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== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software == | == Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software == | ||
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come. | The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come. | ||
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| + | See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz | ||
| + | * https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/ | ||
=== Recipients === | === Recipients === | ||
| + | * 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack | ||
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open | * 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open | ||
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy | * 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy | ||
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= Process = | = Process = | ||
| − | * Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate | + | * Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums |
| − | * Nominations are sent '''privately''' to | + | * Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded). |
* Committee selects awardee | * Committee selects awardee | ||
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation | * Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation | ||
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* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc) | * Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc) | ||
| − | = | + | = 2024 Call for Nominations = |
SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations | SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations | ||
| − | The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the | + | The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2024 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software. |
The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. | The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. | ||
| − | Sol Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large. | + | Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large. |
Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org . | Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org . | ||
| − | Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day | + | Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 4th October [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. |
| − | The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G | + | The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2024 event in Belém, Brasil. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come. |
It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible. | It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible. | ||
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Past Awardees: | Past Awardees: | ||
| + | 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] | ||
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] | 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] | ||
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] | 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] | ||
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2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] | 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] | ||
| − | Selection Committee | + | Selection Committee 2024: |
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* Jeff McKenna (chair) | * Jeff McKenna (chair) | ||
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* Anita Graser | * Anita Graser | ||
* Ariel Anthieni | * Ariel Anthieni | ||
| − | *Sandro Santilli | + | * Sandro Santilli |
| + | * Howard Butler | ||
= Extended Program Text = | = Extended Program Text = | ||
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=== Background === | === Background === | ||
| − | Sol Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was | + | Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was |
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew | his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew | ||
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US | and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US | ||
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in the GFOSS world. | in the GFOSS world. | ||
| − | Pics submitted by | + | Pics submitted by Sol's daughters: |
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]] | [[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]] | ||
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]] | [[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]] | ||
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Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/ (currently not available on the new [https://www.blm.gov/services/national-operations-center/secure-file-transfer-application BLM transfer system]). | Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/ (currently not available on the new [https://www.blm.gov/services/national-operations-center/secure-file-transfer-application BLM transfer system]). | ||
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| + | == Selection Committee 2023 == | ||
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| + | [[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]] | ||
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| + | * Jeff McKenna (chair) | ||
| + | * Frank Warmerdam | ||
| + | * Markus Neteler | ||
| + | * Steve Lime | ||
| + | * Paul Ramsey | ||
| + | * Sophia Parafina | ||
| + | * Daniel Morissette | ||
| + | * Helena Mitasova | ||
| + | * Martin Davis | ||
| + | * Venkatesh Raghavan | ||
| + | * Arnulf Christl | ||
| + | * Gary Sherman | ||
| + | * Maria Brovelli | ||
| + | * Andrea Aime | ||
| + | * Astrid Emde | ||
| + | * Even Rouault | ||
| + | * Anita Graser | ||
| + | * Ariel Anthieni | ||
| + | * Sandro Santilli | ||
| + | |||
| + | = Selection Committee 2022 = | ||
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| + | [[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]] | ||
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| + | * Jeff McKenna (chair) | ||
| + | * Frank Warmerdam | ||
| + | * Markus Neteler | ||
| + | * Steve Lime | ||
| + | * Paul Ramsey | ||
| + | * Sophia Parafina | ||
| + | * Daniel Morissette | ||
| + | * Helena Mitasova | ||
| + | * Martin Davis | ||
| + | * Venkatesh Raghavan | ||
| + | * Arnulf Christl | ||
| + | * Gary Sherman | ||
| + | * Maria Brovelli | ||
| + | * Andrea Aime | ||
| + | * Astrid Emde | ||
| + | * Even Rouault | ||
| + | * Anita Graser | ||
| + | * Ariel Anthieni | ||
= Selection Committee 2021 = | = Selection Committee 2021 = | ||
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]] | [[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]] | ||
* Jeff McKenna (chair) | * Jeff McKenna (chair) | ||
Latest revision as of 06:42, 15 July 2024
Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.
See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
Recipients
- 2023: Howard Butler - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
- 2022: Sandro Santilli - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
- 2021: Malena Libman - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
- 2020: Anita Graser - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
- 2019 Even Rouault - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
- 2018: Astrid Emde - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
- 2017: Andrea Aime - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
- 2016: Jeff McKenna - longtime passion and leadership spreading FOSS4G and OSGeo around the world (Announcement)
- 2015: Maria Brovelli - FOSS4G and GeoForAll advocate
- 2014: Gary Sherman - QGIS founder
- 2013: Arnulf Christl - OSGeo co-founder, Incubation mentor, advocate
- 2012: Venkatesh Raghavan - FOSS4G founder, community leader world-wide
- 2011: Martin Davis - JTS Topology Suite founder
- 2010: Helena Mitasova - for two decades of contributions to GRASS GIS and the FOSS4G community (Announcement)
- 2009: Daniel Morissette - MapServer and OGR projects (Announcement)
- 2008: Paul Ramsey - leadership in PostGIS, GEOS and uDig projects (Announcement)
- 2007: Steve Lime - MapServer founder and lead (Announcement)
- 2006: Markus Neteler - GRASS GIS project lead (Announcement)
- 2005: Frank Warmerdam - GDAL/OGR project lead
Background
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz
OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/
Process
- Put out a call for nominations fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
- Nominations are sent privately to solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org (public nominations will be discarded).
- Committee selects awardee
- Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
- Present in FOSS4G closing plenary
- Update this page with results
- Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)
2024 Call for Nominations
SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2024 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.
The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.
Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.
Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .
Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 4th October Anywhere on Earth. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.
The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2024 event in Belém, Brasil. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.
It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.
Past Awardees:
2023: Howard Butler 2022: Sandro Santilli 2021: Malena Libman 2020: Anita Graser 2019: Even Rouault 2018: Astrid Emde 2017: Andrea Aime 2016: Jeff McKenna 2015: Maria Brovelli 2014: Gary Sherman 2013: Arnulf Christl 2012: Venkatesh Raghavan 2011: Martin Davis 2010: Helena Mitasova 2009: Daniel Morissette 2008: Paul Ramsey 2007: Steve Lime 2006: Markus Neteler 2005: Frank Warmerdam
Selection Committee 2024:
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
- Andrea Aime
- Astrid Emde
- Even Rouault
- Anita Graser
- Ariel Anthieni
- Sandro Santilli
- Howard Butler
Extended Program Text
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.
Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999
Background
Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language. Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor, Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.
Open Source
Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's, Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called MOSS (Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on in the GFOSS world.
Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
Utilities
Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated sdts2dem utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/ (currently not available on the new BLM transfer system).
Selection Committee 2023
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
- Andrea Aime
- Astrid Emde
- Even Rouault
- Anita Graser
- Ariel Anthieni
- Sandro Santilli
Selection Committee 2022
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
- Andrea Aime
- Astrid Emde
- Even Rouault
- Anita Graser
- Ariel Anthieni
Selection Committee 2021
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
- Andrea Aime
- Astrid Emde
- Even Rouault
- Anita Graser
Selection Committee 2020
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
- Andrea Aime
- Astrid Emde
- Even Rouault
Selection Committee 2019
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
- Andrea Aime
- Astrid Emde
Selection Committee 2018
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
- Andrea Aime
Selection Committee 2017
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
Selection Committee 2016
- Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
- Maria Brovelli
Selection Committee 2015
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
- Gary Sherman
Selection Committee 2014
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Arnulf Christl
Selection Committee 2013
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
- Venkatesh Raghavan
Selection Committee 2012
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
- Martin Davis
Selection Committee 2011
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
- Helena Mitasova
Selection Committee 2010
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Daniel Morissette
Selection Committee 2009
- Jeff McKenna (chair)
- Frank Warmerdam
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
Selection Committee 2008
- Frank Warmerdam (chair)
- Markus Neteler
- Steve Lime
- Jeff McKenna
Selection Committee 2007
- Frank Warmerdam (chair)
- Jeff McKenna
- Paul Ramsey
- Venkatesh Raghavan
- Markus Neteler
Selection Committee 2006
- Frank Warmerdam (chair)
- Jeff McKenna
- Paul Ramsey
- Sophia Parafina
- Venkatesh Raghavan
Selection Committee 2005
- Sophia Parafina
- Jeff McKenna
- MUM3 Conference Committee
2005 Award Documents
- Call for Nominations
- Text in MUM3 Program (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)