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"One finds limits by pushing them."

Herbert Simon

2024 Award Recipients

Academic Award Recipients


Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Anil Ada - Associate Teaching Professor, CSD

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Fei Fang - Associate Professor, S3D and Ryan Shi - 2023 PhD Graduate, S3D

Simon Teaching Award: Daniel Anderson - Assistant Teaching Professor, CSD

Service Award Recipients


A. Nico Habermann Educational Service Award: The MLD Educational Team: Daniel Bird, Brynn Edmunds, Joshmin Ray, and Nichelle Philliips

Staff Recognition Award Recipients


Outstanding Teamwork: Annie Kearney, SCSCF

Outstanding Staff: Annette Han, LTI

Individual Dedication: Jenn McPherson, HCII and Ryan Slater, SCSCF

Sustained Excellence: Kit Needham, CSD

Rookie of the Year: Kaleem Kheshgi, CSD and Feikee Summers, HCII

Citizenship: Lynnetta Miller, RI

Academic Award Recipients


Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Matthew Gormley - Associate Teaching Professor, MLD

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Guy Blelloch, Laxman Dhulipala (UMD, former CMU), and Julian Shun (MIT, former CMU)

Simon Teaching Award: Michael Taylor - Assistant Teaching Professor, CSD

Service Award Recipients


A. Nico Habermann Educational Service Award: Greg Armstrong - Senior Research Technician/AI Maker Space Manager, RI

Staff Recognition Award Recipients


Outstanding Teamwork: Allison Blair, LTI

Outstanding Staff: Ally Ricarte, CBD and Cindy Tipper, HCII

Individual Dedication: Ben Cook, CSD and Christian Olmeda, SCSCF

Sustained Excellence: Brian Staszel, RI

Rookie of the Year: Angelica Stowers, SCS Dean's Office and Amelia Baisley, HCII

Citizenship: Dabney Schlea, S3D

Academic Award Recipients


Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Raelin Musuraca - Assistant Teaching Professor, HCII

Newell Award for Research Excellence: The Delphi Group and The Tiramisu Team

Simon Teaching Award: Phillip Compeau - Associate Teaching Professor, CBD

Alan J. Perlis Award: Brad Myers - Professor, HCII

Service Award Recipients


A. Nico Habermann Educational Service Award: Patti Rote and George Kantor for outstanding contributions to the Girls of Steel Program

Staff Recognition Award Recipients


Outstanding Teamwork: Amy Weis and Mary Widom, CSD

Outstanding Staff: Victoria Poprocky, ISR and John Friday, LTI

Individual Dedication: Deb Cavlovich, CS and Mike Hanley, SCS Computing Facilities

Sustained Excellence: Cheryl Wehrer, RI and Catherine Copetas, SCS Dean's Office

Rookie of the Year: Aaron Aupperlee, SCS Dean's Office

Citizenship: Karen Harlan, HCII

Academic Award Recipients


Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Michael Hilton - Associate Teaching Professor, ISR

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Carl Kingsford - Professor, CBD, Robert Patro (UMD, former CMU) and Stephen Mount (UMD)

Simon Teaching Award: David Woodruff - Associate Professor, CSD

Alan J. Perlis Award: Robert Murphy - Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology, Emeritus

Service Award Recipients


A. Nico Habermann Educational Service Award: Erin Cawley - Program Manager, CS Academy and Evan Mallory - Principal Software Developer, CS Academy 

Staff Recognition Award Recipients


Outstanding Teamwork: ISR Video Team: Jim Tobin, John Lombardo, Aaron Caldwell, Dave Ambroso, Kevin Kerston, and Cole Handerhan and the Sail() Team, TEEL Lab: Zoie Adams, Marshall An, Erin Davis, Siddharth Kandimalla, Divya Prem, Baljit Singh, & Adam Zhang

Outstanding Staff: Dorothy Holland-Minkley, MLD

Individual Dedication: Connie Herold, ISR and Sasha Balobeshkina, LTI

Sustained Excellence: Jean Harpley, RI

Rookie of the Year: Hadley Pratt, RI

Citizenship: Chris Kissell, SCS Dean's Office

Academic Award Recipients

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Terry Lee - Assistant Teaching Professor, ISR

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Lujo Bauer, Nicolas Christin, Lorrie Cranor, Saranga Komanduri, Michelle Mazurek, William Melicher, Sean Segretti, Rich Shay and Blase Ur

Simon Teaching Award: Brian Railing - Assistant Teaching Professor, CSD

Alan J. Perlis Award: Jaime Carbonell - Allen Newell Professor, Founder and former Director of LTI

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Teamwork: Tom Pope, ISR

Outstanding Staff: Nancy McCarthy, CSD and Stacey Young, LTI

Individual Dedication: Colleen Everett, CSD

Sustained Excellence: Peggy Martin, RI

Rookie of the Year: Janet Garrand, CBD and Laura Winter, MLD

Citizenship: Bea Dias, RI

Rising Star: Veronica Peet, CSD

Academic Award Recipients

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Mor Harchol-Balter - Professor, CSD

Simon Teaching Award: Anupam Gupta - Professor, CSD

A. Nico Habermann Educational Service Award: Kit Needham - Senior Business Advisor, CSD

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Teamwork: Erin Cawley, CSD

Outstanding Staff: Nick Frollini, ISR and Jenny Belardi, SCS Dean's Office

Individual Dedication: Elizabeth Roberts, SCS Dean's Office

Sustained Excellence: Queenie Kravitz, HCII

Rookie of the Year: Diana Rotondo, HCII and Ashley Song, RI

Academic Award Recipients

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Andy Pavlo - Assistant Professor, CSD

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Tuomas Sandholm and Noam Brown

Simon Teaching Award: John Mackey - Teaching Professor, CSD

Alan J. Perlis Award: Tom Mitchell - Professor, MLD

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Staff: Krista Dichiera, Dean's Office and Angy Malloy, CSD

Individual Dedication: Jessica Butterbaugh, RI and Ryan Ries, HCII

Sustained Excellence: Victoria Homitsky, RI and Diane Stidle, MLD

Rookie of the Year: Erin Driskill, CBD

Academic Award Recipients

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Roni Rosenfeld - Professor, MLD & LTI

Newell Award for Research Excellence: David Garlan, Bradley Schmerl, and Mary Shaw

Simon Teaching Award: Anil Ada - Assistant Teaching Professor, CSD

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Teamwork: Dan Getkin and Sanae Minick, RI

Outstanding Staff: Nicole Stenger, CBD

Individual Dedication: Laura Alford, LTI

Sustained Excellence: Melissa Keaton, CSD

Rookie of the Year: Jessica Packer, CSD

Citizenship: Kelsee Hibner, SCS Dean's Office

Academic Award Recipients

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Kayvon Fatahalian, Assistant Professor, CSD

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Robert Kraut, Aniket Kittur, Moira Burke, Yuqing Ren, and Haiyi Zhu

Simon Teaching Award: Ryan O'Donnell, Associate Professor, CSD

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Teamwork: Monika De Reno, Mike Boydos, and Bernadette Dayak, ISR

Outstanding Staff: Marilyn Walgora, CSD and Walter Schearer, SCS Dean's Office

Individual Dedication: Royal Harvard, SCS Computing Facilities

Sustained Excellence: Deborah Zalewski, RI

Rookie of the Year: Christina Melucci, LTI and Melissa Tetrick, CBD

Citizenship: George Darakos, SCS Dean's Office

Academic Award Recipients

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Charlie Garrod, Associate Teaching Professor, ISR

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Scott Hudson, James Fogarty, Daniel Avrahami, Johnny Lee, Chris Harrison, and Robert Xiao

Perlis Award for Imagination: Red Whittaker, Fredkin University Research Professor, RI

Simon Teaching Award: Rob Simmons, Assistant Teaching Professor, CSD

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Teamwork: Jamie Gregory, Jim Skees, and Paul Stockhausen, SCS Building Facilities

Outstanding Staff: Diana Hyde, CSD and Joshua Quicksall, ISR

Individual Dedication: Jessica Stanley, HCII

Sustained Excellence: Allen Stoltzfus, SCS Dean's Office

Rookie of the Year: Alison Chiocchi, LTI, MLD, CBD

Special Service: Tracy Farbacher, CSD

Rising Star: Nichole Merritt, SCS Dean's Office

Academic Award Recipients

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (sponsored by Lutron): Dave Eckhardt, Associate Teaching Professor, CSD

Newell Award for Research Excellence: James Herbsleb, Kathleen Carley, Marcelo Cataldo, and Patrick Wagstrom

Perlis Award for Imagination: Illah Nourbakhsh, Professor, RI

Simon Teaching Award: Michael Erdmann, Professor, CSD, RI

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Teamwork: Jordan Harrison, SCS Web Technology Services

Outstanding Staff: Sharon Cavlovich, MLD

Individual Dedication: Rachel Burcin, RI

Sustained Excellence: Sylvia Smith, SCS Computing Facilities and Martha Clarke, CSD

Rookie of the Year: Kate Schaich, LTI

Citizenship: Mary Widom, CSD

Academic Award Recipients

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Jodi Forlizzi, Sara Kiesler, Carl DiSalvo, Min Kyung Lee, Bilge Mutlu, and Cristen Torrey. Also, Dave Anderson, Michael Kaminski, Jason Franklin, Amar Phanishayee, and Vijay Vasudevan.

Simon Teaching Award: Dave Anderson, Associate Professor, CSD

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Teamwork: Brie Gordon, Myke Kubiak and Beth (McKee) Maxwell, SCS Help Desk

Outstanding Staff: Krista McGuigan, LTI

Individual Dedication: Nicole Willis, HCII

Sustained Excellence: Kathy McNiff, CSD

Outstanding Collaboration: Michael Nikithser, Rachel Shackelford, and Dale Shanefelt, SCS Computing Facilites

Citizenship: Deb Tobin, RI

Academic Award Recipients

Newell Award for Research Excellence: Eric Nyberg, Teruko Mitamura, Nico Schlaefer, and Hideki Shima

Simon Teaching Award: David Kosbie, Assistant Teaching Professor, CSD

Staff Recognition Award Recipients

Outstanding Staff: Jo Bodnar, HCII and Jane Miller, ISR

Individual Dedication: Mary Jo Bensasi, LTI

Sustained Excellence: Catharine Fichtner, CSD and Becky Klaas, RI

Rookie of the Year: Mark Penney, SCS and Indra Szegedy, HCII

Citizenship: Cleah Schlueter, SCS Dean's Office

Rising Star: Kelly Widmaier, LTI