Honors
2024
Embassy of Italy Young Investigator Award for Research in AI: Luca Luceri
Board of Trustees: Ewa Deelman
Best Presentation Award: Luca Luceri
Best Paper Award: Luca Luceri
Best Paper Award: Luca Luceri
2023
Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society: Yolanda Gil
SWSA 10-year award: Jay Pujara
New Faculty Highlights: Mohammad Rostami
ISI Fellow: Ewa Deelman
ISI Fellow: Yolanda Gil
Best Paper Award: John Heidemann
2022
AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition: Craig Knoblock
Top Poster Award, Health Equity in Action Annual Workshop of the NIH NIMH: Abigail Horn
IEEE Brain Community Best Paper Award: Akhilesh Jaiswal
Euro-Par Achievement Award: Ewa Deelman
Outstanding Paper Award: Jonathan May
Best Paper Award: John Heidemann
AAAI Fellow: Kristina Lerman
SIAM Science Policy Fellowship: Mayank Kejriwal
2021
Senior Member of IEEE: Carl Kesselman
HPC Wire Readers' Choice award: Best HPC Collaboration (Academia/Government/Industry): Ewa Deelman
Judge CSAW’21 Cybersecurity and Games Conference, Logic Locking Contest: Matthew French
Future Generation Computer Systems Journal Best Paper award: Ewa Deelman
William M. Keck Chair in Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering: Carl Kesselman
Research gift, Bosch Research North America: Filip Ilievski
Special Paper Award: Abdul Qadeer and John Heidemann
Special Paper Award: John Heidemann
AAIA Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association: Craig Knoblock
Best Paper Award, Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence, AI-2021: The Forty-first SGAI International Conference, On the Generalization Abilities of Fine-Tuned Commonsense Language Representation Models: Ke Shen
Goldwater Scholar, Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation: Haoda Wang
Best Paper Award, North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL) Workshop on Trustworthy Natural Language Processing (TrustNLP), AutoTriggER: Named Entity Recognition with Auxiliary Trigger Extraction: Dong-Ho Lee
2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award: Xiang Ren
Finalist of AAAS 2021 Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science: Mayank Kejriwal
Award for Excellence in Mentoring (Graduate Student Category), USC: Mayank Kejriwal
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Craig Knoblock
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Yolanda Gil
2020
Member of IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors: Terry Benzel
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Yolanda Gil
Best Student Paper Award: George Papadimitriou
Senior Member of IEEE: Terry Benzel
ACM SIGCOMM 2020 Networking Systems Award: John Heidemann, Yuri Pradkin, et al.
Senior Member of AAAI: Yigal Arens
2020 IEEE Harry H. Goode Memorial Award: Carl Kesselman
ACM Senior Member: Emilio Ferrara
2019
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Ewa Deelman
Senior Member of ACM: Emilio Ferrara
Paper selected as one of 15 contributions to the Grand Challenges in the Earth and Space Sciences for the Centennial Collection of the Review of Geophysics Journal of the American Geophysical Union: Deborah Khider, Daniel Garijo, Yolanda Gil et al.
Distinguished Paper, Proceedings of the Internet Measurement Conference: Wes Hardaker
Best Paper Award, 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings: Yolanda Gil, Shrikanth Narayanan et al.
Phil Andrews Most Transformative Contribution Award, PEARC19 Conference: Mats Rynge, Karan Vahi, Ewa Deelman et al.
Best Technical Paper, PEARC19 Conference: Mats Rynge, Karan Vahi, Ewa Deelman et al.
Karsten Schwan Best Paper Award, 16th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC): Connor Imes
Mensa Foundation’s Intellectual Benefits to Society Award: Mayank Kejriwal
Inaugural EarthCube Legacy Award: Yolanda Gil
USC Stevens Technology Commercialization Award: Satish Kumar Thittamaranahalli
USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship: Shrikanth Narayanan
Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Engineering—Guindy (India): Shrikanth Narayanan
Forbes Asia 30 Under 30: Asia – Healthcare and Science: Xiang Ren
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE): Shrikanth Narayanan
2018
ISI Meritorious Service Award: Amir Hashmani, Jerry Li, Ken Johnson
2018 Amazon Research Award: Greg Ver Steeg for a project titled "Information-theoretic Invariant Representation Learning."
2018 Amazon Research Award: Xiang Ren for a project titled "Model Programming: Model-Level Fusion of Structured Knowledge Priors for Information Extraction."
Best Paper Award (co-author), 5th International Conference on Behavioral, Economic, and Socio- Cultural Computing (BESC2018): Shrikanth Narayanan
Appointment to NSF Directorate for Computer, Information Science and Engineering Advisory Committee: Terry Benzel
Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award: Craig Knoblock
Outstanding Paper: Jonathan May
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Ewa Deelman
2017
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Carl Kesselman
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Craig Knoblock
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Yolanda Gil
IEEE Fellow: Ewa Deelman
Distinguished Service Award from the Digital Government Society: Yigal Arens
Technology Advancement Grant, USC Stevens Center for Innovation: Young Cho
Named to ACM’s Future of Computing Academy: Yonatan Bisk
2016
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Yolanda Gil
President-Elect of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI): Yolanda Gil
Junior Scientific Award, Complex Systems Society: Emilio Ferrara
Outstanding Service Award, IEEE Communications Society: Joseph Touch
Young Faculty Award: Emilio Ferrara
Leadership Computing Challenge Award, 2015-2016: Itay Hen
2015
Senior Fellow, UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics: Emilio Ferrara
Top 100 Big Data Experts, selected by Maptive: Emilio Ferrara
HPDC Achievement Award: Ewa Deelman
Leadership Computing Challenge Award, 2014-2015: Itay Hen
Fellows, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL): Daniel Marcu
Fellows, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL): Kevin Knight
2014
ACL Fellow: Premkumar Natarajan
Challenge Award, International Speech Communication Association: Matthew Black
Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Lecture Award, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Craig Knoblock
Use-Inspired Research Award, USC Viterbi: Rajiv Maheswaran, Yu-han Chang
Fellow, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Kevin Knight
2013
Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Computational Linguistics: Jerry Hobbs
Chair, Association for Computing Machinery special interest group on AI, 2013-2016: Yolanda Gil
Innovations in Network Award, Corporation for Educational Network Initiatives: Ewa Deelman
2012
Fellow, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Yolanda Gil
Milestone Award, IEEE, 1974-1982: Danny Cohen et al
Internet Hall of Fame (Pioneers): Danny Cohen, Steve Crocker, Jonathan Postel
Internet Hall of Fame (Innovator): Paul Mockapetris
Grand Prize, MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: Rajiv Maheswaren, Yu-Han Chang et al
Partial List of Awards from 2011 and Prior
(2011) Challenge Award, International Speech Communication Association: Matthew Black
(2011) Best Demonstration Award, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems conference : Yu-Han Chang and Rajiv Maheswaren
(2008) First Place, Planetary Robotic Contingency Challenge, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society: Benham Salemi et al
(2007) Internet2 IDEA Award: Carl Kesselman
(2007) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Nate Schlussel
(2007) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Anna Kanauka
(2007) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Claire Jansa
(2007) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kary Lau
(2007) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Lorraine Smith
(2007) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Patti Broun
(2006) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kim Linnett
(2006) Jonathan B. Postel Award, Internet Society: Bob Braden, Joyce K. Reynolds
(2006) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Dong-In Kang
(2006) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jinwoo Suh
(2006) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Craig Milo Rogers
(2006) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Pedro Szekely
(2006) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Rajiv Maheswaran
(2006) Honorary Doctorate, University of Amsterdam: Carl Kesselman
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Elizabeth Stergiou
(2005) SIGCOMM Awards, Association for Computing Machinery: Paul Mockapetris
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Alma Nava
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ann Myers
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ed Hovy
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Erika Barragan-Nunez
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jihie Kim
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kary Lau
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kathy Kurinsky
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ulf Hermjakob
(2005) Significant Technical Achievement Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: W. Lewis Johnson
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Arnold Diaz
(2005) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jeanine Yamazaki
(2004) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Dongho Kim
(2004) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kary Lau
(2004) Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Craig Knoblock
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Robin Harrison-Stoker
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Aaron Falk
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Aaron Lau
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Corey Carter
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Eric Coe
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ted Faber
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jay Modi
(2003) Top 10 Technology Innovators, InfoWorld magazine: Carl Kesselman
(2003) Internet Award in collaboration with the late Jonathan Postel, IEEE: Paul Mockapetris
(2003) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Mike Orosz
(2003) Honorary Doctorate, University of Uppsala: Jerry Hobbs
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Chris Smiley
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Dale Wong
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Dale Wong
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ed Jones
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jim Koda
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ken Johnson
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ray Mason
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ray Mason
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Sheila Coyazo
(2002) Fellow and Ada Lovelace Medal, British Computer Society: Carl Kesselman
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Sandy Ginoza
(2002) Top 10 Technology Innovators, InfoWorld magazine: Clifford Neuman
(2002) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Fabio Silva
(2001) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Dominik Staros
(2001) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Lorrie Shiota
(2001) Software Tools User Group Award, USENIX association: Clifford Newman et al
(2001) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Brenna Guthrie
(2001) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Mark Carley
(2001) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Zita Wenzel
(2001) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Dale Wong
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jeff Rickel
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kate LaBore
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Lewis Johnson
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Marcus Thiebaux
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Richard Whitney
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Stacy Marsella
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Daniel Marcu
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kevin Knight
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Melissa Snearl-Smith
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Bill Manning
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Celeste Anderson
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Cliff Neuman
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jim Pepin
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ramon Gonzalez
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Sanford George
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Irene Tice
(2000) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Susan Lapin
(1999) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Sheila Tejada
(1999) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Carl Kesselman
(1999) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Marcus Thiebaux
(1999) Endowed center at USC ISI and endowed chair at UCLA named for: Jonathan B. Postel
(1999) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Margie Schroeder
(1999) Fellows, Association for Computing Machinery: Robert Braden
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Bill Manning
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ramon Gonzalez
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Suzanne Woolf
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Walt Prue
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Craig Knoblock
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Katia Obraczka
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Yolanda Gil
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Irene Tice
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Susan Lapin
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Carl Kesselman
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Karl Czajkowski
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Marcus Thiebaux
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Mei-Hui Su
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Steve Fitzgerald
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Chris Smiley
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jason Weiss
(1998) Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Steven Minton
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Bob Neches
(1998) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Pedro Szekely
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jeanine Yamazaki
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ali Erdem
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Behnam Salemi
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Bonghan Cho
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Gal Kaminka
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Hadi Moradi
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ion Muslea
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jafar Adibi
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Marcelo Tallis
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Milind Tambe
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Rogelio Adobbati
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Sheila Tejada
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Stacy Marsella
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Wei-Min Shen
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Yaser Alonaizon
(1997) SIGCOMM Awards, Association for Computing Machinery: Jonathan Postel
(1997) Third Place, World Cup Robot Soccer Competition (RoboCup97): ISI Team
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kary Lau
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Sheila Coyazo
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Becky Jordan
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jeannine Todd
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Claire Jansa
(1997) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Susan Lapin
(1997) Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Robert MacGregor
(1995) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kathy Thompson
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Margie Jakovljevic
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Bill Romine
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Claire Jansa
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Craig Rogers
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Joe Kemp
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Gina Read
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Glen Gauthier
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jon Scofield
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ramon Gonzalez
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Ray Mason
(1994) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Val Fucich
(1994) Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Paul Rosenbloom
(1993) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Celeste Anderson
(1993) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Jeanine Yamazaki
(1993) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Kary Lau
(1993) ISI Meritorious Service Award: Beverly Hartmeyer
(1993) Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Ramesh Patil
(1993) Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Robert Balzer
(1992) Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: William Swartout