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• Alexander Humboldt Society Research Award
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
• Amazon Research Awards
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
• American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
• American Statistical Association (ASA) Gottfried E. Noether Early Career Scholar Award
• Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fellows
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ASPLOS Most Influential Paper Award
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Doctoral Dissertation Award
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) IDC Edith Ackermann Award
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Most Influential ICFP Paper Award
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Academy
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Outstanding Dissertation Award
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Social Impact Award
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Special Recognition Award
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Economics and Computation (SIGecom) Test of Time
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) Programming Languages Software Award
• Barcelona School of Economics Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics
• Cognitive Science Society Fellow
• Cognitive Systems Foundation Herbert A. Simon Prize for Advances in Cognitive Systems
• Computing Research Association (CRA) Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award
• Department of Defense (DOD) Young Investigator Award
• Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Award
• European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) Fellow
• European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA) Test of Time Award
• Extended Database Technology (EDBT) Test-of-Time Award
• Google Research Scholar Program
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Golden Core
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Micro Top Picks
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Tencent Rhino Bird International Academic Expert
• Institute of Mathematical Statistics Tweedie New Researcher Award
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Visualization and Graphics Technical Community (VGTC) Significant New Researcher Award
• Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow
• Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow
• National Academy of Education (NAEd)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Young Investigator Award
• Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellowship
• Science Foundation of Ireland E.T.S. Walton Award
• Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Economic Theory Fellow

Alexander Humboldt Society Research Award

Ken Forbus (2011)

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship

• Han Liu (2017 Sloan Research Fellow in Mathematics)
• Michael Rubenstein (2017 Sloan Research Fellow in Computer Science)
• Xiao Wang (2025 Sloan Research Fellow in Computer Science)

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Amazon Research Awards

• Samir Khuller (2018)
• Xinyu Xing (Fall 2021)

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American Academy of Arts & Sciences 

Uri Wilensky (2024)

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow

• V.S. Subrahmanian (2008)
• Ken Forbus (2020)

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American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows

Brenna Argall (2023)

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American Statistical Association (ASA) Gottfried E. Noether Early Career Scholar Award

Han Liu (2015)

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Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association Fellows

V.S. Subrahmanian (2022)

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Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fellows

• Ken Forbus (1992)
• Chris Riesbeck (1993)
• V.S. Subrahmanian (2009)
• Kristian Hammond (2023)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ASPLOS Most Influential Paper Award

Yan Chen (2018)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Doctoral Dissertation Award

Nivedita Arora (2023)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow

• Ken Forbus (2006)
• Alok Choudhary (2009)
• Samir Khuller (2022)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) IDC Edith Ackermann Award

Michael Horn (2018)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Most Influential ICFP Paper Award

Robby Findler (2012)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Academy

Elizabeth Gerber (Class of 2025)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Outstanding Dissertation Award

Karan Ahuja (2024)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Social Impact Award

Liz Gerber (2022)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Special Recognition Award

Karan Ahuja (2025)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Economics and Computation (SIGecom) Test of Time

Jason Hartline (2021)

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) Programming Languages Software Award

Robby Findler (2018)

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Barcelona School of Economics Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics

Benjamin Golub (2020)

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Cognitive Science Society Fellow

Ken Forbus (2004)

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Cognitive Systems Foundation Herbert A. Simon Prize for Advances in Cognitive Systems

Ken Forbus (2018)

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Computing Research Association (CRA) Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award

Samir Khuller (2020)

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Department of Defense (DOD) Young Investigator Award

Yan Chen (2007)

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Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Award

Yan Chen (2005)

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European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) Fellow

Samir Khuller (2021)

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European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA) Test of Time Award

• Samir Khuller (2015)
• Jason Hartline (2022)

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Extended Database Technology (EDBT) Test-of-Time Award

Nikos Hardavellas (2019)

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Google Research Scholar Program

• Aravindan Vijayaraghavan (2021)
• Xiao Wang (2023)

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow

• Peter Dinda (2015)
• Yan Chen (2017)
• Aggelos Katsaggelos (2022 - Life Fellow)

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Golden Core

V.S. Subrahmanian (2022)

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Micro Top Picks

Nikos Hardavellas (2009)

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Tencent Rhino Bird International Academic Expert

V.S. Subrahmanian (2017)

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Visualization and Graphics Technical Community (VGTC) Significant New Researcher Award

Matthew Kay (2023)

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Institute of Mathematical Statistics Tweedie New Researcher Award

Han Liu (2015)

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Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow

Marcelo Worsley (2024-26)

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Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow

• Doug Downey (2010)
• Jessica Hullman (2019)

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National Academy of Education (NAEd)

Uri Wilensky (2022)

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National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)

• Brenna Argall (2016)
• Fabian E. Bustamante (2007)
• Christos Dimoulas (2023)
• Peter Dinda (2001)
• Doug Downey (2014)
• Benjamin Golub (2019)
• Nikos Hardavellas (2015)
• Jason Hartline (2008)
• Michael Horn (2016)
• Jessica Hullman (2018)
• Russ Joseph (2007)
• Samir Khuller (1995)
• Aleksandar Kuzmanovic (2008)
• Han Liu (2015)
• Eleanor O'Rourke (2021)
• Bryan Pardo (2011)
• Jennie Rogers (2019)
• Aravindan Vijayaraghavan (2017)
• Xiao Wang (2023)
• Marcelo Worsley (2021)
• Xinyu Xing (2021)

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National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

Han Liu (2019)

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National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Young Investigator Award

Ken Forbus (1987-1992)

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Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellowship

Sam Kriegman (2022)

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Science Foundation of Ireland E.T.S. Walton Award

Fabian E. Bustamante (2022)

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Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Economic Theory Fellow

Jason Hartline (2021)

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