Erol Gelenbe#
| Membership Number: | 2299 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2005 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/gelenbe |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9688-2201 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/erol-gelenbe-1025ba/?originalSubdomain=uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present, Visiting Professor, Kings College London, Department of Engineering
- 2017 - present Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics
- 2017 - present Researcher, CNRS I3S Laboratory, Université de Côte-d'Azur
- 2003 - 2019 Imperial College, Dennis Gabor Chair Professor & Head of Intelligent Systems and Networks
- 1998 - 2003 University of Central Florida, University Chair Professor & Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (USA)
- 1993 - 1998 Duke University, Nello L. Teer Professor & Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (USA)
- 1986 - 1993 Professor & Director, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Informatique, Université de Paris-Descartes (France)
- 1979 - 1987 Lecturer, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
- 1979 - 1986 Professor, LRI, Université de Paris-Saclay (France)
- 1974 - 1979 Ordinary Professor, University de Liège (Belgium)
- 1973 - 1979 Associate Professor, Université de Paris Nord (France)
- 1983 - 1986 Chargé de Mission (1983-84) & Conseiller Technique (1984-86), Cabinet du Secrétaire d'Etat aux Universités (Paris, France)
- 1972 - 1983 INRIA Research Group Leader
- 1970 - 1973 Assistant Professor of Computer, Information and Control Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
- 1966 - 1967, NATO Science Fellow, Polytechnic Institute of New York University (USA)
- 1966 - 1967, Fulbright Fellow, Polytechnic Institute of New York University (USA)
- MSc (1968) & PhD (1970) Polytechnic Institute of New York University (USA), DSc. Université Paris VI (1973)
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuronal networks and Machine Learning
- Bio-inspired computing
- Probability models in computer science and operations research
- Computer network design and performance
- Computer system performance evaluation
- Probability models in chemistry and physics
- Cybersecurity
Honours
- 2024 The Cross of Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- 2024 Listed among the 25 Most Influential Scientists and Technologists in the Muslim World
- 2022 Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne (Commander Order of the Crown) (Belgium)
- 2019 Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mérite (France)
- 2014 Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (France)
- 2007 Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Stella d'Italia (Italy)
- 2005 Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica (Italy)
- 2002 Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (France)
- 2001 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
- 1993 Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (France)
- 2024 Fellow of the Asia Pacific AI Industry Association (AIIA)
- 2022 Fellow of the Asia Pacific AI Association (AAIA) & of the Asia Pacific AI Industry Association (AIIA)
- 2020 Fellow of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
- 2019 Fellow Royal Statistical Society (FRSS UK)
- 2003 Fellow IET (FIET UK)
- 2001 Fellow ACM (FACM)
- 1986 Fellow IEEE (FIEEE)
- 1985 Chartered Engineer (CEng UK)
- 1985 Fellow IEE (FIEE UK)
Awards & Prizes
- 2018 Mustafa Prize (http://www.mustafaprize.org
)
- 2013 “In Memoriam Dennis Gabor” Award of the Novofer Foundation
- 2010 UK Institution of Engineering and Technology Oliver Lodge Medal
- 2008 Imperial College Rector's Research Award
- 2008 ACM SIGMETRICS Achievement Award
- 1996 Grand Prix France-Télecom, Académie des Sciences, France
- 1994 Parlar Foundation Science Award, Turkey
- 1980 IFIP Silver Core Award
- 1966 Middle East Technical University, Electrical Engineering Kenneth K. Clarke Student Research Award
Fellowship in Academies
- 2022 Honorary Fellow Islamic World Academy of Sciences (Amman, Jordan)
- 2015 Foreign Fellow Royal Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Belgium
- 2013 Foreign Fellow, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2012 Fellow, Science Academy of Turkey (Istanbul)
- 2010 Honorary Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Election to Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2008 Fellow French National Academy of Engineering
- 2007 Fellow Turkish Academy of Sciences; Resigned 2011
- 2005 Member Academia Europaea
Honorary Degrees
- 2010 Doctor Honoris Causa, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
- 2006 Docteur Honoris Causa, Université de Liège, Belgium
- 2004 PhD Honoris Causa, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- 1996 Dott. Ing. Honoris Causa, Università di Roma II, Italy
