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Housing and Development Newsletter As further evidence of the program’s impact, ERSP students have received the department’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award the past two years. The 2020 recipients, Andrew Gaut and Tony Sun, both of whom worked on a research project with assistant professor William Wang, were finalists for a prestigious national honor, the Computing Research Association’s Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award. The NCWIT also commended Mirza for teaching an undergraduate research methods course, mentoring nearly 30 students, and organizing an annual student research showcase. Mirza said that she enjoys working with the exceptional undergraduates in computing at UCSB and feels invested in their success. ....
E-Mail Diba Mirza, an associate teaching professor of computer science at UC Santa Barbara, has received the Mentoring Award for Undergraduate Research (MAUR) from the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). The national award recognizes four faculty each year who have demonstrated outstanding mentorship by providing high-quality research opportunities to students, recruiting women and other underrepresented students, and encouraging and advancing undergraduates in computing-related fields. The MAUR is very prestigious, and I am very honored to receive it, said Mirza, who joined UCSB s faculty in 2016. The award serves as a reminder to continue my commitment to students and carve out time every week to mentor them. It also celebrates the computer science department s success in supporting undergraduate research and the collaborative culture that makes such efforts possible. ....