RESEARCH AWARDS & HONOURS
The School of Computing Science boasts a distinguished faculty whose work has been recognized with numerous awards from academic and industry organizations over the years.
Explore some of these awards by clicking the tabs on the right.
The Royal Society of Canada
Sheelagh Carpendale
- Royal Society of Canada Fellow, 2021
Martin Ester
- Royal Society of Canada Fellow, 2019
Jian Pei
- Royal Society of Canada Fellow, 2019
Eugene Fiume
- Royal Society of Canada Fellow, 2014
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
James Delgrande
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS), 2018 -2021
Parmit Chilana
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS)
Mohamed Hefeeda
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS), 2011
Eugene Fiume
- NSERC Synergy Award, 2012
Yasutaka Furukawa
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS)
- Department of National Defence (DND)/NSERC Discovery Grant Supplement
Jianchuan Liu
- NSERC E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship, 2015
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS), 2009
Anoop Sarkar
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS), 2012-2015, 2018
- NSERC Discovery Grants Program, 2012-2017
- NSERC Department of National Defence Award, 2018
Greg Mori
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS), 2016-2019
Kathryn Nurse
- NSERC Vanier Scholarship Award, 2019
Jian Pei
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS), 2013
Oliver Schulte
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS), 2018
Ping Tan
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS), 2014
Ke Wang
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS), 2019
Sheelagh Carpendale
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS), 2012-2015
- NSERC E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship, 2012
- NSERC/AITF/SMART Technologies Industrial Research Chair: Interactive Technologies (2007-2020)
- NSERC Faculty Award (2000-2005)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Richard Zhang
- 2024 IEEE Fellow - Shape Analysis and Synthesis in Visual Computing
Jian Pei
- 2024 IEEE Fellow - International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) Research
- 2014 IEEE Fellow
Alaa Alameldeen
- 2021 IEEE Fellow - Transactions on Computers Award for Editorial Service and Excellence
Sheelagh Carpendale
- 2019 IEEE Fellow - Visualization Academy
- 2018 IEEE Fellow - Visualization Career Award
- 2011 IEEE Fellow - Recognition of Service Award
Tianzheng Wang
- 2019 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Early Career Researchers)
Jiannan Wang
- IEEE TCDE Rising Star Award, 2018
Jiangchuan Liu
- 2017 IEEE Fellow
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery in Data (SIGKDD)
Jian Pei
- ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award, 2017
- ACM SIGKDD Service Award, 2015
- ACM Fellow, 2015
Jianan Wang
- ACM SIGMOD Best Demonstration Award, 2016
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM)
Mohamed Hefeeda
- Best Associate Editor, 2014
ACM Special Interest Group on Human Computer Interaction (SIGCHI)
Sheelagh Carpendale
- ACM SIGCHI Academy
- ACM SIGCHI - ITS Recognition of Service Award, 2009
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Jiangchuan Liu
- Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, 2019
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Pavol Hell
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Fellow, 2012
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Leonid Chindelvitch
- Sloan Research Fellowship, 2016
Canadian Human Computer Communications Society (CHCCS)
Jason Peng
- 2024 Early Career Researcher Award, Graphics Interface
Manolis Savva
- CHCCS Early-Researcher Award, 2022
Richard Zhang
- CHCCS Achievement Award, 2022
Eugene Fiume
- CHCCS Achievement Award, 2014
Sheelagh Carpendale
- CHCCS Achievement Award, 2013
Eurographics
Eugene Fiume
- Fellow, 2014
Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP)
Sheelagh Carpendale
- Tier I Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization, 2020
- Tier I Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization, 2015
- Tier II Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization, 2009
- Tier II Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization, 2004
Jian Pei
- Tier I Canada Research Chair in Big Data Science, 2014
Manolis Savva
- Tier II Canada Research Chair in Computer Graphics, 2020
Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC)
Fred Popowich
- Distinguished Service Award, 2017
Computer Science Canada (CS-CAN)
Yasutaka Furukawa
- Outstanding Young Researcher Award, 2018
Rajan Family Scholar
Ouldooz Baghban Karimi
- Rajan Family Scholar in Computing Science, 2023
Angelica Lim
- Rajan Family Scholar in Computing Science
Ouldooz Baghban Karimi
- Google Research exploreCSR, 2023
Matthew Amy
- Early Career Google Research Scholar, 2023
Rob Cameron
- Google Faculty Research Award, 2015
Yasutaka Furukawa
- Google Faculty Research Award, 2016-2018
Anoop Sarkar
- Google Faculty Research Award, 2014
Jiannan Wang
- Google Faculty Research Award, 2011
Genome BC
Maxwell Libbrecht
- Genome BC Training Grant, 2012-2014
Microsoft
Yasutaka Furukawa
- Azure Faculty Research Award, 2016
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Richard Zhang
- Overseas, Hongkong, and Macau Scholar Collaborative Research Award, 2015
Mitacs
Oliver Schulte
- Mitacs Intership Cluster, 2019
BAFTA British Academy of Film & Television Arts Interactive Awards)
Sheelagh Carpendale
- Category: Interactive Learning. Project: Antarctic Waves: developed with BRAUNARTS, the British Antarctic Survey and the London Philharmonic. Position: Computer Visualisation Consultant, 2002
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Brian Fraser
- SFU Excellence in Teaching Award, 2022
Leonid Chindelevitch
- Faculty of Applied Sciences Research Excellence Award, 2016
Diana Cukierman
- Academic Enhancement Program (AEP) Healthy Campus Community Champion, 2015
- SFU Excellence in Teaching Award, 2022
Richard Zhang
- Distinguished SFU Professorship
Canadian Mathematical Society
Andrei Bulatov
- Cathleen Synge Morawetz Prize, 2022