{"667545":{"#nid":"667545","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Power of People Recognized at College, Institute Awards Ceremonies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECollege of Computing Dean Charles Isbell has a saying that summarizes everything anyone needs to know about the College: \u201cOur strength is, and always will be, our people.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo recognize its meritorious people from the 2022-2023 academic year, the unit hosted its 32nd Annual College of Computing Awards luncheon on April 20.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBetween the luncheon and other award presentations elsewhere at Georgia Tech, the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) exemplified Isbell\u2019s words, showing that people make all the difference when it comes to leading technological research. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis was most evident through School of CSE Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESrijan Kumar\u003C\/strong\u003E, who took the James D. Lester III Endowment Award, which is one of the most prestigious College awards and presented for noteworthy research in internet phenomena. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Lester Award was an exclamatory end to a monumental year for Kumar. The award presentation comes just a month after Kumar received an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/news\/667341\/faculty-receives-nsf-career-award-detect-and-counter-social-media-misinformation\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award\u003C\/a\u003E and the National Academy of Science named him a Kavli Fellow for the second time in back-to-back years.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKumar is just as much a caring mentor and educator just as he is an accomplished researcher. In September 2022, he received a Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Thank-a-Teacher award for his CSE 6240 course in web search and text mining.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKumar was not the only School of CSE person recognized at the College\u2019s award luncheon. Fellow CSE students, faculty, and staff that received awards included:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPh.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003ERuijia Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E- Outstanding Graduate Head Teaching Assistant Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPh.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EAgam Shah-\u003C\/strong\u003E Rising Star Doctoral Research Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlumnus \u003Cstrong\u003ENilaksh Das \u003C\/strong\u003E(M.S. CSE 2017, Ph.D. CSE 2022)- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EM.S. student \u003Cstrong\u003EAlex Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E- Donald V. Jackson Fellowship Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EM.S. student \u003Cstrong\u003EYingchen (Eric) Ma\u003C\/strong\u003E- Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQi Zeng\u003C\/strong\u003E, an undergraduate student advised by Assistant Professors \u003Cstrong\u003ESpencer Bryngelson\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFlorian\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESch\u00e4fer\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E- Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPratham Meta\u003C\/strong\u003E, an undergraduate student in Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EPolo Chau\u2019s\u003C\/strong\u003E research group- Outstanding Second Year Leadership Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003ESrinivas Aluru\u003C\/strong\u003E- Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPostdoctoral Scholar \u003Cstrong\u003EDaniel Gibney\u003C\/strong\u003E- Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Donaldson\u003C\/strong\u003E, a teaching assistant in Chau\u2019s CSE 6242 Data and Visual Analytics class- Outstanding Instructional Associate Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECommunications Officer \u003Cstrong\u003EBryant Wine\u003C\/strong\u003E- Outstanding Staff Impact Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe College of Computing awards luncheon was not the only venue on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus where School of CSE people received awards and recognition this year.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKevin Li\u003C\/strong\u003E, an undergraduate student in Chau\u2019s research group, received the Provost\u2019s Academic Excellence Award. Li also received the G.D. Jain Outstanding Senior in Biomedical Engineering Award.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith a number of students from his group earning awards, Chau was also recognized for his work this year. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EChau received the Senior Faculty Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award at Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/21\/excellence-honored-annual-facultystaff-luncheon\u0022\u003EFaculty and Staff Honors Luncheon\u003C\/a\u003E on April 21. The College of Computing also recognized Chau at its awards presentation for reaching ten years of service.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAnother Institute award presented to CSE faculty was the Faculty Honors Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award. Georgia Tech awarded this to Lecturer \u003Cstrong\u003EMax Mahdi Roozbahani\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of CSE faculty and students also received awards off-campus from organizations closely aligned with relevant research fields.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe most recent and prominent of these was an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amazon.science\/research-awards\/program-updates\/79-amazon-research-awards-recipients-announced\u0022\u003EAmazon Research Award\u003C\/a\u003E, presented to School of CSE Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EYunan Luo\u003C\/strong\u003E. This award will help Luo advance his research in computational biology and medicine, while also developing machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications for use in other fields.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of CSE Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Cherry\u003C\/strong\u003E was part of a research team that received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-and-emory-researchers-win-award-arrhythmia-research\u0022\u003E2023 Georgia Clinical \u0026amp; Translational Science Alliance Award\u003C\/a\u003E. School of Physics Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EFlavio Fenton\u003C\/strong\u003E, a CSE programs faculty member, led the group in research to better understand arrhythmias in human hearts.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EC. David Sherrill\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Regents\u2019 professor with joint appointments in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of CSE, received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/american-chemical-society-presents-2023-herty-medal-chemists-chemist-david-sherrill\u0022\u003E2023 Charles H. Herty Award\u003C\/a\u003E. Awarded by the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society, the Herty Award recognizes research, education, and service activities in the Southeast by a chemist.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhile awards presentations commonly occur at the end of spring semester throughout Georgia Tech, numerous School of CSE students and faculty received notable awards earlier in the year.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003ESrinivas Aluru\u003C\/strong\u003E joined Kumar as School of CSE faculty who received a CTL Thank-A-Teacher award in September 2022. Aluru received two of these awards for his CSE 4220 Introduction to High Performance Computing course.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA research team that included School of CSE faculty, students, and alumni were finalists for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/news\/663235\/biomedical-analytics-research-earns-team-gordon-bell-prize-nomination\u0022\u003EGordon Bell Prize\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E presented at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis in November 2022. These included Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ERich Vuduc\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EVijay Thakkar\u003C\/strong\u003E, and alumni \u003Cstrong\u003ERamakrishnan Kannan\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. CS 2016) and \u003Cstrong\u003EPiyush Sao\u003C\/strong\u003E (Ph.D. CSE 2018).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of CSE faculty and students also received distinguished fellowships in 2022-2023 worthy of recognition.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn November 2022, School of CSE Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EAnqi Wu\u003C\/strong\u003E was recognized as a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/researchers-recognized-darpa-risers\u0022\u003EDARPA Riser\u003C\/a\u003E. She followed this up in March 2023 receiving the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/news\/665896\/anqi-wu-awarded-2023-sloan-research-fellowship\u0022\u003ESloan Research Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EML Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EZijie (Jay) Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E also received a fellowship in March, the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/student-named-apple-scholar-connecting-people-machine-learning\u0022\u003EApple Scholars in AI\/ML PhD fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E. Wang was one of only 22 young researchers from around the world to the receive the fellowship.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELast but certainly not least, School of CSE Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EGaurav Verma\u003C\/strong\u003E received a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.snap.com\/fellowships.html\u0022\u003ESnap Research Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E in December 2022. Only 12 computer science students from around the world, including Verma, received this fellowship.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt is an honor to celebrate the accomplishments this year by all our students, faculty, and staff. Our award recipients have much to be proud of,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003EHaesun Park\u003C\/strong\u003E, School of CSE Regents\u2019 Professor and chair. \u201cWe are privileged to have so many esteemed colleagues, students, and staff in our School.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of CSE students, faculty, and staff exemplify\u0026nbsp;Dean Charles Isbell\u0027s saying, \u0022our strength is, and always will be, our people.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of CSE students, faculty, and staff exemplify\u00a0Dean Charles Isbell\u0027s saying, \u0022our strength is, and always will be, our people.\u0022"}],"uid":"36319","created_gmt":"2023-04-27 16:52:56","changed_gmt":"2023-04-27 16:55:32","author":"Bryant Wine","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166983","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBryant Wine, Communications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nbryant.wine@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}