February 27, 2024
Each year, the Computing Research Association (CRA) selects four undergraduates who show outstanding research potential in computing research for its Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (URA). This year, 15 Cornell students were recognized as honorable mentions, and one was selected as a finalist.
The URA is given to students in recognition of their research contributions, including conference presentations, papers, and software. Several students also serve their community as teaching assistants, tutors, and mentors.
Eric Chen '24, a computer science major affiliated with the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, is one of 16 finalists for the award.
Additionally, the following 15 students were among 116 selected for honorable mentions; 11 are affiliated with Cornell Bowers CIS, while four others major in math or operations research and information engineering.
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Alsa Khan '25, information science, systems and technology
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Angela Cui '25, computer science and electrical and computer engineering
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Benny Rubin '24, computer science
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Caroline He '23, M.Eng. '24, operations research and information engineering
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Greta Berendes '23, math
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Guilin Hu '24, computer science
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Huong Pham '25, information science
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Imani Finkley '24, english, computer science minor
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Pinxian Lu '24, information science
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Prithwish Dan '24, computer science
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Rowan Hess '25, math
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Ryun Shim MPS '24, information science
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Sidhanth Holalkere '25, computer science and math
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Yijia Dai '24, computer science and physics
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Yizhou Deemo Chen '24, electrical and computer engineering
Cornell had the most students with honorable mentions, receiving almost four times as many nominations compared to Harvard, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern.