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	Research Fields Electrical Engineering: Mathematical modeling and analysis of the design and performance of computer and communication systems. Nanoscience: Mathematical modeling and analysis of self assembly processes Computer Science: Competitive and average-case analysis of algorithms, dynamic storage allocation. Operations Research: Scheduling and bin packing theory - combinatorial, stochastic, and average-case analysis; applied stochastic processes, queueing theory/applications.

	Distinctions Distinguished Lecturer Series at Computer Science Departments University of Maryland University of Virginia North Carolina State University University of Tennessee Clemson University Columbia University Best paper prize/award, Spring Joint Computer Conference, 1964 SIAM best paper nomination in computer science, 1978. SIAM best paper nomination in computer science, 1983. SIAM best paper selection for the year 2000. Applied Probability Society best publication prize, 2002. Keynote speaker ACM Sigmetrics Conference, 1984 International Seminar on Teletraffic Analysis and Computer Performance Evaluation, 1986 Dutch symposium honoring J.W. Cohen, 1988 INRIA(French) school on scheduling theory, 1992 International Computer Performance and Dependability Symposium, 1998 ACM Sigmetrics Conference, 2002. Sixth Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems, 2003. Election to Fellow, IEEE, 1984 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories award, 1984 ACM Outstanding Contribution Award, 1987 Achievement Medal of the Technical University of Poznan, Poland, 1991 Election to Fellow, ACM, 1994 (initial group of 100 inductees) First recipient of ACM Sigmetrics Achievement Award, 2002.

	Membership in Professional Organizations Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Member, Technical Committee on Operating Systems Association for Computing Machinery One of the co-founders of SIGMETRICS IFIP Working Group 7.3 on Performance Evaluation and Modeling (one of the co-founders) Member, membership committee, 1990-1995, 2002- (committee chair) DIMACS Institute Chairman, Visitor Committee, 1994-1997 Member, Executive Committee, 1994-1997

	Professional Positions and Activities Editorships Journal of Algorithms, 2000- Journal of Scheduling, 1997-2003 Journal of Interconnection Networks, 1998- Journal of the ACM, Associate Editor 1969-1975 and 1979-1985, Editor-in-Chief 1975-1979. SIAM Journal of Computing, 1982-1986 Revue Bleue d'AFCET, 1974-1977 Foundations of Control Engineering, 1975-1986 Performance Evaluation, 1980-1985 Birkhauser Publications, 1980-1987 (Computer Science Series) Computing Surveys, 1983-1984, Category Editor ASA-SIAM book series (1993) Session Chairman/Organizer IEEE Computer Conference, 1969 Computers and Automata Symposium, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1972 Princeton Conference on Information Systems, 1973 IFIPS Performance Evaluation Symposium, 1974 4th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems, 1975 9th Hawaiian Conference on Information Sciences, 1975 Computing Symposium of European ACM Chapters, 1975 Computer Science Conference, University of Texas, 1975 ORSA National Conference, 1976 1st Symposium on Applied Probability and Computer Science: The Interface, Boca Raton, 1981 1st Symposium on Applied Mathematics and Performance/Reliability Models of Computer/Communication Systems, Pisa, 1983 Indian IEEE Conference on System Sciences, 1984 Workshop/Symposium Organization 2nd ACM Symposium on Operating Systems, IFIPS WG 7.3 Workshops, 1992 and 1996, Dagstuhl Workshops on Scheduling Theory, 1997 and 1999, Scheduling Theory Workshop, Luminy, France 2001. General chair, Sigmetrics Conference, 2004 Program Committees 2nd ACM Symposium on Operating Systems, 1969 (program chairman) IFIPS Computer Performance Evaluation Conferences, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993 ORSA Conference on Applied Probability and Computer Science: The Interface, 1981 IFIPS Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, 1981 INRIA/AFCET Mathematical Modeling Methodology Conference, Paris, 1983 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference, 1983, 2003. International Seminar on Teletraffic Analysis and Computer Performance Evaluation, 1986 South American Computer Science Conference, 1986. Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, 1998 INFORMS Applied Probability Conf. 2001, 2003, 2004. Mathematical modeling and analysis (MAMA) workshop, 2001,2002,2003. First Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling, 2003. Short Courses in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling of Computer Systems Queueing Theory, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967 Analysis of Operating Systems, University of Michigan, 1986 Applied Probability and Combinatorics, British government supported, Durham, England, 1976 Winter School of Computer Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, 1976 Combinatorial Scheduling Theory, University of Texas, Austin, 1977 Bin-Packing Theory, University of Texas, Dallas, 1981 Algorithms and Complexity, UNESCO supported, CISM school, Udine, Italy, 1983 Storage Allocation Problems, National Technical University, Athens, Greece, 1984 Operating Systems Principles, University of Puerto Rico, 1988 Probabilistic Analysis of Packing and Partitioning Algorithms, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1990 Scheduling Theory, French government supported, Auch, France, 1992 Applications of Stochastic Planar Matching Theory, Dutch OR Society Supported, 1993 Consulting IBM Research Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, 1971 (6 weeks) Institut de Recherche d'Informatique et d'Automatique, Paris, 1977 (4 weeks) Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, 1978 (1 week) Université de Paris VI, 1981 (4 weeks) Institut de Recherche d'Informatique et d'Automatique, Sophia-Antipolis, France, 1989 (4 weeks)