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
