SpaRCIM - The 2006 Spanish National Awards in Informatics were announced in May 2006. The José García Santesmases Award to the most outstanding professional career was given ex-aequo to Prof. Isidro Ramos Salavert from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV), Prof. Fernando Sáez Vacas from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) and Prof. Martí Vergés Trías from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). The Aritmel Award for the researcher developing the most significant scientific contributions to Informatics Engineering was given to Emilio López-Zapata from the University of Granada.

From left: Alberto Prieto Espinosa, Isidro Ramos, Emilio López-Zapata, and Fernando Sáez Vacas.

Also, two national awards recognized the activity of private and public institutions in the area. The Mare Nostrum Award was given to Grupo Telefónica (http://www.telefonica.es/acercadetelefonica/eng/index.shtml). The Ramón Llull Award for the institutional activity in Informatics Engineering was given ex-aequo to Prof. Alberto Prieto Espinosa, from the University of Granada and Juan José Moreno-Navarro, from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Juan José Moreno-Navarro is also the Director of SpaRCIM.