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Congratulations to the Computer Science Department Class of 2018!

Class of 2018

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Richard Adjei Kevin Kabaria Maya Phillips
Justin Athill Mihika Kapoor Michal Prenovitz
Ramon Ayala Samhita Karnati David Prilutsky
Ogulcan Bayol Tyler Kaye Di Qi
Adam Berman Stefan Keselj Natalia Ramirez
Paddy Boroughs Cassius Kim Jordan Reich
Isabella Bosetti Danny Kim Isaac Resendes
Kevin Bradicich Jacky Kong Jose M. Rico
Zachary Buerger Brandon Lanchang Tom Robbins
Allison Chang Mack Lee Terry Rossi
Cathy Chen Luis Legro Jeffery Saeteurn
Sam Cheng Alexander Lewis Yotam Sagiv
Richard Chu Eric Li Juan Sanchez
Ethan Cohen Katie Lim Victoria Scott
Peter DeLong Lucy Lin Avthar Sewrathan
Rohan Doshi Cindy Liu Usama Bin Shafqat
Savannah Du David Liu Henry Shangguan
Mohamed El-Dirany Jackey Liu Ji Won Shin
Kenan Farmer Stephanie Liu Joshua Shin
Karen Feng Zachary Liu Manisha Sivaiah
Chris Ferri Jonathan Lu Bharath Srivatsan
Agata Foryciarz Kai Lu Henry Stolz
Ines Franch David Luo Aaron Sun
Manbir Gulati Felix Madutsa Emily Tang
Caleb Gum Brian McSwiggen Grace Turner
Pablo Gutierrez Papacostas Pritika Mehra Ambika Viswanathan
Daniel Hahn Divya Mehta Alex Vogelsang
Ryan Hammarskjold Michael Melesse Susan Wang
Sonia Hashim Eric Mitchell Natalie Wertz
Eric He Gordon Moore Ryan Whitfield
Richard Henry Omar Mukadam Austin Williams
Angela Hillsman Prem Nair Alexa Wojak
William Hinthorn Avinash Nayak Daniel Wood
Meir Hirsch Shefali Nayak Erica Wu
Albert Ho Barak Nehoran Alice Xie
Christopher Hsu Ada Nguyen Jing Xie
Andrew Huang Julie Novick-Lederer Kristy Yeung
Christina Huang Antonio Papa Jonathan Yu
Jason Jiang Sejin Park Xiao Yang Yu
Nick Jiang Kush Patel Alex Yue
Alex Joo Jasmine Peled Jonathan Zhang
Suzie Jung Luke Petruzzi Jonathan Zong

Bachelor of Arts

Korle Akiti Gudrun Jonsdottir
Nico Bayless Lachlan Kermode
Sung Won Chang Brigitte Lamarche
Annie Chen Jake Levin
Zhan Chen Fabian Lindfield Roberts
Jesse Chou Ragy Morkos
Leila Clark Cameron Porter
Thomas Clark William Rivitz
Ben Cohen Matthew Rosen
Jelani Denis Joseph Salter
Maia Ezratty Mikaela Symanovich
Jeffrey Gleason Alice Tang
Luisa Goytia Nico Toy
Mitchell Hamburger Bennett Victor
Melana Hammel Robert Whitaker
Sheon Han Jonathan Yang
Harry Heffernan Aamir Zainulabadeen
Betty Huang Lindy Zeng
Waqarul Islam Shelley Zhao
Rani Jaiswal Andrew Zhou
Jessica Ji  

Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.)

Aaron Michael Blankstein
Exploiting the Structure of Modern Web Applications
Adviser: Michael Freedman

Huiwen Chang
Personal Photo Enhancement
Adviser: Adam Finkelstein

Annie Edmundson
Privacy Infrastructure for Content and Communications
Adviser: Nick Feamster

Zeyu Jin
Speech Synthesis for Text-Based Editing of Audio Narration
Adviser: Adam Finkelstein

Tengyu Ma
Non-convex Optimization for Machine Learning: Design, Analysis, and Understanding
Adviser: Sanjeev Arora

Rafael Mendes de Oliveira
Polynomial Identity Testing: Derandomization Results And Applications Gebraic Computation
Adviser: Zeev Dvir

Yonatan Naamad
Hardness from Densest Subgraph Conjectures
Adviser: Moses Charikar

Jude Christopher Nelson
Wide-area Software-defined Storage
Adviser: Larry Peterson

Rajesh Hampapur Ranganath
Black Box Variational Inference: Scalable, Generic Bayesian Computation and its Applications
Adviser: David Blei

Andrej C. Risteski
New Techniques for Learning And Inference In Bayesian Models
Adviser: Sanjeev Arora

Linpeng Tang
Efficient processing and delivery of multimedia data
Adviser: Kai Li

KatieAnna Elizabeth Wolf
Methods for Personalized Design of Data Sonification
Adviser: Adam Finkelstein

Fisher Yu
Pixel-Level Prediction: From Geometry to Semantics
Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser

Haoyu Zhang
Resource Management for Advanced Data Analytics At Large Scale
Adviser: Michael Freedman


Master of Science in Engineering
(M.S.E.)

Oluwatosin Courage Victor Adewale - Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Jerry Cai - Adviser: Jennifer Rexford
Pranjit Kumar Kalita Adviser: Matt Weinberg
Mikhail Khodak Adviser: Matt Weinberg
Mark Anthony Martinez Adviser: Alain Kornhauser
Claudia Victoria Roberts Adviser: Arvind Narayanan
Nikunj Umesh Saunshi Adviser: Sanjeev Arora
Thomas Frederick Schaffner Adviser: Barbara Engelhardt


Master of Engineering
(M. Eng.)

Irene Fan Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Akash Kapoor Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Ashley Sarah Kling Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Mayank Mahajan Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Robin Qiu Adviser: Michael Freedman
Gautam Sharma Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Ashley Jihye Thomas Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Natalie Wilkinson Adviser: Thomas Funkhouser
Allen Wu Adviser: Jennifer Rexford


Program in Applications of Computing

Joe Abbate Sunny He Shohini Rakhit
Surin Ahn Trevor Henningson Viveque Ramji
Diego Aldarondo Emily Huang Joe Redmond
Mihalis Alisandratos Heesu Hwang Jeffrey Register
Humza Azam Kavirath Jain Colin Reilly
Aana Bansal Nathanael Ji Raoul Rodriguez
Raheem Barnett Sally Jiao Josh Rogers
Logan Blaine Iden Kalemaj Elias Rubin
Enric Boix Charles Kanoff Ben Sender
Frederick Brooks George Kevrekidis Juan Sepulveda Varon
Sam Button DG Kim Jesus Serrano Cendejas
Klaus Cao Sreela Kodali Amanda Shi
Joseph Carlstein Jacqueline Kopra Jessica Shi
William Chance Akash Levy Monica Shi
Alan Chen Jiahuang Lin Bink Sitawarin
Natalia Chen Daniel Liu Kavinayan Sivakumar
Byung Cheol Cho Kevin Liu TJ Smith
Nicholas Chow Jarret Lowell Steven Sobel
Jessica Deng Houston Martinez Charles Stahl
Tanvee Deokule Kraig McFadden Daniel Stanley
Jeffrey Diament Matthew McKinlay Kevin Sun
Masoomali Fatehkia Jamil Merali Joshua Tam
Zach Feig Samuel Miller Teresa Tang
Kathleen Feng Viola Mocz Madeline Travnik
Sara Fridovich-Keil Gokul Mukunda Ben Ulene
Boriana Gjura Joshua Murray Haley Wan
Luis Gonzalez-Yante Andrew Ng Flora Wang
Alex Gottlieb Tin Nguyen Thomas Weng
David Graff Lukas Novak Jacob Whitlow
Dennis Guo Mark Nowicki Eric Wu
Zach Halem Easton Orbe Vincent Xia
Hans Hanley Yash Patel Daphne Yang
Adam Hare Sam Perkins Nicholas Yang
Andrew Hartnett James Poindexter Gloria Yin
Osama Hassan Amir Raja Tianay Zeigler

Honors and Awards

Highest Honors

Sung Won Chang Zachary Liu
Cathy Chen Jonathan Lu
Richard Chu Felix Madutsa
Leila Clark Brian McSwiggen
Ben Cohen Eric Mitchell
Peter DeLong Prem Nair
Rohan Doshi Avinash Nayak
Karen Feng Barak Nehoran
Jeffrey Gleason David Prilutsky
Christina Huang Di Qi
Nick Jiang Bharath Srivatsan
Stefan Keselj Nico Toy
Mack Lee Robert Whitaker
Eric Li Daniel Wood
Katie Lim Jonathan Yu
David Liu Xiao Yang Yu
Jackey Liu Lindy Zeng

High Honors

Adam Berman Stephanie Liu
Allison Chang Gordon Moore
Thomas Clark Omar Mukadam
Savannah Du Sejin Park
Mohamed El-Dirany Jasmine Peled
Agata Foryciarz Matthew Rosen
Manbir Gulati Yotam Sagiv
Caleb Gum Alice Tang
Ryan Hammarskjold Alexandra Vogelsang
Eric He Susan Wang
Angela Hillsman Alexa Wojak
Albert Ho Alex Yue
Elizabeth Huang Jonathan Zhang
Samhita Karnati Jonathan Zong
Tyler Kaye  

Honors

Justin Athill Linhchi Nguyen
Jesse Chou Antonio Papa
William Hinthorn Kush Patel
Elliot Hirsch Jose M. Rico
Gudrun Jonsdottir Joseph Salter
Danny Kim Henry Shangguan
Brigitte Lamarche Joshua Shin
Jake Levin Aaron Sun
Cindy Liu Natalie Wertz
Pritika Mehra Austin Williams
Shefali Nayak  

Sigma Xi

Justin Athill Nick Jiang Jose M. Rico
Adam Berman Gudrun Jonsdottir William Rivitz
Allison Chang Suzie Jung Matthew Rosen
Sung Won Chang Mihika Kapoor Terry Rossi
Annie Chen Tyler Kaye Yotam Sagiv
Cathy Chen Stefan Keselj Joseph Salter
Jesse Chou Danny Kim Avthar Sewrathan
Richard Chu Brigitte Lamarche Usama Bin Shafqat
Leila Clark Mack Lee Henry Shangguan
Thomas Clark Jake Levin Ji Won Shin
Ben Cohen Eric Li Joshua Shin
Ethan Cohen Katie Lim Bharath Srivatsan
Peter DeLong Lucy Lin Henry Stolz
Rohan Doshi Cindy Liu Aaron Sun
Savannah Du David Liu Mikaela Symanovich
Mohamed El-Dirany Jackey Liu Alice Tang
Karen Feng Stephanie Liu Nico Toy
Agata Foryciarz Zachary Liu Grace Turner
Ines Franch Jonathan Lu Bennett Victor
Jeffrey Gleason Kai Lu Ambika Viswanathan
Caleb Gum Felix Madutsa Alex Vogelsang
Ryan Hammarskjold Brian McSwiggen Susan Wang
Sheon Han Pritika Mehra Natalie Wertz
Sonia Hashim Eric Mitchell Robert Whitaker
Eric He Gordon Moore Austin Williams
Harry Heffernan Omar Mukadam Alexa Wojak
Angela Hillsman Prem Nair Daniel Wood
William Hinthorn Avinash Nayak Jing Xie
Meir Hirsch Barak Nehoran Jonathan Yu
Albert Ho Ada Nguyen Xiao Yang Yu
Christopher Hsu Antonio Papa Alex Yue
Andrew Huang Sejin Park Lindy Zeng
Betty Huang Kush Patel Jonathan Zhang
Christina Huang Jasmine Peled Jonathan Zong
Waqarul Islam David Prilutsky  
Jessica Ji Di Qi  

Tau Beta Pi

Allison Chang Katie Lim
Cathy Chen Cindy Liu
Peter DeLong Zachary Liu
Savannah Du Eric Mitchell
Karen Feng Prem Nair
Caleb Gum Avinash Nayak
Eric He Sejin Park
Angela Hillsman Kush Patel
Albert Ho David Prilutsky
Nick Jiang Di Qi
Suzie Jung Bharath Srivatsan
Tyler Kaye Daniel Wood
Stefan Keselj Jonathan Yu
Danny Kim Xiao Yang Yu
Eric Li Jonathan Zong

Salutatorian


Katherine Lim
Katie Lim

Phillip Goldman’86 Senior Prize in Computer Science


Prem Nair
Prem Nair

Outstanding Computer Science Senior Thesis Prize


Ben Cohen
Ben Cohen
“No Such Thing as a Free App: Understanding User Perceptions of Privacy and Security around Zero-Rated Apps in South Africa”
Adviser: Dr. Marshini Chetty

Karen Feng
Karen Feng
“A Biostatistician Walks Into A Casino: Bandits For Experimental Design”
Adviser: Prof. Barbara Engelhardt

Melana Hammel
Melana Hammel
“Analyzing Increasing Enrollments and Diversity in Princeton Computer Science”
Adviser: Prof. Margaret Martonosi

William Hinthorn
William Hinthorn
“Inferring Intent from Pointing with Computer Vision”
Adviser: Asst. Prof. Olga Russakovsky

Katherine Lim
Katie Lim
“Building and Evaluating a Heterogeneous ISA Multiprocessor System Utilizing the OpenPiton Framework”
Adviser: Asst. Prof. David Wentzlaff

Cindy Liu
Cindy Liu
“Understanding Academic Emotions at Princeton University”
Adviser: Prof. Christiane Fellbaum

Erin Mitchell
Eric Mitchell
“DeepAlign: Learning Optical Flow for Image Alignment”
Adviser: Prof. Sebastian Seung

Jasmine Peled
Jasmine Peled
“Toward a Pedagogy of Principles: Teaching Ethics In Computer Science”
Adviser: Nick Feamster

Bharath Srivatsan
Bharath Srivatsan
“Senator, We Run Ads”: Understanding Users Through Targeted Advertisements
Adviser: Prof. Edward Felten

Nico Toy
Nico Toy
“Context-Aware Algorithmic Composition in the Style of Classical Composers using Machine Learning”
Adviser: Dr. Christiane Fellbaum

Robert Whitaker
Robert Whitaker
“Processable: A Visual Assembly Debugger and Program Tracer in the Browser”
Adviser: Dr. Robert Dondero

Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research


Sung Won Chang
Sung Won Chang
"GERRYFINDER Implementing, Visualizing and Analyzing the "Three Tests for Practical Evaluation of Partisan Gerrymandering"
Adviser: Prof. Brian Kernighan

​Thomas Clark
Thomas Clark
“The Echo Chambers of Twitter: Measuring the Effect of Social Media on Ideological Alignment and Drift”
Adviser: Prof. Arvind Narayanan

Rohan Doshi
Rohan Doshi
“FITBOT: Machine Learning Anomaly Detection Framework for IoT Device Networks”
Adviser: Prof. Nick Feamster

Manbir Gulati
Manbir Gulati
“Generative Adversarial Nets for Time Series Data Augmentation” 
Adviser: Prof. Barbara Engelhardt

Waqarul Islam
Waqarul Islam
“DroneTalk: Communicate with the Sky”
Adviser: Dr. Marshini Chetty

Stefan Keselj
Stefan Keselj
“State of the Art Question Answering using Shallow Dynamic Memory Networks”
Adviser: Dr. Christiane Fellbaum

Jonathan Lu
Jonathan Lu
“Improved Methods for Causal Inference and Experimental Prioritization in Gene Regulatory Networks”
Adviser: Prof. Barbara Engelhardt

Di Qi
Di Qi
“Trip Clustering Using Big Data”
Adviser: Asst. Prof. Han Liu

Matthew Rosen
Matthew Rosen
“Navigating Textual ‘Metric Space’: On Quantifying Differences in Literature”
Adviser: Prof. Brian Kernighan 

Center for Digital Humanities Senior Thesis Prize for 2018


Jessica Ji
Jessica Ji
 

Service Award


Jessica Ji
Jonathan Lu
Susan Wang

 

Student Teaching Award


Allison Chang
Cathy Chen
Leila Clark
Caleb Gum
Heesu Hwang
Sally Jiao
Lucy Lin
Shefali Nayak
Daniel Stanley
Natalie Wertz
Nicholas Yang
Jennifer Yin

 

Accenture Prize in Computer Science


Accenture prize winners
(from left to right) Katie Lim, Sung Won Chang, Nick Jiang, Cathy Chen, Prem Nair
 

Computing Research Association Award Honorable Mentions


Rohan Doshi

 

ACE Teaching Fellowship Notre Dame


Thomas Clark

 

Fulbright US Student Grant


Cathy Chen

 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship


Katie Lim

 

Gates Cambridge Fellowship


Adam Berman

 

Martin A. Dale ‘53 Fellowship


Alice Tang

 

Princeton in Asia Teaching Fellowship


Cindy Liu

 

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award


Kyle Genova
Malte Moeser
Divyarthi Mohan

 

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