Student Awards and Honors

ACM AWARDS
ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
 
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
For more information, consult the UW Teams Home Page
2nd: Aaron Brown, Ang Li, and Zef RosnBrick ("Wrong Answer")
18th: Alex Furger, Eric Kulcyk, and Nathaniel Sullivan ("on the fence")
31st: Andrew Ma, Michael Starr, and Mark Wellons ("bluescreens")
Coaches: Chris Hopman, Prof. van Melkebeek, David Malec
1st: David He, Chris Hopman, and Zef RosnBrick ("Wrong Answer")
10th: Aaron Brown, Ahmed Fikri, and Alex Furger ("On A Boat")
19th: Vijay Chidambaram, Deepak Ramamurthi, Thanumalayan Sankaranarayana Pillai ("Clueless")
48th: Kwan Woo Kim, Eric Kulcyk, Soo Young Yang ("Wiscy")
Coaches: David Malec, Mikola Lysenko, Prof. van Melkebeek.
3rd: David He, Chris Hopman, and Mikola Lysenko. This team advanced to the World Finals in Stockholm where they tied for 49th place.
14th: Ahmed Fikri, Tom Grim, and Tristan Halvorson
45th: Aaron Brown, Jason Li, and Wesley Reardan
Coaches: Matt Anderson, David Malec, Prof. van Melkebeek.
1st: David Malec, Jason Malinowski, and Chunsong Wang
13th: John Byrne, David He, and Daniel Strommen
33rd: Henry Duwe, Tristan Halvorson, and Chad Rhyner
Coaches: Prof. van Melkebeek, Scott Diehl, Matt Anderson.
1st: Brian Byrne, Matthew Elder, and Thomas Watson
2nd: Timothy Bahls, Brett Christiansen, and Sze Yeung Wong
Coaches: Prof. van Melkebeek, Matt Anderson, Scott Diehl, Chi Man Liu.
3rd: Brian Byrne, Colin McCambridge, and Ray Wong
4th: P. A. Nainar, Jesse Beder, and Dylan Dewitt
Coaches: Prof. van Melkebeek, Matt Anderson, and Scott Diehl.
  • 2004-05: Place out of 187 teams in the NCNA region,
1st: Matt Anderson, Patrick Davidson, and Alex Frase
2nd: Jesse Beder, Dylan Dewitt, Saisuresh Krishnakumaran
7th: Brett Christiansen, Yana Shkel, Sze Yeung Wong
12th: Thomas Eastman, Brad Grzesiak, and See Yew Mo
Coaches: Prof. van Melkebeek, Chad Koch, and Scott Diehl.
1st: Scott Diehl, Saurabh Goyal, and Akash Lal
2nd: Carl Edquist, Brad Grzesiak, and Louis Kruger
Coaches: Prof. van Melkebeek and Chad Koch.
  •  2002-03: Place out of 156 teams in the NCNA region,
2nd: Ron Hose, Chad Koch, and Louis Kruger
Coach: Prof. Van Melkebeek
  •  2001-02: Place out of 113 teams in the NCNA region,
1st: Lei Chen, Bradley Grzesiak, and Chad Koch
(Also placed 11th in the World Finals in Honolulu).
Coach: Prof. Van Melkebeek

 

ACM Student Research Competition (SRC)

UW-MADISON AWARDS

Herfurth-Kubly Award
  • 2008: David Hoffert

 
Hilldale Undergraduate/ Faculty Research Award
 
L&S Teaching Fellow
 
L&S Undergraduate Scholarships
   
CS DEPARTMENT AWARDS
DeWitt Undergraduate Scholarships
 
CS Undergraduate Scholarships
  • 2010: Rachael McCormick (MSC: Maverick Software Consulting)
  • 2009: Jesse Benson and Boyan Li (Lockheed Martin), Matthew Sinclair and Aaron Ullmer (MSC: Maverick Software Consulting)
 
CS Dept. Graduate Fellowships
  • 2011: Matt Anderson (CIsco), David Malec (Cisco), Sayandeep Sun (Landweber)
  • 2010: Xiaoyong Chai (Anthony C. Klug NCR), Vladimir Brik (Lawrence Landweber NCR)
  • 2009: Xiaoyong Chai (Anthony C. Klug), Nathan Rosenblum (Cisco), David Plonka (Lawrence Landweber NCR)
  • 2008: Allison Holloway, Jeff Kinne
  • 2007: Scott Diehl, Jiansheng Huang
  • 2006: Haryadi Gunawi
  • 2002: Jeff Kline, Joel Sommers, Doug Thain, Stratis Viglas
 
Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
  • 2011: Junghee Lim
  • 2010: Feng Liu
  • 2009: Haryadi Gunawi & Akash Lal
  • 2008: Gogul Balakrishnan
  • 2007: Bee-Chung Chen
  • 2006: Shai Rubin
  • 2005: Denis Charles & Muthian Sivathanu
  • 2004: Jeffrey Adam Butts
  • 2003: Russell Manning
  • 2002: Ravi Rajwar, Daniel Sorin & Craig Zilles
  • 2001: Amir Roth
  • 2000: Todd Munson
  • 1999: Johannes Gehrke
  • 1998: Steven Seitz
  • 1997: Satish Chandra
  • 1996: Steven K. Reinhardt
  • 1995: Alvin Lebeck
  • 1994: Joe Hellerstein
  • 1993: Michael J. Franklin
 
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
  • 2011: Dan Szafir
  • 2010: Dalibor Zeleny
  • 2009: Sean Crosby
  • 2007: Michael Kowalczyk
  • 2006: Will Benton
  • 2004: Christian Kaiserlian
  • 2003: Kristopher Glesener
  • 2002: Matt McCormick
  • 2001: Laura Goad
  • 2000: Mark Rich
  • 1999: Eric Green and Michael Wade
  • 1998: Victor Zandy
  • 1997: H. Chad Lane
  • 1996: Andy Whitsitt
  • 1995: Francis H. Salmon
  • 1994: Dan Ross
  • 1993: Doug Burger
 
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Instructor Award
  • 2009: Daniel Strommen

 
Outstanding Service
  • 2004: SACM
  • 2005: Brian Asen
  • 2006: Condor Staff
  • 2007: Jerel Mackay
  • 2009: Paul Beebe
  • 2010: Melody Bakken
  • 2011: Angela Thorp