Past Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award

These awards recognize current or former faculty members in Canadian Computer Science Departments, Schools, and Faculties who have made outstanding and sustained contributions to computing over their careers. The awards can be for achievement in research, teaching, service, or any combination of these.

Sheelagh Carpendale

Computing Science Professor

Simon Fraser University

Robin Cohen

Computing Science Professor

University of Waterloo

Russell Greiner

Computing Science Professor

University of Alberta

Guy Lapalme

Computing Science Professor

Université de Montréal

Alan Mackworth

Professor Emeritus at

University of British Columbia

Gord McCalla

Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science

University of Saskatchewan

Robert Holte

Professor Emeritus, Department of Computing Science

University of Alberta

François Laviolette

Computer Science and Software Engineering Department

Université Laval
(posthumously) 

Stella Atkins

Professor Emerita, School of Computing Science

Simon Fraser University

Renée J. Miller

University of Toronto

Ming Li

University of Waterloo

Kellogg S. Booth

University of British Columbia

Jonathan Schaeffer

University of Alberta

John Tsotsos

York University

W. Morven Gentleman

Laurie Hendren

McGill University

James R. Cordy

Queen’s University

J. Wesley Graham

Hugh Williams

University of Manitoba

Tamer Özsu

University of Waterloo

Selim G. Aki

Queen’s University

Pierre L’Ecuyer

Université de Montréal

Jacob Slonim

Dalhousie University

Richard C. Holt

University of Waterloo, University of Toronto

Godfried Toussaint

New York University Abu Dhabi, McGill University

Donald D. Cowan

University of Waterloo

David Kirkpatrick

Department of Computer Science The University of British Columbia

John Mylopoulos

University of Toronto

John Brzozowski

University of Waterloo

Ian Munro

University of Waterloo

Hector Levesque

University of Toronto

Gregor von Bochmann

University of Ottawa

Gilles Brassard

Université de Montréal

Tom Hull

University of Toronto

Steve Cook

University of Toronto

Nick Cercone

York University

Frank Tompa

University of Waterloo

Derek Corneil

University of Toronto

Alan George

University of Waterloo

Ronald M. Baecker

University of Toronto

Maria M. Klawe

President Harvey Mudd College

J.N. Patterson (Pat) Hume

University of Toronto

Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb

University of Toronto

Beatrice H. (Trixie) Worsley

Queen’s University

Allan B. Borodin

University of Toronto

Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Researcher Awards

These prizes recognize excellence in research and are made to top young faculty members in Canadian Computer Science Departments, Schools, and Faculties who are within the first ten years of their career beyond the completion of their Ph.D.

Parmit Chilana

Associate Professor at

Simon Fraser University 

Alec Jacobson

Associate Professor Computer Science and Mathematics

University of Toronto

Julia Rubin

Associate Professor at

University of British Columbia

Weiyi (Ian) Shang

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

Concordia University

François Pomerleau

Université Laval

Ashton Anderson

Department of Computer Science

University of Toronto

Jiannan Wang

Simon Fraser University

Rita Orji

Dalhousie University

Meiyappan Nagappan

University of Waterloo

Zhen Ming (Jack) Jiang

York University

Audrey Girouard

Carleton University

Florian Kerschbaum

University of Waterloo

Foutse Khomh

Polytechnique Montréal

Emad Shihab

Concordia University

Daniel Vogel

University of Waterloo

Chanchal Roy

University of Saskatchewan

Andrea Bunt

University of Manitoba

Bernhard Thomaszewski

Université de Montréal

Yasutaka Furukawa

Simon Fraser University

Reid Holmes

The University of British Columbia

Nick Harvey

The University of British Columbia

Abram Hindle

University of Alberta

Lap Chi Lau

University of Waterloo

Kate Larson

University of Waterloo

Zongpeng Li

University of Calgary

Regan Mandryk

University of Saskatchewan

Derek Nowrouzezahrai

Université de Montréal

Xue (Steve) Liu

McGill University

Ahmed E. Hassan

Queen’s University

Kevin Leyton-Brown

University of British Columbia

Bianca Schroeder

University of Toronto Scarborough

Sandra Zilles

University of Regina

Michael Friedlander

The University of British Columbia

Eyal de Lara

University of Toronto

Ondřej Lhoták

University of Waterloo

Mathieu Blanchette

McGill University

Michael Brudno

University of Toronto

Joanna McGrenere

The University of British Columbia

Ian Goldberg

University of Waterloo

Patrick Hayden

McGill University

Parvin Mousavi

Queen’s University

Aaron Hertzmann

University of Toronto

Bin Ma

University of Waterloo

Eric Schost

University of Western Ontario

Excellence In Teaching Awards

The Lifetime Achievement Award in Teaching honors the enduring impact of educators who have consistently exhibited excellence and innovation in their teaching careers. It recognizes faculty members who have made significant contributions to curriculum development, student engagement, and the adoption of innovative teaching methods.

Elisa Baniassad

Associate Professor

University of British Columbia

Bowen Hui

Associate Professor

University of British Columbia

Daniel Zingaro

Associate Professor,

University of Toronto

Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award

The Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes excellence in research and writing by a computer science doctoral student completing their degree at a Canadian institution.  One award is given annual based on nominations prepared by a nominee’s supervisor in consultation with the nominee’s department chair.  Nominations are assess by a panel of computer scientists chosen from a variety of sub-disciplines in the field for originality, potential impact, technical depth and significance, and quality of presentation.

Yasha Pushak

University of British Columbia

Mahmoud Afifi

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

York University

Mike Schaekermann

The University of Waterloo

Leqi Zhu

University of Toronto

Julie Nutini

The University of British Columbia

Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding service to CS-Can|Info-Can and the Canadian computer science community at large.

Jörg-Rüdiger Sack

Professor Department of Computer Science

Carleton University

Wendy Powley

Associate Professor M.Sc. Queen's University

Carey Williamson

University of Calgary

Marc Frappier

Université de Sherbrooke

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