CGIDir Thursday, November 23, 2006; 06:33 AM
The EUR 10,000 award was presented at the
Foundation's scholarship awards ceremony on November 22, when the
Foundation celebrated its 12th year of operation. Mårten
Mickos has strong merits in the leadership positions of international
high-tech companies. Since 2001, he has been CEO of the Open Source
company, MySQL. Mickos is known as a strong advocate of the Open Source
community and MySQL has been at the forefront of developing successful
business around open source. Mickos is a popular key-note speaker at
international technology events where his opinions about
commercializing and inspiring innovation are noted and discussed
widely. "Every company makes focused investments to maintain
and inspire innovativeness. There is a lot of power in open innovation.
The example of Internet today strengthens the belief that Nokia has
held for a long time: Open standards and platforms create a foundation
for success. They enable interoperability of technologies and encourage
innovativeness and healthy competition, which in turn increases
consumer choice and opens entirely new markets," Jorma Ollila, Chairman
of Nokia's Board of Directors, noted in his address at the Foundation's
ceremony. This year, Nokia Foundation awarded 88 scholarships
totaling EUR 450,680. Of the scholarships, 79 targeted the support of
fast-progressing post-graduate studies aiming for a doctorate in
information and data communications technology, three were for visiting
fellows and researchers, and five for visits by internationally
distinguished lecturers. Previous recipients of the Nokia
Foundation's annual award were Lauri Kuokkanen ( 1995 ), Pekka Tarjanne
( 1996 ), Linus Torvalds ( 1997 ), Arto Salomaa ( 1998 ), Kullervo
Nieminen ( 1999 ), Osmo A. Wiio ( 2000 ), Ilkka Haikala ( 2001 ),
Veikko Rintamäki ( 2002 ), George Metakides ( 2003 ), Heikki Lyytinen (
2004 ), and Moncef Gabbouj ( 2005 ). Nokia Foundation was
formed in 1995. The Foundation supports the scientific development of
information and telecommunications technologies and promotes education
of the sector in Finland.
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