Medal of Honor for Professor Emeritus and former Rector of the Technical University of Crete, Yannis A. Phillis

Date: 22.09.24

Professor Emeritus and former Rector of the Technical University of Crete, Yannis A. Phillis, EASA member, Class VI, was recipient of a Medal of Honor at the World Automation Congress (WAC2024) which took place in Cancún, Mexico from 22 to 25 September 2024. Its theme was machine learning and artificial intelligence. The award was bestowed upon the honoree "For excellent contributions to production engineering management and very high-level leadership in engineering." Professor Phillis also gave a keynote talk entitled "On a mathematical theory of sustainability assessment and decision making."