Department of Computer Science

 

Honors and Awards

 

Research Award

  • Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence -- 2017 Outstanding Paper for Information and Computer Security.
  • IEEE Best Session Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analysis (ICCCBDA'16).
  • Winner of the 2015 College of Science & Technology Award for Outstanding Research at Central Michigan University.
  • Named 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Fellow for United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL).
  • Nominated for the 2014 Provost's Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity at Central Michigan University.
  • IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Mini Challenge Award: "Good Adaptation of Graph Analysis Techniques", Seattle, Washington, October 14-19, 2012.
  • Winner of the 2011 Center for Research Computing (CRC) Award for Computational Sciences and Visualization, University of Notre Dame, May 2011.
  • Nominated for the annual Research Assistant Award of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2010 and 2011.
  • The Third National Security Innovation Competition (NSIC'09) -- Second Prize Winner, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 1, 2009.
  • USENIX -- The Advanced Computing Systems Association -- BEST PAPER AWARD. Presented at the 22nd Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA'08), San Diego, California, November 9-14, 2008.

Grants

  • President's and Provost's Fund for Program Innovation and Excellence 2020-2022
  • Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE) Premier Display 2018
  • Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE) Premier Display 2017
  • NSF travel grant to participate in SEED security education workshop, Syracuse University, NY, 2016.
  • Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE) Premier Display 2016
  • Air Force Faculty Extension Grant Award 2014.
  • Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP) 2014.
  • Principle Investigator (PI), CMU Early CAREER Award, 2012-2014
  • Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE) Premier Display 2014
  • Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE) Premier Display 2013
  • Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE) Premier Display 2012
  • ACM SIGCOMM Award for Travel Grants (SIGCOMM'11), August 2011.
  • Travel grant for the 7th International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec'10), September 2010.
  • Scholarship for Illinois Wireless Summer School, August 2009.
  • Scholarship for Trusted Infrastructure Workshop (TIW'09): Advanced Summer School on Architectures for Trustworthy Computing, June 2009.
  • USENIX Association Grant -- Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA'08), November 2008.
  • USENIX Association Grant -- Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI'08), April 2008.

Teaching Award

  • Ateyeh Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2009.

Honor Societies

Lifetime members of international/national honor societies:

Fellowships and Scholarships

  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Fellowship 2014
  • University of Notre Dame Fellowship 2005.
  • Hartwick College Full Scholarship 2002-2005.
  • President's Global Fund Award (established by the President of Hartwick College, Dr. Richard A. Detweiler), 2004-2005.
  • John Christopher Hartwick (founder) Scholarship Nominee 2005.

Other Honors, Awards, Fellowships and Scholarships

  • Hartwick College Faculty Scholar 2004-2005.
  • Dean's List, every semester of each academic year, Hartwick College, 2002-2005.
  • The Computer and Information Science Department Award for Excellence in Computer Science, Hartwick College, 2004-2005.
  • Best Graduate Regression, MINEND, University of Notre Dame, December 2006.
  • Active International Club Member Award, Hartwick College, 2002-2003.