Category: Awards and Honors

Adam Czajka

Adam Czajka receives NSF CAREER award to improve biometric security

Adam Czajka, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. CAREER awards are among the highest honors awarded to young faculty. Czajka’s research focuses on human biometrics and security, …

Nitesh Chawla

Nitesh Chawla named fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for outstanding contributions in machine learning

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, has named Nitesh Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, a fellow. Chawla, an expert in machine learning, …

Tijana Milenkovic

Tijana Milenkovic to receive 2023 ND Women in Engineering Impact Award

Tijana Milenkovic, professor of computer science and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award. The annual award honors a faculty or staff member in the Notre Dame College of …

Karla Badillo-Urquiola

Karla Badillo-Urquiola named Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor

Karla Badillo-Urquiola, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a Clare Boothe Luce professorship. The professorship, funded by the Clare Boothe Luce Program of the Henry Luce Foundation, provides support to women in STEM …

Jane Cleland-Huang

Jane Cleland-Huang named Freimann Professor of Computer Science

Jane Cleland-Huang, professor and chair of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. She was named the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science on July 1, 2022. Appointment to an endowed chair is one of the highest honors …

Meng Jiang

Meng Jiang receives NSF CAREER award for new computational framework for intelligent assistance for mental health

Meng Jiang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the highest honors awarded to young faculty. His CAREER research project will develop novel algorithms to improve the quality of intelligent assistance for …

Xiaobo Sharon Hu

Xiaobo Sharon Hu named fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest and most prestigious educational and scientific computing society, has named Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, a 2021 fellow. The ACM Fellows program recognizes …

Yiyu Shi

Yiyu Shi to receive 2021 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design Best Paper Award

Yiyu Shi, professor of computer science and engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award for the work titled “Hardware/Software Co-Exploration of Neural Architectures.” The winning paper, which was …

Tarik Brown

CSE Junior Tarik Brown named 2021 Truman Scholar

Computer Science and Engineering’s own Tarik Brown is one of only 62 students nationwide to be selected as a 2021 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship, named in honor of former U.S. President Harry Truman, recognizes college juniors who demonstrate outstanding potential for public service …

Sacred Heart Jesus statue and Washington Hall

Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence: 2021 Steiner Award Recipients

The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C., Award. These seniors, one in each major, have been selected for their high level of academic excellence as well as dedication to engineering and a commitment to the common good …