Doctor Honoris Causa for Enric Trillas by the Universidad Pública de Navarra

Abstract

On March 6, 2014, the Public University of Navarra has invested Prof. Enric Trillas as honoris causa. Prof. Trillas is a pioneer in Spain of fuzzy logic and one of the first European researchers in this field. The ceremony has been presided by the University Chancellor, Julio Lafuente, and has taken place at the Chancellorship building in front of around one hundred people. The State Secretary for Universities in The Spanish Ministry of Education was among the different authorities who came for the investiture The ceremony started with a parade of the Ph.D. members of the University staff, who have entered into the Chancellorship courtyard while the String Trio of the Higher Music School of Navarra was playing. In the first place, the general secretary of the University, Javier Echeverra, has read the agreement of the Government Council of the University for the investiture of Enric Trillas as honoris causa due to the relevant merits in the scientific, scholar and technical fields. This agreement was approved on December 5, 2013. The godfather of the new honoris causa has been Humberto Bustince, full professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the Public University of Navarra. He has been in charge of reading the laudatio , where the “outstanding” curriculum and the “unanimously recognized” leadership of Professor Trillas in the Spanish fuzzy community has been remarked. “If nowadays Spanish Science is recognized and even admired in the world is thanks to some very relevant personalities, being Prof. Trillas one of them”, has stated Humberto Bustince, who has also noted that the new honoris causa is one of the main driving forces of scientific research in the last decades in Spain and has specially worried about the transmission of his knowledge to young researchers. To end, the University Chancellor, Julio Lafuente, and the godfather, Humberto Bustince, have given to Enric Trillas the honoris causa certificate, the mortarboard, the Science book , the ring and the gloves which correspond to the new position. Enric Trillas has then made the corresponding oath. The ceremony has finished with the Gaudeamus Igitur music sounding whereas the Ph.D. parade left the Chancellorship courtyard.