Two Penn Engineers Receive 2026 Lindback Awards

Two members of the Penn Engineering faculty, Chris Callison-Burch and Gad Allon, are recipients of 2026 Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching. These awards are the highest teaching honors awarded by the University to members of the faculty.

Chris Callison-Burch

Chris Callison-Burch

Chris Callison-Burch, Professor in Computer and Information Science and Program Director of Penn Engineering’s online master’s in Artificial Intelligence (AI), is a leading researcher in AI and natural language processing, known for his pioneering work in machine translation and advancing the capabilities and applications of large language models.

In the classroom, he brings that cutting-edge expertise directly to students, teaching some of Penn’s most popular AI courses and reaching learners across the globe through both on-campus and online programs.

Gad Allon

Gad Allon

Gad Allon, Jeffrey A. Keswin Professor in Operations, Information and Decisions at Wharton with a secondary appointment in Electrical and Systems Engineering, explores how organizations design and scale complex systems, with a focus on strategy, efficiency and information sharing.

As the Director of Penn Engineering and Wharton’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, he brings these insights into the classroom through courses on operations strategy and scaling, and is widely recognized for creating engaging, high-impact learning experiences that connect business and engineering perspectives.

The Lindback Awards, announced annually by the Office of the Provost, are the most prestigious teaching awards that full-time faculty members at the University can receive. They were established in 1961 with the help of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.