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In the annual end-of-year awards ceremony on April 30, 2025 for the Department of Computer Science, six undergraduate students and six graduate students were presented awards for their outstanding efforts over the past academic year in teaching, service, and research. The UVA chapter of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) also presented two awards to CS faculty! The ceremony concluded with a look back at the many amazing accomplishments by students and faculty over the year. 

Undergraduate Awards: 

  • Louis T. Rader Teaching Award - Top Honors to Jacob Hobbs
  • Louis T. Rader Teaching Award - Second Honors to Alice Wanner
  • Louis T. Rader Service Award - Top Honors to Karan Rawat
  • Louis T. Rader Research Award - Top Honors to Joonhyuk Ko
  • Louis T. Rader Research Award - Second Honors to David Xiang
  • Computer Science Department Undergraduate Experience Committee’s UGX Fellow of the Year – Shreyas Mayya

Graduate Student Awards:

  • CS Department Teaching Award - Wonkyo Choe
  • CS Department Teaching Award  - Zhenyu Li
  • CS Department Service Award - Meriel Von Stein
  • CS Department Service Award - Maria Cardei
  • John A. Stankovic Research Award - Zirou Qiu 
  • CS Department Research Award - Rongxiang Wang

ACM Faculty Awards:

  • ACM Teacher of the Year - Rich Nguyen
  • ACM Rising Star - Briana Morrison
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Jacob Hobbs - Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Teaching Top Honors Award
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Alice Wanner - Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Teaching Second Honors Award
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Karan Rawat - Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Service Top Honors Award
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Joonhyuk Ko - Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Research Top Honors Award
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David Xiang - Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Research Second Honors Award
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Shreyas Mayya - UGX Fellow Award
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Wonkyo Choe - CS Department Graduate Teaching Award
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Meriel Von Stein - CS Department Graduate Service Award
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Maria Cardei - CS Department Service Award
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Rongxiang Wang - CS Department Graduate Research Award