{"674334":{"#nid":"674334","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School Continues Award-Winning Trend in 2023-2024 Academic Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing\u2019s countdown to commencement began on April 11 when students, faculty, and staff converged at the 33rd Annual Awards Celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe banquet celebrated the college community for an exemplary academic year and recognized the most distinguished individuals of 2023-2024. For Alex Orso, the reception was a high-water mark in his role as interim dean.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI always say that the best part about my job is to brag about the achievements and accolades of my colleagues,\u201d said Orso.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is my distinct honor and privilege to recognize these award winners and the collective success of the College of Computing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrso\u2019s colleagues from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) were among the celebration\u2019s honorees. School of CSE students, faculty, and alumni earning awards this year include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGrace Driskill, M.S. CSE student - The Donald V. Jackson Fellowship\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHarshvardhan Baldwa, M.S. CSE student - The Marshal D. Williamson Fellowship\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMansi Phute, M.S. CS student- The Marshal D. Williamson Fellowship\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAssistant Professor Chao Zhang- Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENazanin Tabatbaei, teaching assistant in Associate Professor Polo Chau\u2019s CSE 6242 Data \u0026amp; Visual Analytics course- Outstanding Instructional Associate Teaching Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERodrigo Borela (Ph.D. CSE-CEE 2021), School of Computing Instruction Lecturer and CSE program alumnus - William D. \u0022Bill\u0022 Leahy Jr. Outstanding Instructor Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPratham Metha, undergraduate student in Chau\u2019s research group- Outstanding Legacy Leadership Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlexander Rodriguez (Ph.D. CS 2023), School of CSE alumnus - Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the Institute level, Georgia Tech recognized Driskill, Baldwa, and Phute for their awards on April 10 at the annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/11\/student-excellence-honored-annual-event\u0022\u003EStudent Honors Celebration\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDriskill\u2019s classroom achievement earned her a spot on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/multiple-jackets-named-to-all-academic-team\/\u0022\u003E2024 All-ACC Indoor Track and Field Academic Team\u003C\/a\u003E. This follows her selection for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/swarm-of-jackets-earn-all-acc-academic-honors-2\/\u0022\u003E2023 All-ACC Academic Team for cross country\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Center for Teaching and Learning released in summer 2023 the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/content\/student-recognition-excellence-teaching-class-1934-honor-roll\u0022\u003EClass of 1934 Honor Roll for spring semester courses\u003C\/a\u003E. School of CSE awardees included Assistant Professor Srijan Kumar (CSE 6240: Web Search \u0026amp; Text Mining), Lecturer Max Mahdi Roozbahani (CS 4641: Machine Learning), and alumnus Mengmeng Liu (CSE 6242: Data \u0026amp; Visual Analytics).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccolades and recognition of School of CSE researchers for 2023-2024 expounded off campus as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of CSE researchers received awards off campus throughout the year, a testament to the reach and impact of their work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of CSE Ph.D. student Gaurav Verma kicked off the year by receiving the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/students-earn-prestigious-fellowships-underscoring-institutes-leadership-ai\u0022\u003EJ.P. Morgan Chase AI Research Ph.D. Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E. Verma was one of only 13 awardees from around the world selected for the 2023 class.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with seeing many of his students receive awards this year, Polo Chau attained a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/three-computing-faculty-receive-google-awards-inclusion-research\u0022\u003E2023 Google Award for Inclusion Research\u003C\/a\u003E. Later in the year, the Institute \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/dean-announces-faculty-promotions-and-tenure-appointments\u0022\u003Epromoted Chau to professor\u003C\/a\u003E, which takes effect in the 2024-2025 academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchmidt Sciences selected School of CSE Assistant Professor Kai Wang as an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/faculty-first-georgia-tech-receive-new-fellowship-ai-research\u0022\u003EAI2050 Early Career Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E to advance artificial intelligence research for social good. By being part of the fellowship\u2019s second cohort, Wang is the first ever Georgia Tech faculty to receive the award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of CSE Assistant Professor Yunan Luo received two significant awards to advance his work in computational biology. First, Luo received the Maximizing Investigator\u2019s Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health, which provides $1.8 million in funding for five years. Next, he received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/moleculemaker.org\/news\/2023-seed-grant-awardees\/\u0022\u003E2023 Molecule Make Lab Institute (MMLI) seed grant\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor Surya Kalidindi, jointly appointed with the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and School of CSE, was named a fellow to the 2023 class of the Department of Defense\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3538609\/dod-announces-2023-laboratory-university-collaboration-initiative-fellows\/\u0022\u003ELaboratory-University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E2023-2024 was a monumental year for Assistant Professor Elizabeth Qian, jointly appointed with the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and the School of CSE.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Air Force Office of Scientific Research\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eselected Qian for the 2024 class of their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/elizabeth-qian-chosen-afosr-young-investigator-award\u0022\u003EYoung Investigator Program\u003C\/a\u003E. Earlier in the year, she received a grant under the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/doe-announces-264-million-basic-research-support-energy-earthshotstm\u0022\u003EDepartment of Energy\u2019s Energy Earthshots Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQian began the year by joining 81 other early-career engineers at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/professor-qian-bring-her-expertise-2023-nae-frontiers-symposium\u0022\u003ENational Academy of Engineering\u2019s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2023 Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E. She also received the Hans Fischer Fellowship from the Institute for Advance Study at the Technical University of Munich.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was a big academic year for Associate Professor Elizabeth Cherry. Cherry was reelected to a three-year term as a council member-at-large of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sinews.siam.org\/Details-Page\/siam-announces-newest-leadership\u0022\u003ESociety of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)\u003C\/a\u003E. Cherry is also co-chair of the SIAM organizing committee for next year\u2019s Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE25).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECherry continues to serve as the School of CSE\u2019s associate chair for academic affairs. These leadership contributions led to her being named to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/04\/new-cohort-acc-academic-leaders-network-fellows-selected\u0022\u003E2024 ACC Academic Leaders Network (ACC ALN) Fellows program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of CSE Professor and Associate Chair Edmond Chow was co-author of a paper that received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sc23.supercomputing.org\/2023\/08\/standing-the-test-of-time\/\u0022\u003ETest of Time Award at Supercomputing 2023\u003C\/a\u003E (SC23). Right before SC23, Chow\u2019s Ph.D. student Hua Huang was selected as an honorable mention for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.acm.org\/media-center\/2023\/october\/george-michael-fellowship-recipients-2023\u0022\u003E2023 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing\u2019s countdown to commencement began on April 11 when students, faculty, and staff converged at the 33rd Annual Awards Celebration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe banquet celebrated the college community for an exemplary academic year and recognized the most distinguished individuals of 2023-2024. For Alex Orso, the reception was a high-water mark in his role as interim dean.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrso\u2019s colleagues from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) were among the celebration\u2019s honorees\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing\u2019s countdown to commencement began on April 11 when students, faculty, and staff converged at the 33rd Annual Awards Celebration."}],"uid":"36319","created_gmt":"2024-04-23 12:13:08","changed_gmt":"2024-04-23 12:16:23","author":"Bryant Wine","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673810":{"id":"673810","type":"image","title":"Main Photo.jpg","body":null,"created":"1713874396","gmt_created":"2024-04-23 12:13:16","changed":"1713874396","gmt_changed":"2024-04-23 12:13:16","alt":"College of Computing 33rd Annual Awards Celebration","file":{"fid":"257252","name":"Main Photo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/23\/Main%20Photo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/23\/Main%20Photo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":183048,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/23\/Main%20Photo.jpg?itok=mQlTT0V9"}}},"media_ids":["673810"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/school-continues-award-winning-trend-2023-2024-academic-year","title":"School Continues Award-Winning Trend in 2023-2024 Academic Year"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"193157","name":"Student Honors and Achievements"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192863","name":"go-ai"},{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"166983","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"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":""}}}