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Community Farm Alliance Partners with WellCare of Kentucky to Extend Double Dollars Program

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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, WellCare of Kentucky announced a $10,000 grant to the Community Farm Alliance (CFA) to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Fruit and Vegetable portion of Kentucky Double Dollars through the end of December.

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  • "Where a person lives shouldn't determine their health outcomes and livelihood," said Corey Ewing, Plan President for WellCare.
  • Kentucky Double Dollars allows SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) clients to double their purchases at participating farmers markets and retail stores.
  • The program was created in 2014 through a collaboration between CFA, WellCare and Community Farmers Market.
  • Across Kentucky, there are now over eighty locations participating in the program, including farmers markets, retail stores, and community markets.

Dr. Eamonn Keogh, Co-Founder of FarmSense and Distinguished Professor, is Awarded the 2022 ACM SIGKDD Test of Time Award for His Important Impact in Data Mining

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, FarmSense announces that co-founder and professor at University of California, Riverside, Dr. Eamonn Keogh, has been honored with the 2022 ACM SIGKDD Test of Time Award. This esteemed award is presented to authors of outstanding papers featured at past KDD conferences that have remained impactful to the community of data mining researchers over the last decade.

Key Points: 
  • Dr. Keogh's expertise in data mining has been a key to developing an accurate and sustainable solution.
  • To add to the prestige of the ACM SIGKDD Test of Time Award, Dr. Keogh's paper also won SIGKDD's Best Paper Award ten years ago.
  • About FarmSense: Founded in 2016, FarmSense helps farmers simplify pest management and take the guesswork out of insect monitoring.
  • The company's patented technology provides real-time insect counts and classifications through a smart field sensor that connects wirelessly to the cloud.

KDD 2022 Reveals Schedule of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Papers Chosen for the Conference

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KDD 2022, the premier interdisciplinary conference in data science, today announced the official lineup of research and applied data science papers that will be presented at the conference. Registration is open for KDD 2022, to be held in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center starting August 14, 2022.

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  • Selected from over 2,000 submissions, these papers will be featured at KDD 2022 in Washington, D.C. from August 16-18, 2022
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KDD 2022 , the premier interdisciplinary conference in data science, today announced the official lineup of research and applied data science papers that will be presented at the conference.
  • KDD 2022 welcomes submissions on all aspects of knowledge discovery and data mining, from theoretical research on emerging science to papers assessing.
  • Both the research papers track and the applied data science papers track will take place August 16-18, 2022.
  • ACM is the premier global professional organization for researchers and professionals dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of knowledge discovery and data mining.SIGKDD is ACM's Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining.The annual KDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Miningis thepremierinterdisciplinary conference for data mining, data science and analytics.

Synerise 17th Fastest-Growing Technology Company in Europe According to Financial Times & Statista.com Report

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Thursday, June 23, 2022
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"We are very pleased that along with our achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, where Synerise's technologies are recognized globally as state-of-the-art, the business result also follows.

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  • "We are very pleased that along with our achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, where Synerise's technologies are recognized globally as state-of-the-art, the business result also follows.
  • Synerise provides a big data platform where customers can store heterogeneous data on a massive scale, leverage its processing in real-time through a proprietary database engine created by Synerise engineers.
  • The company successfully competes with the largest artificial intelligence technology companies in the world, which have multi-billion dollar budgets.
  • RecSys Twitter Data Challenge 2021 and KDD Cup 2021, and was ranked as the 17th fastest-growing company in the technology sector in Europe according to "FT1000 Europe's Fastest Growing Companies 2022."

Synerise Closes $23M Series B to Fuel International Expansion

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Thursday, May 5, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synerise, an AI-first behavioral data platform headquartered in Poland, closed a $23 million Series B round led by Carpathian Partners, a CEE-focused technology investment fund.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synerise, an AI-first behavioral data platform headquartered in Poland, closed a $23 million Series B round led by Carpathian Partners, a CEE-focused technology investment fund.
  • Jacek Dbrowski, the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at Synerise, added: "We manage model agnostic features for real-timeinference and batch Machine Learning applications.
  • Cezary Pietrasik, the co-founder, and Venture Partner at Carpathian Partners, added: "The depth of the Synerise product is astounding.
  • The fund's Partners are located between London and San Francisco and take an active role in supporting Carpathian's portfolio companies in scaling up and international expansion.

KDD 2021 Celebrates Winning Teams of 25th Annual KDD Cup

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD) today recognized the winning teams of this year's KDD Cup, the annual competition held at KDD 2021, the premier interdisciplinary conference in data science.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD) today recognized the winning teams of this year's KDD Cup, the annual competition held at KDD 2021, the premier interdisciplinary conference in data science.
  • KDD Cup 2021 crowdsourced participants who are helping to solve challenges within knowledge discovery and data mining.
  • KDD Cup 2021 winners include:
    First place went to DeepBlueAI, which included Zhixing He, Xu Zhang, and Jin Wang.
  • The 26th Annual KDD Cup will take place in conjunction with KDD 2022 on Aug. 14-18, 2022 in Washington, D.C. For additional information on this year's cup and winners, please contact [email protected].

KDD 2021 Honors Recipients of the SIGKDD Best Paper Awards

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group onKnowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD) today announced the recipients of the SIGKDD Best Paper Awards, recognizing papers presented at the annual SIGKDD conference that advance the fundamental understanding of the field of knowledge discovery in data and data mining.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group onKnowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD) today announced the recipients of the SIGKDD Best Paper Awards, recognizing papers presented at the annual SIGKDD conference that advance the fundamental understanding of the field of knowledge discovery in data and data mining.
  • Winners were selected from more than 2,200 papers initially submitted for consideration to be presented at KDD 2021, which took place Aug. 14-18.
  • Of the 394 papers chosen for the conference, three awards were granted: Best Paper in the Research Track, Best Paper in the Applied Data Science Track, and Best Student Paper.
  • The technical program committees for the Research Track and the Applied Data Science Track identified and nominated a highly selective group of papers for the Best Paper Awards.

Seattle-based MBE Startup Zeacon organizes World-Famous Convention in Singapore… Virtually.

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Friday, August 13, 2021
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Commissioned by the Association for Computing Machinery, KDD-2021 takes place August 14th through 18th and brings top researchers from across the globe together in a 100% virtual world -- to share their latest innovations in data science, machine learning, big data, and artificial intelligence. Zeacon, an interactive livestreaming and virtual events startup based near Seattle, is organizing the event.

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  • Zeacon, an interactive livestreaming and virtual events startup based near Seattle, is organizing the event.
  • Zeacon built the virtual world on Gather.Town's platform, using over 10 bespoke maps containing Singapore's most famous landmarks.
  • Guests virtually enter via the iconic Changi Airport before roaming around Marina Bay, the Singapore Zoo, Sentosa Island, and more.
  • Zeacon works with organizations to drive digital transformation and provides immersive and personalized virtual experiences that intelligently connect communities.

SIGKDD Honors Groundbreaking Achievements in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

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Friday, August 13, 2021
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD) today announced the recipients of the 2021 ACM SIGKDD Awards for exemplary individuals and research teams in data science, machine learning, big data and artificial intelligence (AI). Ahead of the organization's annual conference on Aug. 14-18, the awards program recognizes those who have made a lasting impact in the industry.

Key Points: 
  • "The KDD conference has long served as an international platform that showcases the most innovative research in data mining and knowledge discovery," said Wei Wang, SIGKDD chair and professor in computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles.
  • The ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award is the highest honor for technical excellence in knowledge discovery and data mining.
  • The award honors an individual or group of collaborators for outstanding contributions to professional KDD societies or society-at-large through applications of knowledge discovery and data mining.
  • "The KDD conference has been celebrating the contributors in knowledge discovery and data mining for over two decades," said Dr. Hu.

Launch of Aicadium, a Global Centre of Excellence in AI Technologies and Solutions Founded by Temasek

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Thursday, August 12, 2021
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SINGAPORE and SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12,2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aicadium , a global AI Centre of Excellence, was launched today to empower companies to achieve better business outcomes through the adoption and delivery of AI technologies and solutions.

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  • SINGAPORE and SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12,2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aicadium , a global AI Centre of Excellence, was launched today to empower companies to achieve better business outcomes through the adoption and delivery of AI technologies and solutions.
  • Founded by Temasek , a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore, Aicadium will leverage a common machine learning platform to deliver AI-as-a-Service from discovery to deployment.
  • Based in Singapore and San Diego, CA, Aicadium's management, data scientists, software and solutions engineers are being assembled with the guidance of Michael Zeller, Head of AI Strategy & Solutions at Temasek.
  • Aicadium is a global technology company dedicated to creating and scaling AI solutions by leveraging deep expertise and a common machine learning platform.