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APRIL 10, 2024

Avi Wigderson is the recipient of the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation, and for decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science.

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NYU Center for Data Science

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The prizes were based both on objective measures like citations and also estimates of the quality and longevity and influence of the papers’ ideas. Prizes were awarded for papers from each of IEEE VIS’s “three historic conferences”: VAST, InfoVis and SciVis. Freire and Silva’s paper was in the VAST category.

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ODSC - Open Data Science

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Jordan, PhD, Distinguished Professor, ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award Laureate at the University of California, Berkeley, about learning-aware mechanism design. He received the Ulf Grenander Prize from the American Mathematical Society in 2021, the IEEE John von Neumann Medal in 2020, the IJCAI Research Excellence Award in 2016, the David E.

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Machine Learning (Theory)

JULY 19, 2021

She received the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2004, was awarded the ACM Prize in Computing in 2008, and was recognized as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2012. In 2019, she received a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.

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DrivenData Labs

MARCH 30, 2023

governments partnered to deliver a set of prize challenges to unleash the potential of these democracy-affirming technologies to make a positive impact. A total of $675,000 in prizes are being awarded to teams over the course of the entire competition. He is an IEEE and AAAS Fellow and ACM Distinguished Scientist. What's next?

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Hacker News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

He was a Fellow of the ACM and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. He was nominated in 2013 for a Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. He received the 2002 U.S.

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ODSC - Open Data Science

MAY 25, 2023

Jordan, PhD Distinguished Professor | UC, Berkeley | ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award Laureate Michael I. He is also the recipient of numerous awards including, most recently, the Ulf Grenander Prize from the American Mathematical Society in 2021.

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