Marcel Linsman Prize

The Marcel Linsman Prize (or Linsman Prize) is a Belgian prize awarded every 3 years by the influential AILg (Association des Ingenieurs Diplomés de la Université de Liège), a Belgian academic association of engineers, to living scientists for excellence in the biomedical sciences.
The prize is restricted to researchers with a medical or engineering degree having performed research in Belgium. The age limit is 45 years but there is no restriction on the citizenship. For many years, the preference has been given to researchers in the field of neuroscience. This prize is awarded in memory of Marcel Linsman (1912-1989), distinguished University Professor.
The prize is usually awarded during an official ceremony taking place in one Belgian university during which two other prestigious prizes in different fields are awarded. Similar to other prestigious prize ceremonies, the recipients deliver a scientific presentation of their research.
The reputation achieved by this prize is ubiquitously recognized amongst academics in Europe.
Marcel Linsman
Born in Liège on 22 June 1912, he studied mathematical sciences at the University of Liège, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1934 and doctorage in 1937. He was appointed assistant professor at Liège in 1938, and in 1964, full professor, a title he retained until his death. In 1943, he became interested in the potential for electronic resolution of numerical analyses. He spent the 1947-8 school year at Harvard University on a Belgian Institute for Research in Industry and Agriculture (IRSIA) grant, working with Howard Aiken. From 1951 to 1955, he managed the development Machine IRSIA, an early European electronic computer project. In following years, he investigated automatic translation and medical applications of computing, and taught informatics.
Linsman represented in 1960 the Belgian Association for the Application of the Scientific Methods of Gestion at the first council meeting of the International Federation on Information Processing (IFIP) in Rome. Linsman represented Belgium as a whole to IFIP until 1971. In 1974, he was in the first group of recipients of the IFIP Silver Core Award, which was established that year as recognition by the IFIP General Assembly to volunteers serving the organization.
Marcel Linsman died during the night of 18-19 April 1989 after a long illness. A foundation in his name has been established to promote scientific excellence in the field of biomedical sciences.
Linsman Prize Winners
*1991 Michel Fombellida, University of Liège
*1993 Dr Daniel Dubois, University of Liège
*1995 Dr Robert Poirrier, Neurological Department of University of Liège
*1997 Dr Paul Maquet, R&D Cyclotron CHU Liège
*2000 Elisabeth Thomas, Dept of Neurochemistry of University of Liège
*2002 Dr Jean-Marc Wagner, University of Liège
*2005 Christophe Phillips
*2008 Maxime Bonjean, University of Liège
*2011 Thomas Desaive, Scientific expert, University of Liège
*2014 Steven Laureys, Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center

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