Environmental Informatics Prize 2010 for Students

for Students

For the eighth time the Technical Committee „Informatics for Environmental Protection“ of the German Informatics Society will award a prize for students’ works in the field of environmental informatics. Such work takes the form of projects undertaken either as part of a course or for a degree (excluding PhD) at an academic university or a university of applied sciences. The projects must demonstrate the contribution of methods and technologies of informatics to the solution of environmental problems or dissemination of information for sustainable development in general.

Students of all subjects are eligible to participate either as individuals or groups. Please submit descriptions of your completed project not exceeding five pages, and include an abstract of a half page.

The jury will request further information if necessary on projects that get short-listed. The most important criterion according to which submissions will be judged is the successful transfer of informatics know-how to practical applications that contribute to a real decrease in stress on the environment, to environmental consciousness or to sustainable development in general.

The prize sum is sponsored by ifu Hamburg GmbH, the software provider and international IT consultant for material and energy flow modelling (visit: http://www.ifu.com).

The winners are invited and agree in advance to give a short talk on the awarded project at the 24th International Environmental Informatics Conference (EnviroInfo 2010), taking place in Köln/Bonn, Germany, October 6 to 8, 2010. Conference fee, travel costs and accommodation will be covered up to € 400 per prize.

The jury consists of the heads of the Technical Committee “Informatics for Environmental Protection” of the German Informatics Society (GI). Please submit your contribution to the chair of the awarding committee: Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hilty, eiprize@empa.ch, deadline: Wednesday, June 30, 2010.