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Faculty Awards

Yr.	Award	Laureate
2023	Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching	Tanja Käser
2023	Polysphère Prize IC Faculty	Jamila Sam
2020	Academia Europaea – Member	Anastasia Ailamaki
2019	Academia Europaea – Member	Christoph Koch
2011	Academia Europaea – Member	Pierre Dillenbourg
2010	Academia Europaea – Member	Giovanni De Micheli
2008	Academia Europaea – Member	Arjen Lenstra
2008	Academia Europaea – Member	Willy Zwaenepoel
2019	Academy of Sciences and Literature \| Mainz – Member	Wulfram Gerstner
2017	ACM Fellow	Edouard Bugnion
2016	ACM Fellow	Anne-Marie Kermarrec
2015	ACM Fellow	Anastasia Ailamaki
2015	ACM Fellow	Babak Falsafi
2012	ACM Fellow	Rachid Guerraoui
2010	ACM Fellow	Jean-Pierre Hubaux
2009	ACM Fellow	Martin Vetterli
2007	ACM Fellow	Martin Odersky
2006	ACM Fellow	James Larus
2001	ACM Fellow	Giovanni De Micheli
2000	ACM Fellow	Willy Zwaenepoel
2019	ACM/SIGDA Pioneering Achievement Award	Giovanni De Micheli
2019	ACM SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award	Wenzel Jakob
2019	ACM SIGMOD Innovation Award	Anastasia Ailamaki
2019	ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award	SCALA
2009	ACM Software Systems Award	Edouard Bugnion
2022	Adamic–Glance Distinguished Young Researcher Award	Robert West
2021	Alonzo Church Award	Christoph Koch
2017	American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Foreign Honorary Member	Giovanni De Micheli
2021	American Association for the Advancement of Science – Fellow	Giovanni De Micheli
2021	Argo Innovation Award	Anastasia Ailamaki
2012	Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence – Fellow	Boi Faltings
2015	Bell Labs Prize	Emmanuel Abbé
2019	Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur	Anne-Marie Kermarrec
2020	Doctorate h.c., University of Bordeaux	Martin Vetterli
2022	ECVA Young Researcher Award	Amir Zamir
2016	EDAA Lifetime Achievement Award	Giovanni De Micheli
2021	ELLIS Fellow, European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems	Sabine Süsstrunk
2021	ELLIS Scholar, European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems	Amir Zamir
2020	ELLIS Fellow, European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems	Martin Jaggi
2020	ELLIS Fellow, European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems	Lenka Zdeborova
2021	EP FL Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching	Martin Jaggi
2015	EPFL Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching	Jamila Sam, Jean-Cédric Chappelier
2010	EPFL Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching	Martin Odersky
2008	EPFL Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching	Patrick Thiran
2022	Polysphere Prize IC Faculty	Katerina Argyraki
2021	EPFL Polysphere Award	Michel Schinz
2020	EPFL Polysphere Award	Sabine Süsstrunk
2019	EPFL Polysphere Award	Katerina Argyraki
2018	EPFL Polysphere Award	Arjen Lenstra
2017	EPFL Polysphere Award	Alain Wegmann
2016	EPFL Polysphere Award	Amin Shokrollahi
2022	EPFL Prize for teaching excellence in the Computer Science Section	Carmela Troncoso
2019	EPFL Teaching Award – IT and Communication Systems	Jean-Yves Le Boudec
2018	EPFL Teaching Award – Computing and Communication Systems	Katerina Argyraki
2017	EPFL Teaching Award – Communication Systems	Olivier Lévêque, André Schiper
2016	EPFL Teaching Award – Communication Systems	Olivier Lévêque
2015	EPFL Teaching Award – Communication Systems	Olivier Lévêque
2022	ESDA Phil Kaufman Award	Giovanni De Micheli
2021	EurAI Fellow	Pearl Pu
2007	European Association for Signal Processing – Fellow	Martin Vetterli
2016	Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contributions Award	Mark Pauly
2016	Eurographics Young Researcher Award	Wenzel Jakob
2019	Facebook Research Award	Robert West
2021	Forbes 30 under 30 Europe award	Antoine Bosselut
2020	Fortune Magazine’s 40 Under 40	Carmela Troncoso
2019	Google Faculty Research Award	Michael Kapralov
2017	Google Faculty Research Award	Robert West
2019	Google Security and Privacy Award	Carmela Troncoso
2021	IEEE Fellow	Matthias Grossglauser
2018	IEEE Fellow	Anastasia Ailamaki
2017	IEEE Fellow	Sabine Süsstrunk
2017	IEEE Fellow	Michael Gastpar
2016	IEEE Fellow	Sandro Carrara
2014	IEEE Fellow	Patrick Thiran
2012	IEEE Fellow	Babak Falsafi
2012	IEEE Fellow	Pascal Fua
2012	IEEE Fellow	Emre Telatar
2008	IEEE Fellow	Jean-Pierre Hubaux
2008	IEEE Fellow	Amin Shokrollahi
2004	IEEE Fellow	Jean-Yves Le Boudec
2000	IEEE Fellow	Bixio Rimoldi
1999	IEEE Fellow	Jean-D. Decotignie
1998	IEEE Fellow	Willy Zwaenepoel
1995	IEEE Fellow	Martin Vetterli
1994	IEEE Fellow	Giovanni De Micheli
2020	IEEE/CEDA Richard Newton Technical Impact Award	Giovanni De Micheli
2023	IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award	Rüdiger Urbanke
2016	IEEE Harry Goode Memorial Award	Giovanni De Micheli
2017	IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal	Martin Vetterli
2023	IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award	Rüdiger Urbanke
2022	IEEE PAMI Mark Everingham Prize	Amir Zamir
2014	IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal	Rüdiger Urbanke
2012	IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal	Amin Shokrollahi
2016	IEEE Society Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award	Sandro Carrara
2012	IEEE Society Mac Van Valkenburg Award	Giovanni De Micheli
2010	IEEE Society Signal Processing Society Award	Martin Vetterli
2008	IEEE Society Tsutomu Kanai Award	Willy Zwaenepoel
2021	IEEE Technical Achievement Award in Cyber-Physical Systems	Giovanni de Micheli
2020	IEEE Technical Field Gustav Robert Kirchoff Award	Martin Hasler
2011	IEEE Technical Field Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award	Rüdiger Urbanke
2007	IEEE Technical Field Eric E. Sumner Award	Amin Shokrollahi
2003	IEEE Technical Field Emanuel R. Piore Award	Giovanni De Micheli
2017	Innovation Award from the French Academy of Science	Anne-Marie Kermarrec
2009	International Association for Cryptologic Research – Fellow	Arjen Lenstra
2017	International Society of Learning Sciences – Fellow	Pierre Dillenbourg
2018	IS&T Raymond C. Bowman Award	Sabine Süsstrunk
2013	IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Scientist of the Year	Sabine Süsstrunk
2020	Josiah Gibbs Lectures Award	Lenka Zdeborova
2022	Latsis University Prize	Carmela Troncoso
2021	LowMC-Picnic cryptanalysis competition (round 3)	Serge Vaudenay, Subhadeep Banik, Khashayar Barooti
2020	LowMC-Picnic cryptanalysis competition (round 2)	Serge Vaudenay, Subhadeep Banik, Khashayar Barooti
2020	LowMC-Picnic cryptanalysis competition (round 1)	Serge Vaudenay, Subhadeep Banik, Khashayar Barooti, F. Betül Durak
2019	National Academy of Sciences – Michael and Sheila Held Prize	Ola Svensson
2018	NEMITSAS Prize	Anastasia Ailamaki
2021	Neuron Award, Czech Republic	Lenka Zdeborova
2022	Polytechnik-1st Preis, Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft	Francesco Mondada
2014	Society for Imaging Science and Technology – Fellow	Sabine Süsstrunk
2008	Society for Imaging Science and Technology	Roger Hersch
2021	Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW) – Member	Sabine Süsstrunk
2018	Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW) – Member	Edouard Bugnion
2014	Swiss ICT Award	Martin Odersky
2012	Swiss ICT Award	Willy Zwaenepoel
2015	US National Academy of Engineering – international member	Martin Vetterli
2022	VMware Early Career Faculty Award	Sanidhya Kashyap
2017	von Neumann Fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study	Emmanuel Abbé
2020	Women in Database Research Award	Anastasia Ailamaki

Research Grants

Yr.	Award	Laureate
2014	ERC Advanced Grant	Giovanni De Micheli
2013	ERC Advanced Grant	Rachid Guerraoui
2010	ERC Advanced Grant	Wulfram Gerstner
2010	ERC Advanced Grant	Martin Odersky
2009	ERC Advanced Grant	Giovanni De Micheli
2009	ERC Advanced Grant	Pascal Fua
2009	ERC Advanced Grant	Martin Vetterli
2008	ERC Advanced Grant	Amin Shokrollahi
2021	ERC Consolidator Grant	Ola Svensson
2013	ERC Consolidator Grant	Anastasia Ailamaki
2019	ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant	Rachid Guerraoui
2018	ERC PoC H2020	Anastasia Ailamaki
2018	ERC PoC H2020	Pascal Fua
2012	ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant	Pascal Fua
2011	ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant	Amin Shokrollahi
2021	ERC Starting Grant	Mika Göös
2020	ERC Starting Grant	Wenzel Jakob
2019	ERC Starting Grant	Mathias Payer
2017	ERC Starting Grant	Michael Kapralov
2013	ERC Starting Grant	Ola Svensson
2012	ERC Starting Grant	Viktor Kuncak
2011	ERC Starting Grant	George Candea
2011	ERC Starting Grant	Christoph Koch
2011	ERC Starting Grant	Matthias Seeger
2010	ERC Starting Grant	Michael Gastpar
2010	ERC Starting Grant	Mark Pauly
2009	ERC Starting Grant	Christina Fragouli
2007	ERC Starting Grant	Anastasia Ailamaki
2019	FNS Eccellenza Grant	Mathias Payer
2023	SEFRI Horizon Europe	Ola Svensson
2022	SEFRI Horizon Europe	Martin Jaggi
2022	SNFS Advanced Grant	Martin Odersky
2022	SNFS Starting Grant	Yanina Shkel
2022	SNFS Starting Grant	Robert West
2014	SNSF Starting Grant	Katerina Argyraki

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