Honours and Awards

2012

Facebook Developer World Hack Vancouver Best Overall Award

2011

Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs Best Start-Up Award

2010

EO Global Graduate Student Entrepreneur of the Year

ACE Canada Student Entrepreneur of the Year

Impact Canada's Next Great Start-Up

Ivey Business Plan Competition Champion

MaRS Up-Start Competition Champion

TiEQuest New Entrepreneur Award

NBTC Entrepreneur Competition Champion

2009

Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship

2005

IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Best Paper Honourable Mention Award

2004-2007

NSERC CGS-Doctoral Scholarship

2004

University of Toronto 89 Chestnut Residence Male Athlete of the Year

2003

Governor General’s Silver (Undergraduate) Medal

University Gold Medal (in Engineering)

Faculty of Engineering Medal in Computer Engineering

U of M Undergraduate Thesis Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering

U of M Students’ Teacher Recognition Award

NSERC CGS-Master’s Scholarship

2002

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. Scholarship

Dr. Kwan Chi Kao Scholarship in Computer Engineering

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award

2001

Donald George Lougheed Memorial Scholarship

Engineering Academic Excellence Award - Comp. Eng.

Royal Air Force Auxiliary Memorial Scholarship

Technical Communication Report Prize

2000

APEGM First Year Scholarship

Dr. Kwan Chi Kao Scholarship in Elec. and Comp. Eng.

Edward Oliver Grimsdick Memorial Prize

EECOL Electric Inc. Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering Second Year Scholarship

2000-2003

Dean’s Honour List

Dr. A.W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship

Isbister Scholarship in Engineering

MTS Pursue Your Calling Scholarship

UMSU Scholarship

1999

Governor General’s Bronze (High School) Medal

Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Scholarship Enhancement

APEGM Engineering Entrance Scholarship

Challenge Math Award

Doug Strang Memorial / Reid Crowther Scholarship

Dr. Kwan Chi Kao Scholarship

Johana Gudrun Skaptason Scholarship

Manitoba Hydro Entrance Scholarship