Edward Fox honored as inaugural inductee in ACM SIGIR Academy
The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) has announced that Edward Fox, professor in the Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science and faculty at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, is one of 25 inductees from across the globe in its inaugural SIGIR Academy.
The inaugural academy inductees, drawn from academia, industry, and beyond, are principal leaders in information retrieval whose significant contributions have shaped the discipline or industry.
"We started the Academy to recognize more of the great work happening in information retrieval, including a broader range of ways to contribute to the field beyond traditional research contributions," said Ryen White, founding chair of the SIGIR Academy selection committee. "We wanted to highlight the efforts of a broader set of individuals and show that significant industry innovation and service contributions are also highly valued by the SIGIR community."