Awards

The fellowship supports early-career computing researchers who bring interdisciplinary expertise from the social sciences to infuse ethical and societal perspectives into Trustworthy AI development, and Diana Freed is one of the inaugural recipients.

This year’s recipient of CRA's Anita Borg Early Career Award is Adriana Schulz of the University of Washington, who joins Brown CS as Associate Professor this fall. Adriana has been recognized for her outstanding research in computer graphics and her commitment to broadening participation in computing. 

Brown CS faculty members Stephen Bach, Ugur Çetintemel, and Ellie Pavlick, along with their collaborators from other campus units, have just received Seed Awards from Brown's Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), and a new project by Brown CS faculty member Nikos Vasilakis has received Honorable Mention for Brown’s Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award.

ACM SIGGRAPH has recently named four people to the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, and one of them is Brown CS faculty member John Hughes, recognized for his outstanding contributions and sustained leadership to computer graphics education and research.

As a PhD candidate in Malte Schwarzkopf's Efficient and Trustworthy Operating Systems (ETOS) group, Dak Albab has made a significant impact through his profound dedication to going above and beyond for his students.

Brown CS has just announced that it's recognizing twenty-four graduating seniors for their academic accomplishments as well as their service to the department this year.

Brown University’s Dean of the Faculty gives out five different awards annually to recognize excellence in teaching, and this year, Eliot Horowitz Assistant Professor of Computer Science Malte Schwarzkopf has received the Philip J. Bray Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Physical Sciences.  

Skylar, a member of the Class of 2026, has earned one of the nation's leading undergraduate scholarships for her achievements in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences.

Brown CS doctoral student Rahul Sajnani has just been honored with the Best Student Paper Award for his research (“GeoDiffuser: Geometry-Based Image Editing with Diffusion Models”) at the 2025 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV).

Joseph was recognized as a leader in his field whose significant contributions meet or exceed the criteria of existing VGTC awards by being inducted into the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy at the annual IEEE VR conference.