Thank you Suchith and thanks to all members of this generous community. This is an award that I want to share with all FOSS4G Educators and GeoForAll members.
And now, as Patrick recalled me in the last mail he sent me "you really have to make the world a better place!" And we'll do that! A warm hug! Maria ---------------------------------------------------- See you at FOSS4G Seoul: http://2015.foss4g.org/ ---------------------------------------------------- Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor Politecnico di Milano ISPRS WG IV/5 "Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and Applications"; OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY) Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob. +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321 e-mail1: maria.brove...@polimi.it e-mail2: prorettr...@como.polimi.it > Il giorno 19/set/2015, alle ore 13:15, Suchith Anand > <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> ha scritto: > > 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 > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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