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The Georges Matheron Lecture Series is sponsored by the
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences The International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) is a nonprofit organization of geoscientists. It aims to promote international cooperation in the application and use of mathematics in geological research and technology. IAMG's act ...
(IAMG) to honor the legacy of the French
engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...
Georges François Paul Marie Matheron, known as the founder of
geostatistics Geostatistics is a branch of statistics focusing on spatial or spatiotemporal datasets. Developed originally to predict probability distributions of ore grades for mining operations, it is currently applied in diverse disciplines including pet ...
and a co-founder (together with Jean Serra) of
mathematical morphology Mathematical morphology (MM) is a theory and technique for the analysis and processing of Geometry, geometrical structures, based on set theory, lattice theory, topology, and random functions. MM is most commonly applied to digital images, but it ...
. The Georges Matheron Lecture is given by a scientist with proven research ability in the field of
spatial statistics Spatial statistics is a field of applied statistics dealing with spatial data. It involves stochastic processes (random fields, point processes), sampling, smoothing and interpolation, regional ( areal unit) and lattice ( gridded) data, poin ...
or
mathematical morphology Mathematical morphology (MM) is a theory and technique for the analysis and processing of Geometry, geometrical structures, based on set theory, lattice theory, topology, and random functions. MM is most commonly applied to digital images, but it ...
. It is presented annually if an eligible and worthy nominee is found. The first recipient of the award was Jean Serra, for a long time a scientists with the
Centre of Mathematical Morphology, Fontainebleau
Serra delivered the first lecture at the IAMG conference in Liège, Belgium in 2006. The IAMG Lectures Committee seeks nominations and makes the selection.


Awardees


See also

* IAMG Distinguished Lectureship * Bullerwell Lecture *
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List of geophysics awards This list of geophysics awards is an index to articles on notable awards for contributions to geophysics, the branch of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environmen ...
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List of mathematics awards This list of mathematics awards contains articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the world. Som ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matheron Lectureship, Georges Awards of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences Awards established in 2006 International science and technology awards Mathematical morphology Science lecture series Recurring events established in 2006 Statistics education Geostatistics