CE students honored at CS Celebration
The Department of Computer Science held its 3rd Annual End of Year Awards & Graduate Celebration virtually, honoring outstanding undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, alumni, and faculty members
It was a well-attended event with students, family, faculty, staff, and friends. Alan Lowe (CS '85), President and CEO at Lumentum, was this year's recipient for the Undergraduate Distinguished Alumnus Award. Sunita Verma (MS '02), Distinguished Engineer at Google, and Huican Zhu (PhD '00), Founding Partner at Amino Capital, won the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award.
They heard inspirational speeches from Dean Alferness, Prof Tevfik Bultan, Alan Lowe, Sunita Verma, and Huican Zhu – leaders and alumni in the field. Not only did they celebrate those who are with us today, but also those who have passed… Prof. Amr El Abbadi shared wonderful reflections on his memories of Prof. JoAnne Holliday.
As this is a year of firsts – they also conducted a virtual celebration for the CS graduating graduate students, pomp music, and all! Tegan Brennan, new Ph.D. graduate and soon-to-be Assistant Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, gave an empowering speech to kick off the celebration & introductions of the exiting graduates.
CE-affiliated honorees included:
- CS 189 Capstone “Best Project” – Minimum Viable Team (CE members included Chris Lianides and Michelle Nguyen)
- CS Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Deeksha Dangwal (advisor CE/CS Prof. Tim Sherwood)
- CS Outstanding Dissertation Co-Award – Tegan Brennan (advisor CE/CS Prof. Tevfik Bultan)
CS News – "UCSB Computer Science 3rd Annual End of Year Celebration"
