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November 18, 2005
Manuel de Hermenegildo, Prince of Asturias Scholar at UNM, Receives Spain's 2005 National Research Award
Manuel de Hermenegildo, who holds the Prince of Asturias Endowed Chair in Information Science and Technology at the University of New Mexico, has been honored with Spain's 2005 National Research Award for Mathematics and Information Technologies, known as the Julio Pastor Award. The award, granted by Spain's Education and Science Ministry, recognizes outstanding merit in scientific and technological research by Spanish scientists.
“Receiving this award is a great honor for me and for the chair, an d it also recognizes the efforts of an entire group of researchers who have worked with me over the past 20 years,” said de Hermenegildo.
De Hermenegildo filled the Prince of Asturias Endowed Chair in Information Science and Technology, named for the heir to the Spanish throne, in February 2003. It was created to undertake research of excellence and to advance the state of knowledge of a series of concrete areas within the information science and technology field. Iberdrola, a Spanish utility company, funds the endowment and established the chair in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy in Spain.
De Hermenegildo has a Master's and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Texas and an Engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
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