Universitatea Bucuresti, Facultatea de Matematica-Informatica, Departamentul de Informatica
si
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru stiinte biologice, Bucuresti
Splaiul Independentei 296, Cod 060031, Sector 6, Bucuresti
Telefon: 2207780; Fax: 2207695; E-mail: apaun@fmi.unibuc.ro
Educatie
Cercetator postdoctoral: Universitatea Rovira i Virgili, Spania, 5/2003-9/2003, domeniu: Informatica
Doctorat.: University of Western Ontario, Canada, 9/1999-5/2003, domeniu: Informatica
Teza: “Unconventional models of computation: DNA and membrane computing”, (Modele neconventionale
de calculabilitate: calculatoare pe baza de ADN si membrane)
Conducator de Doctorat: Prof. Dr. Sheng Yu
Master: University of Western Ontario, Canada, 9/1998-8/1999, domeniu: Informatica
Absolvent: Universitatea Bucuresti, Romania, 10/1994-6/1998, Facultatea de Matematica, profil: Informatica
Experienta de Munca (11 ani in domeniul invatamantului universitar)
10/2009-prezent: Conferentiar Universitar, Universitatea Bucuresti, Facultatea de Matematica-Informatica, Departamentul de Informatica, catedra de Fundamentele Informaticii
10/2007-prezent: Cercetator stiintific gradul I in Bioinformatica, Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru stiinte biologice, Bucuresti (in perioada 10/2007-08/2008: CS gradul III, 09/2008-04/2009: CS II), din 2009 sunt seful departamentului de Bioinformatica in INCDSB.
09/2003- 10/2007: Profesor Asistent (echivalent: lector-conferentiar) in Informatica; angajare concurenta cu Institutul de Microfabricare, Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana; Ruston, Louisiana, USA
05/2006-05/2007: Profesor vizitator in programul Ramon y Cajal, Universitatea Politehnica a Madridului, Spania
05/2003-09/2003: Cercetator postdoctoral cu o bursa de la NSERC (Canada) la Universitatea Rovira i Virgili, Spania
09/1998-05/2003: Cercetator asistent (echivalent: cercetator) si asistent de curs (echivalent: asistent) la University of Western
Ontario, Canada
Granturi, burse si distinctii dobandite
2009 • Grant de cercetare de tip NUCLEU pentru Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pe stiinte Biologice, Bucuresti. (Director de proiect (faza1/2009): Andrei Paun), titlul proiectului: Biodiv, suma acordata pentru cercetare: 142.052 RON (15 Iunie-15 Septembrie 2009)
2007 • Grant de cercetare de la CONSILIUL NATIONAL AL CERCETARII STIINTIFICE DIN INVATAMANTUL SUPERIOR (prin PNII): RP 13 (Director de proiect: Andrei Paun), titlul proiectului: SISTEME DE MEMBRANE, AUTOMATE SI PROTEINE, suma acordata pentru cercetare: 509.812 RON (2007-2009)
• Grant de cercetare de la Centrul National de Management Programe (prin PNII): PC-1284 (Director de proiect: Andrei Paun), titlul proiectului: Simulare de Celule cu Sisteme de Membrane, suma acordata pentru cercetare: 2.000.000 RON (2007-2010)
2005 • Grant de cercetatere colaborativ de la National Science Foundation (SUA) CCF-0523572(Inverstigator Principal: Andrei Paun), titlul proiectului: "Bio Computing: Collaborative Research: P Systems Theory and Applications to Modeling and Simulation of Cells", suma acordata pentru cercetare: $150,000 (2005-2008).
• Grant intern la Institutul de Microfabricare faza I (Investigator Principal: Andrei Paun), titlul proiectului: “Computational Genetic Networks”, valoarea grantului $31,806, Martie-Iunie 2005.
• Lucrarea 22: “The Power of Communication: P Systems with Symport/Antiport” a fost selectata de catre Thomson ISI Essential Science Indicat. ca una din cele mai influente/citate lucrari si este considerata printre primele 1% in domeniu.
2004 • Grant de cercetatere de la National Science Foundation (SUA) DMR 0414903(Investigator secundar: Andrei Paun): titlul proiectului “IMR: Acquisition of a SGI Origin350 for Nano/Bio-Technology Computational Research and Student Training”, suma acordata pentru cercetare: $186,720 (2004-2007).
• Grant de la institutul CENIT asociat cu Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana; $10,000.
• Grant de cercetare de la Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Subprogram contract LEQSF (2004-2007)-RD-A-23(Investigator principal: Andrei Paun) titlul proiectului: “A New Method for Simulating Cells Globally”, suma acordata pentru cercetare: $120,800 (2004-2007).
2003 • Grant de inceput de la institutul CENIT asociat cu Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana; $18,000.
• Bursa postdoctorala de la NSERC(PDF) (bursa nationala canadiana cea mai prestigioasa) $40,000/an pentru cel mult doi ani. (Am beneficiat de aceasta bursa patru luni din cauza de angajare la Universitatea Politehnica a statului Louisiana).
1994-2003 • Diverse burse obtinute in timpul studiilor incepand cu bursa de merit la Universitatea Bucuresti si terminand cu prestigioasele burse NSERC PGSB (bursa canadiana nationala) and OGS (bursa pentru provincial Ontario pentru studii de master si Doctorat).
Lucrari referite in jurnale internationale (marea majoritate sunt cotate ISI):
(cu fonturi bold sunt evidentiati studentii doctoranzi sau masteranzi pe care i-am supervizat)
1. O.H. Ibarra, A. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, Sequential SNP systems based on min/max spike number, Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 410, iss. 30-32 (2009), 2982-2991. (jurnal ISI)
2. A. Paun, M. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, On the Hopcroft's minimization technique for DFA and DFCA, Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 410, iss. 24-25 (2009), 2424-2430. (jurnal ISI)
3. J. Jack, A. Paun, F A. Rodriguez-Paton, Discrete nondeterministic modeling of the FAS pathway, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, vol. 19 (October 2008), no. 5, pp. 1147-1162. (jurnal ISI)
4. H. Chen, M. Ionescu, T.O. Ishdorj, A. Paun, Gh.Paun, M. Pérez-Jiménez, Spiking neural P systems with extended rules: universality and languages. Nat. Comput. 7 (2008), no. 2, pp. 147-166. (jurnal ISI)
5. O.H. Ibarra, A. Paun, Computing with Cells: Membrane Systems - Some Complexity Issues, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 23:5, 2008, pp. 347 -365
6. O.H. Ibarra, S. Woodworth, F. Yu, A. Paun, On spiking neural P systems and partially blind counter machines. Nat. Comput. 7 (2008), no. 1, pp. 3—19. (jurnal ISI)
7. A. Paun, Gh. Paun, Small universal spiking neural P systems, BioSystems, 90 (1), 2007, pp. 48-60. (jurnal ISI)
8. S. Cheruku, A. Paun, F.J. Romero-Campero, M.J. Perez-Jimenez, O.H. Ibarra; Simulating FAS-induced apoptosis by using P systems. Progress in Natural Science, 17(4), 2007, pp. 424-431. (jurnal ISI)
9. O. H. Ibarra, A. Paun, Gh. Paun, A. Rodríguez-Patón, P. Sosík, S. Woodworth; Normal forms for spiking neural P systems. Theoretical Computer Science 372(2-3), 2007, pp. 196-217 (jurnal ISI)
10. A. Paun, B. Popa; P Systems with Proteins on Membranes. Fundamenta Informaticae, 72(4), 2006, pp. 467-483. (jurnal ISI)
11. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, J.R. Smith, Incremental construction of minimal deterministic finite cover automata. Theoretical Computer Science, 363(2), 2006, pp. 135-148 (jurnal ISI)
12. R. Freund, M. Oswald, A. Paun, Optimal Results for the Computational Completeness of Gemmating (Tissue) P Systems, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 16(5), 2005, pp. 929-942. (jurnal ISI)
13. C. Campeanu, L. Kari, A. Paun, Results on Transforming NFA into DFCA, Fundamenta Informaticae, Vol 64, 2005, pp. 53-63. (jurnal ISI)
14. R. Freund, A. Paun, P systems with active membranes and without polarizations, Journal of Universal Computer Science and Soft Computing, 9 (9), 2005, pp. 657-663. (jurnal ISI)
15. S.N. Krishna, A. Paun, Results on Catalytic and Evolution-Communication P Systems, New Generation Computing, 22(4), 2004, pp. 377-394. (jurnal ISI)
16. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, Counting the Number of Minimal DFCA Obtained by Merging States, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 14(6), 2003, pp. 995-1006. (jurnal ISI)
17. R. Belu, A. Paun, A. Belu, Neural Networks in Instrumentation, Measurement and Control, Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, 6(1-2), 2003, pp. 61-85. (jurnal ISI)
18. M. Ionescu, C. Martín-Vide, A. Paun, Gh. Paun, Unexpected universality results for three classes of P systems with symport/antiport, Natural Computing, Vol. 2, issue 4, 2003, pp. 337-348. (jurnal ISI)
19. A. Paun, Gh. Paun, G. Rozenberg, Computing by Communication in Networks of Membranes, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, Vol. 13, No. 6 (2002), pp. 779-798. (jurnal ISI)
20. C. Martin-Vide, A. Paun, G. Paun, G. Rozenberg, Membrane Systems with Coupled Transport: Universality and Normal Forms, Fundamenta Informaticae, 49, 1-3 (2002), pp. 1-15. (jurnal ISI)
21. C. Martin-Vide, A. Paun, G. Paun, On the Power of P Systems with Symport Rules. J. UCS 8(2): pp. 317-331 (2002) (jurnal ISI)
22. A. Paun, Gh. Paun, The Power of Communication: P Systems with Symport /Antiport, New Generation Computing, 20, 3 (2002), pp. 295-305. (jurnal ISI)
23. A. Paun, P Systems with Global Rules, Theory Comput. Systems, 35, (2002), pp. 471-481. (jurnal ISI)
24. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, S. Yu, An Efficient Algorithm for Constructing Minimal Cover Automata for Finite Languages, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 13, 1 (2002), pp. 83-97. (jurnal ISI)
25. A. Paun, On P Systems with Partial Parallel Rewriting, Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, 4, 1-2 (2001), pp. 203-210.
26. A. Paun, On the Diameter of Various Classes of H Systems, J. Automata, Languages and Combinatorics, 5, 3 (2000), pp. 315-324.
27. A. Paun, On Time-Varying H systems, Bulletin of the EATCS, 67 (1999), pp. 157-164.
28. A. Paun, Controlled H Systems of a Small Radius, Fundamenta Informaticae, 31, 2 (1997), pp. 185-193.
Lucrari referite in conferinte internationale:
29. O.H. Ibarra, A. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, Sequentiality Induced by Spike Number in SNP Systems, Pre-proceedings of Fourteenth meeting on DNA Computing (DNA14), June 2-6, 2008, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 36-47.
30. J. Jack, A. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, Effects of HIV-1 Proteins on the Fas-Mediated Apoptotic Signaling Cascade: A Computational Study of Latent CD4+ T Cell Activation, accepted at Ninth Workshop on Molecular Computation, WMC9, Edinburgh (UK) July 28-31, 2008, 20pp.
31. A. Paun, M. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, Hopcroft's minimization technique: queues or stacks?, CIAA 13, July 21-24, 2008, San Francisco, USA, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Berlin, vol. 5148, 2008, pp. 78-91.
32. A. Paun, B. Popa, P Systems with Proteins on Membranes and Membrane Division, Proc of. Tenth International Conference Developments in Language Theory (DLT 2006), June 26-29, 2006, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Berlin, vol. 4036, 2006 pp. 292-303 (jurnal ISI)
33. H. Nagda, A. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, P Systems with Symport/Antiport and Time, Proc. of Workshop on Membrane Computing (at the crossroads of Cell Biology and Computing), WMC07, 17-21 July 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Berlin, vol. 4361, 2006, pp. 429-442.
34. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, J. R. Smith, Tight Bounds for the State Complexity of Deterministic Cover Automata, Proc. of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, 8th Workshop, June 21-23, 2006, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA (9 pages).
35. M. Ionescu, A. Paun, Gh. Paun, M.J. Pérez-Jiménez, Computing with Spiking Neural P Systems: Traces and Small Universal Systems, Proc. of 12th Intern. Meeting on DNA Based Computers (DNA 2006), June 5-9, Seoul, Korea, pp. 1-16.
36. O.H. Ibarra, S. Woodworth, F. Yu, A. Paun, On Spiking Neural P Systems and Partially Blind Counter Machines. Proc. Of 5th International Conference on Unconventional Computation (UC 2006), 4th-8th September 2006, York, UK, pp. 113-129. (jurnal ISI)
37. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, J. R. Smith, An Incremental Algorithm for Minimal Deterministic Finite Cover Automata, Proc. of Tenth International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA05), June 27–29, 2005, Sophia Antipolis, France, pp. 90-103; (the conference had approximately 30% acceptance rate) also in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Berlin, Volume 3845/2006 pages 90-103. (jurnal ISI)
38. O.H. Ibarra, A. Paun, Counting Time in Computing with Cells, Proc. of 11th Intern. Meeting on DNA Based Computers (DNA11), June 6-9, 2005, London Ontario, Canada, pp. 112-128, also in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3892/2006, Berlin, pages 112-128. (jurnal ISI)
39. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, NFA to DFCA Transformations For Binary Alphabets, Proc. of Ninth International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2004), Kingston, Canada (2004). (jurnal ISI)
40. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, Lower Bounds for NFA to DFCA Transformations, Proc. of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, 6th Workshop, London, Ontario, Canada (2004) (10 pages).
41. R. Freund, M. Oswald, A. Paun, Extended Gemmating P Systems are Computationally Complete with Four Membranes, Proc. of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, 6th Workshop, London, Ontario, Canada (2004) (10 pages).
42. R. Freund, M. Oswald, A. Paun, P systems generating trees, Proc. of Workshop on Membrane Computing 2004 (WMC5), Milano, Italy, 2004, pp. 221-232 also in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3365, Berlin, (2004), pp. 309-319. (jurnal ISI)
43. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, Computing Beyond the Turing Limit Using the H Systems, Proc. of the Tenth International Meeting on DNA Computing (DNA10), Milan, (2004), pp. 314-323 also in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3384, Berlin, (2005), pp. 24-34. (jurnal ISI)
44. F. Bernardini, A. Paun, Universality of Minimal Symport/Antiport: Five Membranes Suffice, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2933, Berlin, (2004), pp. 43-54. (jurnal ISI)
45. R. Freund, A. Paun, Membrane Systems with Symport/Antiport: Universality Results, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2597, Berlin, (2003), pp. 270-287. (jurnal ISI)
46. M. Ionescu, C. Martín-Vide, A. Paun, Gh. Paun: Unexpected Universality Results for Three Classes of P Systems with Symport/Antiport. DNA 2002: LNCS, Volume 2568/2003, pp.281-290 (jurnal ISI)
47. C. Campeanu, A. Paun, The Number of Similarity Relations and the Number of Minimal Deterministic Finite Cover Automata, Proc. of 7th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2002), Tours, France, 2002, pp. 71-80. (jurnal ISI)
48. M. Ionescu, C. Martin-Vide, A. Paun, Gh. Paun, Membrane Systems with Symport/Antiport: (Unexpected) Universality Results, Proc. of 8th Intern. Meeting on DNA Based Computers (DNA8) (M. Hagiya, A. Obuchi, eds.), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2002, pp. 151-160.
49. A. Paun, P Systems with string-objects: Universality results, Proc. of Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC-CdeA 2001), Curtea-de-Arges, Romania, 2001, pp. 229-242.
50. A. Paun, On P Systems with Global Rules. Proc. of 7th Intern. Meeting on DNA Based Computers (DNA7) (N. Jonoska, N.C. Seeman, eds.), Tampa, Florida, USA, 2001, pp. 43-52.
51. A. Paun, On P Systems with Active Membranes, Proc. of UMC2K, in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Springer (I. Antoniou, C.S. Calude, M.J. Dinneen, eds.), Brussels, Belgium, 2000, pp. 187-201.
52. A. Paun, N. Santean, S. Yu, An O(n²) Algorithm for Constructing Minimal Cover Automata for Finite Languages, Proc. of Fifth International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2000) (M. Daley, M. Eramian, S. Yu, eds.), London, Ontario, 2000, pp. 233-241. (jurnal ISI)
53. A. Paun, On the Diameter of Various Classes of H Systems, Proc. of Intern. Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Automata, Grammars and Related Structures (DCAGRS '99) (J. Dassow, D. Wotschke, eds.), Magdeburg, Germany, 1999, pp. 165-174.
54. A. Paun, M. Paun, State and Transition Complexity of Watson-Crick Finite Automata, Proc. of Fundamentals of Computation Theory Conf. (FCT'99) Iasi, 1999, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1684, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999, pp. 409-420. (jurnal ISI)
55. A. Paun, M. Paun, Controlled and Distributed H Systems of a Small Radius, Computing with Bio-Molecules; Theory and Experiments, Springer, Singapore, 1998, pp. 239-254.
Alte publicatii:
56. L. Kari, C. Martin-Vide, A. Paun, On the Universality of P Systems with Minimal Symport/Antiport Rules, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2950, Berlin, (2004), pp. 254-265. (jurnal ISI)
57. R. Freund, A. Paun, P Systems with Active Membranes and without Polarizations, Dept. of Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, Univ. of Sevilla Tech. Rep 01/2004, Second Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing, Sevilla, Spain, Feb 2-7, 2004, pp. 193-205.
58. S.N. Krishna, A. Paun, Some Universality Results on Evolution-Communication P Systems, Rovira i Virgili Univ., Tech. Rep. No. 26, Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing; Tarragona, 2003, pp. 207-215.
59. S.N. Krishna, A. Paun, Three Universality Results on P Systems, Rovira i Virgili Univ., Tech. Rep. No. 26, Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing; Tarragona, 2003, pp. 198-206.
60. C. Martin-Vide, A. Paun, Gh. Paun, Membrane Computing: New Results, New Problems, Bulletin of the EATCS, 78 (2002), pp. 204-212.
61. L. Kari, A. Paun, String Operations Suggested by DNA Biochemistry: the Balanced Cut Operation, Words, Semigroups & Transductions (M. Ito, et. al., eds.), World Scientific, Singapore, 2001, pp. 275-287.
62. A. Paun, Gh. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, Further Remarks on P Systems with Symport Rules, An. Stiint. Univ. Al. I. Cuza Iasi Inform. 10 (2001), pp. 3-18.
63. A. Paun, M. Paun, On the Membrane Computing Based on Splicing, Where Mathematics, Computer Science, Linguistics and Biology Meet (C. Martin-Vide, V. Mitrana, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2001, pp. 409-422.
Carti si capitole in carti:
64. A. Paun, M. Paun, Analiza Statistica Folosind Limbajul R, Editura Matrix, Bucuresti, 2009.
65. R. Freund, O. Ibarra, A. Paun, P. Sosik, H-C. Yen, Catalytic P systems, capitol de carte in Membrane Computing Handbook, Oxford University Press, 2010.
66. O.H Ibarra, A. Leporati, A. Paun, S. Woodworth, Spiking Neural P Systems: Characterizations and Complexity, capitol de carte in Membrane Computing Handbook, Oxford University Press, 2010.
67. A. Paun, Computability of the DNA and Cells: Splicing and Membrane Computing, SBEB Publishing, 378 pagini, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-9802368-4-2.
68. A. Paun, I. Stanciu, A. Bancila, B. Popa, Calculabilitatea pe baza de membrane si proteine, capitol de carte in Bioinformatica vol II, Editura Tehnica, 131 pagini, 2008, ISBN: 978-973-31-2342-2.
69. O.H. Ibarra, A. Paun, Membrane Systems: A “Natural” Way of Computing with Cells, book chapter (chapter 3, 26 pages), in S. Rajasekaran, J.Reif, eds., Handbook of Parallel Computing: Models, Algorithms and Applications (Chapman & Hall/Crc Computer & Information Science Series), 2007, ISBN: 978-1584886235.
70. S. Yu, A. Paun, eds., Implementation and Application of Automata, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2088, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2001. ISBN: 978-3540424918.
Cursuri predate la Universitatea Politehnica a statului Louisiana
CSC 586: Advanced topics in Biocomputing (Biocomputing: curs avansat) Martie-Mai 2005, Martie-Mai 2006
CSC 557: Special Topics in Biocomputing (Diverse probleme in Biocomputing) Martie-Mai 2004
CSC 486: Introduction to Biocomputing (Introducere in Bioinformatica) Decembrie-Februarie 2004-2005, Decembrie-Februarie 2005-2006, Decembrie-Februarie 2006-2007,
CSC 428: Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures (Programare orientata pe obiecte si structuri de date) Septembrie-Decembrie 2005, Septembrie-Decembrie 2006
CSC 325: Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms (Structuri de date avansate si algoritmi) Septembrie-Decembrie 2003, Septembrie-Decembrie 2004
CSC 251: Computer Organization and Assembly Language (Organizarea calculatoarelor si limbaje de asamblare) Decembrie-Februarie 2003-2004
Cursuri Predate la University of Western Ontario
CS 026a: Computer Science Fundamentals I (Introducere in Informatica: Java) Septembrie-Decembrie 2002
CS 357b: Computer Networks I (Retele de calculatoare) Ianuarie-Mai 2002
CS 331b: Foundations of Theoretical Computer Science I (Fundamentele Informaticii teoretice) Septembrie-Decembrie 2000, Iunie-Iulie 2001
Comitete si sedinte:
Comitete la nivelul Universitatii:
• Membru in Senatul Universitatii, Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana, (2005 – 2008)
• Membru in comitetul de etica si profesionalism pentru universitate, Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana (2004 – 2005)
Comitete la nivelul Colegiului:
• Echipa de stiinte ingineresti, Colegiul de inginerie si stiinte, Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana (2005 – 2006)
• Echipa de recrutare a studentilor masteranzi si doctoranzi, Colegiul de inginerie si stiinte, Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana (2004 – 2006)
Comitete in departament:
• Comitetul de angajari, Departamentul de Informatica, Universitatea Politehnica a statului Luiziana (2006 – 2007)
• Comitetul pentru problemele masteranzilor si doctoranzilor, Departamentul de Informatica, University of Western Ontario (reprezentantul studentilor, 2002 – 2003)
• Comitetul de angajari, Departamentul de Informatica, University of Western Ontario (reprezentantul studentilor, 2001 – 2002)
• Comitetul pentru distinctii, Departamentul de Informatica, University of Western Ontario (reprezentantul studentilor, 2001 – 2002)
Apartenenta la asociatii profesionale:
• Membru, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), din 2002
• Membru, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), din 2002
• Membru, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and IEEE Computer Society, din 2002
Referent:
• Membru referent intr-un panel NSF pentru granturi in Computational Biology: Aprilie 2006.
Referent pentru jurnalele:
• Acta Cybernetica
• Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems
• Fundamenta Informaticae
• International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science
• Journal of Automata, Languages and Combinatorics
• Theoretical Computer Science
Referent pentru conferintele:
• WIA’98, WIA’99; CIAA’2000, CIAA’2001, CIAA’2002; DNA 7, DNA 8; FCT’99; DCAGRS’99, DCAGRS’2000, CIAA2004, DLT2004, CIAA2005, DLT2005, CIAA2006, DLT2006, DCFS2006, DNA2007, CIAA2007, DLT2007, LTB07, CIAA2008, DLT2008, FICCC08, etc.
Membru in Comitetele de conferinte pentru:
• Program Committee member for Fifteenth International Meeting on DNA Computing (DNA 15), Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, 2009
• Program Committee member for Thirteenth International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA2008) (Santa Barbara, 2008)
• Program Committee member for Third International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2008) Adelaide, Australia, 2008.
• Program Committee member for First International Conference on Contemporary Computing (NOIDA, (outskirts of New Delhi), India 2008)
• Language Theory in Biocomputing 07 (Kingston, Canada 2007)
• DNA13 (Memphis, USA, 2007)
• A unsprezecea Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA06) (Taipei, Taiwan 2006).
• Seful comitetului de organizare a conferintei studentesti UWORCS2002: U.W.O. Research in Computer Science, (London, Canada, 2002).
• Membru in comitetul de organizare pentru a cincea Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2000) si pentru Half Century of Automata Theory Celebration and Inspiration (HCAT), London, Ontario, Canada, 2000.
Seminarii invitate:
• Princeton University (NSF workshop on Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation: Bio-Inspired Computing and the Biology and Computer Science Interface) Iunie 2008
Titlu: Discrete nondeterministic modeling of cellular pathways
• The Microsoft Research - University of Trento: Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI) Martie 2008,
Titlu: Discrete nondeterministic modeling of cellular pathways
• IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Martie 2007.
Titlu: Membrane systems and automata
• University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA, October 2005.
Titlu: Membrane Systems: An Unconventional Model of Computation
• Vienna University of Technology, Austria, Iunie 2003.
Titlu: New Topics in Biocomputing: Membrane Systems
• Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain, Iulie 2002.
Titlu: Membrane Systems with Symport/Antiport Rules. Basic Classes and Basic Results
• Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, USA, Aprilie 2002.
Titlu: P Systems with Symport/Antiport
Studenti supervizati:
Shenghua Ni (doctorand) terminat in Martie 2010, titlul tezei: “DNA microarray image segmentation using Active Contours Without Edges method”
John Jack (doctorand) terminat in Mai 2009, titlul tezei: “Discrete Nondeterministic Modeling of Biochemical Networks”
Bianca Popa (doctoranda) terminat in Noiembrie 2006, titlul tezei: “Membrane systems with limited parallelism”
Amit Tyagi (Master) terminat in Decembrie 2008, teza: “An incremental multi-word algorithm for DFCA”
Hitesh Harish Nagda (Master) terminat in Februarie 2007, teza: “Computability of systems based on flip-flopping proteins”
Udayendru Gottapu (Master)terminat in Noiembrie 2006, proiect: “WebGrail+ 1.0”
Suman Kalavagunta (Master)terminat in Octombrie 2006, teza: “Incremental construction of finite automata and parallel minimization of DFA”
Lalitha Krothapalli (Master) terminat in Octombrie 2006, proiect: “Graphical display of finite state machines”
Nithila Govindaraju (Master) terminat in Septembrie 2006, proiect: “Parallelization of E-cell system”
Jason R. Smith (Master) terminat in August 2006, teza: “Development of operations on cover automata”
Vishnu C. Nara (Master) terminat in August 2006, proiect: “GUI for GRAIL+ project”
Chandra Sankaranarayanan (Master) terminat in Mai 2006, proiect: “MPI parallelization of E-cell”
Nishanth Tiruvaipati (Master) terminat in Februarie 2006, proiect: “E-Cell online: web-based simulation of cells”
Smitha Cheruku (Master) terminat in Februarie 2006, teza: “A new simulation framework for modeling signaling transduction pathways: P systems”
Sridhar Bheemanathini (Master in Inginerie biomedicala, co-supervizat) terminat in Octombrie 2005, teza: “Regulation and control of 2,3-BPG metabolism in human erythrocyte using E-Cell system”
Pradeep Daripally (Master Inginerie electrica, co-supervizat) terminat in Octombrie 2005, proiect: “VHDL simulation of symport/antiport P systems”
Le Zhang (Master) terminat in Mai 2005, teza: “NFA to DFCA transformations and implementation issues”
Vijay Sundaram (Master) terminat in Mai 2005, proiect: “Porting and modernizing the GRAIL+ package”
Am fost solicitat sa lucrez in comitetul a mai mult de 20 doctoranzi de la universitati din SUA, Finlanda si Italia pentru verificat calitatea cercetarii, examinat tezele si decis acordarea sau nu a titlului de doctor (in Europa am activat ca asa-numit oponent).
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