He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. His dissertation research focused on aggregated search prediction and evaluation. At SILS, his current research focuses on understanding and modeling cross-component effects in aggregated search and on developing and evaluating interactive tools for search assistance. Dr. Arguello is a recipient of the SIGIR 2009 Best Paper Award and the ECIR 2011 Best Student Paper Award. At SILS, he received the 2014 Deborah Barreau Award for Teaching Excellence and is a recent recipient of the NSF Early Career Award. Dr. Arguello was co-organizer of the 2013 SIGIR Doctoral Consortium. Fernando Diaz