Faculty Awards & Honors

 

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS & HONORS
National Medal of ScienceCarl de Boor ('03), Stephen Kleene ('90). The Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement and research.
National Academy of Science MemberGrace Wahba ('00), Carl de Boor ('97), Stephen Kleene ('69)
National Academy of Engineering MembersCarl de Boor ('93), David DeWitt ('98), Stephen Robinson ('08), Guri Sohi ('09)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and SciencesC. de Boor ('87), D. DeWitt ('07), G. Wahba ('97)
George B. Dantzig Prize, Mathematical Programming Society and SIAMS. M. Robinson ('97)
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore AwardD. DeWitt ('09)
IEEE/ACM Eckert Mauchly AwardG. Sohi ('11)
John von Neumann Lectureship, SIAMC. de Boor ('96)
Highly Cited Researchers, Inst. for Scientific Info.C. de Boor, T. Reps, G. Wahba
John Simon Guggenheim FellowshipsJ.-Y. Cai ('98), M. Ferris ('01), T. Reps ('00)
Humboldt Research Prize for senior U.S. scientistsJ.-Y. Cai ('99), C. de Boor ('92), T. Reps ('00)
David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringR. Ramakrishnan ('89), T. Reps ('88)
Sloan Research FellowshipJ.-Y. Cai ('94), A. Doan ('07), S. Chawla ('09), L. Zhang ('10), B. Recht ('12)
Professional Society Chairs & PresidentsL. Landweber (ACM SIGACT '82-'83), S. Parter (SIAM '81-'82), R. Ramakrishnan (ACM SIGMOD '05-'09), M. Vernon (ACM SIGMETRICS '99-'01), S. Wright (Mathematical Programming Society '07-'10)
ACM FellowsJ.-Y. Cai ('01), D. DeWitt ('95), M. Hill ('05), L. Landweber ('95), B. Miller ('01), J. Naughton ('03), R. Ramakrishnan ('01), T. Reps ('06), G. Sohi ('04), M. Vernon ('96), D. Wood ('06)
SIAM FellowsC. de Boor ('09), S. Parter ('09), S. Robinson ('09), G. Wahba ('09), O. Mangasarian ('11), S. Wright ('11).
ACM Software System AwardGamma Parallel Database Team ('08), including D. DeWitt and J. Naughton.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of ScienceJ.-Y. Cai ('07), S. Parter ('96), G. Wahba ('86)
IEEE FellowsC. Dyer ('98), M. Hill ('00), R. Ramakrishnan ('08), G. Sohi ('04), D. Wood ('04)
AAAI FellowsJ. Shavlik ('06)
INFORMS FellowsM. Ferris ('07), S. Robinson ('04)
Fellows, American Statistical AssociationG. Wahba ('80)
Fellows, Institute of Mathematical StatisticsG. Wahba ('74)
Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize, Mathematical Programming SocietyM. Ferris ('97)
Award in International Communication, IEEE Communications SocietyL. Landweber ('05)
Lanchester Prize, INFORMSO. Mangasarian ('00, for Mathematical Programming in Machine Learning and Data Mining)
Morningside Silver Medal in MathematicsJ.-Y. Cai ('04)
ACM SIGKDD Innovation AwardR. Ramakrishnan ('08)
ACM SIGMOD Contribution AwardR. Ramakrishnan ('99)
ACM SIGMOD Innovations AwardD. DeWitt ('95)
ACM SIGARCH Distinguished Service AwardM. Hill ('09)
Hao Wang PrizeJ.-Y. Cai ('97)
Maurice Wilkes Award, ACM SIGARCHG. Sohi ('99)
NSF PYI AwardsE. Bach ('86), J.-Y. Cai ('90), M. Ferris ('91), M. Hill ('89), S. Horwitz ('89), D. Joseph ('85), J. Naughton ('91), R. Ramakrishnan ('90), T. Reps ('86), M. Vernon ('85), D. Wood ('91)
NSF CAREER AwardsX. Zhu ('10), B. Liblit ('10), L. Zhang ('09), K. Sankaralingam ('09), A. Akella ('08), S. Banerjee ('08), M. Swift ('08), S. Chawla ('07), A. Doan ('06), C. Estan ('06), S. Jha ('05), P. Barford ('04), D. van Melkebeek ('02) A. Arpaci-Dusseau ('02), R. Arpaci-Dusseau ('01), M. Gleicher ('99),
AFOSR Young Investigator AwardsB. Liblit ('07)
ACM Doctoral Dissertation AwardsT. Reps ('83), E. Bach ('84), D. van Melkebeek ('99), AnHai Doan ('03), B. Liblit ('05). B. Snyder (Honorable Mention, '10)
ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Dissertation AwardC. Re ('10)
  
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HONORARY DEGREES
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of FloridaJ. Barkley Rosser (1970)
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Otterbein CollegeJ. Barkley Rosser (1971)
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Purdue UniversityCarl de Boor (1993)
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of ZurichStephen M. Robinson (1996)
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyCarl de Boor (2003)
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of ChicagoGrace Wahba (2007)
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, CUNY Brooklyn CollegeL. Landweber (2009)
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UW-MADISON RESEARCH AWARDS & HONORS
Steenbock ProfessorshipC. de Boor (1987)
WARF Named ProfessorshipC. de Boor (1983) P. L. Chebyshev Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

O. Mangasarian (1982) John von Neumann Professor of Mathematics and Computer Sciences

G. Sohi (2007) E. David Cronon Professor of Computer Science

Hilldale Award in Physical SciencesC. de Boor ('02), O. Mangasarian ('97), G. Wahba ('03)
I.J. Shoenberg-Hilldale Professor of StatisticsG. Wahba ('03)
Chancellor's AwardM. Ferris (1986)
Kellett Mid-Career AwardG. Sohi (2000), M. Vernon (2006), M. Hill (2010)
H. I. Romnes Faculty FellowshipD. DeWitt (1985), M. D. Hill (1997), D. Wood (1999)
Vilas Associate AwardD. Wood ('11-'13), E. Bach ('06-'08), J.-Y. Cai ('08-'10), M. Ferris ('99-'01),
M. Hill ('06-'08), B. Miller ('09-'11), J. Naughton ('00-'02),
R. Ramakrishnan ('99-'01), T. Reps ('97-'99), A. Ron ('04-'06),
J. Shavlik ('99-'01), G. Sohi ('97-'99), M. Vernon ('00-'02)
Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research AwardS. Horwitz ('93), D. van Melkebeek ('06)
  
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C.S. DEPT. RESEARCH AWARDS & HONORS
John P. Morgridge Prof. of Computer ScienceD. Dewitt (2001-2008)
L. Landweber (-2001)
G. Sohi (2006-present)
  
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TEACHING AWARDS
National Computational Science Award for Teaching UndergraduatesM. Ferris ('94)
College of Letters and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, UW-MadisonS. Horwitz ('92)
William H. Kiekhofer Excellence in Teaching Award, UW-MadisonS. Horwitz ('93)
Carolyn Rosner Award for Excellence in TeachingR. Arpaci-Dusseau ('11), A. Arpaci-Dusseau ('10), E. Bach ('09), S. Wright ('07), M. Ferris ('06), J.-Y. Cai ('05), D. van Melkebeek ('04), J-Y. Cai ('01), R. Bodik ('00), B. Miller ('99), A. Condon ('98), S. Horwitz ('97), J. Skrentny ('96), J. Strikwerda ('95), S. Peterson ('94), C. Rosner ('93)
SACM "COW" Student's Choice Professor of the YearR. Arpaci-Dusseau (,'09, '10, '11), D. DeWitt ('08), J. Naughton ('07), R. Ramakrishnan ('06), S. Chenney ('05), D. van Melkebeek ('04), J. Naughton ('03, '02), R. Bodik ('01), R. Arpaci-Dusseau ('00), A. Condon ('99), J. Naughton ('98), B. P. Miller ('97), A. Condon ('96), D. A. Wood ('95), Y. Ioannidis ('94), S. Horwitz ('93), C. Fischer ('89), C. Fischer ('88), Y. Ioannidis ('87)
  
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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS
IIT-Madras Distinguished Alumnus AwardR. Ramakrishnan (2007)
Univ. of Michigan Engineering Alumni Merit Award in Computer ScienceD. DeWitt (2004)
 
University of Maryland Mathematics Distinguished Alumna AwardG. Wahba ('01)
Cornell University Statistical Science Distinguished Alumna AwardG. Wahba ('09)