University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Computer Science

Alumni Awards Past Recipients

Ankush Aggarwal
2023 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Nancy Amato
2015 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Lawrence Angrave
2014 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Steven Ashby
2016 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Utpal Banerjee
2016 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Geneva Belford
2012 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
David Blaauw
2022 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Alan M. Braverman
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Channing Brown
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Eileen Burbidge
2021 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Roy H. Campbell
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Rick Cattell
2015 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Luis Ceze
2015 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Steve Chen
2014 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Greg Chesson
2012 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Ira Cohen
2011 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Jason Cong
2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Diane Cook
2013 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Carol Craig
2022 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Keenan Crane
2021 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Ron Cytron
2018 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Vilas Dhar
2018 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Roger Dickey
2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Thomas Dietterich
2016 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Carl Dill
2016 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
William "Bill" Dunn
2015 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Nikil D. Dutt
2017 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Clarence "Skip" Ellis
2019 Distinguished Achievement Memorial Award
Milos Ercegovac
2013 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Ross Erlebacher
2018 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Michael Faiman
2016 Distinguished Achievement Memorial Award
Hui Fang
2019 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Ali Farhadi
2019 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Scott Fisher
2017 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
George Friedman
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Ping Fu
2012 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Jing Gao
2022 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
C. William Gear
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Ari Gesher
2012 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Eric Gilbert
2018 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Donald B. Gillies
2011 Distinguished Achievement Memorial Award
Gene Golub
2018 Distinguished Achievement Memorial Award
Hanna Hajishirzi
2023 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Isaac J. Hall
2017 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Mehdi Harandi
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Erich Hauptmann
2011 Distinguished Achievement Memorial Award
Michael T. Heath
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Cinda Heeren
2014 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Vinay Hiremath
2019 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Jeff Holden
2019 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Jackson Hu
2015 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Michael Hughes
2016 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Mary Jane Irwin
2011 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Lavanya Iyer
2023 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Brigid A. Johnson
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Jing-Yang Jou
2021 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Samuel Kamin
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Apu Kapadia
2015 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Jawed Karim
2014 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Rajesh Karmani
2017 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Daniel Kaufman
2016 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Won Kim
2018 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Marcin Kleczynski
2016 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Steven Y. Ko
2017 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Pete Koomen
2015 Young Alumni Achievement Award
William Kubitz
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
David J. Kuck
2012 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Sy-Yen Kuo
2019 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
David Lassner
2018 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Chris Lattner
2013 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Steven LaValle
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Duncan Lawrie
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Svetlana Lazebnik
2017 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Der Tsai-Lee
2014 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Max Levchin
2011 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Baochun Li
2011 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Ran Libeskind-Hadas
2012 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
C.L. David Liu
2011 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Jane W.-S. Liu
2011 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Shan Lu
2013 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Albert Lucius
2021 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Richard M. Schell
2017 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Xiaosong Ma
2012 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Douglas MacGregor
2018 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Amitt Mahajan
2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Jose Martinez
2011 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Shigenori "Shig" Matsushita
2019 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Mary McDowell
2011 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Dennis Mickunas
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Kenichi Miura
2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Raymond Mooney
2019 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Trevor Mudge
2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Saburo Muroga
2011 Distinguished Achievement Memorial Award
Yu Pan
2016 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Dave Paola
2015 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Karthik Pattabiraman
2018 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Dan Peterson
2011 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Linda Petzold
2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Joel Poloney
2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Franco P. Preparata
2014 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Milos Prvulovic
2012 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Luke Rajlich
2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Sandra Rankin
2013 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Daniel A. Reed
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Lynn Reedy
2015 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Edward Reingold
2016 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Ulku Rowe
2022 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Romit Roy Choudhury
2016 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Paul Saylor
2015 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Koushik Sen
2014 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Russ Simmons
2015 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Anil Singhal
2023 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
James E. Smith
2017 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Marc Snir
2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Yizhou Sun
2016 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Parisa Tabriz
2014 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Jerry Talton
2022 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Lin Tan
2021 Early Career Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Jed Taylor
2013 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Kishor S. Trivedi
2017 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Mei-Chin Tsai
2021 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Marianne Winslett
2017 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Martin D. F. Wong
2017 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Sizhou "Zao" Yang
2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award
Pen-Chung Yew
2023 Distinguished Academic Achievement Alumni Award
Drina C. Yue
2017 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Jill Zmaczynski
2017 Distinguished Alumni Service Award