Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham

Prestigious Fellowships

Recipient of 2018 ACM Fellow for contributions to methods, tools, and systems for security and privacy of data and applications (one of the most prestigious awards for a computer scientist)
Recipient of the 2018 NAI (National Academy of Inventors) for inventions in data science/ analytics and data security.
Recipient of IEEE's 2003 Fellow Award for Contributions to Secure Systems involving databases, distributed systems, and the web. As stated by IEEE, "each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for one of the Institute's most prestigious honors, election to IEEE Fellow."
Recipient of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2003 Fellow Award for "Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to Secure Database Systems and Secure Web Information Systems"
Recipient of the IMA (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications) 2020 Fellow Award for Research on Applying Mathematical Logic and Mathematics in Cyber Security and Data Science.
Recipient of British Computer Society (BCS) 2005 Fellow Award for contributions to information technology

Other Fellowships

Recipient of 2011 SDPS (Society for Design and Process Science) Fellow Award for Trans- disciplinary research in cyber security and data science.
Recipient of 2011 Society of Information Reuse and Integration (SIRI) (Subcommittee of IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society) Fellow Award (first woman) for "outstanding research contributions and leadership in Secure Information Integration."
Recipient of 2019 EAI (European Academy of Innovation) Fellow.
Recipient of 2021 Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) Fellow

Prestigious Awards

Recipient of IEEE Computer Society's (CS) 1997 Technical Achievement Award (first woman) for contributions to secure distributed database management. As cited by IEEE, "this award is given to individuals who have made outstanding and innovative contributions in the field of computer and information science and engineering within the past 15 years".
Recipient of the IEEE CS 2023 Taylor L. Booth Education Award and Bronze Medal for Leadership in Cyber Security and Data Science as well as Mentoring Marginalized Communities
2010 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award (first woman) for seminal research contributions and leadership in data and applications security for over 25 years
Recipient of the Inaugural 2017 ACM CODASPY (Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy) Lasting Research Award for lasting and innovative research contributions to the field spanning 32 years (citation reads: "For contributions sustained over 32 years from multilevel secure database systems (1980s) to the inference problem (1990s) to assured information sharing (2000s) to secure data management on the cloud(2010s).
Recipient of the Inaugural 2017 IEEE CS Technical Committee (TC) on Services Computing (TCSVC) Research Innovation Award for seminal research contributions to integrating Cyber Security, Data Analytics, and the Cloud.
ACM SACMAT 2018 and 2019 10 Year Best Paper /Test of Time Award, June 2018 and June 2019 for papers published in 2008 and 2009 at ACM SACTMAT Conferences.
Recipient of the IEEE Communications Society (Comsoc) Communications and Information Security 2019 Technical Recognition Award (for Data Mining for Network SecurityProblems).
Recipient of the IEEE CS TC on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) 2022 Women in Cloud Computing Award.
Recipient of the IEEE CS TC on Multimedia Computing (TCMC) 2024 Technical Impact Award.

Other Awards

Recipient of 2012 SDPS (Society for Design and Process Science) Transformative Achievement Gold Medal (first woman) for Trans-Disciplinary Research in Cyber Security and Data Science.
Recipient of the IEEE CS (Cyber Security) Cloud (IEEE CS Technical Committee on Smart Computing) Inaugural Technical Excellence Award for research on integrating Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, and the Cloud (August 2020).
Recipient of the IEEE Smart Cloud (IEEE CS Special TC on Smart Computing) Inaugural Technology Impact Award for research and education in Cloud, Edge and IoT technologies (October 2022)
2011 AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) Medal of Merit for Service to AFCEA (education through the Professional Development Center) and Sustained Professional Excellence in Communications, Electronics, Intelligence, and Information Systems

Other Awards

Recipient of Career Communication Inc.'s National 2001 Woman of Color Technology Research Leadership Award
Women in Technology Award, Dallas Business Journal, October 2017 (one of 25 women, DFW)
2010 Research Leadership Award (first woman) for Outstanding and Sustained Leadership Contributions to the Field of Intelligence and Security Informatics presented jointly by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society's TC on Intelligence and Security Informatics and the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society's Technical Committee on Homeland Security
Recipient of Inaugural 2014 SIRI Research Leadership Award (first woman) for leadership in Secure Information Reuse and Integration
IEEE CS Cloud (IEEE CS Technical Committee on Smart Computing) Special Recognition Award for Tireless efforts in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cyber Security, Cloud and Data Science, October 2021.
2018 IEEE ICDM (International Conference on Data Mining) Service Award for Exceptional Service and Leadership to Community in promoting Data Mining to the Cyber Security Community