Erol Gelenbe | |
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Born | [1] | 22 August 1945
Nationality | French Turkish |
Education | Middle East Technical University New York University Tandon School of Engineering Sorbonne University |
Known for | G-networks Random neural network |
Awards | Chevalier 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 of Belgium METU Parlar Science Award Mustafa Prize IEEE Fellow ACM Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science Electrical engineering Applied mathematics |
Institutions | University 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 advisor | Edward J. Smith Jacques-Louis Lions |
Doctoral students | |
Website | www www |
Sami Erol Gelenbe (born 22 August 1945, Istanbul) is a Turkish and French computer scientist, electronic engineer and applied mathematician, renowned for pioneering work in computer system and network performance.[3][4] His academic career spans several prestigious institutions and roles, including current positions as Professor at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2017,[5] and visiting professorships at King's College London, the I3S Laboratory (CNRS, University of Côte d'Azur) and the Abraham de Moivre Laboratory (CNRS, Imperial College London).[6]
A Fellow of several national academies, Gelenbe has chaired the Informatics Section of Academia Europaea since 2023.[7] His extensive professorial tenures include roles at the University of Liège, University Paris-Saclay, University Paris Descartes, NJIT, Duke University, the University of Central Florida, and Imperial College, where he served as the Dennis Gabor Professor and Head of Intelligent Systems and Networks.[8]