Dear All, I am very happy and proud to share the excellent news that our good friend and philosopher Professor Maria Brovelli has won the prestigious Sol Katz Award 2015[1] at the FOSS4G conference in Seoul. On behalf of "Geo for All" community[2] we are very happy and is great recognition for the many many years of her selfless contributions to Open Principles and education.
Maria has been working at the Politecnico di Milano since 1994, first as researcher, then as Associate Professor and finally as Full Professor. She is currently teaching Digital Cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Internet GIS. In 1997, she started the Laboratory of Geomatics, placed at the Como Campus of the Politecnico di Milano and up to 2011 she has coordinated its activities as Head of the Lab. She has been involved in Politecnico governance by covering several service activities. Currently (since January 2011) she is Vice Rector of Politecnico di Milano for the Como Campus. Maria is also charter member of OSGeo, a member of its Committee "Education and Curriculum", and is on the Advisory Board for the Geo For All initiative. She is member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Surveying (SIFET) and member of the Bulletin Editorial Board. In 2010 she hosted the WebMGSevent in Como, an international workshop on 'Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing and Services'. Her details at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria The slides of her acceptance presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/mariabrovelli/2015-sol-katz-award On behalf of "Geo for All" community our congratulations to Maria and her wonderful family. Best wishes, Suchith [1] http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz [2] http://www.geoforall.org This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
