An ongoing list of 2025 accolades and research awards received by Baskin Engineering faculty, students, and staff.
Magy Seif El-Nasr, professor and chair of the Department of Computational Media, has been named a 2024 ACM Distinguished member, which recognizes her significant achievements in computing beyond the norm. The ACM Distinguished Member designation is highly selective, with recipients chosen for their exceptional technical accomplishments and dedicated community service within the profession.
Colleen Josephson, professor of electrical and computer engineering, received a UCSC Engineering Award honoring her significant contributions to the university as leader and advocate for women in engineering. The award celebrates Women’s History Month in March.
Computer Science Ph.D. student Eric Vin was selected as an Outstanding Student of the Year for the Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers. Vin’s work is focused on the verification and analysis of cyber-physical systems, such as automobiles and aircraft. He has extended the Scenic probabilistic programming language to enable new applications and domains, and to move it from a tool capable of testing and analysis towards being a full verification framework. Vin is advised by Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Daniel Fremont.
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Luca de Alfaro was selected a 2024 fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the most prestigious recognitions in the computing field.
Naomi Rehman, a fourth year computer science and computer engineering undergraduate student, received an honorable mention for the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher award. This award recognizes undergraduate students across North America who demonstrate outstanding research potential in computing. Rehman is advised by Associate Professors of Computer Science and Engineering Heiner Litz and Tyler Sorensen.
