Contractor, an expert in web science, network science, and computational social science, will help lead the UK-based charity’s efforts to promote understanding, through education and research, of how the Web shapes society and how society, in turn, shapes the Web.
The Association for Computing Machinery Doctoral Dissertation Award recognized Arora for her foundational work designing sustainability-first computing systems and exploring their applications.
The strategic seed funding aims to propel projects with high-impact societal potential to late-stage government funding or market translation.
The annual list compiled by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition spotlights state leaders in innovation.
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