Student Service Award
2017
- 2019
Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
Awarded to students for outstanding computer science departmental services.
The T. S. Lo Graduate Fellowship
2016
- 2017
School of Engineering, Stanford University
A Stanford School of Engineering fellowship for academic year 2016 - 2017.
President's Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)
July 2013
- February 2016
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program competitively funds individual requests by a student/faculty teams to support undergraduate student involvement in faculty research. Zhiyuan has received the President's Undergraduate Research Travel Award (PURA) in October 2014 for IEEE BigData'14 ($1,000) and February 2016 for ACM CSCW'16 ($500) and Salary Award ($1,500) in July 2013 respectively.
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers Finalist
January 2016
Computing Research Association (CRA)
This award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American universities who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research. Awarded to be one of the five male finalists from PhD-granting institutions.
College of Computing Best Oral Presentation
April 2015
the 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Tech's Annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium, where students share research with students and faculty from all over campus
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
April 2015
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Tech College of Computing Annual Award and Honor. Recognized by both College of Computing and Georgia Tech.
Georgia Tech Student Representative
April 2015
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Selected to be one of the seven Georgia Tech student representative at The 10th Annual Meeting of the Minds Conference held at North Carolina State University.
NSF Student Travel Award
October 2014
National Science Foundation (NSF)
IEEE Big Data 2014 offers NSF student travel awards to selected student authors. $600.
Top Presentation at the 9th Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope (URK)
October 2014
The Tower Journal, Georgia Institute of Techonology
1st Place at the Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope. The Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope (URK) is a dynamic venue where it showcases a diverse array of undergraduate research projects being conducted at Georgia Tech. All presentations are in the pecha kucha style (20 slides, 20 seconds each) and should convey the impact and significance of a particular research project rather than specific technical results.
2014 Faces of Inclusive Excellence at Georgia Tech
September 2014
Georgia Institute of Techonology
A publication and showcase to highlight the diversity of Georgia Tech's faculty, staff, and students who make significant contributions to Georgia Tech's national reputation as a diverse and inclusive technology-focused institution.
2nd Place Poster in College of Computing
April 2014
the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Georgia Institute of Techonology
Georgia Tech's Annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium, where students share research with students and faculty from all over campus
Sigma Xi Best Undergraduate Thesis Award
March 2014
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Each year since 1947, the Georgia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi has honored Georgia Tech faculty and students for their research at the annual Spring Awards Banquet. Honored to be one of the only two undergraduate awardees.
2nd place in Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC)
November 2013
Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center (GT-RNOC)
the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)
The Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) is an annual event produced by Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center (GT-RNOC) and the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT). The overarching goal of the CIC is to create innovative and viable products and experiences including a strong user experience and a business case. My team's submission was a mobile-based scavenger hunt campus tour app.
SC13 Experiencing HPC for Undergraduates
November 2013
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC13)
The Experiencing HPC for Undergraduates program provides exposure to HPC research topics and techniques for undergraduate students at the sophomore level and above. Selected to be one of the 25 undergraduate awardees worldwide.
Faculty Honors
2012
- 2016
Georgia Institute of Technology
Faculty honors-includes all degree-seeking undergraduates who during the preceding term made an academic average of 4.00, completed a schedule of at least 12 hours of coursework on a letter-grade basis with no W grades, and are not on academic warning or probation or subject to any disciplinary action.
Received in fall 2012, spring 2013, and spring 2016.
Dean's List
2013
- 2015
Georgia Institute of Technology
Undergraduate degree-seeking students are eligible for Deans List for the term, if the following conditions are met: An academic standing of GOOD; No Incomplete (I) grades; At least 12 hours of course work on a letter grade basis; Academic average of 3.00 or higher.
Received in fall 2013, spring 2014, fall 2014, spring 2015, and fall 2015
Valedictorian
May 2012
Accelerated Elementary and Secondary School
Graduated from Accelerated Elementary and Secondary School as valedictorian.
Medalist in Science Olympiad Arizona State Finals
March 2012
Arizona Science Olympiad Division C
1st place in Math Application, 2nd place in Fermi Question, 4th, 5th and 6th places respectively in Technical Problem Solving, Chemistry Lab, and Helicopter.
First Prize in National Olympiad in Informatics in Provinces (NOIP)
October 2010
China Computer Federation (CCF)
It was a programming competition, in a form similar to ACM-ICPC. Participants were asked to designed algorithms and write programs solving problems in a limited amount of time. Ranked 131 out of 7817 nation-wide in the final.