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Webpronews.com, July 24, 2006

Doctor Raghu Ramakrishnan will leave the land of badgers and Big Ten football for the opportunity to serve as a research fellow in Yahoo! Research.

Ramakrishnan joins Dr. Prabhakar Raghavan, another impressive hire Yahoo made a year ago for its Research division. As a vice-president and research fellow, Ramakrishnan will report to Raghavan in Sunnyvale.

His expertise in database management systems and data mining technologies, combined with a focus on social search that mirrors Yahoo's strategy in that sector, will make Ramakrishnan a valuable addition to the company.

"The combination of Raghu's expertise and Yahoo!'s huge user base and data assets will provide tremendous insight into new ways to create value for our users," said Raghavan.

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