Gheorghe Paun#
| Membership Number: | 2370 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2006 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.imar.ro/~gpaun |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2009 - present Visiting researcher ("Investigadot de reconoscida valia") in Sevilla University, Spain
- 2001 - 2006 Ramon y Cajal research position, in Tarragona and Sevilla, universities, Spain
- 1994 - present Senior researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
- 1990 - 1994 Associate researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
- 1987 - 1990 Associate researcher at the Computer Center of the University of Bucharest
- 1978 - 1987 Associate researcher in the Division of Systems Studies of the University of Bucharest
- 1974 - 1978 Mathematician at CEPECA computer center, Bucharest
- 1977 Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Bucharest
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
- 1981 Gheorghe Lazar" award of the Romanian Academy
- 1997 Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy
- 1998 Honorary member and Doctor Honoris Causa of the International Academy of Informatization, Chisinev branch
- 2005 Guest professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- 2006 Member of Academia Europaea
- Honorary Citizen of Curtea de Arges town, 1998, of Arges County, 2007, and of Cicanesti village
- 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Silesian University of Opava, Czech Republic
- Included, by Thomson-Reuters Institute for Scientific Information, ISI, in the ISI Highly Cited Scientists category; see http://isihighlycited.com
