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Society Spotlight
Past President of IEEE Education Society
and Nu Beta Chapter Advisor Wins
Prestigious Award
Edmundo Tovar, a professor at the Polytechnic
University of Madrid (UPM) School of Computer
Engineering, has been awarded the Ramón Llull
Prize, which recognizes Computer Engineering
professors who have made innovative and significant
contributions in the teaching and development of
computer science in the academic field.
Edmundo Tovar (middle) receiving award from Immaculada García
Fernández (left), President of the Informatics Scientific Society of Spain
and Rafael Pardo Avellaneda, Director of the BBVA Foundation (right)
Professor Edmundo Tovar
Professor Tovar has been awarded this distinction
for his research career and promotion of open
education through multiple national and international
projects. He has been responsible for promoting
open education at UPM as director of the UPM
Open Education Office and as a member-at-large of
the OpenCourseWare Consortium. In addition, he
has been a founding member of several professional
associations, including the Association of University
Teachers of Informatics (AENUI).
At the IEEE Education Society, a worldwide society
of professionals dedicated to ensuring high-quality
education in science and engineering and one
of IEEE's oldest technical societies, he began as
co-founder of the Spanish chapter and President
(2004-2006). Additionally, he has been a member
of its Board of Governors for 10 years serving as
Vice President of Educational Activities (2014-2018)
and President of the IEEE Education Society
(2021-2022).
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Through his participation in different IEEE Educational
Activities Board (EAB) Committees since 2008, he
has contributed to the development of its programs,
that include the monitoring of accreditation activities,
the coordination of pre-university programs, the
development and delivery of continuing education
products, and activities. As a professional member
of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu, he is a promoter and
faculty advisor of the Nu Beta Student Chapter of the
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2020).
These awards are granted by the Spanish Computer
Science Society (SCIE) and the BBVA Foundation.
Tovar speaking at the Awards Ceremony
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