Abstract
Shipeng Yu, Ph.D. is the recipient of the 2021 ACM SIGKDD Service Award, which is the highest service award in the field of knowledge discovery and data mining. Conferred annually on one individual or group in recognition of outstanding professional services and contributions to the field of knowledge discovery and data mining, Dr. Yu was honored for his years of service and many accomplishments as general chair of KDD 2017 and currently as sponsorship director for SIGKDD. Dr. Yu is Director of AI Engineering, Head of the Growth AI team at LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network. He sat down with SIGKDD Explorations to discuss how he first got involved in the KDD conference in 2006, the benefits and drawbacks of virtual conferences, his work at LinkedIn, and KDD's place in the field of machine learning, data science and artificial intelligence.
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- An Interview with Dr. Shipeng Yu, Winner of ACM SIGKDD 2021 Service Award
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