Fall 2023-Spring 2024 Academic Year Awards
Department & Service Awards
Each spring, the CS Department awards the top students in each class with department awards and students who have made lasting contributions to the department with service awards. Typically, each award is accompanied by a textbook of the awardee’s choosing, donated by a publishing company (subject to their support). Awards are voted on by the faculty and awards are presented in a special ceremony held on the day of the annual Celebration of Student Achievement.
First-Year Awards: Demetri Bichara, Cesar Palma, Amanda Piantanida, Milagros Villalba
Sophomore Awards: Benjamin Guerrieri, Zack O’Rourke
Junior Awards: Michael Bell, Brielle Damiani, Shannon Joseph, Elliot Topper
Senior Awards: Sara Aly, Elijah Gasataya, David Jackson, Parvathi Krishnan, Andrew Michael
Service Awards: Stephanie Contino, Faiza Hoque, Liam Marquis, Devin Stapleton, Stenneth Swaby
The Charles H. Goldberg – Norman Neff Award
The Goldberg-Neff Award is awarded annually by the Computer Science Department to a student (or students) who has demonstrated academic excellence in Computer Science and who will be continuing into graduate study in Computer Science.
Grace Hopper Scholarships
Grace Hopper Scholarships are awarded annually to a limited number of women computer science majors in order to support their attendance at the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) in fall semesters.
2024 Grace Hopper Scholarship Recipients: Haemah Akhtar, Hannah Champury, Ayesha Chaudhry, Srujana Endreddy
Department Awards (2005 – present)
Each spring, the department awards the top students in each class. Typically, each award is accompanied by a textbook of the awardee’s choosing, donated by a publishing company (subject to their support). Awards are voted on by the faculty and awards are presented in a special ceremony held on the day of the annual Celebration of Student Achievement.
| Year | First-Year | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
| 2024 | Demetri Bichara Cesar Palma Amanda Piantanida Milagros Villalba |
Benjamin Guerrieri Zack O’Rourke |
Michael Bell Brielle Damiani Shannon Joseph Elliot Topper |
Sara Aly Elijah Gasataya David Jackson Parvathi Krishnan Andrew Michael |
| 2023 | Kassidy Farnum Benjamin Guerrieri Milian Ingco |
Claire Engebreth Shannon Joseph Elliot Topper |
Sara Aly Paula Arroyave Elijah Gasataya Parvathi Krishnan Liam Marquis Andrew Michael |
Sterly Deracy Kiera Gill Robert Helck Dominick Lamastra Anthony Messana Payton Shaltis |
| 2022 | Claire Engebreth Mila Manzano Elliot Topper |
Sara Aly Elijah Gasataya |
Adeena Ahmed Sterly Deracy Matthew Hannum Leah Kazenmayer Dom Lamastra Payton Shaltis |
David Greco AJ Viola |
| 2021 | Sara Aly Elijah Gasataya Rebecca Goldberg Hana Memon |
Sterly Deracy Jabili Gadde Leah J. Kazenmayer Dominick Lamstra |
Tooba Bajwa David Greco Matthew Mabrey Jenna Stiesi Alexander Viola |
John Barry Ryan Bogutz Ethan Staiman Lisa Walker |
| 2020 | Lana Abdelmohsen Adeena Ahmed Sterly Deracy |
Tooba Bajwa David Greco |
Ryan Bogutz Thomas Orth |
Madeline Febinger Ethan Kochis |
| 2019 | Tooba Bajwa David Greco Luke Kurlandski Jenna Stiesi AJ Viola |
Ryan Bogutz Tom Orth Tomer Singal Ethan Staiman |
Tomer Aberbach Madeline Febinger Ethan Kochis |
Michael Altschuler Brian Duke Emily Kazenmayer |
| 2018 | Ryan Bogutz Jessica Jo Thomas Orth Matthew Van Soelen |
Tomer Aberbach Shm Almeda Michael Altschuler Ethan Kochis |
Alexander Cretella Ananya Srinivasan |
Elisa Idrobo Edward Kennedy Brittany Reedman Tyler Reich |
| 2017 | Shm Almeda Michael Altschuler Ethan Kochis |
Alexander Cretella Edward Kennedy |
Stephen Klein Brittany Reedman |
Elise Janczewski Dylan Wulf |
| 2016 | Emily Kazenmayer Edward Kennedy |
Elisa Idrobo Brittany Reedman |
Angela Huang | Kylie Gorman Brandon Gottlob Benjamin Meyer Matthew Steuerer |
| 2015 | Elisa Idrobo Brittany Reedman |
Angela Huang Matthew Rasa |
Kylie Gorman Brandon Gottlob |
Leah Lewy Robert Preuss |
| 2014 | Joie Murphy | Kylie Gorman Brandon Gottlob |
Joseph Canero Conor Kelton Sean Safari |
Thomas Caputi Leighanne Hsu Michael Macdougall Glen Oakley |
| 2013 | Kylie Gorman Brandon Gottlob Erin Wojciechowski Thomas Borgia Christopher Hranj |
Sean Safari Daniel Seminara |
Shahzore Qureshi Patrick D’Errico Glen Oakley |
Laurence Agina |
| 2012 | Jack Jamieson Lauren Ryan |
Theodore Sudol Frank Corradi |
Nicholas Vitovitch | Kevin Coughlin Shane Mullin |
| 2011 | Michele Dey Theodore Sudol |
Rachel Pomeroy Rohan Shah |
Zach Zappala Sarah Smith Bogdan Copos |
Mark Whitty |
| 2010 | Rachel Pomeroy Mike Murphy |
Siobhan Sabino Shane Mullin |
Chris Hallberg | Tim Sanders Brian Bagdzinski |
| 2009 | ||||
| 2008 | David Adrian | Stephen Sigwart Autumn Breese |
Karen DelDuca Stephen Lombardi |
Jacob Voytko Robert Wilson |
| 2007 | Autumn Breese | Karen DelDuca | Jake Voytko Robert Wilson |
Jaclyn English |
| 2006 | Christopher Neylan | Chris Refsdal | Lauren Leonardis | Patrick Rollins |
| 2005 | Scott Brown Jacob Voytko |
Lauren Leonardis | Eric Thul | Megan Thurber |
Service Awards (2005 – present)
| Service Awards | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Stephanie Contino Faiza Hoque Liam Marquis Devin Stapleton Stenneth Swaby |
| 2023 | Stenneth Swaby |
| 2022 | Jenna Stiesi Abhijit Vempati Kevin Williams Demetrius Zissimos |
| 2021 | Sterly Deracy Thomas Orth Abhijit Vempati |
| 2020 | Shm Almeda Sophie Goldberg |
| 2019 | Shm Almeda Sophie Goldberg |
| 2017 | Lindsey Abramson Kevin Bohinski Cassandra Budson Matthew Rasa |
| 2016 | Lindsey Abramson Alexander Cretella Beau LaManna Michael Packi Warren Seto Henry Shen |
| 2015 | Kevin Bohinski Hank Harvey Andrew Miller Nadya Peña |
| 2010 | Autumn Breese |
| 2006 | Bryce Liskovec |
Leadership Awards (2005 – present)
| Leadership Awards | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Kylie Gorman Brandon Gottlob Brittany Reedman |
Charles H. Goldberg – Norman Neff Award (2005 – present)
The Charles H. Goldberg – Norman Neff Award is awarded annually by the Computer Science Department to a student (or students) who has demonstrated academic excellence in Computer Science and who will be continuing into graduate study in Computer Science.
| The Charles H. Goldberg-Norman Neff Award | |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Brian Hong |
| 2022 | Luke Kurlandski, Forum Modi |
| 2021 | Numaan Cheema, Carolyne Holmes |
| 2020 | Shm Almeda, Kseniya Rychkova |
| 2019 | Victoria E. Green |
| 2017 | Angela Huang |
| 2015 | Conor J. Kelton |
| 2014 | Theodore V. Sudol, Patrick M. D’Errico |
| 2013 | Matthew Peveler |
| 2012 | Sarah Smith, William M. West, Zachary Zappala |
| 2011 | Christopher R. Hallberg, Sarah A. Middleton |
| 2010 | Autumn Breese, Rich DeFrancisco |
| 2009 | Christopher A. Neylan, Andrew Timmes |
| 2008 | Ryan S. Patrick |
| 2007 | Jason Snyder |
| 2006 | Eric Thul |
| 2005 | Mark Strohmaier |
Grace Hopper Scholarship Awards
Grace Hopper Scholarships are awarded annually to a limited number of women computer science majors in order to support their attendance at the virtual Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) in fall semesters.
| Grace Hopper Scholarship Awards | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Haemah Akhtar Hannah Champury Ayesha Chaudhry Srujana Endreddy |
| 2023 | Spandana Bondalapati Shannon Joseph Mila Manzano Nallammai Muthukumar Kyla Ramos |
| 2022 | Lana Abdelmohsen Rebecca Harris Shannon Joseph Leah Kazenmayer Parvathi Krishnan |