Honors

Honorable Mention: Awarded to top workshop papers on LLMs at the NeurIPS Workshop on ITIF
— 2023
Best Paper Award Finalist: Awarded to top workshop papers on RLHF at the AAAI Workshop on SafeAI
— 2023
Distinguished Paper Award: Awarded to top conference papers at AAAI
— 2021
Distinguished Teaching Award Finalist: Awarded to a few top teaching assistants
— 2019
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: Awarded to high‑potential PhD students early in their career
— 2018
NSF Grant on Robust Intelligence: Awarded $450,000 to conduct research on decision making under uncertainty
— 2018
PhD Candidate with Distinction: Awarded to top PhD students for excellence on the PhD candidacy qualifier exam
— 2018
Victor Lesser Graduate Scholarship in AI: Awarded to a top incoming PhD student in AI
— 2016
Valedictorian: Awarded to the top graduating student
— 2014
Excellence Award in Computer Science: Awarded to the top graduating student in computer science
— 2014
Excellence Award in Philosophy: Awarded to the top graduating student in philosophy
— 2014
Intern of the Year: Awarded to the top graduating student for excellence in industry
— 2014
Summa Cum Laude: Awarded to graduating students with at least a 3.85 GPA
— 2014
Presidential Scholar Student Speaker: Selected to give 6 talks to top accepted prospective students
— 2013
Deans’ Circle: Admitted to an honors organization with only the top 3% of students
— 2010
Deans’ List: Awarded to students with at least a 3.6 GPA
— 2010
NSF Technology Full Scholarship: Included a full scholarship for all years of college
— 2010
Fiovranti Memorial Scholarship for Athletics: Awarded for excellence in cross country and track and field
— 2010