Prizes & awards
Our exclusive prize ceremony gives award winners, guests, industry sponsors and school representatives the chance to reflect on their accomplishments during this special event.
91É«ÇéƬ School of Computer Science and Engineering AwardsÂ
We’re proud to partner with a diverse range of industry groups and institutions to recognise the hard work and dedication of our students. Our annual awards include individual and group prizes. Â
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Prize Name Winner Name The Ben Rudzyn Memorial Prize (S0810E)
for outstanding achievement of a final year student in the School of Computer Science and EngineeringÂ
Joseph ZhuÂ
The Citadel Securities Year 2 Computer Science Excellence Prize (CS682E)
for the best performance in year 2 core courses for the Computer Science bachelor programÂ
Timothy ZhouÂ
The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize (E2607E)
for the best performance in COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Operating SystemsÂ
Daniel Xie ChenÂ
The Citadel Securities Year 1 Computer Science Excellence Prize (CS954E)
for the best performance in year 1 courses for the Computer Science bachelor programÂ
Bharat SinglaÂ
The Anita Borg Prize (E2K50U)
for contribution to the promotion or enhancement of the benefits of computing to society, including encouraging or facilitating the participation of women in computing and meritorious academic performanceÂ
Cheung Ying Sarina ChaiÂ
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 1st Place (S1489E)
for the best performance in COM3161 Concepts of Programming LanguagesÂ
Maxim BurykinÂ
The Optiver COMP6771 Prize (S0806A)
for the best performance in COMP6771 Advanced C++ ProgrammingÂ
Benjamin CraighillÂ
Ching Ho Ethan LamÂ
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 3rd Place (S1491E)
for the third best performance in COMP3161 Concepts of Programming LanguagesÂ
James Joseph JordanÂ
The Optiver SENG3011 Group Prize (S0807A)
for the best presentation by a group in SENG3011 Software Engineering Workshop 3Â
Akshayan NirmalarajanÂ
Ayusha PriyadarshaniÂ
Aryaman SakthivelÂ
Rahul MarkasserithodiÂ
Manojvradan Balaji SeshapriyaÂ
The Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize (S0486E)
for the best PhD Research PaperÂ
Xingyu TanÂ
The CSE Runner Up for the Best PhD Research Paper Prize (CS050I)
Xin XieÂ
The Macquarie SENG2021 Group Prize (E0491U)
for the best presentation by a group in SENG2021 Software Engineering Workshop 2BÂ
Muhammed Arham Puraickalakathoottu MuhammedÂ
Shawn Jia Heng WooÂ
Galen YuanÂ
Joshua Michael David GreenÂ
Dilhan MertÂ
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 2nd Place (S1490E)
for the second best performance in COMP3161 Concepts of Programming LanguagesÂ
Jake Hall HendersonÂ
The Arista Networks COMP9242 Prize (EC210E)
for the best performance in COMP9242 Advanced Operating SystemsÂ
Donald TangÂ
The Optiver COMP3121/3821 Prize, 2nd Place (S1479E)
for the second best performance in COMP3121/3821 Algorithms and Programming TechniquesÂ
Thomas PearsonÂ
The Optiver COMP3121/3821 Prize, 3rd Place (S1480E)
for the third best performance in COMP3121/3821 Algorithms and Programming TechniquesÂ
Vincent Gabriel Ezra TannosÂ
The Optiver COMP3411/COMP9814 Prize (CS392E)
For the best performance in COMP3411/COMP9814 Artificial Intelligence/Extended Artificial IntelligenceÂ
Bharat SinglaÂ
The CSE Most Outstanding Thesis Prize (CS204I)
For the most outstanding thesis in a CSE programÂ
Tao Zixu HeÂ
The Optiver COMP3121/3821 Prize, 1st Place (S1478E)
for the best performance in COMP3121/3821 Algorithms and Programming TechniquesÂ
Brendan MabbuttÂ
The Optiver COMP3411/COMP9814 Prize (CS942E)
For the third best performance in COMP3411/COMP9814 Artificial Intelligence/Extended Artificial IntelligenceÂ
Haoyang TianÂ
The Optiver COMP3411/COMP9814 Prize (CS165E)
For the second best performance in COMP3411/COMP9814Artificial Intelligence/Extended Artificial IntelligenceÂ
Yamac YurtseverÂ
The Optiver COMP1511 Prize
for the best performance in COMP1511 Programming FundamentalsÂ
Joshua PrinceÂ
The Jane Street COMP2521 Prize, 1st Place (S1481E)
for the best performance in COMP2521 Data Structures and Algorithms across Terms 1, 2, or 3.Â
Kurt StrohmayerÂ
The Jane Street COMP2521 Prize, 2nd Place (S1482E)
for the second best performance in COMP2521 Data Structures and Algorithms across Terms 1, 2, or 3.Â
Liangfei JinÂ
The Jane Street COMP2521 Prize, 3rd Place (S1483E)
for the third best performance in COMP2521 Data Structures and Algorithms across Terms 1, 2, or 3.Â
Zaryab AyazÂ
The Jump Trading Hero of Operating Systems Prize (S0852E)
for achieving High Distinction grades across all operating systems offerings: COMP3231/3891/9201/9283, COMP9242 and COMP4953/4963/9596/9945 with an operating systems topic.Â
Richard ShenÂ
Varun SethuÂ
The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize, 2nd Place (E2608E)
for the second best performance in COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Operating SystemsÂ
Samuel TylerÂ
Cameron McDonaldÂ
The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize, 3rd Place (E2609E)
for the third best performance in COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Operating SystemsÂ
Sze Shing TseÂ
The Jump Trading COMP3222 Digital Circuits and Systems Prize (S0270E)
for the best performance in COMP3222 Digital Circuit and SystemsÂ
Samuel TylerÂ
2026 CSE Equity Award Scholarship
Jismin JioÂ
Adrian LeÂ
Nicholas RistevÂ
2026 Women in Computer Science Award
Sally CaoÂ
Sophie ChenÂ
Mahika SoodÂ
auDA Prize for COMP6441 for best performance in COMP6441 Security Engineering and Cyber Security
Yusra MahomedÂ
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Prize Name Winner Name The ROKT COMP2041 Prize
for the best performance in COMP2041 Software ConstructionÂ
Yuang Wang & Tianming Tang The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize
for the best performance in COMP3141 Software Design and ImplementationÂ
First place: Josh LimÂ
Second place: Jason LiuÂ
Third place: Monash SapkotaÂ
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize
for the best performance in COM3161 Concepts of Programming LanguagesÂ
First place: Daniel BerryÂ
Second place: Keats MackayÂ
Third place: Yiming (Kyle) ZhangÂ
The IMC COMP3121/3821 PrizeÂ
for the best performance in COMP3121/3821 Algorithms and Programming TechniquesÂ
First place: Devam JainÂ
Second place: Cyril Vivek SubramanianÂ
Third place: Cooper HaldenÂ
The Jump Trading COMP3222 Digital Circuits and Systems Prize
for the best performance in COMP3222 Digital Circuit and SystemsÂ
Michael BenneyÂ
The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize
for the best performance in COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Operating SystemsÂ
First place: Josh Lim  Â
Second Place: Lucas HarveyÂ
Third place: Keats MacKay
The Autumn Compass COMP4128 PrizeÂ
for the best performance in COMP4128 Programming ChallengesÂ
First place: Daniel KhuuÂ
Second place: Josh LimÂ
Third place: Cyril Vivek SubramanianÂ
The Arista Networks COMP9242 Prize
for the best performance in COMP9242 Advanced Operating SystemsÂ
Varun Sethu The Tectilium Hardware Security PrizeÂ
for the best performance in COMP6420 Hardware SecurityÂ
Liam Murphy Â
The Macquarie SENG2021 Group Prize
For the best presentation by a group in SENG2021 Software Engineering Workshop 2BÂ
Team name: Sleeper Agents Â
Abigail Carungay Â
Andrew KormÂ
Jonathan Wong
Zayan Ricchetti Â
The Optiver SENG3011 Group Prize
for the best presentation by a group in SENG3011 Software Engineering Workshop 3Â
Team name: CrescentByte Â
Peter Louka
James HeÂ
Maynarde JosephÂ
Mohamad Mohamad Â
Fareed FarooqiÂ
The Optiver COMP3411/COMP9814 PrizeÂ
For the best performance in COMP3411/COMP9814 Artificial IntelligenceÂ
First place: Rylan Donohoe
Second place: Haotian TuÂ
Third place: Yi LiuÂ
The Optiver COMP6771 Prize
for the best performance in COMP6771 Advanced C++ ProgrammingÂ
Junchao Hou Â
The Citadel Securities Year 1 Computer Science Excellence Prize
For the best performance in year 1 courses for the Computer Science bachelor programÂ
Yoel Yoffe Â
The Citadel Securities Year 2 Computer Science Excellence Prize
for the best performance in year 2 core courses for the Computer Science bachelor programÂ
Ravindu Abeykoon HerathÂ
The Department of Defence, Graduate Office COMP3331 Term 1 Prize
for the best performance in COMP3331 Computer Networks and Applications in Term 1Â
Michael SiuÂ
Most Outstanding CSE Thesis Prize
Angus Ritossa Â
The Anita Borg Award
For contribution to the promotion or enhancement of the benefits of computing to society, including encouraging or facilitating the participation of women in computing and meritorious academic performance.Â
Elizabeth Zhu Chan Â
The Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize
For the best PhD research paperÂ
Xiao Cheng Â
The Ben Rudzyn Memorial Prize
For outstanding achievement of a final year student in the School of Computer Science and Engineering.Â
Natalie Leroy Â
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Prize Name Winner Name Most Outstanding CSE Thesis Prize
Lucy Parker
The Amadeus COMP6991 Prize
Jason Codd
The Anita Borg Prize
Sofia de Bellis
The Anita Borg Prize - Second Place
Maliha Mian
The Autumn Compass COMP4128 Prize, 1st Place
Tom Harrison-Brown
The Autumn Compass COMP4128 Prize, 2nd Place
Derek Xu
The Autumn Compass COMP4128 Prize, 3rd Place
Blake Morris
The Citadel Securities Year 1 Computer Science Excellence Prize
Michael Siu
The Citadel Securities Year 2 Computer Science Excellence Prize
Xavier Cooney
The IMC COMP3121/3821 Prize, 1st Place
Derek Xu
The IMC COMP3121/3821 Prize, 2nd Place
James Sommer
The IMC COMP3121/3821 Prize, 3rd Place
Kaiyang Zhou
The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize, 1st Place
Ronan Davis
The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize, 2nd Place
Xavier Cooney
The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize, 3rd Place
Yasiru Jayasooriya
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 1st Place
Tsun Sau
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 2nd Place
Victor Zhang
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 3rd Place
Josh Lim
The Jump Trading COMP3222 Digital Circuits and Systems Prize
Liam Murphy
The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize
Weijie Wang
The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize, 2nd Place
Lachlan Hilliar
The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize, 3rd Place
Enzo Lee Solano
The Jump Trading Hero of Operating Systems Prize
Lucy Parker
The Macquarie SENG2021 Group Prize
Mohamad Mohamad, Ricardo Alkazzi, Denzel Iskander, Ahona Dutta, Jeremy Traini
The Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize
Rahma Mukta
The Optiver COMP3411/COMP9814 Prize - First place
Evan Li
The Optiver COMP3411/COMP9814 Prize - Second place
Xinru Zhang
The Optiver COMP3411/COMP9814 Prize - Third place
Ahman Prawirosoenot
The Optiver COMP6771 Prize
Adam Chen
The Optiver SENG3011 Group Prize
Eliza Lee, Michael He,Grace Kan, Chloe Toh, Erlina Yang
The ROKT COMP2041 Prize
Derek Xu
The Berrijam Jam Awards​
First place: We Haven't Chosen a Name But Here
Shuting Luo, Qingchen Tang, Xinwei Lin, Haodong LinSecond place: Dragon5
Nocedia Shi, Boran Liu, Yi Liu, Xiaoding Ma, Yize QinThird place: Data Probes
Ruibin Lee, Yiming Ding, Ruijie Xiong, Pengcheng Lu, Hao YanDay of AI Award​
Finlay Zhao
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Prize Name
Winner Name
The Anita Borg Prize - 1st Place
Ada Luong The Anita Borg Prize - 2nd Place Aditi Nitturkar The Anita Borg Prize - 3rd Place Leonie Dickson The Optiver COMP6771 Prize Kenvin Yu The Ben Rudzyn Memorial Prize Giuliana De Bellis The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize - 1st Place Steve (Seongryeol) Jang The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize - 2nd Place Weijie Wang The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize - 3rd Place Tsun Wang Sau The ROKT COMP2041 Prize Jack Jinkui Li Autumn Compass COMP4128 Prize - 1st Place Cameron Leslie Nicholas McGowan Autumn Compass COMP4128 Prize - 2nd Place Amos Li Sheng Tan Autumn Compass COMP4128 Prize - 3rd Place Lewis Samuel Cullen The IMC COMP3121/3821 Prize - 1st Place Anders Shen-Wen Mah The IMC COMP3121/3821 Prize - 2nd Place Isaiah Lee-Han Iliffe The IMC COMP3121/3821 Prize - 3rd Place Bohan Wang The Displayr COMP4931 Prize - 1st Place Michael Arnold Cunanan The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize - 1st Place Joanna Lin The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize - 2nd Place Leighton Fan The Jump Trading COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize - 3rd Place Trent Russell The Jump Trading COMP3222 Digital Circuits and Systems Prize Blake Morris Jane Street Comp3161 Prizes Anders Shen-Wen Mah Jane Street Comp3161 Prizes Xavier Cooney Jane Street Comp3161 Prizes Yasiru Jayasooriya Arista Networks COMP9242 Prize Patrick Hao Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize Cong Cong The Optiver SENG3011 Group Prize Noa Challis
Emily Chiew
Jasmin Oren
Elisabeth Cola
Rahul Triparthi
Macquarie Prizes In Engineering Feiyue Ma
Kyle Wu
Lillian Thai
Wenjie Liu
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Prize Name
Winner Name
The Ben Rudzyn Memorial Prize
TBA
The Displayr Comp4931 Prize, 1st Place
Harrison Scott
Imc Pacific Comp3121, 1st Place
Joanna Lin
The Displayr Comp4931 Prize, 3rd Place
James Stevens
The Imc Pacific Comp3121 Prize, 2nd Place
James Balajan
The Imc Pacific Comp3121 Prize, 3rd Place
Ramachandran Kaniyur
The Macquarie Seng2021 Group Prize
AT3K Group: Arthur Wang; Kaivalya Soman; Katrina Ding; Kelly Zhou; Tim Zhang
Murray Allen Prize in Computer Science
Kevin Zhu
Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize
David Nguyen
Optiver Prize
Sourdough group: Nikhil Ahuja; James Furlan; Sean Morota-Chu; Rue Teh; Aditya Kishore
The Anita Borg Prize
Giuliana De Bellis
The Thoughtworks Seng2011 Prize
Alex Brown
The Wargaming Sydney COMP3421 Prize
Rory Golledge
Jump Trading Australia Comp3231 Prizes
Zhizhou Ma
Jump Trading Australia Comp3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize, 2nd Place
Jason Sengmany
Jump Trading Australia Comp3231/9201/3891/9283 Prize, 3rd Place
Nanway Chan
Jump Operations Australia Comp3222 Digital Circuits and Systems Prize
Yuqi Fu
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Prize name Prize winners The Amadeus COMP9322 Prize Marhadiasha Kusumawardhana The Atlassian COMP2511, 1st Prize Jonathan Clark The Atlassian COMP2511, 2nd Prize Ray Clark Arista Networks COMP9242 Prize James Nugraha The Displayr COMP4931 Prize, 1st Place Vivian Dang The Displayr COMP4931 Prize, 2nd Prize Nicholas Malecki The Displayr COMP4931 Prize, 3rd Place Lucy Qiu The Hero of Operating Systems Prize Yu Hou The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize, 1st Place Sean Zammit The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize, 2nd Place Michael Gribben The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize, 3rd Place Nanway Chen The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 1st Place Chengyan Yao The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 2nd Place ¸é²â²¹²ÔÌý¹ó²¹±ô±ô²¹³ó The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize, 3rd Place ´³²¹³¾±ð²õÌý¶Ù²¹±¹¾±»å²õ´Ç²Ô The Jane Street COMP6752 Prize, 1st Place °ä´Ç³Ü°ù³Ù²Ô±ð²âÌý¶Ù²¹°ù±¹¾±±ô±ô±ð The Jane Street COMP6752 Prize, 2nd Place ³Õ¾±²Ô³¦±ð²Ô³ÙÌý´³²¹³¦°ì²õ´Ç²Ô The Jane Street COMP6752 Prize, 3rd Place ³Õ¾±±¹¾±²¹²ÔÌý¶Ù²¹²Ô²µ The Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize ´¡²Ô²Ô±ð³Ù³Ù±ðÌý³§±è´Ç´Ç²Ô±ð°ù The Microsoft Performance Prize for Year 3, 1st Place ´¡²Ô»å°ù±ð·ÉÌý°²¹±è±ô´Ç³Ü²Ô The Niel van der Westhuizen COMP4121 Prize ¹ó±ð±ô¾±³æÌý³¢±ð³¾±è°ù¾±±ð°ù±ð The Optiver COMP6771 Prize °±ð±¹¾±²ÔÌý³¢³Ü³æ²¹ The ROKT COMP2041 Prize °ä³ó±ð²Ô²µ²â²¹²ÔÌý³Û²¹´Ç The UpGuard COMP3411 Prize ¸é²â²¹²ÔÌýµþ²¹°ù°ù²â The UpGuard COMP3511 Prize °²¹²Ô²µ²â¾±²Ô²µÌý³¢¾±²Ô The UpGuard COMP6714 Prize ³Ý¾±²¹´Ç³ó²¹²ÔÌý´Ü³ó³Ü The UpGuard COMP9243 Prize ²Ñ¾±³¦³ó²¹±ð±ôÌý³Ò°ù¾±²ú²ú±ð²Ô The UpGuard COMP9319 Prize ´¡²Ô»å°ù±ð·ÉÌý°²¹±è±ô´Ç³Ü²Ô The UpGuard COMP9444 Prize ´¡²¹°ù´Ç²ÔÌýµþ±ô²¹³¦°ì·É±ð±ô±ô The Wargaming Sydney COMP6741 Prize ±õ²¹²ÔÌý¶Ù³Ü²Ô°ì±ð°ù±ô±ð²â The Optiver SENG3011 Group Prize
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Alexander Georges
Veeraj Sharma
Allen Wu
Monica He
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Prize Name
Winner Name
Amadeus COMP9322 Prize
Ho Kim
Atlassian COMP2511 – 1st Place
Nanway Chen
Atlassian COMP2511 – 2nd Place
Ethan Brown
Atlassian COMP2521 – 1st Place
Tim Zhang
Atlassian COMP2521 – 2nd Place
Ya-Ting Chang
Google Third Year Prize
Yifan He
Murray Allen Prize For Computer Science
Emily Chen
Niel Van Der Westhuizen COMP4121 Prize
Ethan Brown
Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize
Qian Ge
Palantir Technologies Prize
Yu Liu
QuantumLinx COMP2111 Prize
Kenvin Yu
ROKT COMP2041 Prize
Oscar Cowdery Lack
The Anita Borg Award
Annie Liu
The Ben Rudzyn Memorial COMP2121 – Term 1 Prize
Mike Liu
The Ben Rudzyn Memorial COMP2121 – Term 2 Prize
Michael Zhang
The Department Of Defence, Graduate Office COMP3331 Term 1 Prize
Chun-Chu Chen
The Displayr COMP4931 Prize – 1st Place
Jessica Theodosius
The Displayr COMP4931 Prize – 2nd Place
Emmet Murray
The Displayr COMP4931 Prize – 3rd Place
Ryan Barry
The Exablaze COMP3222 Digital Circuits And Systems Prize
Matthew Turner
Imc Pacific COMP3121 Prize – 1st Place
Antoni Dimitriadis
Imc Pacific COMP3121 Prize – 2nd Place
Kevin Zhu
Imc Pacific COMP3121 Prize – 3rd Place
Trung Do
The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize – 1st Place
Ramachandran Sundareswaran Kaniyur
The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize – 2nd Place
Harrison Scott
The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize – 3rd Place
Xue Zhong
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize – 1st Place
Sidney Pham
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize – 2nd Place
Madeleine Abed
The Jane Street COMP3161 Prize – 3rd Place
Shaobo Zhuang
The Macquarie Performance Prize For Year 1 – 1st Place
Zac Kologlu
The Macquarie Performance Prize for Year 1 – 2nd Place
Hayes Choy
The Macquarie Performance Prize for Year 1 – 3rd Place
Mrinaank Sinha
The Macquarie Performance Prize For Year 2 – 1st Place
Xuan Yi
The Macquarie Performance Prize for Year 2 – 2nd Place
Ramachandran Sundareswaran Kaniyur
The Macquarie Performance Prize for Year 2 – 3rd Place
Oscar Winton
Cowdery Lack
The Metamako/Arista COMP9242 Prize
Matthew Phillips
The Recruit Holdings COMP4128
Yifan He
The Wargaming Sydney COMP3421 Prize
Zhenyu Yao
The Wargaming Sydney COMP6741 Prize
Madeleine Kyng
The WiseTech Global COMP4001 Prize
Brittany Evat
SENG2011 Prize – ThoughtWorks
Debao Jian
Jack Callander
Heather Cox
Richard Liu
Wei Chen
SENG2021 Prize – Macquarie Group
David Nichani
Junkuan Wang
Mitchell Johnston
Stephanie Gouw
Wan Hern Ching
SENG3011 Prize – Optiver
Andi Yao
Dennis Gann
Harrison Scott
Terry Agapitos
SENG3011 Runner up Prize – Optiver
Anqi Zhu
Amir Harambasic
Matthew Ta
Phalla Ratanak Kim
Ryan Barry
Usman Haidar
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Ben Rudzyn Memorial Prize
In recognition of the life of Ben Rudzyn and his commitment to 91É«ÇéƬ’s wider community, and for his contribution to both computing and biomedical engineering at 91É«ÇéƬ, the CSE School has established "The Ben Rudzyn Memorial Prize".
This Prize recognizes the outstanding achievements of a student (undergraduate or postgraduate) in the School of Computer Science and Engineering who has been enrolled here for at least (2 years or 6 terms).Â
About Ben Rudzyn
Ben Rudzyn was the 2006 University Medallist for Computer Engineering. He was an outstanding student who arrived at 91É«ÇéƬ in 2001 from North Sydney Boys High, completed a Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Masters in Biomedical Engineering over the next five years and earned a series of scholarships and awards. He also participated in International Exchange at the University of Toronto, Canada. Among his academic coups Ben developed a groundbreaking robot audition system for his undergraduate thesis.
Ben epitomised the true meaning of friendship. He highly valued the sense of community spirit at 91É«ÇéƬ, volunteering however and whenever he could and also wholeheartedly participating in whatever social opportunities were on offer (such as Yellow Shirts/O Week, Uni Reviews, Clubs, Open Days, Student Representative, and mentoring.) He is remembered for his quick wit, his sense of humor, his honesty, his compassion and his care of others. Â
After graduation, his software development talents excelled in his career as a Research and Development Engineer at Australian Hearing’s National Acoustic Laboratory.Â
Everything Ben was working towards ended a few days before Christmas 2008 when his life was tragically taken by the actions of an inebriated, unlicensed, unregistered driver. Ben was 26 years old.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Prize, students must be enrolled in any degree program in that year (undergraduate or postgraduate), offered by the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the time of application and have been a student in 91É«ÇéƬ for at least 2 years or 6 terms.
Selection criteria
The annual prize is to be awarded on the following basis:
- Contribution to the promotion or enhancement of the benefits of computing to society
- Demonstrated use of computing to improve health, wellbeing or through the development or use of medical devices. (This might be through coursework, project work, internships, or volunteering activities)Â Â
- Contribution to the wider computer science and engineering community through activities which enhance the student experience (e.g. volunteering in student societies, serving as a student representative, creation of new activities for others e.g. mentoring programs, leading hackathons, workshop development, networking events, skills development events etc.)Â
- Meritorious academic performance in their studies to date, including outstanding performance in the field of computing and/or biomedical engineering.
Application requirements
Applicants will be expected to submit a one-page document detailing how they meet the selection criteria and to demonstrate high levels of excellence in most, if not all of the criteria.Â
The selection panel reserves the right not to award this prize in a given year. Applicants may be interviewed as part of this awards process and their application may be provided to the external award sponsors as part of the evaluation process.Â
Application closing date
Nominations should address the selection criteria, and must be sent to cse.sm@unsw.edu.au.
Applications are now closed for the current round.
Prize $1,000
Previous Ben Rudzyn Memorial Award winners
Prize Year Name 2024 Natalie Leroy 2023 Donren Leung
2022 Giuliana De Bellis 2019 Mike Liu - term 1
Michael Zhang - term 2
- Contribution to the promotion or enhancement of the benefits of computing to society
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