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MIHAELA PAUN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mathematics and Statistics
P. O. Box
10348,
Ruston, LA, 71272
Email: mpaun “at” latech.edu
Phone: 318-257-4505
Fax: 318-257-2182
Education
Ph.D.: Louisiana Tech University , 9/2003-5/2006, field of study: Applied Computational Analysis and Modeling , GPA 4.00.
Dissertation: “Measuring Inequality: Statistical Inferential Theory with Applications”,
supervisors: Prof. Dr. Raja Nassar and Dr. Ricardas Zitikis
M.Sc.: University of Western Ontario, Canada, 9/2001-6/12003, field of study: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Thesis: “Indices of Economic Inequality and Their Empirical Estimation”, supervisor: Dr. Ricardas Zitikis
M.Sc.: University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1/1999-8/2000, field of study: Computer Science
Thesis: “Watson-Crick Automata”, supervisor: Dr. Sheng Yu
B.Sc.: University of Bucharest, Romania, 10/1994-6/1998, field of study: Mathematics and Computer Science
Thesis: “Operations with languages biologically motivated”, supervisor: Dr. Adrian Atanasiu
Research
My research interests lie in the area of Econometrics ( Statistical Inference for Inequality Measures), High Availably and Performance Computing and Dependable computing (Reliability Software Engineering) and Biostatistics, Finite Automata, DNA Computing and System Biology.
Publications
PAPERS in peer reviewed journals
1. M. Paun, T. Chen, R. Nassar, “Spectral Analysis on Tripolar Laplacian Electrocardiogram” accepted at ROMJIST, to appear 2009.
2.M. Paun, “Inference of the Atkinson Index with Illustrations on Romanian Real Estate Market”, Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research, volume 42, 1-2/2008, pp 173-185.
3. M. Paun, “Review of Inequality Metrics with Applications in Income Inequality in Louisiana” Journal of Information Systems and Operation Management, May 2008, pp 119-128.
4. J. F. Guthrie, D. L. Landry, M. W. Murimi, M. Paun, “Assessment of Family and Consumer Science Teachers' Confidence and Expected Outcomes Regarding an Integrated, School-Based Nutrition Education Program”, Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, volume 32, Issue 2, 2008.
5. M. Paun, M. Stanciu, “The human being and it’s role in the performance-competitivity relationship”, Revista Calitatea, nr 7-8, 2008.
6. M. Paun, M. Stanciu, “Competitiveness and performance - can we find a new measuring method?” Review of Management and Economical Engineering, special issue, vol.6, 2007, pp.108-113.
PAPERS in peer reviewed conferences (at least 3 referees).
1. A. Paun, M. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Patton, “Hopcroft's minimization technique: queues or stacks? ”, Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata, San Francisco, USA, July 2008, published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5148 Springer 2008, pp 78-91.
2. Y. Liu, R. Nassar, C. Leangsuksun, N. Naksinehaboon, M. Paun, S. Scott, “An Optimal Checkpoint/Restart Model for a Large Scale High Performance Computing System”, refereed proceedings 2 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2008), Miami, Florida, April 2008, pp 1-9.
3. N. Gottumukkala, C. Leangsuksun, R. Nassar, M. Paun, D. Sule, S. Scott, “Reliability-aware Optimal K Node of parallel applications in Large Scale High Performance Computing Systems”, refereed proceedings High Availability and Performance Computing Workshop (HAPCW) 2008, Denver, Colorado, April 2008, 6pages.
4. N. Naksinehaboon, Y. Liu, C. Leangsuksun, R. Nassar, M. Paun, S. Scott, “Reliability-aware Approach: An Incremental Checkpoint/Restart Model in HPC Environments”, refereed proceedings of Resiliency in High Performance Computing (CCGRID-Resilience 2008), Lyon, France, May 2008, pp 783-789.
5. Y. Liu, R. Nassar, C. Leangsuksun, N. Naksinehaboon, M. Paun, S. Scott, “A Reliability aware Approach for an Optimal Checkpoint/Restart Model in HPC Environments”, refereed proceedings of IEEE Cluster Conference Austin, Texas, 2007, pp 452-457.
Grants
"CSR–DMSS, PSCE: Collaborative Research: Scalable Resilience in Large-Scale Systems" , National Science Foundation (NSF), United States, September 2008 - July 2011, (PI: C. Leangsuksun, Co-Pi: M. Paun)
"Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) for Petascale High-End Computing and Beyond", U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), United States, January 2-7-December 2010, (PI: C. Leangsuksun, Co-Pi: M. Paun)
Statistical Consulting
Experience in statistical consulting involving design of experiments, process optimization, Survival Data Analysis, Reliability, Risk assessment and modeling. Data analysis and interpretation in different disciplines such as Econometrics, Health Sciences and Engineering. Provided statistical consulting and data analysis through the statistical consulting lab for faculty and graduate student research at Louisiana Tech University.
Statistical analysis for the following Master Theses:
• Danielle
Landry: Comparison of Chinese and American university students’ knowledge of
diet and related risk factors for chronic disease
• Ashley
Powell:
Breakfast Eating
Habits of College Students
Statistical Analysis for the following publications
(Acnowledged in the paper):
• Walter
G. Besio, Kanthaiah Koka, and Andrew J. Cole, “Effects of Noninvasive
Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation via Concentric Ring Electrodes on
Pilocarpine-induced Status Epilepticus in Rats”, Epilepsia, 1–7, 2007.
• Jenna
Carpenter, Ruth Ellen Hanna, “Predicting Student Preparedness in
Calculus”, 2006 ASEE Annual Conference Chicago, Illinois, June 18-21, 2006.
Teaching at Louisiana Tech University
Winter 2009 -
STAT 507 - Analysis of Variance- graduate
standing only
Fall 2008 - STAT 620
- Theory of Probability - graduate standing only
Math 101 - Algebra
Spring 2008 - STAT 511 - Design of Experiments - graduate standing only
Winter 2008 -
STAT 505 - Statistics for Engineering and Science - graduate
standing only
Fall 2007 - STAT 621
- Theory of Statistics - graduate standing only
Spring 2007 - STAT 405 -
Statistical Methods
Winter 2007 - STAT 505 - Statistics for Engineering and Science - graduate standing only
MATH 112 - Geometry and Trigonometry
Winter 2006 -
MATH 101 - Algebra
Fall 2005 -
MATH 112 - Geometry and Trigonometry
Spring 2005 - MATH 101 -
Algebra
Winter 2005 - MATH 125 - Algebra for Management and Social Sciences
MATH 112 - Geometry and Trigonometry
Fall 2004 - MATH 112 - Geometry and Trigonometry
Service (only college or university level committees listed)
University Senate, Louisiana Tech University Senator - Elected (2007-2010)
Computational Analysis and Modeling PhD Program - Steering Committee Member - Appointed
Reviewer
Journals:
• International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science
Conferences:
• FCT 1999, CIAA 2000, Resilience 2008, Resilience 2009
Program Committee Membership:
• “SPA'09 ” - 7th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, August 10-12, 2009 in Chengdu, China.
• “Resilience 2009” - International Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing, June 9-11, 2009, Munich, Germany.
• “HPC 2008 ”- Workshop on Resiliency for Petascale, October 14-15, 2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. – Also Program Co-Chair.
• “Resilience 2008” -Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing, 19-22 May 2008, Lyon, France.
•“HAPCW 2008” - High Availability and Performance Computing Workshop, April 13-4, 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Organizing Committee Member:
• “CIAA 2000”
- Fifth International Conference on Implementation and Application of
Automata, London, Ontario, Canada, July 2000.
• “HCAT 2000”
- Half Century of Automata Theory Celebration and Inspiration, London,
Ontario, Canada, July 2000.
Supervised Students
• Ting Chen – Master in Statistics, November 2007 - February 2008, “Spectral Analysis on Tripolar Laplacian Electrocardiogram” – supervisor - graduated.
• Nichamon Naksinehaboon – PhD in Computational Analysis and Modeling, since November 2007, “Reliability of High Performance Computing” - co-supervisor - in progress.
• Chen Yuan – PhD in Computational Analysis and Modeling, since September 2008, “Modelling biological processes at the cellular level” - supervisor - in progress.
Ph.D Committee Member
• Narasimha
Raju Gottumukkala: Failure Analysis and Reliability Aware Resource Management
for HPC Systems - graduated.
• Pan Wang:
Numerical Methods for studying thermal deformation in 2D thin films exposed
to ultra short-pulsed lasers - graduated.