Gheorghe Păun (; born December 6, 1950, in

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) is a

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from

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, prominent for work on

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and the P system. Păun studied mathematics at the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

, obtaining an MSc. in 1974 and a PhD in 1977 under the direction of

Solomon Marcus Solomon Marcus (; 1 March 1925 – 17 March 2016) was a Romanian mathematician, member of the Mathematical Section of the Romanian Academy (full member from 2001) and emeritus professor of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Mathematics. H ...

. He has been a

researcher Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

at the

Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy The "Simion Stoilow" Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy is a research institute in Bucharest, Romania. It is affiliated with the Romanian Academy, and it is named after Simion Stoilow, one of its founders. History On December 2 ...

since 1990. Păun was elected a member of the

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in 2006, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy in 2012. He supervised the PhD thesis of 5 students. In 2016, he was awarded the title of ''Doctor Honoris Causa Scientiarum''.

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External links

Gheorghe Paun's webpage
Theoretical computer scientists Romanian bioinformaticians 1950 births Living people Members of Academia Europaea Titular members of the Romanian Academy University of Bucharest alumni People from Argeș County {{Europe-compu-bio-stub