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2004 Dean of Graduate Studies Medal recipient - Manuel Zahariev


2004 Dean of Graduate Studies Medal recipient, Manuel Zahariev

Congratulations to Manuel Zahariev, who will receive the 2004 Dean of Graduate Studies Medal as the top student in Applied Sciences. Manuel Zahariev completed his PhD working with Dr. Veronica Dahl and the Logic and Functional Programming Group. He has designed software to address one specific type of information extraction: identifying what a particular acronym means from text that discusses it. Manuel plans to commercialize the results of his thesis, building more knowledgeable search engines through his software company.

Congratulations again to Manuel Zahariev!

To read more about Manuel, visit: Manuel Zahariev's Home Page.

Read the SFU News story about Manuel Zahariev.
posted: Thursday, Jun 03 2004