Awards
Recognition for research excellence, mentorship, and community contributions.
2026
Gold Reviewer, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).
2025
R&D 100 Award, Software Category — PRESTO: Privacy REcommendation and SecuriTy Optimization. The R&D 100 Awards, known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” recognize the 100 most significant technology innovations of the year.
2024
Outstanding Mentorship Award, ORNL Computer Science and Mathematics Division.
2023
CRA Early and Mid Career Mentoring Workshop.
2022
Highly Cited Research Paper Award, Applied Energy — "Intelligent multi-zone residential HVAC control strategy based on deep reinforcement learning."
2021
IEEE Senior Membership.
2020
Best Paper Runner-Up, IEEE BigData Conference — "Methodology for interpretable reinforcement learning model for HVAC energy control."
2020
Community Outreach and Service Award, ORNL Computer Science and Mathematics Division.
2020
Participation scholarship, Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
2019
Participation scholarship, US Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Women in Clean Energy Symposium and Awards.
2018
International Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
2018
Participation scholarship, CRA-WP Early and Mid Career Mentoring Workshop.
2017
Participation scholarship, Grace Hopper Celebration.
2017
Participation scholarship, ACM-W Europe Celebration of Women in Computing Conference.