ation of Earth Observation and Geo-Informatics, the Rec-
tor of ITC and a professor in the field of Photogrammetry,
Remote Sensing and GIS of Wageningen Agricultural Uni-
versity and of Delft Technical University.
Article 5
Nominations for the Award shall reach the President of
ISPRS not later than four months prior to the Congress at
which it will be presented. The Jury may itself nominate
candidates. Candidates may not be nominated by them-
selves.
Article 6
The Jury may decide not to present any award. Decisions
are made by simple majority vote. In case of a tie, the
meaning of the chairman is the decision. The decision of
the Jury is final.
The Gino Cassinis Award
Preamble
In 1999 the Italian Society for Surveying and Photogram-
metry (SIFET) established an award in honor of Professor
Gino Cassinis and his school, students of which included
Professors Luigi Solaini, Mariano Cunietti, Giuseppe
Inghilleri and Giovanna Togliatti, who also made a signifi-
cant contribution to ISPRS. Gino Cassinis was teacher of
Applied Mathematics, Geodesy and Photogrammetry at
the University of Pisa and at the Technical University (TU)
of Milan, from the 1920s to the 1960s. In Milan he was also
the Rector of the TU and the Mayor of the city.
Regulations
Article 1
The Award shall be known as The Gino Cassinis Award
and shall normally be granted at each Congress of the
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing (ISPRS).
Article 2
The Gino Cassinis Award shall consist of a certificate and
SwF 2,500, from the Italian Society for Surveying and
Photogrammetry. Presentation shall be made at an appro-
priate event, preferably a plenary session or General
Assembly of the Congress.
Article 3
The recipient shall be a person who has significantly
enhanced the mathematical and statistical foundations of
the photogrammetry, remote sensing or spatial information
Sciences in the 4 years preceding the Congress. All nomi-
nations shall be supported by appropriate documentary
evidence of the candidates work.
Article 4
Nominations for The Gino Cassinis Award shall reach the
President of ISPRS not later than 6 months prior to the
Congress at which it will be presented. Candidates may
not self-nominate.
Article 5
The Jury of The Gino Cassinis Award shall consist of:
- The President of ISPRS (Chair of Jury)
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- The Secretary General of ISPRS
- The President of SIFET or its nominee.
The Jury shall decide no later than 4 months before the
ISPRS Congress. The decision shall be made by simple
majority. The Jury may decide not to present an Award.
The decision of the Jury shall be final.
Article 6
No Members of ISPRS Council or the Jury shall be eligible
to receive the Award.
Best Young Author Awards
Prizes for Best Papers by Young Authors are grants of
2,500 Swiss Francs awarded by the Japan Society of Pho-
togrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS) and the Joint
ISPRS/EARSeL workshop, that was held in Valladolid in
1999, to make it possible for the winners to attend the
Congress. The Best Young Author Awards will be pre-
sented in the Opening Ceremony on 17 July.
Best Poster Awards
In order to emphasise the importance of poster presenta-
tions, a poster award will be handed to the two best
posters in each technical commission session. The Con-
ference Awards Committee will present a certificate to the
author(s) of the two best posters for the poster sessions
that are coined to each of the Commissions. Inter-techni-
cal commission sessions will be assigned to the commis-
Sion that most closely reflects the nature of the session.
Hence a total of 14 best poster awards will be presented
to the two best posters reflecting the work of the seven
commissions. Posters will be judged on technical content
as well as the quality of the presentation and presentation
materials. Only presentations that have papers or sum-
maries published in the proceedings of the conference will
be eligible for awards. The awards ceremony will take
place on the last day of the conference, the best posters
will receive a certificate of merit handed out by the presi-
dent of the commission. The Best Poster Awards will be
presented at the Closing Ceremony on 23 July.
CATCON
CATCON is the name of a software contest organised by
the ISPRS Commission VI working group 2: Computer
Assisted Teaching (CAT) and is sponsored by CCS (Central
Computer Service) of Japan, and a total of 500,000 yen
(about 4,500 US dollar) will be awarded to the winners of
the contest.
Gold Award (3,000 Swiss Francs)
Silver Award (2,500 Swiss Francs)
Bronze Award (1,500 Swiss Francs)
The main objective of the contest is to promote the devel-
opment and dissemination of good/user-friendly software
packages, WWW contents as well as data sets for com-
puter assisted teaching. In general, the software, WWW
contents or dataset is prefered to be non-commercial and
preferably to be provided to the users free of charge.
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