Our CS faculty members have made significant contributions in the areas of research, teaching, scholarship, and service and have been awarded recognition globally, nationally and on a university-wide level.
BobCat Innovation Accelerator Award
A Bobcat Innovation Accelerator award was granted to CS faculty member, Dr. Anirrudha Bora, for his project TrashFormer — RL-Based Smart Waste Collection. Dr. Bora lead the project along with students: Arjun Gyawali (CS) and Pawan Pradhan (Mechanical engineering).
TrashFormer uses offline reinforcement learning (built on our FORDS framework) to optimize waste collection routing and scheduling. The framework also extends to precision irrigation and predictive maintenance.
Dr. Anirrudha Bora (2026)
BobCat Innovation Challenge Pitch Competition
Dr. Anirrudha Bora and his team won the 2nd prize in the Bobcat Innovation Challenge Pitch Competition, organized by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship held on Saturday, April 11th, 2016.
The team pitched their technology Noema-Laser, which is a closed-loop, self-regulating laser platform for clinical indications, bringing together scientific reinforcement learning with rigorous validation.
College of Science and Engineering Awards
Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities
- Dr. Martin Burtscher
- Dr. Mina Guirguis
- Dr. Tanzima Islam
- Dr. Oleg Komogortsev
- Dr. Anne Ngu
- Dr. Apan Qasem
- Dr. Ziliang Zong
Excellence in Service
Excellence in Teaching
DoE Early Career Award
Dr. Tanzima Islam (2022)
Facebook Faculty Research Award
Dr. Oleg Komogortsev (2020)
Google Global Faculty Fellowship
NSF CAREER Awards
PECASE Award
Dr. Oleg Komogortsev - 2017 PECASE award from President Obama:
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
TXST Presidential Seminar Awards
- Dr. Oleg Komogortsev (2019)
- Dr. Tanzima Islam (2024)