ERCIM thanks Costantino Thanos

Costantino Thanos has announced his retirement from the ERCIM Executive Committee. One of the longest serving members of the Executive Committee, Costantino was also the prime promoter of CNR and Italy's entry into ERCIM in June 1991. Over the years, Costantino has ensured that Italy has played a very active role in ERCIM initiatives, in particular as the coordinator of a number of important ERCIM projects. The best known of these is, of course, DELOS. DELOS began life as an ERCIM working group in 1995, and received funding via the 4th, 5th and 6th Framework Programmes, growing from an ERCIM Working Group and thematic network to become a Network of Excellence with more than 60 members.

ERCIM is extremely grateful to Costantino for all his efforts over the years aimed at ensuring that the research activities of the Consortium have a strong impact not just in Europe but globally.

Costantino's place on the Executive Committee will be taken by Fausto Rabitti, Head of the Networked Multimedia Information Systems Laboratory of ISTI-CNR.