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.
2020
- Bruno Ribeiro
- NSF CAREER Award
- Chris Clifton
- Fellow, Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
- Wojciech Szpankowski
- Flajolet Prize
- Eugene H. Spafford
- Named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- IEEE Security and Privacy Test-of-Time Award
- Elisa Bertino
- ACM Athena Lecturer Award 2019-2020
- GSM Mobile Security Research Hall of Fame
- Douglas Comer
- Internet Hall of Fame
- Pedro Fonseca
- Google Faculty Research Award
- Aniket Kate
- NSF CAREER Award
- Ninghui Li
- GSM Mobile Security Research Hall of Fame
- University Faculty Scholar
- Tiark Rompf
- Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award
- Roopsha Samanta
- NSF CAREER Award
- Purdue College of Science Team Award
- Lin Tan
- Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award
- Yexiang Xue
- NSF CRII Award
2018
- 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
- Chunyi Peng
- NSF CAREER Award
- Alex Pothen
- College of Science Graduate Student Mentoring Award
- SIAM Fellow
- Tiark Rompf
- VMware Systems Research Award
- College of Science Professional Achievement Award
- Eugene Spafford
- 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)
- 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 of the AAAS
- Sonia Fahmy
- College of Science Team Award
- David Gleich
- Suresh Jagannathan
- Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service
- Hemanta Maji
- NSF CRII
- 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"
- 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
- Mathias Payer
- NSF CRII
- 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
- Ananth Grama
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 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
- Suresh Jagannathan
- College of Science Graduate Student Mentoring Award
- Wojciech Szpankowski
- College of Science Leadership Award
2011
- Mikhail Atallah
- Purdue Research Foundation Inventors Recognition
- Bharat Bhargava
- Purdue Research Foundation Inventors Recognition
- Charles Killian
- NSF CAREER Award
- Ramana Kompella
- NSF CAREER Award
- Yuan Qi
- NSF CAREER Award
- Ahmed Sameh
- Eugene H. Spafford
- Olga Vitek
- NSF CAREER Award
2010
2009
- Daniel Aliaga
- Purdue University Undergraduate Advising Award
- Ahmed Elmagarmid
- ACM Distinguished Scientist
- Greg N. Frederickson
- 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
2008
- Daniel Aliaga
- Purdue University Engagement Award
- Greg N. Frederickson
- 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
2006
- Mikhail J. Atallah
- Patrick Eugster
- NSF CAREER Awards
- Eugene H. Spafford
- ACM SIGSAC "Outstanding Contribution Award"
- Wasserman 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
2005
- Elisa Bertino
- H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
- 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
- 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 of the 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
- 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
- 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
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
2000
- Douglas E. Comer
- Eugene H. Spafford
- Applied Computer Security Associates, Distinguished Practitioner
- National Computer/Information System Security Award
- Department of Philosophy, Courtesy Appointment
1999
- Mikhail J. Atallah
- Bharat Bhargava
- Douglas E. Comer
- H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
- Susanne E. Hambrusch
- Kihong Park
- NSF CAREER Award
- Sunil Prabhakar
- NSF CAREER Award
- Ahmed Sameh
- Eugene H. Spafford
1998
- Ananth Y. Grama
- NSF CAREER Award
- Antony L. Hosking
- Eugene H. Spafford
1997
- Mikhail J. Atallah
- H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
- Ahmed Sameh
- Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science
1996
- Bharat Bhargava
- IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Award
- Fellow of the IETE
- H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore
- John R. Rice
- 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
- Ahmed Elmagarmid
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, Ohio State University
- Ahmed Sameh
1992
- Vernon J. Rego
- Gordon Bell Prize (joint with IEEE)
1989
- John R. Rice
- IFIP Silver Core
- W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
1988
- Ahmed Elmagarmid
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
1985
- Mikhail Atallah
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
1972
1970
- Walter Gautschi
- Fulbright Scholar
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