Commencement 2012

Congratulations to recipients of the 2012 undergraduate student awards which were presented at commencement ceremonies on May 13.

Alex Vasilos Memorial Awards

Friends and colleagues of the late Alex Vasilos donated the Alex Vasilos Memorial Award to the Department of Computer Science to recognize deserving students. This year's recipients are:

• Daphne Ezer
  For excellence in research and coursework including research in both computer science and genomics and for contributing to the undergraduate experience through many roles in support of undergraduate computer science majors.
• Scott Brothers
  For outstanding support of the undergraduate program as a UTA in several courses, and for curiosity, enthusiasm, and excellence in support of the computer science program.

Graduation with Distinction

Graduation with Distinction is awarded to students who complete a substantial project, representing at least one-year’s work that includes at least one independent study, under the guidance of a faculty member. The project represents a significant intellectual endeavor and requires a presentation made to a committee of three faculty members.

Graduation with Highest Distinction

• Siyang Chen
  Advisors: Vincent Conitzer & Kamesh Munagala
  New Directions in Mechanism Design for Facility Location
• Daphne Ezer
  Advisor: Alexander Hartemink
  A Mechanistic Model of how AT Tandem Repeats Influence Gene Expression and Evolution
  C-SURF Fellow

Graduation with High Distinction

• Julian Genkins
  Advisor: Susan Rodger
  Improving the Flexibility of JFLAP
  C-SURF Fellow
• Joseph Levy
  Advisor: Romit Roy Choudhury
  Physical to Virtual Surface Mapping using Pico-Projector Phones
  C-SURF Fellow
• Tanner Schmidt
  Advisor: Jeffrey Forbes
  Mobile Robotics and Mapping
  C-SURF Fellow
• Andrea Scripa
  Advisor: Jeffrey Forbes
  Mining Short Texts
  C-SURF Fellow
• Trevor Terris
  Advisor: Carlo Tomasi
  Computer Vision and Surveillance
  C-SURF Fellow

Graduation with Distinction

• Yong-Hui Goh
  Advisor: Pankaj Agarwal
  Contour May Simplification