Erol Gelenbe

Erol Gelenbe
Born (1945-08-22) 22 August 1945 (age 79)[1]
NationalityFrench
Turkish
EducationMiddle East Technical University
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Sorbonne University
Known forG-networks
Random neural network
AwardsChevalier de la Legion d'Honneur
Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy
Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Mustafa Prize
IEEE Fellow
ACM Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Electrical engineering
Applied mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Liège
Paris-Sud 11 University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Duke University
University of Central Florida
Imperial College
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Thesis Stochastic automata with structural restrictions  (1970)
Doctoral advisorEdward J. Smith
Jacques-Louis Lions
Doctoral students
Websitewww.ee.ic.ac.uk/gelenbe/
www.iitis.pl/en/person/segelenbe

Sami Erol Gelenbe (born 22 August 1945, Istanbul), a Turkish and French computer scientist, electronic engineer and applied mathematician, pioneered the field of Computer System and Network Performance.[3][4] Currently Professor in the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2017- ),[5] he is also a visiting professor at King's College London, Honorary Researcher in the I3S Laboratory (CNRS, University of Côte d'Azur, Nice), and the Abraham de Moivre Laboratory (CNRS, Imperial College).[6] Fellow of several National Academies, he Chairs the Informatics Section of Academia Europaea since 2023.[7] His previous Professorial Chairs include the University of Liège (1974-1979), University Paris-Saclay (1979-1986), University Paris Descartes (1986-2005), NJIT (1991–93), ECE Chair at Duke University (1993-1998), University Chair Professor and Director of EECS, University of Central Florida (1998-2003), and Dennis Gabor Professor and Head of Intelligent Systems and Networks, Imperial College (2003-2019).[8]

  1. ^ a b Gaster, Adrian (1977). The international authors and writers who's who. International Biographical Centre. ISBN 978-0-900332-45-6.
  2. ^ Barria, Javier A. (2006). Communication networks and computer systems: a tribute to Professor Erol Gelenbe. Imperial College Press. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-1-86094-659-2.
  3. ^ "Erol Gelenbe Wins the 2008 Sigmetrics Achievement Award".
  4. ^ "Pionnier de la modélisation des systèmes informatiques, ayant inspiré plusieurs prototypes industriels, E. Gelenbe est Fellow de l'ACM et l'IEEE, et lauréat de prix scientifiques en France, aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni, en Turquie et en Iran. Membre des Académies des Sciences de Hongrie, Pologne et Turquie, de l'Académie des Technologies (France) et de l'Academia Europaea, il est Docteur Honoris Causa des Universités de Liège, Istanbul-Bogazici et Rome II, et a formé plus de 78 docteurs. Il est Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Commandeur de l'Ordre national du Mérite (France), Commandeur du Mérite d'Italie et Grand Officier de l'Ordre de l'Étoile d'Italie".
  5. ^ "Prof. Sami Erol Gelenbe".
  6. ^ "Academic Staff Abraham de Moivre CNRS Laboratory".
  7. ^ "Informatics Section Chairperson".
  8. ^ "Honouring the work of Professor Erol Gelenbe". 27 January 2016.