Erol Gelenbe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Erol Gelenbe

French-Turkish computer scientist

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1945

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Profession: engineer, computer scientist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sami Erol Gelenbe (born 22 August 1945) is a Turkish-French computer scientist, electronic engineer and applied mathematician who is a Professor in the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and is also affiliated with the I3S Laboratory of the University of Cote d'Azur (Nice).
Previously he was a chaired professor at University of Liege (1974-1979), University Paris-Sud (1979-1986), University Paris Descartes (1986-2005), Duke University (1993-1998), the University of Central Florida (1998-2003) and Imperial College (2003-2019).
Known for pioneering the field of modelling and performance evaluation of computer systems and networks throughout Europe, he invented the random neural network and the eponymous G-networks.
His awards include the Grand Prix France Telecom (1996) of the French Aademy of Sciences, ACM SIGMETRICS Life-Time Achievement Award, the Oliver Lodge Medal of the UK's Institution of Engineering and Technology (2010), and the "In Memoriam Dennis Gabor Award" (2013) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.