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'''Sihem Amer-Yahia''' is an Algerian-French-American computer scientist. She is a [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|CNRS]] Research Director at the Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble. She leads the SLIDE research team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lig-membres.imag.fr/amery/|title=Sihem Amer-Yahia {{!}} Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> Sihem Amer-Yahia works on data management,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/bicod17/invited.html|title=BICOD 2017|website=www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> declarative languages and query processing algorithms. Her publication topics include [[crowdsourcing]], [[Computational complexity theory|computational complexity]], [[data analysis]], data handling, [[Data visualization|data visualisation]], [[information science]], and addresses new data management problems in emerging internet and [[big data]] applications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38271088000|title=Sihem Amer-Yahia as an IEEE author|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>


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== Early life and education ==
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Sihem Amer-Yahia is a [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|CNRS]] Research Director at the Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble, She leads the SLIDE research team<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lig-membres.imag.fr/amery/|title=Sihem Amer-Yahia {{!}} Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>. Sihem Amer-Yahia works on data management, declarative languages and query processing algorithms. Her work specifically focuses on extending traditional database technology and developing novel techniques to address new data management problems in emerging internet and big data applications.
Amer-Yahia received her Ph.D. in CS from Paris-Orsay and [[French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation|INRIA]] in 1999,<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Du chargement en masse dans une base de donnees (en general) et de la migration relationnel-objet (en particulier)|url=http://www.theses.fr/1999PA112036|publisher=Paris 11|date=1999-01-01|degree=thesis|first=Sihem|last=Amer-Yahia}}</ref> and her Diplôme d’Ingénieur from INI, Algeria.


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== Career ==
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=== Early life and education ===
Before joining CNRS, Amer-Yahia served as a principal scientist at [[Qatar Computing Research Institute|QCRI]], senior scientist at [[Yahoo! Research]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sigir.org/sigir2007/tutorial2h.html|title=SIGIR'07 - Tutorial 2H: XML Retrieval: Integrated IR-DB Challenges and Solutions|website=www.sigir.org|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> and member of technical staff at [[AT&T Labs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100419641|title=Sihem Amer-Yahia - Home|website=dl.acm.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
Sihem received her Ph.D. in CS from Paris-Orsay and [[French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation|INRIA]] in 1999, and her Diplôme d’Ingénieur from INI, Algeria.


Amer-Yahia served on several journal boards including the [[SIGMOD]] Executive Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sigmodrecord.org/publications/sigmodRecord/1209/pdfs/01.committees.pdf|title=SIGMOD Officers, Committees, and Awardees|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> She is one of the trustees emeriti of the VLDB Endowment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vldb.org/trustees.html|title=Board of Trustees|website=www.vldb.org|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
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=== Career ===
Before joining CNRS, Sihem served as a Principal Scientist at [[Qatar Computing Research Institute|QCRI]], Senior Scientist at [[Yahoo! Research]] and Member of Technical Staff at [[AT&T Labs]].


Amer-Yahia also served on the EDBT (Extending Database Technology) board, and was the program committee chair of the EDBT conference in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edbt.org/|title=EDBT website|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> She is the editor-in-chief of the VLDB Journal for Europe and Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/journal/778|title=The VLDB Journal|website=Springer|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
Sihem served on several journal boards including the [[SIGMOD]] Executive Board, the VLDB Endowment, and the EDBT (Extending Database Technology) Board. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the VLDB Journal for Europe and Africa and has been on the editorial boards of [[ACM Transactions on Database Systems|ACM TODS]] and the [[Information Systems Journal]].


She was an associate editor of [[ACM Transactions on Database Systems|ACM TODS]], her term ending in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dl.acm.org/journal/tods/mar17|title=TODS Other Information|website=dl.acm.org|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> and she has been an area editor for the ''[[Information Systems Journal]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-systems/editorial-board|title=Information Systems Editorial Board}}</ref>
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=== Awards and honours ===
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In 2020, Sihem received the CNRS silver medal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnrs.fr/en/node/4450|title=Médailles d'argent 2020 {{!}} CNRS|website=www.cnrs.fr|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>.


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== Awards and honours ==
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In 2017, Sihem was recognised as an ACM distinguished member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/award-winners/AMER-YAHIA_5236450|title=Sihem Amer-Yahia|website=awards.acm.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>.


In 2024, Amer-Yahia received the [[Very Large DataBases|VLDB]] VLDB Endowment Women in Database Research Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIG - Université Grenoble Alpes - Sihem Amer-Yahia |url=https://www.liglab.fr/presentation/toute-lactualite/faits-marquants/sihem-amer-yahia-0 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.liglab.fr}}</ref>
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In 2024, Amer-Yahia received the [[Association of computing Machinery|ACM SIGMOD]] ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award for her contributions towards diversity, equity, and inclusion in the professional database research community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIG - Université Grenoble Alpes - Sihem Amer-Yahia |url=https://www.liglab.fr/presentation/toute-lactualite/faits-marquants/sihem-amer-yahia-0 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.liglab.fr}}</ref>
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In 2024, Amer-Yahia received the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] TCDE Impact Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIG - Université Grenoble Alpes - Sihem Amer-Yahia |url=https://www.liglab.fr/presentation/toute-lactualite/faits-marquants/sihem-amer-yahia-0 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.liglab.fr}}</ref>
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In 2020, Amer-Yahia received the [[CNRS Silver Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnrs.fr/en/node/4450|title=Médailles d'argent 2020 {{!}} CNRS|date=13 February 2020 |language=French|publisher=CNRS|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>

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In 2017, Amer-Yahia was recognised as an ACM distinguished member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/award-winners/AMER-YAHIA_5236450|title=Sihem Amer-Yahia|website=awards.acm.org|language=|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 04:59, 25 December 2024

Sihem Amer-Yahia
Photo of Sihem Amer-Yahia
Alma materINRIA
AwardsCNRS Silver Medal (2020)
Association for Computing Machinery Distinguished Member (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsCNRS, University of Grenoble Alpes

Sihem Amer-Yahia is an Algerian-French-American computer scientist. She is a CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble. She leads the SLIDE research team.[1] Sihem Amer-Yahia works on data management,[2] declarative languages and query processing algorithms. Her publication topics include crowdsourcing, computational complexity, data analysis, data handling, data visualisation, information science, and addresses new data management problems in emerging internet and big data applications.[3]

Early life and education

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Amer-Yahia received her Ph.D. in CS from Paris-Orsay and INRIA in 1999,[4] and her Diplôme d’Ingénieur from INI, Algeria.

Career

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Before joining CNRS, Amer-Yahia served as a principal scientist at QCRI, senior scientist at Yahoo! Research[5] and member of technical staff at AT&T Labs.[6]

Amer-Yahia served on several journal boards including the SIGMOD Executive Committee.[7] She is one of the trustees emeriti of the VLDB Endowment.[8]

Amer-Yahia also served on the EDBT (Extending Database Technology) board, and was the program committee chair of the EDBT conference in 2014.[9] She is the editor-in-chief of the VLDB Journal for Europe and Africa.[10]

She was an associate editor of ACM TODS, her term ending in 2017,[11] and she has been an area editor for the Information Systems Journal.[12]

Awards and honours

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In 2024, Amer-Yahia received the VLDB VLDB Endowment Women in Database Research Award.[13]

In 2024, Amer-Yahia received the ACM SIGMOD ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award for her contributions towards diversity, equity, and inclusion in the professional database research community.[14]

In 2024, Amer-Yahia received the IEEE TCDE Impact Award.[15]

In 2020, Amer-Yahia received the CNRS Silver Medal.[16]

In 2017, Amer-Yahia was recognised as an ACM distinguished member.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Sihem Amer-Yahia | Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble". Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  2. ^ "BICOD 2017". www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  3. ^ "Sihem Amer-Yahia as an IEEE author". Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  4. ^ Amer-Yahia, Sihem (1999-01-01). Du chargement en masse dans une base de donnees (en general) et de la migration relationnel-objet (en particulier) (thesis thesis). Paris 11.
  5. ^ "SIGIR'07 - Tutorial 2H: XML Retrieval: Integrated IR-DB Challenges and Solutions". www.sigir.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  6. ^ "Sihem Amer-Yahia - Home". dl.acm.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  7. ^ "SIGMOD Officers, Committees, and Awardees" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  8. ^ "Board of Trustees". www.vldb.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  9. ^ "EDBT website". Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  10. ^ "The VLDB Journal". Springer. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  11. ^ "TODS Other Information". dl.acm.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  12. ^ Information Systems Editorial Board.
  13. ^ "LIG - Université Grenoble Alpes - Sihem Amer-Yahia". www.liglab.fr. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  14. ^ "LIG - Université Grenoble Alpes - Sihem Amer-Yahia". www.liglab.fr. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  15. ^ "LIG - Université Grenoble Alpes - Sihem Amer-Yahia". www.liglab.fr. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  16. ^ "Médailles d'argent 2020 | CNRS" (in French). CNRS. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  17. ^ "Sihem Amer-Yahia". awards.acm.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
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