{"658323":{"#nid":"658323","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CSE Students, Faculty Finish the Year Strong with Awards Ceremonies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;School of Computational Science and Engineering\u0026nbsp;(CSE) is concluding the Spring 2022 semester on a high note with many students, faculty, staff, and alumni receiving awards and accolades.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy earning awards at the College, Institute, and levels beyond, the School of CSE continues to distinguish itself as a top-tier school for research and learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;CSE is honored to be recognized by our peers in the College of Computing for the work that we do and for striving for excellence,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;Edmond Chow, School of CSE associate professor and associate chair. \u0026ldquo;The award winners and CSE have much to be proud of and to celebrate.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;College of Computing\u0026nbsp;recognized numerous School of CSE students, faculty and staff at its 31st Annual Awards Celebration on April 21. Awardees included:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gaurav22verma.github.io\/\u0022\u003EGaurav Verma\u003C\/a\u003E- Rising Star Doctoral Student Research Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE M.S. student\u0026nbsp;Shoale Badr- Donald V. Jackson Fellowship Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE M.S. student\u0026nbsp;Pengda Xie- Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/vuduc.org\/v2\/\u0022\u003ERichard Vuduc\u003C\/a\u003E- Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~dchau\/\u0022\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/a\u003E- Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Research Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~skumar498\/\u0022\u003ESrijan Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E- Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECSE Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor and Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~hpark\/\u0022\u003EHaesun Park\u003C\/a\u003E- Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESchool Administrative Officer\u0026nbsp;Arlene Washington-Capers- Outstanding Staff Mentoring Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EResearch Operations Program Manager\u0026nbsp;Holly Rush- Outstanding Staff Leadership Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAcademic Program Coordinator\u0026nbsp;Nirvana Edwards- Acknowledgement 10 Years of Service\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong other accolades,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fredhohman.com\/\u0022\u003EFred Hohman\u003C\/a\u003E, M.S. CSE 2018, Ph.D. CSE 2020, received the 2022 Outstanding Dissertation Award\u0026nbsp;from ACM SIGCHI for his work\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/fredhohman.com\/papers\/fred-hohman-thesis.pdf\u0022\u003EInteractive Scalable Interfaces for Machine Learning Interpretability\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E. Hohman\u0026rsquo;s dissertation, which was supported by a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship, also earned him a dissertation award at the College\u0026rsquo;s award celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;Center of Teaching and Learning\u0026nbsp;(CTL) recognized four School of CSE students at its Teaching Assistant and Future Faculty Awards Day on April 20.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;Ruijia Wang\u0026nbsp;received a Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award while\u0026nbsp;Kevin Li, an undergraduate student majoring in computer science, received an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso, CSE Postdoctoral Fellow\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nimisha-roy-775b09155\u0022\u003ENimisha Roy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;received a Graduate Student Instructor Award and CSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=gLpK-rUAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003EPatrick Lavin\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;received a certificate for completing CTL\u0026rsquo;s Tech to Teaching program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the international level, CSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.cc.gatech.edu\/~acastillo41\/\u0022\u003EAlexander Rodriguez\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was one of only 200 young researchers accepted to the 9th Heidelberg Laureate Forum. The forum brings together rising scholars in mathematics and computer science for a week of scientific exchange in September.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;m excited about this opportunity to be inspired by the life, experience, and wisdom of successful senior researchers and energized by my fellow young scholars,\u0026rdquo; Rodriguez said. \u0026ldquo;Thanks to the faculty for\u0026nbsp;leading in excellence by being an example and thanks\u0026nbsp;to my colleagues\u0026nbsp;for their guidance and support when I have difficulties.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) is concluding the Spring 2022 semester on a high note with many students, faculty, staff, and alumni receiving awards and accolades.  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