The Department of Computer Science at Boston University is widely regarded to be among the top computer science programs in the nation, and this is reflected in the quality and commitment of our faculty. The following list represents both national and international awards and recognitions received by our faculty members.
- NSF CAREER Awards or Presidential/NSF Young Investigator Awards
- NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Awards
- ONR Young Investigator Awards
- DOE Computational Science Teaching Awards
- NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow or Presidential Early Career (PECASE) Awards
- Sloan Research Fellowships
- Fulbright Awards
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Fellows of the ACM
- Senior Members of the ACM
- Fellows of the IEEE
- Senior Members of the IEEE
- Fellows of the International Association for Pattern Recognition
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Fellows of the International Association for Cryptologic Research
- RSA Conference Awards for Excellence in Mathematics
- ACM/IEEE Knuth Prize Awards
- ACM, IEEE, and USENIX Field Awards
- ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Awards
- ACM, IEEE, and CRA Service Awards
- Members of the National Academies
- Research Faculty Fellows
- Industry Awards
- Kolmogorov Medal
- Humboldt Prize
- Gödel Prize
- Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies
- IETF/IRTF Applied Networking Research Prizes
- Test of Time / Influential Paper Awards
- Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology
- Best Paper Awards
- Outstanding Paper Awards
- Best Reviewer Awards
- Best Presentation Awards
- Best Demo Awards
- International Awards
NSF CAREER Awards or Presidential/NSF Young Investigator Awards
- Jonathan Appavoo, 2013
- Manos Athanassoulis, 2022
- Azer Bestavros, 1993
- Margrit Betke, 2001
- Mark Bun, 2021
- John Byers, 2001
- Mark Crovella, 1995
- Alina Ene, 2018
- Marco Gaboardi, 2019
- Sharon Goldberg, 2014
- George Kollios, 2002
- Renato Mancuso, 2023
- Abraham Matta, 1997
- Sofya Raskhodnikova, 2008
- Leonid Reyzin, 2006
- Stan Sclaroff, 1996
- Adam Smith, 2008
- Evimaria Terzi, 2013
- Emily Whiting, 2021
- Hongwei Xi, 2001
NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Awards
- Manos Athanassoulis, 2019
- Emily Whiting, 2015
ONR Young Investigator Awards
- Stan Sclaroff, 1996
DOE Computational Science Teaching Awards
- Steve Homer
NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow or Presidential Early Career (PECASE) Awards
- Adam Smith
Sloan Research Fellowships
Fulbright Awards
Guggenheim Fellows
- Leonid Levin, 1993
Fellows of the ACM
Senior Members of the ACM
- Manos Athanassoulis, 2022
- Margrit Betke
- Abraham Matta
Fellows of the IEEE
Senior Members of the IEEE
- Margrit Betke
- Manos Athanassoulis, 2022
- Vijaya B. Kolachalama
- Renato Mancuso, 2022
- Abraham Matta
Fellows of the International Association for Pattern Recognition
- Stan Sclaroff
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Leonid Levin, 2014
Fellows of the International Association for Cryptologic Research
RSA Conference Awards for Excellence in Mathematics
- Ran Canetti
ACM/IEEE Knuth Prize Awards
- Leonid Levin, 2012
ACM, IEEE, and USENIX Field Awards
- Azer Bestavros, 2014 – ACM SIGAPP MEDES Award for Innovation in Digital EcoSystems
ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Awards
- Adam Smith, 2021
ACM, IEEE, and CRA Service Awards
- Azer Bestavros, 1999 – IEEE CS Society, TCRTS Distinguished Service Award
- Azer Bestavros, 1998 – ACM, LCTES Distinguished Service Award
- Abraham Matta, 2011 – IEEE ICCCN 2011 Leadership Award
Members of the National Academies
Research Faculty Fellows
Industry Awards
- Manos Athanassoulis, 2020, Facebook Faculty Research Award
- Azer Bestavros, 1997 – Compaq Brazil R&D Award
- Margrit Betke, 2017 – Google Research Faculty Award
- Ran Canetti, 2005 – IBM Corporate Award
- Mark Crovella, 1997 – Compaq Brazil R&D Award
- Marco Gaboardi & Kate Saenko, 2020 – Google Faculty Research Award
- Derry Wijaya, 2013 – Google Anita Borg
- Derry Wijaya, 2019 – Google exploreCSR
Kolmogorov Medal
- Leonid Levin, 2004
Humboldt Prize
- Leonid Levin, 2010
Gödel Prize
- Adam Smith, 2017
Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies
- Marco Gaboardi & Mark Bun, 2019
IETF/IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize
Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology
- Renato Mancuso, 2023
Test of Time / Influential Paper Awards
- Azer Bestavros – ACM SIGMETRICS 2010
- John Byers – ACM SIGCOMM 2009, IEEE ICDE 2014
- Mark Crovella – ACM SIGMETRICS 2010
- George Kollios – IEEE ICDE 2014
- Leonid Levin – SIAM 2003
- Leonid Reyzin – TCC 2015, Eurocrypt 2019
- Adam Smith – TCC 2016, Eurocrypt 2019
Best Paper Awards
- Ran Canetti – FOCS 2021 & IEEE S&P 2000
- Renato Mancuso – IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS’20)
- Renato Mancuso – IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS’20)
- Abraham Matta – IEEE DCOSS 2008, IEEE/IFIP Med-Hoc-Net 2010, GENI Experimenter Contest 2018 (first place)
- Leo Reyzin – Eurocrypt 2017
- Adam Smith – COLT 2023
- Rich West – Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS’20)
- Rich West – IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS’22)
Outstanding Paper Awards
- Renato Mancuso – Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS’23)
- Renato Mancuso – Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS’23)
- Renato Mancuso – Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS’19)
Best Reviewer Awards
- Manos Athanassoulis – ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD 2023)
- Manos Athanassoulis – ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD 2018)
- Renato Mancuso – IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS’22)
- Vasia Kalavri – VLDB’23 Distinguished Reviewer Award
- John Liagouris – VLDB’23 Distinguished Reviewer Award
- Babis Tsourakakis – WSDM’16 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Best Presentation Awards
- Renato Mancuso – Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS’23)
Best Demo Awards
- Renato Mancuso, Manos Athanassoulis – VLDB’23 Best Demo Award
International Awards
- Azer Bestavros, 2012 – Qatar Foundation Expatriate Scientists Award