Honors and Awards by Year

This is a listing of significant awards and honors received by Purdue CS faculty. Listed are those items that are distinctive and based on technical achievement and/or professional service. Included items must be decided by peer deliberation; awards decided solely by students (e.g., "Top 10 Teacher") and best paper awards are not included, nor are awards well outside the mainstream of faculty areas of achievement.

2025

• Antonio Bianchi
  • NSF CAREER Award
• David Gleich
  • SIAM Fellow
• Ananth Grama
  • Named director of Purdue Institute for Physical AI (IPAI)
• Chunyi Peng
  • ACM Distinguished Member
• Alex Pothen
  • AAAS Fellow
• Eugene Spafford
  • Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
• Lin Tan
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Jianguo Wang
  • IEEE TCDE Rising Star Award
• Dongyan Xu
  • Arden L. Bement Jr. Award

 

2024

• Elisa Bertino
  • Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia International Award
  • Re-elected Vice President of ACM
  • Samuel D. Conte Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
• Berkay Celik
  • Amazon Research Award
• Petros Drineas
  • Named new head of Department of Computer Science
• Christina Garman
  • IEEE Test-of-Time Award
• Ananth Grama
  • Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
• Anuran Makur
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Muhammad Shahbaz
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Eugene Spafford
  
  • Named chair of the External Adivsory Board for Sandia National Laboratories' DAHCS Campaign
• Jianguo Wang
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Yexiang Xue
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Ming Yin
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Tianyi Zhang
  • NSF CAREER Award

 

2023

• Daniel G. Aliaga
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Bedrick Benes
  • Named editor-in-chief of Graphical Models
• Elisa Bertino
  • College of Science Faculty Research Award
• Antonio Bianchi
  • Google Aspire Award
• Simina Brânzei
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Z. Berkay Celik
  
  • Google Aspire Award
• Tamal Dey
  • AAIA Fellow
• Petros Drineas
  • SIAM Fellow
• David F. Gleich
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Rajiv Khanna
  • Named research fellow in AnalytiXIN
• Pan Li
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Alex Pothen
  • Fellow, American Mathematical Society
• Sunil Prabhakar
  • Named vice provost for faculty affairs
• Muhammad Shahbaz
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Eugene Spafford
  
  • AAIA Fellow
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
• Mohammadkazem Taram
  • ACM SIGMICRO Dissertation Award
• Vassilis Zikas
  • Named research fellow in AnalytiXIN
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award

 

2022

• Mikhail Atallah
  • Test of Time award from the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)
• Bedrick Benes
  • Fellow of the European Association for Computer Graphics
• Aniket Bera
  • Best Paper,  ACM SIGGRAPH MIG
• Elisa Bertino
  • Elected Vice President of the ACM
  • Listed, Best Female Scientists in the World, Research.com
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Bharat Bhargava
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
• Antonio Bianchi
  • Google Aspire Award
• Simina Brânzei
  • Kavi Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
• Z. Berkay Celik
  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Google Aspire Award
• Petros Drineas
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Sonia Fahmy
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Pedro Fonseca
  • NSF CAREER Award
• David Gleich 
  • University Faculty Scholar
  • Promoted to full professor
• Dan Goldwasser
  • Amazon Research Award
• Changhee Jung
  • MICRO Hall of Fame
  • Samsung MSL, Award for exploring deep memory hierarchy on top of emerging CXL
• Aniket Kate
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Ninghui Li
  • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award
• Pan Li
  • JP Morgan Faculty Award
  • Best paper, Learning on Graphs Conference
• Anuran Makur
  • IEEE Dissertation Award
• Chunyi Peng
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Voicu Popescu
  • Facebook Networking Research Award
• Alex Pothen
  • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 
• Alex Psomas
  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Google Research Award
• Roopsha Samanta
  • Amazon Research Award
• Muhammad Shahbaz
  • IETF/ANRP Research Prize
• Eugene Spafford
  
  • ACSAC Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition Impactful System Award
  • Appointed to the CRA Board of Directors
• Wojtek Szpankowski
  • Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
• Dave (Jing) Tian
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Lin Tan
  • Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Promoted to full professor
• Ming Yin
  • Best Paper, ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing (CSCW)
  • Best Paper, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
• Yongle Zhang
  • ACM SIGOPS, Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Award
• Vassilis Zikas
  • Awarded $8M from Algorand Foundation

 

2021

• Elisa Bertino
  • IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award
• Jeremiah Blocki
  • NSF CAREER Award 
• Antonio Bianchi
  • Android Security and PrIvacy REsearch (ASPIRE) Award
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Berkay Celik
  • Android Security and PrIvacy REsearch (ASPIRE) Award
• Christina Garman
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
  • NSF CAREER Award
• David Gleich
  • Purdue University Faculty Scholar
• Dan Goldwasser
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Susanne Hambrusch
  • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 
• Ninghui Li
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Changhee Jung
  • MICRO Hall of Fame
• Daisuke Kihara
  • Fellow,  American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 
• Anuran Makur
  • IEEE Information Theory Society Thomas M. Cover Dissertation Award
• Alex Pothen
  • George Pólya Prize in Applied Combinatorics 
• Bruno Ribeiro
  • Amazon Research Award
• Roopsha Samanta
  • Amazon Research Award
• Lin Tan
  • Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 
• Dave (Jing) Tian
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Alex Pothen
  • George Pólya Prize in Applied Combinatorics, awareded by SIAM
• Wojciech Szpankowski
  
  • Member of the  Academia Europaea

 

2020

• Elisa Bertino
  
  • Kristian Beckman Award
• Chris Clifton 
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
  • ACM CODASPY Research Award
• Sonia Fahmy
  • AT&T Virtual University Research Initiative (VURI) Award
• Diasuke Kihara
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 
• Bruno Ribeiro
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Tiark Rompf
  • Purdue College of Science Team Award
• Wojciech Szpankowski
  • Flajolet Prize 
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
  • IEEE Security and Privacy Test-of-Time Award
• Lin Tan
  
  • J.P. Morgan AI Research Faculty Award
  • Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award

2019

• George Adams 
  • Fellow of the Purdue University Teaching Academy 
• Elisa Bertino
  
  • ACM Athena Lecturer Award 2019-2020
  • GSM Mobile Security Research Hall of Fame 
• Jeremiah Block
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Douglas Comer
  • Internet Hall of Fame
• Ben Delaware
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Pedro Fonseca
  • Google Faculty Research Award
• Christina Garman
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Hemanta Maji
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Aniket Kate
  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Ninghui Li 
  • GSM Mobile Security Research Hall of Fame
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Tiark Rompf
  • Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
  • Purdue College of Science Team Award
  • ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award (Scala Team)
• Roopsha Samanta
  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Purdue Seed for Success Award
• Lin Tan
  • Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award
• Yexiang Xue
  • NSF CRII Award

2018

• Daniel Aliaga
  • Fulbright Scholar Award
• Elias Bareinboim
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Elisa Bertino
  • IEEE 2018 Research Innovation Award
• Jeremiah Blocki
  • NSF CRII Award
• Ben Delaware
  
  • NSF CRII Award
• Greg Frederickson
  
  • Alumnus of the Year, University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science
• Ananth Grama
  • College of Science Research Award
• Changhee Jung
  • 2018 NSF CAREER Award
• Chunyi Peng
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Alex Pothen
  • College of Science Graduate Student Mentoring Award
  • Fellow,  Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Tiark Rompf
  • VMware Systems Research Award
  • College of Science Professional Achievement Award
• Eugene Spafford
  • ISE Luminary Leadership Award Winner
• Dongyan Xu
  • College of Science Team Award
• Xiangyu Zhang
  • College of Science Team Award

2017

• Walid Aref
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Mikhail Atallah
  • Purdue University Arden L. Bement Award
• Elisa Bertino
  • Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Hall of Fame
  • Purdue Innovators Hall of Fame
• Bharat Bhargava
  • Purdue Focus Award
  • Purdue Helen B. Schleman Gold Medallion
• Chris Clifton
  • Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Changhee Jung
  • AMD Faculty Research Award
• Tiark Rompf
  • United States Department of Energy Early Career Research Award
  • Google Faculty Research Award
• Eugene Spafford
  
  • Quora "Best Writer"
  • Kristian Beckman Award, IFIP Technical Committee TC 11
• Dongyan Xu
  • Purdue Discovery Park Big Idea Challenge Award

2016

• Mikhail Atallah
  
  • Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award
• Elisa Bertino
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Chris Clifton
  
  • College of Science Team Award
• Sonia Fahmy
  • College of Science Team Award
• David Gleich
  • Sloan Research Fellow
• Suresh Jagannathan
  • Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service
• Hemanta Maji
  • NSF CRII
  • College of Science Team Award
• Tiark Rompf
  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Member, IFIP TC-2 Working Group 2.11
• Eugene Spafford
  • Indiana Sagamore of the Wabash
  • Outstanding Research Award, ITERA
  • Quora "Best Writer"
  • College of Science Team Award
• Wojciech Szpankowski
  • Purdue Arden Bement Award
• Dongyan Xu
  • College of Science Leadership Award

2015

• Sonia Fahmy
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Ananth Grama
  • Distinguished Alumnus, University of Minnesota 
• Changhee Jung
  • Google Faculty Research Award
• Mathias Payer
  
  • NSF CRII
• Wojciech Szpankowski
  • Saul Rosen Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
• Dongyan Xu
  • College of Science Research Award
  • College of Science Team Award 

2014 

• Elisa Bertino
  • ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award
• Eugene Spafford
  
  • Fellow, The Ponemon Institute
• Dongyan Xu
  • College of Science Graduate Advising Award

2013

• Mikhail Atallah
  • Purdue University Outstanding Commercialization Award

• Ananth Grama
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  Daisuke Kihara
  • University Faculty Scholar

• Jennifer Neville
  • Outstanding Achievement by a Young Alum (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

• Eugene Spafford
  • Cyber Security Hall of Fame
  • (ISC)2 Harold F. Tiptoon Lifetime Achievement Award
  • College of Liberal Arts, Department of Political Science, Courtesy Appointment

• Dongyan Xu
  • College of Science Leadership Award

2012

• Daniel Aliaga
  • College of Science Diversity Award

• Elisa Bertino
  • College of Science Engagement Award

• Douglas Comer
  • Joel and Ruth Spira Excellence in Teaching Award

• Ahmed Elmagarmid
  • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery

• Walter Gautschi
  • Fellow,  Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

• David Gleich
  • NSF CAREER Award

• Tony Hosking
  • ACM Distinguished Scientist

• Suresh Jagannathan
  • College of Science Graduate Student Mentoring Award

• Ninghui Li
  • ACM Distinguished Scientist

• Bradley Lucier
  • Fellow, American Mathmatical Society
  • Fellow, Simons Foundation

• Jennifer Neville
  • NSF CAREER Award

• Ahmed Sameh
  • Fellow, International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

• Eugene Spafford
  • Purdue University Morrill Professor Award

• Wojciech Szpankowski
  • College of Science Leadership Award

• Xavier Tricoche
  • NSF CAREER Award

• Dongyan Xu
  • Purdue University Faculty Scholar

2011

• Daniel Aliaga
  • OECD Fellowship Award
• Mikhail Atallah
  • Purdue Research Foundation Inventors Recognition
• Bedrich Benes
  • Purdue University Faculty Scholar

• Bharat Bhargava
  • Purdue Research Foundation Inventors Recognition

• Chris Clifton
  • IEEE ICDM Outstanding Service Award
  • Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship

• Christoph M. Hoffmann
  • Pierre Bézier Award (SIAM)

• Charles Killian
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Ramana Kompella
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Yuan Qi
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Ahmed Sameh
  • Fellow,  International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

• Robert D. Skeel
  
  • Fellow, Solid Modeling Assoication 

• Eugene H. Spafford
  • SANS Lifetime Achievement Award
  • WORLDCOMP Outstanding Achievement Award
• Olga Vitek
  • NSF CAREER Award

2010

• Daniel Aliaga
  
  • Google Faculty Research Awards
• Ahmed Elmagarmid
  
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)

2009

• Daniel Aliaga
  • Purdue University Undergraduate Advising Award
• Ahmed Elmagarmid
  • ACM Distinguished Scientist
• Greg N. Frederickson
  • George Pólya Award
• Alex Pothen
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD)
• Sunil Prabhakar
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon Abacus Award
  • CRA Distinguished Service Award
  • Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Security Association
• Wojciech M. Szpankowski
  • Humboldt Research Award

2008

• Daniel Aliaga
  • Purdue University Engagement Award
• Greg N. Frederickson
  • Book of Great Teachers
• Christoph M. Hoffmann
  • Techpoint Mira Award
• Luo Si
  • NSF CAREER Awards
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Fellow of (ISC) ²
  • Information Security Secure 7
• Wojciech M. Szpankowski
  • Saul Rosen Professor of Computer Science

2007

• Mikhail J. Atallah
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, American University in Beirut
• Suresh Jagannathan
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • ACM President's Award 

2006

• Mikhail J. Atallah
  
  • Fellow, Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Patrick Eugster
  • NSF CAREER Awards
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • ACM SIGSAC  "Outstanding Contribution Award"
• Wojciech M. Szpankowski
  • University of Canterbury, New Zealand "Erskine Fellowship"
• Dongyan Xu
  • NSF CAREER Awards
• Samuel Wagstaff
  • Department of Mathematics, Courtesy Appointment
• Xiangyu Zhang
  • ACM SIGPLAN "Doctoral Dissertation Award"

2005

• Elisa Bertino
  • Tsutomu Kanai Award
• H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
  • Teaching for Tomorrow Award
• Zhiyuan Li
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award
  • Honorary D.Sc. from SUNY
• Team award, including  Chris Clifton,  Ahmed Elmagarmid, and  Sunil Prabhakar
  • Techpoint Mira Award

2004

• Walid G. Aref
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Mikhail J. Atallah
  • Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
  • Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment
• Elisa Bertino
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment
• Douglas E. Comer
  • Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
• Greg N. Frederickson
  • George Pólya Award
• Susanne Hambrusch
  • Techpoint Mira Award
• Ninghui Li
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Robert D. Skeel
  • Department of Mathematics, Courtesy Appointment
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • ACM SIGCAS "Making A Difference Award"
• Wojciech M. Szpankowski
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment

2003

• Bharat Bhargava
  • Book of Great Teachers
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment
• Elisa Bertino
  • Fellow, Association for Computing Machiery (ACM)
• Douglas E. Comer
  • Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment
• Sonia Fahmy
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Zhiyuan Li
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Taylor Booth Award
  • U.S. Air Force medal for Meritorious Civilian Service
  • Added to Purdue University's Book of Great Teachers
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment
  • Department of Communication, Courtesy Appointment
• Dongyan Xu
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment

2002

• Elisa Bertino
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
  • IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award
• Walid G. Aref
  • University Faculty Scholar
• Christoph M. Hoffmann
  • European Academy of Sciences
• Suresh Jagannathan
  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • ACM President's Award

2001

• Walid G. Aref
  • NSF CAREER Awards
• Buster Dunsmore
  • INITA Outstanding Educator
• Walter Gautschi
  • Member of  Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Member of  Turin Academy of Sciences
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSA Awards Hall of Fame
  • NCISSE Founder's Medal
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy
  • Fellows of the Purdue Teaching Academy

2000

• Douglas E. Comer
  • Fellow, Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Applied Computer Security Associates, Distinguished Practitioner
  • National Computer/Information System Security Award
  • Department of Philosophy, Courtesy Appointment

1999

• Mikhail J. Atallah
  • Book of Great Teachers
• Bharat Bhargava
  • IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award
• Douglas E. Comer
  • Book of Great Teachers
• H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
  • Book of Great Teachers
• Susanne E. Hambrusch
  • Book of Great Teachers
• Kihong Park
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Sunil Prabhakar
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Ahmed Sameh
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
  • Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
• Eugene H. Spafford
  
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow, Association For Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Book of Great Teachers

1998

• Ananth Y. Grama
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Antony L. Hosking
  • Teaching for Tomorrow Award
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Fellow, Assoiciation of Computing Machinery (ACM)

1997

• Mikhail J. Atallah
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
  • Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy
• Ahmed Sameh
  • Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Fellow, Assoiciation of Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Fellow, American Assoication for Advanced Science (AAAS)
  • Book of Great Teachers

1996

• Bharat Bhargava
  • IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award
  • Fellow,  Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
• H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy
• John R. Rice
  • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Ahmed Sameh
  • IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award
• Douglas Comer (as part of the Software Tools Project)
  • Usenix Association  "The Flame" Lifetime Achievement Award

1995

• Ahmed Elmagarmid
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Dayton
• Zhiyuan Li
  • NSF CAREER Award
• Eugene H. Spafford
  • Distinguished Alumni, State University College of New York

1994

• John R. Rice
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering

1993

• Bharat Bhargava
  • Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Ahmed Elmagarmid
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Ohio State University
• Ahmed Sameh
  • Fellow,  International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

1992

• Vernon J. Rego
  • Gordon Bell Prize (joint with IEEE)

1991

• John R. Rice
  • IFIP Silver Core
  • W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

1990

• Walter Gautschi
  • Fulbright Scholar

1988

• Ahmed Elmagarmid
  • NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award

1985

• Mikhail Atallah
  • NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award

1972

• John R. Rice
  • Fellow,  International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

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