2025-6 EECS Student Award Roundup
Photo credit: Randall Garnick This ongoing listing of awards and recognitions won by our students is added to all year, beginning in September.
Jack Carson was awarded first place in the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest for his entry: “We Know Only Men: Reading Emmanuel Levinas On The Rez”.
Jonathan Frankle PhD ’23 was awarded the 2023 AAAI/ACM SIGAI Doctoral Dissertation Award for his thesis, entitled “The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: On Sparse, Trainable Neural Networks.” (AAAI and ACM SIGAI announced the prior three years of winners together on September 15, 2025.)
Alina Harbuzova was elected a 2026 Siebel Scholar.
Kimia Hassibi was elected a 2026 Siebel Scholar.
Clement Jambon was elected a 2026 Siebel Scholar.
Kanishka Mitra was elected a 2026 Siebel Scholar.
Xiaochen Zhu was elected a 2026 Siebel Scholar.
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