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2012 OAA

Fourth Annual Outstanding Achievement and Advocacy Awards Banquet
Friday, May 4, 2012


To recognize their remarkable accomplishments of graduates of the Department's degree programs and to acknowledge the support of important friends of the department, the Department established the University of Massachusetts Amherst Computer Science Department Outstanding Achievement and Advocacy Award (OAA) program, under which awards will be presented annually in various categories.

The fourth annual Outstanding Achievement and Advocacy Awards Banquet was held on the evening of Friday, May 4, 2012 in the Amherst Room of the UMass Amherst Campus Center. Over 90 people joined us to help celebrate the accomplishments of our award recipients and to reconnect with fellow alums.  View photos of the 2012 OAA Event.

The 2012 OAA Award Recipients are:

  • Outstanding Achievement by a Young Alum: Justin Borgman (UMass Amherst CS B.S. '02)
  • Outstanding Support for the Department: Frederick W. Byron Jr.
  • Outstanding Achievement in Education: Claire Cardie (UMass Amherst CS Ph.D. '94)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Research: Edmund Durfee (UMass Amherst Ph.D. '87)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Entrepreneurship: Andrew Merlino (UMass Amherst CS B.S. '85)
  • Outstanding Support for the Department: Ken Schmidt
  • Outstanding Achievement in Research: Henning Schulzrinne (UMass Amherst Ph.D. '92)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Technology Development: Ted Selker (UMass Amherst CS M.S. '81)
  • Outstanding Contributions to Society: Elliot Soloway (UMass Amherst CS Ph.D. '78)

Award Recipient Biographies

The Graduate Student Award* Recipients are:

  • Outstanding Dissertation Award: Aruna Balasubramanian (Ph.D. '11)
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award: Timothy Wood (Ph.D. '11)
  • Outstanding Synthesis Award: Andres Molina-Markham
  • Outstanding Synthesis Award: Robert Walls
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award: Brandon McPhail
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award: Philip Thomas

The Undergraduate Student Award* Recipients are:

  • Overall Achievement in Computer Science: Evan Shelhamer
  • Achievement in Graphics: Stephen Giguere 
  • Achievement in Interdisciplinary Study: Vinay Shah
  • Achievement in Interdisciplinary Study: Derek Wood
  • Achievement in Machine Learning: Tristan Warneke
  • Achievement in Security: Jessica Ray
  • Achievement in Systems: Marek Blat
  • Achievement in Theory: Matthew Kelly

* The Graduate and Undergraduate Student Awards are sponsored by Yahoo!
 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

 

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Computer Science Building Tour
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Panel Discussion with our award recipients
Computer Science Building, Rooms CS 150/151
5:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Awards Banquet
Campus Center