Awards & Honors

Fellowships, competitive grants, and recognitions across research and leadership.

  • 2026–2027

    Dissertation Research Assistantship

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Awarded to support dissertation completion in 2026–2027.

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    Toqi Tahamid Sarker holding his Dissertation Research Award certificate between two SIU Graduate School administrators in front of an SIU Carbondale backdrop.
    Receiving the Dissertation Research Award certificate from the SIU Graduate School.
  • 2025

    Best Paper Nominee

    ICCV 2025 Workshop on Sustainability with Earth Observation and AI

    GasTwinFormer, also selected for an oral presentation.

    ICCVHONOLULU · 2025
  • 2025–2026

    Doctoral Fellowship

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Awarded for the 2025–2026 academic year.

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    Toqi Tahamid Sarker holding his Doctoral Fellow certificate between two SIU Graduate School administrators in front of an SIU Carbondale backdrop.
    Receiving the Doctoral Fellowship certificate at the Assembly of Fellows, fall 2025.
  • 2025

    ICCV Travel Grant

    International Conference on Computer Vision

    Broadening Participation travel award for ICCV 2025.

    ICCVHONOLULU · 2025
  • 2025

    GPSC Travel Grant

    Graduate & Professional Student Council, SIU

    Conference travel award for graduate research presentation.

    Graduate and Professional Student Council, SIU Carbondale
  • 2025

    Graduate Student Professional Development Monetary Support

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Competitive monetary support for professional development activities.

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • 2024

    CVPR Travel Grant

    Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

    DEI travel award for CVPR 2024.

    CVPRSEATTLE · 2024
  • 2023–2025

    Vice Chancellor for Research Fellowship

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Multi-year research fellowship awarded by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale