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Virginia Tech Professor Named ACM Fellow for Innovative Forecasting

2/12/2025

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Naren Ramakrishnan, a distinguished professor at Virginia Tech, has been honored as an ACM fellow for his groundbreaking innovations in algorithms and forecasting systems. His EMBERS project, which harnesses a variety of data sources, enhances predictions for disease outbreaks and civil unrest, marking a significant leap in data science and machine learning.

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Naren Ramakrishnan, a distinguished professor at Virginia Tech, has been honored as an ACM fellow for his groundbreaking innovations in algorithms and forecasting systems. His EMBERS project, which harnesses a variety of data sources, enhances predictions for disease outbreaks and civil unrest, marking a significant leap in data science and machine learning.