Government and Privately Funded Awards and Fellowships
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Government Awards
Air Force Young Investigator
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, 2015
Army Research Office Young Investigator Award
Army Research Office (ARO)
- Alvin Cheung, 2022
- Aditya Parameswaran, 2018
DARPA Young Faculty Award
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Mengjie Yu, 2024
- Pierluigi Nuzzo, 2020
- Pieter Abbeel, 2013
DARPATech Significant Technical Achievement Award
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- John D. Kubiatowicz, 2002
- Jeffrey Bokor, 2000
- Chenming Hu, 2000
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2000
Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering (formerly the Benjamin H. Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering)
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
- Kam Y. Lau, 2010
DOD Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
United States Department of Defense (DOD)
- Pieter Abbeel, 2013
DOE Early Career Research Award
United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- Alvin Cheung, 2016
- Aydin Buluç, 2013
DOE Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE)
United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- Alvin Cheung, 2019
Fulbright Scholar
United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CIES)
- Brian A. Barsky, 1985
- Richard S. Muller, 1982
James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software
Argonne National Laboratory (Mathematics & Computer Science Division) (ANL)
- Jonathan Shewchuk, 2003
Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Edwin R. Lewis, 1984
Method To Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Thomas F. Budinger, 1990
Michael and Sheila Held Prize
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- Prasad Raghavendra, 2018
NAE Gilbreth Lectureship
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Ana Claudia Arias, 2017
- Rikky Muller, 2017
- David Tse, 2012 *
- Armando Fox, 2011
- Steven Conolly, 2006
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2006
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2005
NAE Simon Ramo Founders Award
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Paul R. Gray, 2024
- Ruzena Bajcsy, 2016
- John R. Whinnery, 1986 *
NAI Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- David A. Patterson, 2022
NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Joseph Gonzalez, 2005
NASA Space Act Award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Joseph Gonzalez, 2005
NASA Tech Briefs Award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Stephen E. Derenzo, 1973 *
National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow
National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2018
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2017
- Eli Yablonovitch, 2017
- Chenming Hu, 2015
National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Member
National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
- Ruzena Bajcsy, 1995
- Thomas F. Budinger, 1990
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Chenming Hu, 2016
National Security Science and Engineering Faculty (NSSEF) Fellow
United States Department of Defense (DOD)
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2008
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Fellow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Richard S. Muller, 1968
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- Somayeh Sojoudi, 2021
- Alvin Cheung, 2021
- Sergey Levine, 2016
- Jelani Nelson, 2015
- Yi Ma, 2005
- Avideh Zakhor, 1992
William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- Benjamin Recht, 2015
- Ali Javey, 2009
2020 Berkeley Lab Citation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Katherine A. Yelick, 2020
ARPA-e IGNIITE Early Career Award
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-e)
- Jessica Boles, 2024
NIH Director's New Innovator Award
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Preeya Khanna, 2024
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Member
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- Scott Shenker, 2019
- Jennifer Chayes, 2019
- Umesh Vazirani, 2018
- Jitendra Malik, 2015
- Bin Yu, 2014
- James Demmel, 2011
- Michael Jordan, 2010
- Christos Papadimitriou, 2009
- David A. Patterson, 2006
- Phillip Colella, 2004
- Shafi Goldwasser, 2004
- Eli Yablonovitch, 2003
- Manuel Blum, 2002
- Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1999 *
- William J. Welch, 1999 *
- Donald O. Pederson, 1982 *
- Richard M. Karp, 1980
- John R. Whinnery, 1972 *
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Member
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Ion Stoica, 2024
- Claire Tomlin, 2019
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2018
- David Tse, 2018 *
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2017
- Katherine A. Yelick, 2017
- Scott Shenker, 2012
- Jitendra Malik, 2011
- Michael Jordan, 2010
- Eric Brewer, 2007
- David E. Culler, 2005
- Shafi Goldwasser, 2005
- William M. Kahan, 2005
- A. Richard Newton, 2003 *
- Eli Yablonovitch, 2003
- Christos Papadimitriou, 2002
- Albert Pisano, 2001 *
- S. Shankar Sastry, 2001
- Randy H. Katz, 2000
- James Demmel, 1999
- Pravin Varaiya, 1999 *
- Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1998
- Ruzena Bajcsy, 1997
- Michael Stonebraker, 1997
- Theodore Van Duzer, 1997 *
- Chenming Hu, 1996
- Thomas F. Budinger, 1996
- Andrew R. Neureuther, 1995
- Richard M. White, 1994 *
- Robert K. Brayton, 1993
- Susan L. Graham, 1993
- David A. Patterson, 1993
- Richard M. Karp, 1992
- Richard S. Muller, 1992
- Paul R. Gray, 1990
- David G. Messerschmitt, 1990
- Robert W. Brodersen, 1988 *
- Eugene Wong, 1987
- William G. Oldham, 1986
- David A. Hodges, 1983 *
- Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1977 *
- Charles A. Desoer, 1977 *
- Donald O. Pederson, 1974 *
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1973 *
- John R. Whinnery, 1972 *
Berkeley Visionary Award
Berkeley Chamber of Commerce (BCC)
- Scott Shenker, 2017
John Scott Award
City of Philadelphia
- Ruzena Bajcsy, 2017
Privately-Funded Awards
A. Richard Newton GSRC Industrial Impact Award
Gigascale Systems Research Center (GSRC)
- Jan M. Rabaey, 2009
Amazon Research Award
Amazon.com, Inc.
- David Bamman, 2017
Anson Marston Medal
Iowa State University
- Robert K. Brayton, 2002
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science
Franklin Institute
- Shafi Goldwasser, 2010
- Ruzena Bajcsy, 2009
- Richard M. Karp, 2004
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
Franklin Institute
- Eli Yablonovitch, 2018
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, 2009 *
Chang Lin Tien Leadership in Education Award
Asian Pacific Fund (APF)
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2020
- S. Shankar Sastry, 2010
Charles Lee Powell Fellowship
Charles Lee Powell Foundation
- John Wawrzynek, 1985
Computer History Museum (CHM) Fellow
Computer History Museum (CHM)
- David A. Patterson, 2007
David E. Rumelhart Prize
Glushko-Samuelson Foundation
- Michael Jordan, 2015
Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation
Texas A&M University Department of Statistics
- Bin Yu, 2018
Google Faculty Research Award
Google Research (Google)
- Irene Chen, 2024
- Preeya Khanna, 2024
- Nika Haghtalab, 2023
- Sophia Shao, 2023
- Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli, 2022
- Sarah Chasins, 2021
- Angjoo Kanazawa, 2021
- Pieter Abbeel, 2018
- Peter Bartlett, 2018
- Alvin Cheung, 2018
- David A. Wagner, 2018
Guggenheim Fellow
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- Venkatesan Guruswami, 2023
- Leon O. Chua, 2010
- Dawn Song, 2010
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2009
- Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2008
- Bin Yu, 2006
- William G. Oldham, 1985
- Michael A. Lieberman, 1972
- Pravin Varaiya, 1971 *
- Charles A. Desoer, 1970 *
- Michael A. Harrison, 1969
- Elijah Polak, 1968
- Richard M. White, 1968 *
- Eugene Wong, 1968
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1968 *
- George L. Turin, 1966 *
- Allan J. Lichtenberg, 1965 *
- Donald O. Pederson, 1963 *
- Otto J.M. Smith, 1959 *
- John R. Whinnery, 1958 *
- Diogenes Angelakos, 1957 *
Harvard Centennial Medal
Harvard University
- Richard M. Karp, 1997
Hellman Fellow
Hellman Fellows Program
- Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli, 2023
- Grigory Tikhomirov, 2023
- Angjoo Kanazawa, 2022
- Rikky Muller, 2019
- Ren Ng, 2019
- David Bamman, 2019
- Sanjam Garg, 2018
- Raluca Ada Popa, 2018
- Thomas Courtade, 2016
- Michael Lustig, 2012
- Pieter Abbeel, 2011
- Sayeef Salahuddin, 2010
- Elad Alon, 2009
- Sanjit A. Seshia, 2008
- Jose M. Carmena, 2007 *
- Daniel Klein, 2006
- James O'Brien, 2004
- Marti Hearst, 2000
Hertz Fellowship
The Hertz Foundation (Hertz)
- Avideh Zakhor, 1984
Honorary Doctorate, TU Wien
Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
- Edward A. Lee, 2022
Humboldt Research Award
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2009
IBM Faculty Award
IBM
- Brian A. Barsky, 2019
- Elad Alon, 2008
- Vladimir Stojanovic, 2006
IBM Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award
IBM
- Jelani Nelson, 2010
- David A. Wagner, 2008
- Joseph M. Hellerstein, 1999
Intel Outstanding Researcher Award
Intel Corporation
- Alvin Cheung, 2020
- Jonathan Ragan-Kelley, 2020 *
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2012
Intel Rising Star Faculty Award
Intel Corporation
- Sophia Shao, 2022
Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award for Excellence in Education
Robotic Industries Association (RIA)
- Ken Goldberg, 2000
Katayanagi Prize for Research Excellence
Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science (CMUCS)
- Christos Papadimitriou, 2008
- David A. Patterson, 2007
Keysight Early Career Professor Award
Keysight Technologies
- Rikky Muller, 2017
Max Planck Research Award
Max Planck Society
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2009
- Jerrold Marsden, 2000 *
McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
- Rikky Muller, 2020
- Jose M. Carmena, 2017 *
- Michel Maharbiz, 2017
Microsoft New Faculty Fellow
Microsoft Research (MSR)
- Raluca Ada Popa, 2019
- Daniel Klein, 2004
Monie A. Ferst Award
Georgia Tech's Sigma Xi
- Chenming Hu, 1998
- Manuel Blum, 1991
Moore Inventor Fellow
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Boubacar Kanté, 2020
Moore Investigator in Data Driven Discovery
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Laura Waller, 2014
NIPS Test of Time Award
Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation (NIPS)
- Benjamin Recht, 2017
Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Laura Waller, 2014
- Yun S. Song, 2008
- Venkatesan Guruswami, 2005
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 1992
- Ming C. Wu, 1992
- John F. Canny, 1988
Pan Wen-Yuan Foundation Outstanding Research Award
Pan Wen Yuan Foundation
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2013
Rank Prize in Optoelectronics
Rank Prize Funds
- Eli Yablonovitch, 2014
R&D 100 Award
R&D 100 Awards & Technology Conference (R&D 100)
- Otto J.M. Smith, 1999 *
Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award
Tapia Conference
- David A. Patterson, 2016
RSA Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Award
RSA Conference (RSAC)
- Shafi Goldwasser, 1998
SRC Aristotle Award
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
- Jan M. Rabaey, 2017
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2016
- Andrew R. Neureuther, 2012
- Chenming Hu, 2009
- Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 2002
SRC Inventor Recognition Award
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
- Andrew R. Neureuther, 2010
- Sayeef Salahuddin, 2007
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2005
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2003
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2000
- Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1991
SRC Technical Excellence Award
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
- Robert K. Brayton, 2011
- William G. Oldham, 1996
- Chenming Hu, 1991
Stanford's Outstanding Inventor Award
Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
- Steven Conolly, 2004
Stevens Renaissance Science and Engineering Award
Stevens Institute of Technology
- Richard S. Muller, 1995
Tampere University Honorary Doctorate
Tampere University (Tampere)
- Ana Claudia Arias, 2022
UCLA Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
- David A. Patterson, 1994
UCLA Samueli Engineering Achievement in Academia
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
- David A. Patterson, 2008
VMware Early Career Faculty Award
VMware (VMW)
- Natacha Crooks, 2022
- Alvin Cheung, 2020
Yale University Honorary Doctorate
Yale University
- Michael Jordan, 2020
Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Carnegie Corporation of New York (Carnegie)
- Rediet Abebe, 2022 *
- Stuart J. Russell, 2019
Harvard Medal
Harvard University
- Susan L. Graham, 2008
Computers and Communications (C&C) Prize
NEC Corporation (NEC)
- Michael Stonebraker, 2020
- Scott Shenker, 2015
- David A. Patterson, 2004
- Ernest S. Kuh, 1996 *
- Donald O. Pederson, 1996 *
Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame
Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC)
- Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2018
- Randy H. Katz, 2018
- Chenming Hu, 2017
- Paul R. Gray, 2015
- David A. Hodges, 2012 *
- Ernest S. Kuh, 2008 *
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, 2006 *
- David A. Patterson, 2005
Honda Prize
Honda Foundation
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1989 *
Kyoto Prize
Inamori Foundation
- Richard M. Karp, 2008
MacArthur Fellow
MacArthur Foundation
- Dawn Song, 2010
- Claire Tomlin, 2006
Sloan Research Fellow
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Sloan)
- Nika Haghtalab, 2024
- Preeya Khanna, 2024
- Sophia Shao, 2024
- Angjoo Kanazawa, 2023
- Avishay Tal, 2022
- Matei Zaharia, 2022
- Alessandro Chiesa, 2021
- Sanjam Garg, 2020
- Aditya Parameswaran, 2020
- Alvin Cheung, 2019
- Moritz Hardt, 2019
- Sergey Levine, 2019
- Anca Dragan, 2018
- Raluca Ada Popa, 2018
- Prabal Dutta, 2017
- Jelani Nelson, 2017
- Ren Ng, 2017
- Nir Yosef, 2016
- Björn Hartmann, 2013
- Michael Lustig, 2013
- Prasad Raghavendra, 2012
- Sylvia Ratnasamy, 2012
- Benjamin Recht, 2011
- Pieter Abbeel, 2011
- Koushik Sen, 2011
- Ali Javey, 2010
- Jose M. Carmena, 2009 *
- Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2008
- Sanjit A. Seshia, 2008
- Yun S. Song, 2008
- Daniel Klein, 2007
- Dawn Song, 2007
- Venkatesan Guruswami, 2005
- Martin Wainwright, 2005
- Jonathan Shewchuk, 2004
- James O'Brien, 2003
- Ion Stoica, 2003
- David A. Wagner, 2003
- Jack Gallant, 1998
- Joseph M. Hellerstein, 1998
- Eric Brewer, 1997
- Constance Chang-Hasnain, 1994
- Bernd Sturmfels, 1991
- Jennifer Chayes, 1989
- Eli Yablonovitch, 1978
- Manuel Blum, 1972
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