IICD associate member David Blei has been honored with the ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award for his significant contributions to machine learning, information retrieval, and statistics. Blei is recognized for his groundbreaking work in these fields, particularly for his signature accomplishment in the machine learning area of "topic modeling," which he pioneered in the foundational paper "Latent Dirichlet Allocation" (LDA). This award highlights his influential research and innovations that have significantly advanced our understanding and application of these critical areas. Read more here.