The ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM) has announced that research scientist Bart Thomée has been presented their 2016 Rising Star Award for his "significant contributions in the areas of geo-multimedia computing, media evaluation, and open research datasets."

According to the ACM SIGMM, the Rising Star Award "recognizes a young researcher who has made outstanding research contributions to the field of multimedia computing, communication and applications during the early part of his or her career."

The official announcement can be found here: http://sigmm.org/news/sigmm_rising_star_award_2016.