Dr. Barbara Di Eugenio was chosen as the recipient of American Women in Science (AWIS) Chicago's 7th Annual Innovator award, "for demonstrating innovative approaches in computational models of Natural Language Processing. Her work is applied to various interactive applications in education technology and human-robot interactions, where users can hold a natural conversation with a computer."

Dr. Di Eugenio was honored at the AWIS annual dinner on June 26th, 2013

http://www.awis-chicago.org/events/innovator-and-motivator-award-by-awis-chicago