Member Awards

(2008)

• 1st Place in Best Poster Competition. Paulson, Brandon (student), and Hammond, Tracy. A System for Recognizing and Beautifying Low-level Sketch Shapes Using NDDE and DCR. Industrial Affiliates Poster Session, Texas A&M University ($500 cash prize).
• 1st Place in Best Computer Science Poster Competition. Wolin, Aaron (student) and Hammond, Tracy. ShortStraw: A Cheap and Simple Corner Finder for Polylines. Student Resarch Week, Texas A&M University ($300 cash prize).
• 3rd Place in Best Computer Science Poster Competition. Paulson, Brandon (student), and Hammond, Tracy. A System for Recognizing and Beautifying Low-level Sketch Shapes Using NDDE and DCR. Student Research Week, Texas A&M University (iPod prize).
• NSF National Merit Fellowship Honorable Mention. Wolin, Aaron (student). On his proposed sketch recognition work with Tracy Hammond.

(2007)

• 2nd Place in Best Computer Science Poster Competition. Paulson, Brandon (student), and Hammond, Tracy, MARQS: Media Album Retrieval by Query Sketch. Student Research Week, Texas A&M University (iPod prize).
• Nominated for Best Short Video. Paulson, Brandon (student), and Hammond, Tracy. MARQS: Media Album Retrieval by Query Sketch. AAAI Video Competition.
• Distinguished Former Student Scholarship. Brandon Paulson (student). For his work on sketch recognition under Tracy Hammond. Texas A&M University ($1000 cash prize).
• Student Best Paper Award. Peschel, J (student), Hammond, T., Brumbelow, K., Cahill, T. A Sketch-Based Interface for Rapid Floodplain Assessment, American Water Resource Assocation (AWRA) Spring Specialty Conference GIS and Water Resources V, San Mateo, CA. March17-19, 2007. [6 pages]. Selected for Oral Presentation.