Fwd: Announcing the (Inaugural) 2025 Robotics Institute Graduate Student Award Winners

[Artur Dubrawski]

A reminder about Mononito's (and the Auton Lab) moments of glory tomorrow!

AWD

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From: Rachel Burcin <rburcin at andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Announcing the (Inaugural) 2025 Robotics Institute Graduate
Student Award Winners
To: Jeff Ichnowski <jeffi at cmu.edu>
Cc: <ri-people at andrew.cmu.edu>, Zachary Manchester <zacm at cmu.edu>, John
Dolan <jdolan at andrew.cmu.edu>, Artur Dubrawski <awd at cs.cmu.edu>, Jiaoyang
Li <jiaoyangli at cmu.edu>, Krishna Suresh <ksuresh2 at andrew.cmu.edu>, Zeynep
Temel <ztemel at andrew.cmu.edu>, Olivia Wells <oliviawells at cmu.edu>, Rachel
Burcin <rburcin at andrew.cmu.edu>


Dear RI People

Please join us for a special announcement of the RI Inaugural Graduate
Student Awards and award ceremony with RI director Srinivas Narasimhan and
Dean Martial Hebert on *Friday, November 21, at 2:30 PM in TEP 1403,* just
before the RI Seminar.

Warmly,
Jeff Ichnowski & Rachel Burcin
RI Graduate Student Awards Committee Chairs







****

Rachel Burcin
rachel at cmu.edu


On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM Jeff Ichnowski <jeffi at cmu.edu> wrote:

> Dear RI Community:
>
> It is with great pride that we announce the recipients of the inaugural
> Robotics Institute Graduate Student Awards, which celebrate excellence in
> research, teaching, mentorship, and community engagement.
>
> Their contributions exemplify Carnegie Mellon’s commitment to excellence
> in education and research.  Please join us in congratulating the 2025 RI
> award recipients. We will have a short awards ceremony on *Friday,
> November 21, at 2:30 PM in TEP 1403* just before the RI Seminar.
>
> *2025 RI Distinguished Dissertation Award & Honorable Mentions*
> The 2025 Distinguished Dissertation Award is awarded to *Mononito Goswami*
> for his groundbreaking thesis, Towards Time Series Intelligence, with
> honorable mentions to *Homanga Bharadhwaj* and *Zhengyi Luo* for their
> outstanding doctoral research.
>
> *2025 RI Best Master’s Thesis Award *
> The Best Master’s Thesis Award is presented to *Eliot Xing* for his
> contributions to reinforcement learning for robotic manipulation.
>
> *2025 RI Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award & Honorable
> Mentions*
> We are proud to recognize the dedication and impact of our graduate
> teaching assistants through the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
> Award to *Gokul Swamy* for his co-creation of the new course: Algorithmic
> Foundations of Interactive Learning, and dedication to student mentoring,
> as well as an honorable mention given to *Shahram Syed* for his key
> contributions to the Robot Kinematics and Dynamics course as a teaching
> assistant.
>
> *2025 RISS Graduate Student Outstanding Mentoring & Engagement Award &
> Honorable Mentions*
> We are delighted to honor excellence in mentorship and community
> leadership: *Mononito Goswami* is recognized as the inaugural recipient
> of the RISS Graduate Student Outstanding Mentoring & Engagement Award. A
> two-time RISS scholar himself, Mononito has since profoundly influenced the
> futures of seven younger RISS scholars, guiding each toward success in top
> graduate programs and publications at leading AI conferences. His
> mentorship embodies the spirit of the RISS community, fostering excellence,
> curiosity, and care. An honorable mention goes to *Rishi Veerapaneni* for
> his exemplary mentorship and community contributions, guiding 21
> undergraduates—many of whom published in top conferences.
>
> *2025 RI Graduate Student Community Engagement Award*
> The RI Graduate Student Community Engagement Award is presented to *Iqui
> Balam Heredia Marin* in recognition of his exemplary work with the Latino
> Community Center.
>
> These awards highlight the extraordinary talent, generosity, and impact of
> our graduate students—both within their labs and beyond—and we congratulate
> this year’s awardees for setting such a high standard for the Robotics
> Institute community.
>
> We would also like to thank all of the nominators and those who
> contributed to sharing stories of impact. We would like to thank all those
> who served on the RI Graduate Student Awards Committee for their service:
> Zachary Manchester (co-chair emeritus), John Dolan, Artur Dubrawski,
> Jiaoyang Li, Krishna Suresh, Zeynep Temel, and Olivia Wells.
>
> Congratulations to all!
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Ichnowski & Rachel Burcin
> RI Graduate Student Awards Committee Chairs
>
>
>
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