Gheorghe Paun#
| Email: | george.paun 'at' imar.ro |
| Membership Number: | 2370 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Username: | gpaun |
Present and Previous Positions
- Visiting researcher ("Investigadot de reconoscida valia") in Sevilla University, Spain, 2009-
- Ramon y Cajal research position, in Tarragona and Sevilla, universities, Spain, 2001-2006
- Senior researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, 1994 -
- Associate researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, 1990 - 1994
- Associate researcher at the Computer Center of the University of Bucharest, 1987 - 1990
- Associate researcher in the Division of Systems Studies of the University of Bucharest, 1978 - 1987
- Mathematician at CEPECA computer center, Bucharest, 1974 - 1978
- Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Bucharest, 1977
Fields of Scholarship
- automata and language theory (descriptional complexity, regulated rewriting, Marcus contextual grammars, grammar systems)
- natural computing (DNA computing, membrane computing)
- initiator of membrane computing (details at http://ppage.psystems.eu
)
Honours and Awards
- Gheorghe Lazar" award of the Romanian Academy, 1981
- Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy, 1997
- Honorary member and Doctor Honoris Causa of the International Academy of Informatization, Chisinev branch, 1998
- Guest professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 2005
- Member of Academia Europaea, 2006
- Honorary Citizen of Curtea de Arges town, 1998, of Arges County, 2007, and of Cicanesti village, 2009
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Silesian University of Opava, Czech Republic, 2007
- Included, by Thomson-Reuters Institute for Scientific Information, ISI, in the ISI Highly Cited Scientists category; see http://isihighlycited.com






