Media Advisory: Yahoo and Carnegie Mellon To Announce Partnership Wednesday
Byron Spice
PRESS EVENT: Yahoo and Carnegie Mellon University to Announce Partnership
and Industry-First Technology Collaboration
WHAT: On Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, Yahoo and Carnegie Mellon University will host a media event on CMU campus to announce a new partnership featuring an industry-first technology collaboration and a significant financial contribution.
WHO: Dr. Randy Bryant, Dean, School of Computer Science, CMU
Dr. Ron Brachman, Chief Scientist and Head, Yahoo Labs
Dr. Scott Gaffney, Senior Director of Personalization, Yahoo Labs
Dr. Tom Mitchell, Head of Machine Learning Department, CMU
WHEN: Wednesday, February 12
10:30 am - 11:00 am ET: Media Event; Executives available for briefings.
11:00 am - 12:15 pm ET: Researchers from Yahoo and CMU will also present in-depth technical presentations focused on machine learning and Yahoo personalization technology following the media event. Media are invited to attend.
WHERE: Gates and Hillman centers, Room 4405 (Raj Reddy Conference Room)
Carnegie Mellon University
4920 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213
About Yahoo
Yahoo is focused on making the world's daily habits inspiring and entertaining. Yahoo is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has offices located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).
About Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Pittsburgh, Pa., California’s Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico.
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