which he developed with Serra in the 1980s. Matheron Lecture Award was established by the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG). This award was named after Georges Matheron. Matheron Lecturers will be selected by a small committee chaired by the IAMG Vice President. The Georges Matheron Lectures will be held annually during IAMG Conferences and during International Geological Congresses. Each year IAMG selects a Georges Matheron Lecturer who is a scientist with proven research ability in the field of spatial statistics or mathematical morphology. Beginning at IAMG’2006 in Liège, Jean Serra was the first recipient of this award in 2006, delivered the first Georges Matheron Lecture. The Centre de Géostatistique et de Morphologie Mathématique In 1968, the Paris School of Mines created the Centre de Morphologie Mathématique, located in Fontainebleau, France, and named Matheron its first director. In 1979, the center was renamed Centre de Géostatistique et de Morphologie Mathématique, and, in 1986, the latter was split into two separate centers: Centre de Géostatistique, directed by Matheron, and Centre de Morphologie Mathématique, directed by Serra. Books by Matheron Traité de géostatistique appliquée, Editions Technip, France, 1962–63, where Matheron lays the fundamental tools of linear geostatistics: variography, variances of estimation and dispersion, and kriging. His doctoral thesis: Les variables régionalisées et leur estimation: une application de la théorie des fonctions aléatoires aux sciences de la nature, published in 1965 by Masson, Paris. Elements pour une théorie des milieux poreux, Masson, Paris, 1967, which includes Matheron's work on hydrodynamics. The theory of regionalised variables and its applications, 1971, a reference book on geostatistics for students and researchers. Published 2019 by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/matherons-theory-of-regionalised-variables-9780198835660?cc=es&lang=en& Random sets and integral geometry, John Wiley & Sons, 1975, , conveying his contribution to the theory of random sets. Estimating and Choosing: An Essay on Probability in Practice, Springer, 1989, , a newer reference book on geostatistics. Notes References Matheron at the Annales des Mines (French) Mathematical Morphology and Its Applications to Image Processing, J. Serra and P. Soille (Eds.), proceedings of the 2nd international symposium on mathematical morphology (ISMM'93), (1994) Image Analysis and Mathematical Morphology by Jean Serra, (1982) Image Analysis and Mathematical Morphology, Volume 2: Theoretical Advances by Jean Serra, (1988) An Introduction to Morphological Image Processing by Edward R. Dougherty, (1992) Morphological Image Analysis; Principles and Applications by Pierre Soille, (1999) External links Georges Matheron at the Centre de Géostatistique Obituary by Dominique Jeulin