Briefs

Two data mining researchers, Jiawei Han and Qiang Yang, were among 51 computer scientists honored by the IEEE Computer Society, which elevated them to the grade of Fellow. Fellow grade recognizes individuals with extraordinary records of accomplishments in an IEEE field of interest.

• Jiawei Han,, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA,
  for contributions to data mining and knowledge discovery

• Qiang Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
  for contributions to understanding and application of intelligent planning, learning, and data mining