[OSGeo-Discuss] Congratulations to Professor Maria Brovelli

[Ravi Kumar]

A very worth winner.
All the best
ravi

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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
>
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