Awards and Honors

  • 10-year FOCS Test of Time Award: Yang Cai (2022)
  • 20-year IEEE Security and Privacy Test of Time Award: Joan Feigenbaum (2020)
  • 20-year STOC Test of Time Award: Daniel Speilman (2021)
  • AAAS Fellow: Joan Feigenbaum (2012)
  • ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award winner: Daniel Spielman (1995)
  • ACM Fellows: Joan Feigenbaum (2001), Michael Fischer (1996), Daniel Spielman (2010) and Nisheeth Vishnoi (2019)
  • Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics: Daniel Spielman (2023)
  • Ciprian Foias Prize in Operator Theory, awarded by the American Mathematical Society: Daniel Spielman (2022)
  • Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Members: Joan Feigenbaum (2013), Michael Fischer (2022) and Daniel Spielman (2011)
  • Connecticut Technology Council Woman of Innovation: Joan Feigenbaum (2012)
  • Dijkstra Prize winner: Dana Angluin (2020), James Aspnes (2020) and Michael Fischer (2001, 2020)
  • Fulkerson Prize winner: Daniel Spielman (2009)
  • Goedel Prize winner: Daniel Spielman (2008 and 2015)
  • ICM Invited Speakers: Joan Feigenbaum (1998) and Daniel Spielman (2002, 2010, 2014)
  • IACR Fellow: Joan Feigenbaum (2024)
  • IEEE Fellow: Joan Feigenbaum (2024)
  • Information Theory Society Paper Award winner: Daniel Spielman (2002)
  • MacArthur Prize winner: Daniel Spielman (2012)
  • Michael and Sheila Held Prize: Daniel Spielman (2021)
  • National Academy of Sciences Member: Daniel Spielman (2016)
  • Nevanlinna Prize winner: Daniel Spielman (2010)
  • NSF CAREER Award: Daniel Spielman (1997) and Yang Cai (2020)
  • Polya Prize winner: Daniel Spielman (2014)
  • Simons Investigator: Daniel Spielman (2012)
  • Sloan Research Fellowship: Daniel Spielman (1998) and Yang Cai (2019)