Carnegie Mellon University

Headshots of five CMU SCS faculty receiving Amazon Research Awards

June 17, 2025

LTI's Bisk Receives Amazon Research Award

Assistant Professor Yonatan Bisk is among five School of Computer Science faculty members to receive the award this year

By Adam Kohlhaas

Bryan Burtner

Five faculty members in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have received Amazon Research Awards to support work in areas such as artificial intelligence, cryptography and automated reasoning. The awards recognize innovative academic work with the potential for broad societal and scientific impact, and provide recipients with unrestricted funding, Amazon Web Services (AWS) promotional credits, and access to Amazon’s cloud computing tools and public datasets.

 Faculty members receiving awards include:

Amazon Research Award recipients have access to more than 700 Amazon public datasets and can use AWS services and tools. They also consult with an Amazon research contact and can participate in Amazon events and training sessions.

Learn more about the Amazon Research Awards on the Amazon Science website.