{"id":2,"date":"2014-04-23T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T15:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:34:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sihem Amer-Yahia<\/h1>\n<h5>CNRS, Univ. Grenoble Alpes<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2024\/10\/Sihem2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2024\/10\/Sihem2024.jpg\" alt=\"SihemAY\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNRS<\/a> Research Director.<br \/>\nDeputy Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liglab.fr\/\">Laboratoire d&#8217;Informatique de Grenoble<\/a>.<br \/>\nRecipient of the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/icde2024.github.io\/awards.html\">IEEE TCDE Impact Award<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigmod.org\/sihem-amer-yahia-2024-sigmod-contributions-award\/\">ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vldb.org\/2024\/?conference-awards\">VLDB Women in Database Research Award<\/a>.<br \/>\nRecipient of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/fr\/personne\/sihem-amer-yahia\">CNRS Silver Medal in 2020. Check out <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/blog\/binaire\/2020\/02\/26\/sihem-amer-yahia-quand-linformatique-devient-sociale\/\">this article in French<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/fr\/personne\/sihem-amer-yahia\">.<br \/>\nMember of the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lig-daisy.imag.fr\/\">DAISY<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/fr\/personne\/sihem-amer-yahia\"> team.<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liglab.fr\/fr\/presentation\/direction-et-responsables\">Deputy Director<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/fr\/personne\/sihem-amer-yahia\"> of <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liglab.fr\/en\/\">LIG<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/fr\/personne\/sihem-amer-yahia\"> [2021-2026]<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/home\/sihem-bio\/\">Short bio<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/fr\/personne\/sihem-amer-yahia\"> Ph.D. (INRIA) 1999; Master (Paris Dauphine) 1995; Eng. (INI) 1994.<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2025\/05\/SihemAY_CV2025.pdf\">CV<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Contact information<\/h2>\n<p>Laboratoire d&#8217;Informatique de Grenoble (LIG)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.fr\/maps?q=Ensimag&amp;hl=fr&amp;cid=17047157182273467132&amp;gl=FR&amp;t=m&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMAG, 150 Place du Torrent, Bureau 309<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.fr\/maps?q=Ensimag&amp;hl=fr&amp;cid=17047157182273467132&amp;gl=FR&amp;t=m&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">38401 Saint-Martin d&#8217;H\u00e8res &#8211; France<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nEmail: Sihem.Amer-Yahia@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2020\/05\/SciutoSihem.png\">Research Interests<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Exploratory Data Analysis, Conversation Pathways with LLMs, Fairness in Future of Work. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.sigmod.org\/?p=2931\">this<\/a> ACM SIGMOD Blog post.<br \/>\nI spent 7 years at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corp.att.com\/attlabs\/research\/\">at&amp;t labs<\/a>, 5 years <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.yahoo.com\/\">Yahoo! Research<\/a> and 2 years at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qcri.com\/\">QCRI<\/a>, then I joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/index.php\">CNRS<\/a> as research director.<br \/>\nI am a partner in the upcoming DataGEMS, an EU H2024-INFRA project on developing Dataset Discovery Systems, starting in 2025.<br \/>\nI am a partner in the upcoming ARMADA, a Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Innovative Training Network in Europe, starting in 2025.<br \/>\nI was a partner in <a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/rcn\/224729\/factsheet\/en\">INODE<\/a>, an EU H2020 project on Data Exploration.<br \/>\nI held a chair on Going Beyond Recommendations and involved in several chairs in <a href=\"https:\/\/miai.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr\/research\/\">MIAI<\/a>, our Multidisciplinary Institute in AI.<br \/>\nI was the Data Science lead for <a href=\"https:\/\/life.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr\/en\/life-is-made-of-choices-708061.htm\">CDP LIFE<\/a>.<br \/>\nI was the Scientific Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datalyse.fr\/\">DATALYSE <\/a> and of <a href=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/home\/cnrs-mastodons-elm\/\">CNRS MASTODONS ELM<\/a>.<br \/>\nI served as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion coordinator: <a href=\"https:\/\/dni.sigmod.org\/\"> DEI@DB initiative <\/a>, Member of the 2022 neurIPS Ethics Review board, Member of the ACM DEI Shepherd Program, Member of the DEI workforce of our AI institute <a href=\"https:\/\/miai.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr\/diversity-equity-and-inclusion\/\">(MIAI DEI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Professional Service<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; Vice president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vldb.org\/trustees.html\"> VLDB Endowment <\/a> [2022-2026]<br \/>\n&#8211; Coordinator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dni.sigmod.org\/\"> DEI@DB initiative <\/a> for the data management research community [2020-2023]<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the Steering Committee of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snf.ch\/en\/funding\/programmes\/national-research-programmes-nrp\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Swiss National Fund NRP<\/a> since 2019.<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi-inf.mpg.de\/institute\/scientific-advisory-board\"> Scientific Advisory Board <\/a> of the Max Planck Institute of Informatics [2018-2026]<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Helsinki [2018-2024]<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liglab.fr\/fr\/presentation\/direction-et-responsables\">LIG Bureau <\/a> since 2016<br \/>\n&#8211; Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/awards.acm.org\/hopper\"> ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award committee <\/a> [2016-2019]<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the organizing team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liglab.fr\/fr\/presentation\/animation-scientifique\/keynote-speeches\">LIG keynotes <\/a> [2015-2018]<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/index.html\">IEEE<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acm.org\/\">ACM <\/a> (Distinguished Member)<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the Board of Trustees of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vldb.org\/trustees.html\">VLDB Endowment <\/a> [2010-2015]<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmod.org\/about-sigmod\">SIGMOD Executive Committee <\/a> [2010-2012]<br \/>\n&#8211; Member of the comit\u00e9 d&#8217;orientation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minalogic.com\/\">Minalogic <\/a> [2014-2015]<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial Boards<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; Editor In Chief for Europe and Africa of the VLDB Journal [2014-2020]<br \/>\n&#8211; Associate Editor of Transactions in Data Science (TDS) [2018-2019]<br \/>\n&#8211; Associate Editor of the VLDB Journal: 2010-2014<br \/>\n&#8211; Associate Editor of ACM TODS: 2011-2015<br \/>\n&#8211; Area Editor of the Information Systems Journal [2010-2019]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/home\/editorial-boards\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Conference Chairing<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; Program Chair: SIGMOD 2023, ICDE 2021<br \/>\n&#8211; Diversity Chair: VLDB 2021 and 2022<br \/>\n&#8211; Associate Editor: SIGMOD 2021<br \/>\n&#8211; Demonstrations: VLDB 2024, EDBT 2021, SIGMOD 2020<br \/>\n&#8211; Workshops: ICDE 2025, HILDA 2020, WWW 2019, PVLDB 2016<br \/>\n&#8211; General Chair: DASFAA 2024, ACM WomENcourage 2019<br \/>\n&#8211; Tutorials: EDBT\/ICDT 2025\/2026, ICDE 2019, WWW 2018<br \/>\n&#8211; Program Committee: VLDB 2018<br \/>\n&#8211; Area chair: SIGMOD 2016<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lig-membres.imag.fr\/amery\/conference-chairing\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Press (mostly in French)<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lejournal.cnrs.fr\/articles\/algorithmes-linjustice-artificielle\">Algorithmes : l\u2019injustice artificielle\u2009? Jan 10, 2022<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/blog\/binaire\/2020\/02\/05\/les-plateformes-numeriques-un-foyer-pour-les-risques-donnees-et-algorithmes\/\">D\u2019o\u00f9 vient le risque ? Des donn\u00e9es et des algorithmes Fev 05, 2020<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/blog\/binaire\/2020\/01\/10\/le-testing-algorithmique-de-la-discrimination-a-lembauche-2\/\">Le testing algorithmique Dec 10, 2019<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/blog\/binaire\/2019\/12\/02\/le-testing-algorithmique-de-la-discrimination-a-lembauche\/\">Le testing algorithmique Dec 2, 2019<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/pandhemic.hypotheses.org\/1147\">Plateformes sur PandHeMic Oct 31, 2019<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.sigmod.org\/?p=2931\">SIGMOD blog Post Sep 23, 2019<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/inshs\/Lettres-information-INSHS\/lettre_infoinshs_31.pdf\">CNRS: La lettre de L&#8217;InSHS on Crowdsourcing September 2014<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.sigmod.org\/?p=1307\">SIGMOD blog Post August 27, 2014<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esi.dz\/index.php\/english\/2339-1994-2014-ou-sihem-ameur-yahia-20-ans-apres-l-esi\">GDG Algiers on March 8, 2014<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/fr\/pdf\/jdc\/268\/index.html#\/28\/\">CNRS Journal, Sep\/Oct 2012<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/institutfrancais-luxembourg.lu\/luxembourg\/sciences-et-technologies\/conference-de-sihem-amer-yahia-applications-sur-le-web-social-defis-et-opportunites\/\">Institut Francais du Luxembourg, Dec 2012<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2010\/07\/23\/using-flickr-photos-as-a-travel-guide\/\">The Wall Street Journal on using Flickr to follow tourists, July 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ir-ext-ui\" style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 1px solid #999999; border-radius: 1px; top: 1px; left: 1px;\">\n<div class=\"ir-ext-dimensions\"><span class=\"ir-ext-rendered\" title=\"Rendered image dimensions (after any scaling\/resizing has been applied)\"> x <\/span> <span class=\"ir-ext-natural\" title=\"Natural image dimensions (without applying any scaling\/resizing)\"> (x) <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ir-ext-filesize\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sihem Amer-Yahia CNRS, Univ. 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