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- ↑ Dr. Laura Haas is the recipient of the 2015 SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovation Award, SIGMOD, retrieved 2015-06-21.
- ↑ "International innovation award to Martin Kersten". CWI Amsterdam. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.