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.

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."
• Community Outreach and Service Award, ORNL Computer Science and Mathematics Division.
• 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).
• Participation scholarship, CRA-WP Early and Mid Career Mentoring Workshop.

2017

• Participation scholarship, Grace Hopper Celebration.
• Participation scholarship, ACM-W Europe Celebration of Women in Computing Conference.