This is awarded to an esteemed group of rising stars who earned this honor for their exceptional early-career achievements and role in driving advancements across the computing landscape. Their contributions span diverse areas, including AI, software engineering, security, and hardware, fundamentally shaping the future of technology.

Media: IEEE Press Release, University of Utah SCI Institute Announcement

The ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship is endowed in memory of George Michael, one of the founders of the SC Conference series. The fellowship honors exceptional PhD students throughout the world whose research focus is on high performance computing applications, networking, storage, or large-scale data analytics using the most powerful computers that are currently available.

Awarded “for methods and tools that exploit cloud computing and on-premise HPC resources to enhance the productivity of computational scientists and the sustainability of HPC.”

Media: ACM Press Release, IEEE Press Release, HPCwire Press Release, Northeastern Global News

MLCommons Rising Stars is a cohort of 35 early-to-late-stage and recently graduated PhD students working at the intersection of Machine Learning (ML) and Systems research. The MLCommons Rising Stars program provides a unique platform for a diverse range of emerging researchers to present their research to industry and academic experts, build new skills, and establish academic and industry collaborations.

Media: MLCommons Press Release

Awarded 2025 Northeastern University College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award, 2023 Northeastern University ECE Excellence in Research Award, along with Ph.D. Spotlight Recognition, and 2025 Northeastern University Laurel and Scroll 100 Society of Distinction Recognition.

Media: Northeastern University News, College of Engineering News, Society of Distinction Announcements

2025 Best Paper Finalist, ACM/IEEE International Conference on High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC)

2025 ACM Dissertation Award Nominee from Northeastern University (only two nominations allowed per university)

2022 Northeastern University Nominee for JP Morgan Ph.D. Fellowship (only two nominations allowed per university)

2022 Nominee for 2022 ECE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award

2021 Northeastern University Nominee for Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship (only four nominations allowed per university)

2021 Nominee for 2021 ECE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award

2023 Travel Award, Student Travel Award to attend MVAPICH User Group (MUG) Conference

2022 Travel Award, TCHPC Award to attend Supercomputing’ 22 Conference

2020 Best Paper Finalist, ACM/IEEE International Conference on High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC)

2020 Best Student Paper Finalist, ACM/IEEE International Conference on High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC)

2020 Travel Award, USENIX Award to attend USENIX FAST’ 20 Conference

2019 Travel Award, Calcutta University International Travel Scholarship

Patent on Cloud Based Remote Manufacturing with Machine Learning Based Real Time Control, Patent Reference Number: 201831024813, Filing Date: 03/07/18, Patent App. No. TEMP/E-1/27190/2018- KOL, C.B.R Number: 11387