Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Amazon was a platinum sponsor of the 14th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2021), a conference promoting best practices and advances in operations research, management science, and analytics to improve operational processes, decision-making and outcomes.
During the conference, seven Amazon scientists gathered for a roundtable event where Amazon Scholar Eugene Agichtein talked about the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge from his perspective, as a faculty advisor to the Emory University team in the first two years of the competition. He also introduced the newly announced Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge, in which university teams will compete to develop agents that assist customers in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions.
Following Agichtein's presentation, the panelists participated in a Q&A panel discussion about the Alexa Prize, Amazon's collaborations with academia, their careers and scientific focus areas, and more.
Amazon panelists:
• Yoelle Maarek, VP Research and Science, Alexa Shopping
• Eugene Agichtein, Amazon Scholar, Alexa Shopping
• Liane Lewin-Eytan, Senior Manager, Applied Science, Alexa Shopping
• Andrew Borthwick, Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems
• Karthik Subbian, Principal Applied Scientist, Search Science and Artificial Intelligence
• Hugo Zaragoza, Senior Manager, Applied Science, Amazon Books
• Nikhita Vedula, Applied Scientist, Alexa Shopping
Learn more: https://www.amazon.science/academic-engagements/amazon-launches-new-alexa-prize-taskbot-challenge
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Amazon was a platinum sponsor of the 14th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2021), a conference promoting best practices and advances in operations research, management science, and analytics to improve operational processes, decision-making and outcomes.
During the conference, seven Amazon scientists gathered for a roundtable event where Amazon Scholar Eugene Agichtein talked about the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge from his perspective, as a faculty advisor to the Emory University team in the first two years of the competition. He also introduced the newly announced Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge, in which university teams will compete to develop agents that assist customers in completing tasks requiring multiple steps and decisions.
Following Agichtein's presentation, the panelists participated in a Q&A panel discussion about the Alexa Prize, Amazon's collaborations with academia, their careers and scientific focus areas, and more.
Amazon panelists:
• Yoelle Maarek, VP Research and Science, Alexa Shopping
• Eugene Agichtein, Amazon Scholar, Alexa Shopping
• Liane Lewin-Eytan, Senior Manager, Applied Science, Alexa Shopping
• Andrew Borthwick, Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems
• Karthik Subbian, Principal Applied Scientist, Search Science and Artificial Intelligence
• Hugo Zaragoza, Senior Manager, Applied Science, Amazon Books
• Nikhita Vedula, Applied Scientist, Alexa Shopping
Learn more: https://www.amazon.science/academic-engagements/amazon-launches-new-alexa-prize-taskbot-challenge
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Website: https://www.amazon.science
Twitter: twitter.com/AmazonScience
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Newsletter: https://www.amazon.science/newsletter
