Jim Hendler has been honored with an inaugural Strata Data Innovation Award. The honoree is the head of the Department of Computer Science and senior constellation professor in the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The award is given to individuals who have made significant innovations in the data field.

This exciting news was found in the press release, “World Wide Web Expert Jim Hendler Receives Inaugural Strata “Big Data” Award.” It is important to recognize contributions in the world of semantic technology, artificial intelligence, and management of data. These forms of technology will be with us for a long time and take us into a future that will be much different from where we are or have been.

Melody K. Smith

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