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Awards
PHD AND MS STUDENT AWARDS
PHD AND MS STUDENTS AT HARVARD
2022
IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Winner, International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS)
IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) for Bryan Wilder for his PhD work
INFORMS “Doing Good with Good OR” competition Runner-up
Paper Title: “Optimization and Planning of Limited Resources for Assisting Non-Profits in Improving Maternal and Child Health”
Student: Aditya Mate
Siebel Scholar
Student: Kai Wang
National Science Foundation
Graduation Research Fellowship, 2019-2024
Student: Jackson Killian
Google PhD Fellowship
Student: Lily Xu
2021
INFORMS “Doing Good with Good OR” Competition Winner
Paper Title: “Learning, Optimization, and Planning Under Uncertainty for Wildlife Conservation”
Student: Lily Xu
PHD AND MS STUDENTS AT USC
2019
IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Runner Up, International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS)
IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Runner Up at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) for Haifeng Xu for his PhD work.
2017
William F. Ballhaus, JR. Prize for Graduate Engineering Research
William F. Ballhaus, JR. Prize for Graduate Engineering Research for Fei Fang for best PhD thesis in The USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Best PhD Thesis Award
Best PhD Thesis Award, Computer Science, University of Southern California for Fei Fang for her PhD work
IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Runner Up, International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS)
IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Runner Up at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) for Fei Fang for her PhD work
2016
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Bryan Wilder was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Leandro Soriano Marcolino, Best Dissertation Award
Leandro Soriano Marcolino, Best Dissertation Award from the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California.
Best Research Assistant Award
Fei Fang, Best Research Assistant award from the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California.
2015
WiSE Merit Fellowship
Thanh Nguyen, WiSE Merit Fellowship from Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Program at the University of Southern California.
Best Research Assistant Award
Leandro Marcolino, Best Research Assistant award from the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California.
2014
WiSE Merit Fellowship
Fei Fang, WiSE Merit Fellowship from Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Program at the University of Southern California.
PhD Student Fellowship, IBM
Rong Yang, PhD Student Fellowship, IBM.
2013
Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award
Manish Jain, Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award, the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
2013
Honorable Mention (runner up) for the Best PhD Thesis Award
Rong Yang, Honorable Mention (runner up) for the Best PhD thesis award, Computer Science Department for academic year 2013-14
2012
Best Research Assistant Award
Rong Yang, Best Research Assistant Award from the Computer Science Department for 2012 – 2013.
Best PhD Thesis Award
Manish Jain, Best PhD thesis award from the Computer Science Department for academic year 2012-2013
Best PhD Thesis for Academic Year
Manish Jain, Best PhD thesis for academic year 2012-2013, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
Best Research Assistant for Academic Year
Rong Yang, Best research assistant for academic year 2012-2013, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
2011
Space Technology Research Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Matthew Brown, Space Technology Research Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Best Research Assistant for Academic Year
Zhengyu Yin, Best research assistant for academic year 2011-2012, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
Manish Jain, Best research assistant for academic year 2010-2011, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California
2007
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Center for Excellence in Teaching
Emma Bowring, Outstanding teaching assistant award, Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
2006
Outstanding Research Assistant Award
Jonathan Pearce, Outstanding research assistant award, Computer Science Department
2005
Outstanding Research Assistant Award
Pradeep Varakantham, Outstanding research assistant award, Computer Science Department
Special award for new course development
Emma Bowring, Special award for co-designing and co-developing a new course “Intelligent agents and science fiction”
2003
Chair’s Excellence Award
Steven Okamoto, Chair’s excellence award for his MS thesis