| 2010 |
Fellow, IEEE for contributions to computational biology |
| 2008 |
Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India |
| 2007 |
Best paper finalist, ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference (SC) |
| 2007 |
Computer World Honors Program Laureate and Finalist for 21st Century Achievement Award in Energy, Environment and Agriculture |
| 2006-2009 |
Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering, Iowa State University |
| 2006 |
Iowa State University Foundation Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research |
| 2006 |
Best paper award, IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium(IPDPS) |
| 2005 |
Best paper award, IEEE Computational Systems Bioinformatics (CSB) conference |
| 2005 |
Warren B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award, Iowa State University |
| 2004-2006 |
IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor |
| 2002 |
IBM Faculty Award |
| 2002 |
Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, Iowa State University |
| 2002 |
Best paper finalist, ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference (SC) |
| 1997 |
NSF CAREER Award |