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During the 2016 European Computer Science Summit (ECSS), 24-26
October in Budapest, Hungary, Informatics Europe announced the
winners of its two annual Awards:<br>
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<li><a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/news/318-ucl-minerva2016.html">University
College London wins first Minerva Informatics Equality Award</a></li>
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<blockquote>The Minerva Informatics Equality Award recognizes best
practices in Departments or Faculties of European Universities and
Research Labs that encourage and support the careers of women in
Informatics research and education.This year`s edition of the
Award, sponsored by Google, focused on gender equality initiatives
and policies that help develop the careers of female faculty.
University College London (UCL), UK, was selected as the winner
for its comprehensive gender policy, the diversity of initiatives
put in place as well as the strong evidence of positive impact. <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/news/318-ucl-minerva2016.html">Read
more. </a><br>
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<li><a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/news/317-aladdin.html">The
ALaDDIn project, Università degli Studi di Milano, wins 2016
Best Practices in Education Award </a></li>
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<p>The Best Practices in Education Award recognizes outstanding
European educational initiatives that improve the quality of
Informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline,
and that can be applied beyond their institutions of origin. The
ALaDDIn project (LAboratory for Dissemination and Didactics of
INformatics) has promoted Informatics in schools since 2011
through playful didactic activities. It was selected for the
clear positive changes it brought about in pupils' conception of
computing. <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/news/317-aladdin.html">Read
more.<br>
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<p>At a joint Award Ceremony during ECSS, ERCIM presented the <a
href="http://www.ercim.eu/news/414-michal-pilipczuk-winner-of-the-2016-cor-baayen-award">2016
Cor Baayen Award to Michał Pilipczuk</a> from University of
Warsaw. Michal is a world leading researcher in the area of
algorithms. He contributed to the breakthrough results which
solved fundamental problems in the field of parameterized
complexity, some of which have been unsolved since more than 20
years. The Cor Baayen Award is given each year to a promising
young researcher in computer science and applied mathematics. The
award was created in 1995 to honour the first ERCIM President.<em>
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<p><a href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/news/317-aladdin.html">
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<p>Congratulations to the winners! <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/news/317-aladdin.html"><br>
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<p>The news is also posted on the <a
href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3649493">Informatics
Europe LinkedIn Group</a>. Please visit, like and spread the
news further. <br>
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