Carnegie Mellon University

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February 02, 2026

Kang Receives SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award

By Adam Kohlhaas

Eunsuk Kang, an associate professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Software and Societal Systems Department, has received the ACM SIGSOFT Early Career Research Award for contributions to improving the safety and robustness of software and AI-enabled systems through software design, formal methods and self-adaptation.

Kang's work centers on understanding how complex software systems behave under uncertainty, with a focus on building software that is resilient to environmental disturbance and change. His work has advanced techniques for analyzing and engineering complex systems — particularly those that are safety-critical or integrate AI components — and has helped developers design, implement and deploy more dependable software.

The Early Career Research Award recognizes outstanding research contributions by investigators early in their careers and is presented annually by ACM SIGSOFT, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Software Engineering.

For more information about the award, visit the SIGSOFT website.