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The community work behind search

A Waterloo computer scientist is being recognized for building a more generous research community.

Reported by Mayuri Punithan

Negar Arabzadeh wins ACM SIGIR community engagement award
Computer ScienceNegar Arabzadeh wins ACM SIGIR community engagement awardPhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

Negar Arabzadeh received an ACM SIGIR community engagement award for work that connects information retrieval with the people who make the field possible.

Summer conferences and community gatherings often reveal the hidden infrastructure of a discipline: generous reviews, open questions and someone willing to bring another person into the room.

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  1. Original reporting · uwaterloo.ca
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