchbeck Memorial Industrial Internship PrizeNashaat Ghanem2008
UndergraduateScholarshipHAEMONETICS Software Solutions ScholarshipJohn Peters2008
UndergraduateScholarshipIntuit Canada Undergraduate ScholarshipJoel Boulet, Gregory Burlet, Daniel Matichuk, Roshan Shariff, Michael Webb2008
UndergraduateScholarshipKao Family Eisenco ScholarshipTimothy Yau2008
UndergraduateAwardTerence Holowach Memorial PrizeDaniel Matichuk2008
UndergraduateAwardGold Medal in Computing ScienceJohn Lees-Miller2008
FacultyChairshipNSERC/Castle Rock Research Industrial Research Chair in Perceptually Adaptive MultimediaAnup Basu2007
FacultyAwardDistinguished Speaker of the ACMNelson Amaral2007
FacultyFellowshipFellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial IntelligenceRuss Greiner2007
FacultyAwardIEEE Senior MemberEhab Elmallah2007
FacultyAwardSPEC Kaivalya Dixit AwardNelson Amaral, Paul Berube2007
FacultyCompetitionACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, 14th PlaceZac Friggstad, Steven Soneff, Kevin Waugh, Piotr Rudnicki (coach)2007
FacultyFellowshipFellow of the Royal Society of CanadaJonathan Schaeffer2007
FacultyAwardAlberta Ingenuity New Faculty AwardMohammad Salavatipour2007
FacultyAwardGSA Excellence in Graduate SupervisionNelson Amaral2007
FacultyFellowshipKillam FellowshipRuss Greiner2007
FacultyAwardRutherford Award for Excellence in TeachingPaul Lu2007
FacultyAwardUniversity of Alberta Alumni Recognition AwardPaul Sorenson2007
FacultyAwardFaculty Service AwardEleni Stroulia2007
FacultyAwardResearch Excellence AwardRuss Greiner2007
FacultyAwardTeaching AwardMike MacGregor2007
StaffAwardDistinguished Service AwardSteven Sutphen2007
StaffAwardStaff Service AwardSharon Gannon, John Bartoszewski2007
GraduateAwardSPEC Kaivalya Dixit AwardNelson Amaral, Paul Berube2007
GraduateCompetitionACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, 14th PlaceZac Friggstad, Steven Soneff, Kevin Waugh, Piotr Rudnicki (coach)2007
GraduateAwardHonourary Killam AwardBrian Tanner2007
GraduateAwardGSA Award for Outstanding Graduate Student TeachingKen Bauer2007
GraduateAwardUTS Graduate Student Teaching AwardKen Bauer2007
GraduateAwardJeffrey R. Sampson Memorial Graduate PrizeVolodymyr Mnih2007
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Academic Achievement AwardVarun Grover2007
GraduateAwardOutreach AwardMaria Cutumisu2007
GraduateAwardOutstanding M.Sc. ThesisZachary Friggstad2007
GraduateAwardOutstanding Ph.D. ThesisColin Cherry2007
GraduateAwardOutstanding Research Ph.D. Achievement AwardZhipeng Cai2007
GraduateAwardPh.D. Academic Achievement AwardAbdullah-Al Mahmood2007
UndergraduateScholarshipAmdahl Academic Achievement Scholarship in Computing ScienceScott Dohei, Sterling Orsten, Wanying Luo2007
UndergraduateAwardBarry J. Mailloux Prize in Computing ScienceJohn Peters2007
UndergraduateScholarshipCanadian Information Processing Society ScholarshipJustin Fagnan2007
UndergraduateAwardDonald B. Scott Memorial PrizeAdam Metcalf2007
UndergraduateScholarshipStan Heaps Memorial ScholarshipTimothy Yau2007
UndergraduateScholarshipDirk Snoeck Henkemans Memorial ScholarshipLandon Cheek2007
UndergraduateAwardDr. Brian Pinchbeck Memorial Industrial Internship PrizeJohn Lees-Miller2007
UndergraduateAwardGold Medal in Computing ScienceKevin Swersky2007
UndergraduateScholarshipIntuit Canada Undergraduate ScholarshipBrandon Neilson, Yuanjie Huang, Alexander Dorokhine, Andrew Cave2007
UndergraduateScholarshipKao Family Eisenco ScholarshipSterling Orsten2007
UndergraduateScholarshipKathryn O'Donoghue Ward Memorial ScholarshipCandace Phelps2007
UndergraduateScholarshipMark Van Mechelen ScholarshipDerek Moore2007
UndergraduateScholarshipSony Computing Science ScholarshipCharles Pham2007
UndergraduateAwardTerence Holowach Memorial PrizeAndrew Cave2007
FacultyChairshipiCORE Chair in High Performance Artificial Intelligence SystemsJonathan Schaeffer2006
FacultyChairshipiCORE Industrial Chair in MultimediaAnup Basu2006
FacultyBest PaperICSME Best Paper AwardEleni Stroulia, Zhenchang Xing2006
FacultyCompetitionACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, 11th PlaceAndrew Neitsch, Sumudu Fernando, Zac Friggstad, Piotr Rudnicki (coach)2006
FacultyBest PaperMichael A.J. Sweeney Best PaperHai Mao, Herb Yang2006
FacultyAwardIBM Project Team of the YearJose Nelson Amaral, Kit Barton, Paul Berube, Stephen Curial2006
FacultyAwardCIPPRS Research Excellence and Service AwardHong Zhang2006
FacultyAwardOutstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology AwardRuss Greiner, Rob Holte, Randy Goebel, Jonathan Schaeffer, Rich Sutton, Csaba Szepesvari, Dale Schuurmans, Michael Bowling2006
FacultyAwardFaculty of Science Award for Excellence in TeachingPaul Lu2006
FacultyAwardFaculty of Science Innovation in TeachingMike MacGregor2006
FacultyAwardGSA Excellence in Graduate SupervisionDuane Szafron2006
FacultyAwardDistinguished Service AwardPaul Sorenson2006
FacultyAwardResearch Excellence AwardDale Schuurmans2006
StaffAwardFaculty of Science Service AwardSunrose Ko2006
StaffAwardNat Rutter Outstanding Technician AwardRob Lake2006
StaffAwardStaff Service AwardEdith Drummond, Rod Johnson2006
GraduateBest PaperInternational Conference on Software Maintenance Best Paper AwardEleni Stroulia, Zhenchang Xing2006
GraduateCompetitionACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, 11th PlaceAndrew Neitsch, Sumudu Fernando, Zac Friggstad, Piotr Rudnicki (coach)2006
GraduateBest PaperMichael A.J. Sweeney Best PaperHai Mao, Herb Yang2006
GraduateAwardIBM Center for Advanced Studies Project Team of the YearJose Nelson Amaral, Kit Barton, Paul Berube, Stephen Curial2006
GraduateAwardCS Award for High MarksBrad Joyce2006
GraduateAwardJeffrey R. Sampson Memorial Graduate PrizeMarcel Ball2006
GraduateAwardM.Sc. Academic Achievement AwardChris Rayner2006
GraduateAwardOutreach AwardJessica Enright2006
GraduateAwardOutstanding M.Sc. ThesisDoug Demyen2006
GraduateAwardOutstanding Ph.D. ThesisJack van Ryswyck2006
GraduateAwardOutstanding Research M.Sc. Achievement AwardZachary Friggstad2006
GraduateAwardOutstanding Research Ph.D. Achievement AwardZen Chang Xing2006
GraduateAwardPh.D. Academic Achievement AwardAmir, Farahmand, Sittichai Jiampojamaran, Tao Wang2006
UndergraduateScholarshipAmdahl Academic Achievement Scholarship in Computing ScienceJohn Lees-Miller, Jordan Nielson2006
UndergraduateAwardBarry J. Mailloux Prize in Computing ScienceWanying Luo2006
UndergraduateScholarshipCanadian Information Processing Society ScholarshipTimothy Yau2006
UndergraduateAwardDonald B. Scott Memorial PrizeDaniel Harker2006
UndergraduateScholarshipStan Heaps Memorial ScholarshipSterling Orsten2006
UndergraduateAwardDr. Brian Pinchbeck Memorial Industrial Internship PrizeKurt McMillan2006
UndergraduateAwardGold Medal in Computing ScienceMaaike Jansen2006
UndergraduateScholarshipIntuit Canada Undergraduate ScholarshipJohn Peters, Yining Wang, Timothy Yau, Justin Fagnan2006
UndergraduateAwardKao Family Eisenco ScholarshipJohn Lees-Miller2006
UndergraduateScholarshipKathryn O'Donoghue Ward Memorial ScholarshipKaitlin O'Donnell2006
UndergraduateScholarshipSony Computing Science ScholarshipKevin Swersky2006
UndergraduateAwardTerence Holowach Memorial PrizeJohn Peters2006
FacultyChairshipiCORE Industrial Research Chair in Collaborative Virtual EnvironmentsPierre Boulanger2005
FacultyAwardMcCalla Research ProfessorshipRuss Greiner2005
FacultyBest PaperIJCAI Distinguished Paper AwardDale Schuurmans, Russ Greiner, Yuhong Guo2005
FacultyBest PaperIJCAI Disntinguished Paper PrizeJonathan Schaeffer, Yngvi Bjornsson, Neil Burch, Akihiro Kishimoto, Martin Mueller, Robert Lake, Paul Lu, Steve Sutphen2005
FacultyCompetitionACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, 29th PlaceAndrew Neitsch, Sumudu Fernando, Jason Klaus, Piotr Rudnicki (coach)2005
FacultyAwardProvince of Alberta Centennial AwardJonathan Schaeffer2005
GraduateBest PaperIJCAI Distinguished Paper AwardDale Schuurmans, Russ Greiner, Yuhong Guo2005
GraduateBest PaperIJCAI Disntinguished Paper PrizeJonathan Schaeffer, Yngvi Bjornsson, Neil Burch, Akihiro Kishimoto, Martin Mueller, Robert Lake, Paul Lu, Steve Sutphen2005
GraduateAwardAdvances in Artificial Intelligence Best Paper AwardShane Bergsma2005
GraduateCompetitionHigh Productivity Computing (HPC) Challenge First Prize (Class 2)Christopher Barton, Calin Cascaval, Gheorge Almasi2005
GraduateCompetitionACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, 29th PlaceAndrew Neitsch, Sumudu Fernando, Jason Klaus, Piotr Rudnicki (coach)2005
GraduateFellowshipProvince of Alberta Graduate FellowshipBaochun Bai, Jinhui Shen, Jianjun Zhou2005
GraduateScholarshipProvince of Alberta Graduate ScholarshipMaryia Kazakevich, Paul Nalos, Nolan Bard, Benjamin Chu2005
GraduateAwardRalph Steinhauer Award of DistinctionDan Lizotte, David Morgan, Gregory Lee2005
GraduateAwardGraduate Research AwardZhipeng Cai, Cheng Lei2005
GraduateAwardGraduate Teaching Assistant AwardMike Johanson, Simon Leonard, Adam Rachmielowski2005
GraduateScholarshipIzaak Walton Killam Memorial ScholarshipIlya Levner, Dan Lizotte, Chris Parker, Brian Tanner2005
GraduateAwardJeffrey R. Sampson Memorial Graduate PrizeMichael Smith2005
GraduateAwardOutreach AwardChris Parker2005
GraduateAwardOutstanding M.Sc. ThesisPeter McCracken2005
GraduateAwardOutstanding Ph.D. ThesisYong Gao2005
GraduateAwardOutstanding Research Ph.D. Achievement AwardChristopher Barton2005
UndergraduateScholarshipAmdahl Academic Achievement Scholarship in Computing ScienceSteven Kalf, Kevin Waugh, Atak Kara2005
UndergraduateAwardBarry J. Mailloux Prize in Computing ScienceDavid Lovi2005
UndergraduateScholarshipCanadian Information Processing Society ScholarshipJohn Lees-Miller2005
UndergraduateScholarshipStan Heaps Memorial ScholarshipJoshua Friesen2005
UndergraduateScholarshipDirk Snoeck Henkemans Memorial ScholarshipDavid Tom2005
UndergraduateAwardDr. Brian Pinchbeck Memorial Industrial Internship PrizeMatt Petras2005
UndergraduateAwardGold Medal in Computing ScienceRyan Vogt2005
UndergraduateScholarshipKao Family Eisenco ScholarshipAdam Jocksch2005
UndergraduateScholarshipSony Computing Science ScholarshipMaaike Jansen2005
UndergraduateAwardTerence Holowach Memorial PrizeJordan Nielson2005
FacultyBest PaperROBIO 2004 Best Student Paper AwardChristopher Parker, Hong Zhang2004
FacultyAwardIBM Corporation Faculty AwardNelson Amaral2004
GraduateFellowshipIBM Corporate University Relations FellowshipChristopher Barton2004
GraduateBest PaperROBIO 2004 Best Student Paper AwardChristopher Parker, Hong Zhang2004
FacultyChairshipCanada Research Chair (Tier II, Machine Learning)Dale Schuurmans2003
FacultyChairshipNSERC/iCore/Syncrude/Matrikon Industrial Research Chair on Intelligent Sensing SystemsHong Zhang2003
FacultyChairshipiCORE Chair in Reinforcement Learning and Artificial IntelligenceRich Sutton2003
FacultyChairshipCanada Research Chair in Artificial IntelligenceJonathan Schaeffer2002