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Abraham T. C. Wong '72 Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2002: Andrew Myers
ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
Presented annually to an outstanding educator who is recognized for advancing new teaching methodologies, or effecting new curriculum development or expansion in Computer Science and Engineering. More info...
- 2008: John Hopcroft
- 1996: David Gries
ACSU Faculty of the Year
The Cornell Association for Undergraduates recognizes one computer science teacher per year.
- 2017: David Gries
- 2016: Anne Bracy
- 2013: Dexter Kozen
- 2011: Robert Kleinberg
- 2010: Thorsten Joachims
- 2009: Doug James
- 2008: Robert Kleinberg
- 2007: Joseph Halpern
- 2006: John Hopcroft
- 2005: Eva Tardos
- 2004: Graeme Bailey
- 2002: Jon Kleinberg
- 2001: Eva Tardos
- 2000: Graeme Bailey
- 1999: David Gries
- 1998: Hal Perkins
- 1997: Greg Morrisett
- 1996: David Gries
- 1995: Ronitt Rubinfeld
- 1994: Dexter Kozen
- 1993: Bruce Land
AFIPS Education Award
American Federation of Information Processing Societies
- 1986: David Gries
Amoco Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 1989: Sam Toeug
Angus McDonald Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- 2017: Kevin Ellis
ASEE award for Teaching Excellence
- 2007: Mark Campbell
Class of 2019
Presented on 24 April 2017, in recognition of extraordinary achievement and service, making the Class of 2019 and Cornell University a better experience for all
- 2017: David Gries
Cornell AIIE Teaching Award
- 1991: David Shmoys
Cornell College of Engineering Teaching Award
These awards recognize outstanding teaching in the College of Engineering at Cornell.
- 2019: K-Y. Daisy Fan , Robert Kleinberg , Eva Tardos
- 2018: Nate Foster , Adrian Sampson , Hakim Weatherspoon
- 2017: Anne Bracy
- 2016: Kilian Weinberger , Walker White
- 2016: David Williamson
- 2015: Kavita Bala , Michael Clarkson , Andrew Myers
- 2014: David Bindel , Lillian Lee , Steve Marschner
- 2013: Nate Foster , Jon Kleinberg , Dexter Kozen
- 2013: David Williamson
- 2012: Thorsten Joachims , Rafael Pass , Noah Snavely , Walker White
- 2011: K-Y. Daisy Fan , John Hopcroft , Emin Gün Sirer
- 2010: Joseph Halpern , Andrew Myers , Fred Schneider
- 2009: Stephen Wicker
- 2009: Kavita Bala , Robert Kleinberg , Charles Van Loan
- 2008: Doug James , Dexter Kozen , Ramin Zabih
- 2007: Thorsten Joachims , Jon Kleinberg
- 2007: David Williamson
- 2006: Kavita Bala
- 2005: Joseph Halpern , Jayavel Shanmugasundaram
- 2004: Rich Caruana , John Hopcroft
- 2003: David Shmoys , Emin Gün Sirer , Eva Tardos
- 2002: Lillian Lee , Andrew Myers , Bart Selman
- 2001: Johannes Gehrke , Juris Hartmanis , Greg Morrisett
- 2000: Kavita Bala , Ken Birman , Jon Kleinberg , Fred Schneider
- 1999: Lillian Lee , Praveen Seshadri , Stephen Vavasis , Thorsten von Eiken
- 1998: Srinivasan Keshav , Greg Morrisett , Keshav K. Pingali , David Shmoys , Sam Toeug
- 1998: Stephen Wicker
- 1997: Keshav K. Pingali
- 1996: Claire Cardie , Ronitt Rubinfeld , Tim Teitelbaum
- 1995: David Shmoys , Ramin Zabih
Cornell Engineering Alumni Association (CEAA) Academic Achievement Award
The CEAA established this award to recognize non-tenure staff/lecturers who go well beyond their job duties for advising, teaching and general help to students and who enhance undergraduate education outside of the classroom
- 2015: Walker White
Daniel M. Lazar '29 Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2016: Kilian Weinberger
- 2013: Dexter Kozen
Dean's Prize for Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching
- 1997: Nick Trefethen
- 1996: Thorsten von Eiken
- 1987: Tim Teitelbaum
Dennis G. Shepherd Teaching Award
- 2019: Guy Hoffman
Distinguished Educator Award in the inaugural class of alumni awards
- 2011: Josè Martinez
Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74 Teaching Award
- 2015: Andrew Myers
Douglas Whitney Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2018: Madeleine Udell
- 2014: David Bindel
- 2013: Jon Kleinberg
- 2010: Mark Campbell
Faculty Innovation in Teaching Grant (Cornell)
with David Gries
- 2007: K-Y. Daisy Fan
Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75 Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2017: Anne Bracy
- 2016: Walker White
- 2013: Hadas Kress-Gazit
- 2012: Rafael Pass
- 2003: Eva Tardos
- 2000: Jon Kleinberg
Hebrew University Lady Davis Fellowship
- 2018: Joseph Halpern
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Newcastle
- 2003: Fred Schneider
IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award
The Taylor L. Booth award recognizes outstanding contributions in computer science and engineering education.
- 1995: David Gries
IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus Award
- 2021: Kavita Bala
Intel PhD Foundation Fellowship
- 2005: Hakim Weatherspoon
James and Marsha McCormick Advising Award
- 2012: Walker White
James and Martha D. McCormick Advising Award
This award recognizes outstanding advising in the College of Engineering at Cornell
- 2020: David Williamson
- 2003: Charles Van Loan
James and Mary Tien Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2020: David Bindel
- 2016: Zhiru Zhang
- 2014: Lillian Lee
- 2012: Walker White
- 2010: Andrew Myers
- 2002: Lillian Lee
John M. and Emily B. Clark Distinguished Teaching Awards
These awards are given to one or two faculty (out of approximately 600) per year in the College of Arts & Science.
- 1989: Juris Hartmanis
- 1987: David Gries
Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award
The Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards for individuals recognize "sustained and distinguished contributions of professorial faculty and senior lecturers to undergraduate advising."
- 2016: K-Y. Daisy Fan
- 2009: Lillian Lee
- 2002: Graeme Bailey
Kenneth A. Goldman '71 Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2020: Michael Clarkson
- 2019: Hadas Kress-Gazit
- 2018: David Albonesi
- 2014: Josè Martinez
- 2009: Robert Kleinberg
- 2007: Jon Kleinberg
Lilly Foundation Fellow
This award consists of funds to support the development of courses.
- 1997: Claire Cardie
Marill Presidential Scholar
- 2018: Robert Kleinberg
Merrill Presidential Scholar Outstanding Educator Award
Each year, Cornell picks 30-40 Merrill Scholars, the best (out of about 2,000) graduating seniors. In turn, each Merrill Scholar chooses the Cornell faculty member (the Outstanding Educator) and high school teacher who most influenced their education.
- 2021: Carla Gomes
- 2017: David Gries
- 2016: Steve Marschner
- 2010: John Hopcroft
- 2009: Charles Van Loan , Andrew Myers
- 2008: John Hopcroft
- 2007: Thorsten Joachims
- 2006: Graeme Bailey
- 2005: Rich Caruana
- 2001: Bart Selman
- 1999: Jon Kleinberg
- 1998: Charles Van Loan
- 1996: Daniel Huttenlocher
- 1995: Daniel Huttenlocher
- 1994: Daniel Huttenlocher
- 1991: Juris Hartmanis
- 1990: Juris Hartmanis , David Gries
- 1987: Robert Constable
Michael Tien '72 Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2017: Christopher Batten
- 2013: Christopher Batten
- 2011: David Albonesi
- 2009: Aaron Wagner
- 2008: Dexter Kozen
- 2007: Thorsten Joachims
MIT EECS Masters Award
- 1995: Kavita Bala
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker Teaching Excellence Award
- 2020: Christopher De Sa
- 2012: Noah Snavely
New York State Professor of the Year
This award is given by CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Universities and Colleges can submit nominations in any discipline. Thus, this is not simply a computer science award.
- 1994: Daniel Huttenlocher
Outstanding Achievement in Education from UMass, Amherst
- 2012: Claire Cardie
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
- 2007: Daniel Huttenlocher
Professor-at-Large, University of Tromsoe
- 1996: Fred Schneider
Ralph S. Watts '72 Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2015: David Albonesi
- 2010: John Hopcroft
- 2000: Greg Morrisett
- 1996: Claire Cardie
Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Award for Excellence in Advising
Robert Paul '59, a Cornell trustee emeritus and presidential councillor, established the Paul Advising Endowment in Arts and Sciences with his wife, Donna, said Lehman. The endowment funds, among numerous advising programs, the Paul Awards of Excellence in Advising.
- 1998: Charles Van Loan
Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 2018: Zhiru Zhang
- 2016: David Albonesi
SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
Honors an individual or group in recognition of a significant contribution to computer science education.
- 1991: David Gries
Sonny Yau ‘72 Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2020: Bharath Hariharan
- 2012: David Shmoys
Stephen & Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award
These awards are given to one or two faculty (out of approximately 600) per year in the College of Arts & Science.
- 2001: Dexter Kozen
- 1998: Keshav K. Pingali
Stephen '57 and Marilyn Miles Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2000: Ken Birman
- 1999: Lillian Lee
Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
In 1993, in order to recognize outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, Cornell instituted this award. It is given annually to three Cornell Faculty (out of over 1,000), who carry the title throughout their stay at Cornell.
- 2018: Dexter Kozen
- 2016: Walker White
- 2007: Graeme Bailey
- 1996: Daniel Huttenlocher
- 1995: David Gries
Tau Beta Pi Professor of the Year
The Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society recognizes a tenure track professor as one of the college's most outstanding teachers. Professors are nominated by their students and selected by Tau Beta Pi.
- 2020: Walker White
- 2019: Anne Bracy
- 2014: Walker White
- 2012: Robert Kleinberg
- 2011: Josè Martinez
- 1994: Daniel Huttenlocher
Texas Exes Teaching Award for Outstanding Professor
- 2008: Lorenzo Alvisi
The Ben Gurion University Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2017: Ziv Goldfeld
University of Cambridge, Visiting Scholar
- 2015: Hakim Weatherspoon
UT Austin Outstanding Graduate Adviser Award
- 2010: Lorenzo Alvisi
UT College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award
- 2009: Lorenzo Alvisi
Visiting Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2012: Lorenzo Alvisi
William & Mary Alumni Faculty Award
- 2018: Anke van Zuylen