{"67843":{"#nid":"67843","#data":{"type":"news","title":"17th Annual Honors \u0026 Awards Celebration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(April 22, 2008)\u003C\/strong\u003E - The College of Computing at Georgia Tech hosted its 17thAnnual Awards Celebration on April 22, 2008, in the Klaus Atrium. Master of Ceremony and CoC Dean Rich DeMillo led theCollege in congratulating students, faculty and staff on anotherexciting and productive year. \u003Ca title=\u0022\u0026quot;17th\u0022 annual coc awards celebration href=\u0022\u0026quot;resolveuid\/0385d55643893eaa2a406f2e09b497ee\u0026quot;\u0022 target=\u0022\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0022\u003EDownload the complete program here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable class=\u0022\u0026quot;plain\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;100%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EUndergraduate Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EGraduate Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;50%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutstanding Freshman\u003Cbr \/\u003EAjai Mudaliar Karthikeyan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOutstanding Sophomore\u003Cbr \/\u003EDaniel Grim\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOutstanding Junior\u003Cbr \/\u003EBennett Wilson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate\u003Cbr \/\u003ESweta Vajjhala\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant\u003Cbr \/\u003E  Tammy Clegg\u003Cbr \/\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E  Honorable Mention\u003Cbr \/\u003E  Antonio Salazar\u003Cbr \/\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E    Outstanding Undergraduate Research Assistant\u003Cbr \/\u003E    David Rutter\u003Cbr \/\u003E      \u003Cbr \/\u003E    Honorable Mention\u003Cbr \/\u003E    James Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;50%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants\u003Cbr \/\u003E  Dave Lillethun\u003Cbr \/\u003E  Valerie Henderson-Summet\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECS7001 Research Project Award\u003Cbr \/\u003EHrishikesh Amur\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOutstanding Graduate Research Assistants\u003Cbr \/\u003EKamesh Madduri\u003Cbr \/\u003EGrant Schindler\u003Cbr \/\u003ESamantika Subramaniam\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHonorable Mention\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpencer Charles Brubaker\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EStaff Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutstanding Support and Service Staff Awards\u003Cbr \/\u003EArlene Washington\u003Cbr \/\u003EJulie Williams\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable class=\u0022\u0026quot;plain\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;100%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EResearch Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EFaculty Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;45%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutstanding Junior Faculty Research Award\u003Cbr \/\u003E  Nick Feamster\u003Cbr \/\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E  Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award\u003Cbr \/\u003E  Santosh Vempala\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Raytheon Faculty Fellowship\u003Cbr \/\u003EKeith Edwards\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;45%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutstanding Instructor\u003Cbr \/\u003EAda Gavrilovska, in our Systems group in the School of Computer science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWilliam A. \u0026quot;gus\u0026quot; Baird Faculty Teaching Award\u003Cbr \/\u003EH. Venkateswaran\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Peter A. Freeman Faculty Award\u003Cbr \/\u003EHenrik Christensen\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EThe Dean\u0027s Award\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E2008 Recipient\u003Cbr \/\u003EJim Foley\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheDean\u0027s Award is selected by the Dean and presented to a member of thecollege who has contributed significantly to the success of the collegethis year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable class=\u0022\u0026quot;plain\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;100%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EInstitute Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EExternal Awards\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;45%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E10 Years of Service\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlexine Bennett, Mary Alice Blane, Elizabeth Mynatt\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E25 Years of Service\u003Cbr \/\u003EMike McCracken\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\u0022\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0022 width=\u0022\u0026quot;45%\u0026quot;\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElected New Member of the CHI Academy \u003Cbr \/\u003EGregory Abowd\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2008 Yahoo Hackfest Winner\u003Cbr \/\u003ERoger Pincombe\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYahoo! 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