Awards

This page collects awards won by SRG students and alumni.

National Awards

CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers

The CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers Award is the premier national research award that recognized undergraduate research in Computer Science, given to students at North American universities by the Computing Research Association.

Peter Chapman (BACS 2012), 2012 Runner-Up
Jiamin Chen (BACS 2012), 2012 Honorable Mention
Rachel Lathbury (BACS 2010, now at University of Pennsylvania), 2010 Honorable Mention
Adrienne Felt (BSCS 2008, now at UC Berkeley), 2008 Finalist
Salvatore Guarnieri (BSCS 2006, now at IBM and University of Washington), 2006 Finalist
Ami Malaviya (BSCS 2005), 2005 Honorable Mention
Jonathan McCune (BSCS 2003, CMU PhD 2009, now Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University), 2003 Honorable Mention

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowships recognize outstanding graduate students and provides up to three years of funding to support a student’s graduate work (over $100,000 total). Students may apply for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships as final-year undergraduates, or in their early years in a graduate program.

Adrienne Felt (BSCS 2008, now at UC Berkeley), 2009

NYU-Poly AT&T Best Applied Security Paper Award

The NYU-Poly AT&T Best Applied Security Paper Award recognizes the best papers on applied security in any venue.

Yan Huang, Finalist 2011 (for the paper Faster Secure Two-Party Computation Using Garbled Circuits in USENIX Security 2011, co-authored with David Evans, Jonathan Katz, and Lior Malka)

Facebook Research Fellowship

Adrienne Felt (BSCS 2008, now at UC Berkeley), 2011

Google Anita Borg Scholar

Adrienne Felt (BSCS 2008, now at UC Berkeley), 2010

USENIX Student Grant


David Larochelle, 2001-2002

A. G. Jordan Thesis Award (CMU)

This award from the ECE Department at Carnegie Mellon University, recognizes an outstanding Ph.D. thesis and service to the community.

Jonathan McCune (BSCS 2003, CMU PhD 2009, now Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University), 2009


University Awards

SEAS Outstanding Student Award

The School of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Student Award from the Virginia Engineering Foundation is an annual school-wide award for the graduating fourth-year student who has “demonstrated outstanding academic performance, leadership and service”.

Adrienne Felt (BSCS 2008, now at UC Berkeley), 2008

Louis T. Rader Graduate Research Award

This award from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering recognizes outstanding research by a Computer Engineering PhD student.

Karsten Nohl, 2008

University of Virginia Engineering Research Symposium (UVERS)

Yan Huang, Honorable Mention, 2011

Nathanael Paul and Adrienne Felt, Semi-Finalists, 2008

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Qi Wang, Finalist, Fall 2003

Chris Frost, Finalist, Spring 2003

Michael Peck, Finalist, Spring 2003

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