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On March 25, Yoelle Maarek, vice president of research and science for Alexa Shopping, joined Alexa & Friends to talk more about the new Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge, where university teams compete to develop agents that assist customers in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions. Learn more: amzn.to/yoelle
Maarek earned her PhD in computer science at the Technion in Israel and an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France. She has played a pioneering role in researching the fields of information retrieval — the computer science discipline behind search — web search, and data mining. She is an ACM Fellow, and a member of the Technion Board of Governors and management council, and was recently elected member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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On March 25, Yoelle Maarek, vice president of research and science for Alexa Shopping, joined Alexa & Friends to talk more about the new Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge, where university teams compete to develop agents that assist customers in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions. Learn more: amzn.to/yoelle
Maarek earned her PhD in computer science at the Technion in Israel and an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France. She has played a pioneering role in researching the fields of information retrieval — the computer science discipline behind search — web search, and data mining. She is an ACM Fellow, and a member of the Technion Board of Governors and management council, and was recently elected member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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