DISSERTATION AWARDS
Abhishek Das – Building Agents That Can See, Talk and Act
School of Interactive Computing
Academic Advisor: Dhruv Batra
Minsuk Kahng – Human-Centered AI Through Scalable Visual Data Analytics
School of Computational Science and Engineering
Academic Advisor: Polo Chau
Sanidhya Kashyap – Scaling Synchronization Primitives
School of Computer Science
Academic Advisor: Taesoo Kim
Jessica Pater (honorable mention) – Digital Self-harm: Implications of Eating Disordered Behaviors Online
School of Interactive Computing
Academic Advisor: Beth Mynatt
Samira Samadi (honorable mention) – Human Aspects of Machine Learning
School of Computer Science
Academic Advisor: Santosh Vempala
MS RESEARCH AWARD
OUTSTANDING GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT AWARD
Zongchen Chen
OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD
Frederic Faulkner
THE DONALD V. JACKSON FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Established by Jeannie Jackson in memory of her husband, Don Jackson, a 1971 master’s graduate of IS and a 1965 bachelor’s graduate of the math department. This award supports the College Master’s program and is awarded to a well-rounded, first-year Master’s student (3 recipients – 1 from each school within the College of Computing*) who best embodies Don’s values of academic excellence and leadership.
Jon Saad-Falcon (School of Computational Science and Engineering)
Surabhi Mudgal (School of Computer Science)
Joel Ye (School of Interactive Computing)
THE MARSHALL D. WILLIAMSON FELLOWSHIP
Established by Billie I. Williamson in memory of her husband, Marshall Williamson, a 1969 master’s graduate of IS. This award will support the College Master’s program and be awarded to a well-rounded, second-year Master’s student who best embodies Marshall’s values of academic excellence and leadership (4 recipients – 1 each for Computer Science, Computational Science & Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, and Information Security).
Rishabh Jain (CSE)
Varnit Jain (HCI)
Sushanto Praharaj (InfoSec)
CS 7001 AWARD
*A student representing the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, which was established in 2020, will be recognized in 2022.