Accomplishments in Search & AI Award

The Accomplishments in Search & AI Award recognizes UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences graduate students who have research achievements in the broad areas of search and artificial intelligence. This award was created by industry sponsors to acknowledge our college’s distinguished reputation in these areas.

The 2018-2019 Accomplishments in Search & AI Awards are sponsored by Microsoft.


Award Recipients
2018-2019 Su Lin Blodgett
Hamed Zamani
2017* Qingyao Ai
Ari Kobren
2016 John Foley
Emma Strubell
2015 Chia-Jung Lee
Arvind Neelakantan
2014 Jeff Dalton
Luke Vilnis
2013 David Belanger
Sam Huston
2012 Henry Feild
Limin Yao
2011 Marc Cartright
Pallika Kanani
2010 Van Dang
Sameer Singh
2009 Michael Bendersky
Michael Wick

*Awards Sponsored by Microsoft in 2017 and 2018-2019. Yahoo! sponsored the award, previously named the "Accomplishments in Search & Mining Award," from 2009 - 2016.