Honorary degree in Science 2025

Professor at Stanford Computer Science and Co-Founder at Kumo.ai

Honored and excited! 🎓✨ I am truly grateful to the University of Antwerp for awarding me an Honorary Doctorate in Science next month. This recognition reflects the incredible work of many collaborators and the broader community pushing the boundaries of AI, data mining, recommender systems, and network science.

Bart Goethals

CEO & Founder of Froomle, Full Professor on Data Science & AI at University of Antwerp

Honorary Doctorate for Jure Leskovec! 🎓 I am thrilled to announce that the University of Antwerp will award an honorary doctorate in Science to Jure Leskovec next month, in recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to AI, data mining, recommender systems, and network science. To mark this special occasion, Jure will deliver an exclusive masterclass titled:“Graphs, Data, and AI” 📌 Abstract: Heterogeneous knowledge graphs are transforming how we represent and analyze complex data—from social networks and biomedical systems to 3D objects and source code. Deep representation learning on graphs is opening new frontiers, enabling advances in protein folding, fraud detection, drug discovery, and recommender systems. 📅 Date: March 20, 2025, 10am 📍 Location: Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp 🔗 More info & registration: https://lnkd.in/eTe2VzJa This is a unique opportunity to learn from one of the most influential minds in AI and machine learning! I hope to welcome many colleagues, alumni, and AI practitioners to celebrate this occasion and hear about Jure's latest work on AI and graphs. The formal awarding of the honorary doctorates will take place at 4pm in Aula Rector Dhanis, University of Antwerp, Stadscampus, Kleine Kauwenberg 14, Antwerp. #AI #Graphs #DataScience #MachineLearning #GraphNeuralNetworks #RecommenderSystems #DeepLearning #HonoraryDoctorate #UniversityOfAntwerp #FacultyOfScience

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Manoj Samel

Crafting exceptional solutions powered by data, AI & ML

Knowledge graphs are one of the great methods to represent rich & nuanced semantics of information in deterministic terms. In the world of LLMs and Gen AI, production class enterprise applications will depend on LLMs paired with quality enterprise data representations, including knowledge graphs Dr. Jure Leskovec - Your leacture on graphs are deep in subject and have been a delight for me and many others. Congratulations and very well deserved 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Nicos Kekchidis

AI Engineering | Team Builder | Mentor and Advisor

Your passionate graph processing PhD dissertation defense was a harbinger of Gen AI revolution followed 10 years after. Elegance of your scientific approach and persuasion still reverberates. That passion was contagious and worthy of many disciples of yours to follow worldwide. 👏 thank you! 🙏

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Vaibhav Bajpai

Heartfelt congratulations, Prof. Jure! Your groundbreaking contributions to graphical Nueral Networks are truly commendable. Your engaging video lectures and insightful webinars have been invaluable resources, inspiring countless learners.