CSE System, University, School, and Departmental Awards
Engineering Awards Ceremony. Pictured are: Luke Ziarek, Varun Chandola, Murat Demirbas, Kris Schindler, Edward Furlani, Dean Liesl Folks, Bharat Jayaraman, unknown, unknown, Kemper Lewis, unknown, Wenyao Xu.
Our faculty lead their fields of inquiry by advancing the state of the art, for which their communities recognize them with service roles, fellowships, research funding, and achievement awards.
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SUNY System Awards
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Junsong Yuan |
| 2019 | Shambhu Upadhyaya |
| 2018 | Kui Ren |
| 2017 | Jinhui Xu |
| 2016 | Chang Wen Chen |
| 2013 | Chunming Qiao |
| 2007 | Venu Govindaraju |
| 2004 | Alan L. Selman |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Atri Rudra |
| 2019 | Bina Ramamurthy |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2002 | Aidong Zhang |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2017 | Chunming Qiao |
| 2014 | Aidong Zhang |
| 2010 | Venu Govindaraju |
| 1997 | Sargur N. Srihari |
UB University Awards
Milton Plesur Award for Excellence in Teaching
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2008 | Michael F. Buckley |
| 2007 | Adrienne Decker |
| 1984 | Helene Kershner |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2008 | Michael F. Buckley |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2021 | JInhui Xu |
| 2018 | Sargur N. Srihari |
| 2017 | Venu Govindaraju |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2021 | Wenyao Xu |
| 2020 | Tevfik Kosar |
| 2016 | Kui Ren |
| 2015 | Jinhui Xu |
| 2013 | Shambhu Upadhyaya |
| 2012 | Chang Wen Chen |
| 2005 | Chunming Qiao |
| 2003 | Venu Govindaraju, Aidong Zhang |
| 2002 | Alan L. Selman, Stuart C. Shapiro |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2023 | A. Erdem Sariyuce |
| 2021 | Kenny Joseph |
| 2020 | Changyou Chen |
| 2019 | Shi Li |
| 2018 | Oliver Kennedy, Lukasz (Luke) Ziarek |
| 2017 | Lu Su |
| 2014 | Steven Ko |
| 2011 | Jason Corso, Atri Rudra |
| 2010 | Murat Demirbas, Sheng Zhong |
| 2005 | Hung Ngo |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2023 | Jesse Hartloff |
| 2021 | Atri Rudra |
| 2020 | Varun Chandola |
| 2018 | Dimitrios Koutsonikolas |
| 2017 | Lukasz (Luke) Ziarek |
| 2016 | Steven Ko |
UB President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Lurasz (Luke) Ziarek |
| 2021 | Jaroslaw (Jaric) Zola |
| 2020 | Wenyao Xu |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2023 | Matthew Hertz |
| 2017 | Bina Ramamurthy |
| 2016 | Kris Schindler |
| 2015 | Carl Alphonce |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Shelly Neumaier |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Christian Miller |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2023 | Mingchen Gao |
| 2020 | A. Erdem Sariyuce |
| 2018 | Shi Li |
| 2016 | Wenyao Xu |
| 2015 | Jing Gao, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2021 | Kenny Joseph |
| 2020 | Wen Dong |
| 2019 | Jaroslaw (Jaric) Zola |
| 2017 | Oliver Kennedy |
| 2016 | Varun Chandola, Lukasz (Luke) Ziarek |
| 2015 | Geoffrey Challen, Steven Ko |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Marina Blanton |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Maria-Rose Frisina |
| 2019 | Jen Wojcik |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2020 | Wenyao Xu |
| 2019 | Jing Gao |
| 2018 | Tevfik Kosar |
| 2017 | Atri Rudra |
| 2016 | Murat Demirbas |
| 2015 | Kui Ren, JInhui Xu |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2023 | Russ Miller |
| 2021 | Oliver Kennedy |
| 2020 | Atri Rudra |
| 2018 | Tevfik Kosar |
| 2017 | Xin (Roger) He, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas |
| 2016 | Bharat Jayaraman |
| 2015 | Atri Rudra, Shambhu Upadhyaya |
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2020 | Ed Sobczak |
| 2019 | Ken Smith |
CSE Departmental Awards
CSE Best Teaching Faculty
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2021 | Ethan Blanton, Jesse Hartloff, Matthew Hertz |
| 2020 | Alan Hunt, Kris Schindler |
| 2019 | Andrew Hughes |
| 2018 | Alan Hunt |
| 2017 | Matthew Hertz |
CSE Career Initiation/Research Initiation
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2021 | Nasrin Ahkter, Ziming Zhao |
| 2020 | Farshad Ghanei, Weihang Wang |
| 2019 | Ethan Blanton, Mingchen Gao, Kenny Joseph |
| 2018 | Changyou Chen |
CSE Early Career Faculty Teaching
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Alina Vereshchaka, Ziming Zhao |
| 2021 | Kenny Joseph |
| 2020 | Wen Dong, Mingchen Gao |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Jaroslaw (Jaric) Zola |
| 2017 | Shi Li |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Lukasz (Luke) Ziarek |
CSE Early Career Researcher of the Year
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Mingchen Gao |
| 2021 | A. Erdem Sariyuce |
| 2020 | Changyou Chen, Kenny Joseph |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Lu Su |
| 2017 | Marco Gaboardi, Wenyao Xu |
| 2016 | Shi Li |
CSE Faculty Distinguished Teacher Award
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2004 | Aidong Zhang |
CSE Outstanding Funding
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Siwei Lyu |
| 2021 | Siwei Lyu, Chunming Qiao |
| 2020 | Varun Chandola, David Doermann |
| 2019 | Matthew Knepley, Shambhu Upadhyaya, Jaroslaw (Jaric) Zola |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Lu Su |
| 2016 | Venu Govindaraju, Oliver Kennedy |
CSE Outstanding Service
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Xin (Roger) He |
| 2021 | Carl Alphonce, Kris Schindler, Rohini Srihari, Lukasz (Luke) Ziarek |
| 2020 | Marina Blanton, Zhanpeng Jin, Steve Ko, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas |
| 2019 | Xin (Roger) He, Tevfik Kosar, Jennifer Winikus |
| 2018 | Carl Alphonce, Bharat Jayaraman |
| 2017 | Carl Alphonce, Jinhui Xu |
| 2016 | Atri Rudra |
CSE Senior Career Researcher of the Year
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Hongxin Hu |
| 2021 | David Doermann, Karthik Dantu, Zhanpeng Jin, Oliver Kennedy |
| 2020 | Shi Li, Junsong Yuan |
| 2019 | Steve Ko, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Wenyao Xu |
| 2018 | Atri Rudra |
CSE Senior Faculty Teacher of the Year
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2022 | Carl Alphonce |
| 2021 | Marina Blanton, Xin (Roger) He, Shi Li, Jaroslaw (Jaric) Zola |
| 2020 | Oliver Kennedy, Rohini Srihari, Lukasz (Luke) Ziarek |
| 2019 | Jan Chomicki, Sargur (Hari) Srihari |
| 2018 | Jing Gao |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Xin (Roger) He, Tevfik Kosar |
CSE Sustained Teaching Excellence
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2015 | Hung Ngo |
CSE Teaching Innovation
| Year | Award Winner(s) |
| 2017 | Jesse Hartloff |
