Outstanding Student Prize

The ACO Outstanding Student Prize is a bi-annual award that will consist of a citation and a cash award. This is a prize that we were able to establish thanks to a generous donation from the late Professor Emeritus Richard Duke. The winner(s) will be selected by a prize committee. During the award period, nominations are sent to any member of the committee or to Administrative Assistant for ACO. The prize has few restrictions. As the name suggests, the prize will recognize an outstanding accomplishment by a PhD student in the areas covered by ACO. Any student who graduated within 4 years of the year of the prize year or or has not yet graduated is eligible. The deadline for nomination is October 15th of the prize year. Multiple prizes may be awarded.
 

Past Winners of the Outstanding Student Prize

Year Winners Selection Committee
2012

Daniel Dadush

B. Cook
P. Tetali             
E. Vigoda
2014

Luke Postle

E. Croot
T. Dieker           
M. Mihail 
2018

Chun-Hung Liu

G. Blekherman             
S. Dey                 
S. Vempala
2020

Uthaipon (Tao) Tantipongpipat

G. Blekherman             
R. Cummings  
D.Randall
2022

Zongchen Chen (honorable mentions Tim Duff and Samantha Petti)

Santanu Dey (chair)          
Josephine Yu            
Sahil Singla
2024

Abhishek Dhawan

 

Josephine Yu (chair)
Mohit Singh
Jan van den Brand