MIHAELA M. PAUN, PhD                                                                                                                                                               

Assistant Professor

Mathematics and Statistics                                                                   

Louisiana Tech University,

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. R. Gottumukkala, R. Nassar, M. Păun, C. Leangsuksun, S. Scott, “The TTF Distribution of System of K Nodes for HPC Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Volume 59, Issue 1, March 2010, pp. 162 – 169, DOI: 10.1109/TR.2009.2034291  (pdf).

*2. N. Naksinehaboon, M. Păun, R. Nassar, B. Leangsuksun, S. Scott, “High Performance Computing Systems with Various Checkpointing Schemes,” International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control, Vol. IV, 2009, No. 4, pp. 386-400.  (pdf)

3. M. Păun, N. Naksinehaboon, R. Nassar, C. Leangsuksun,  S. Scott, N. Taerat , “Incremental Checkpoint Schemes for Weibull Failure Distribution”, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science,  Volume 21, No.3, 2010, pp. 329-344, DOI: 10.1142/S0129054110007283 (pdf)

4. R. Nassar, S. Wu, M. Paun, W. Dai, and J. Palmer, “A mathematical model characterizing the diffusion properties of microcapsules”, Chemical Engineering Communications Journal, Volume 198, Issue 1, January 2010, pages 33 – 45, DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2010.493109 (pdf)

5. S. Ni, P. Wang, M. Păun, W. Dai, A. Paun, “Spotted cDNA microarray image segmentation using ACWE”,  ROMJIST, Volume 12, Number 2, 2009, pp. 249-263 (pdf).

6. A. Păun, M. Păun, Alfonso Rodriguez-Paton, “On the Hopcroft's minimization technique for DFA and DFCA,” Teoretical Computer Science (TCS), Volume 410, Issues 24-25, 28 May 2009, pp. 2424-2430.

7. M. Păun, T. Chen, R. Nassar, “Spectral Analysis on Tripolar Laplacian Electrocardiogram”, ROMJIST, 2009, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 91-100.  

*8. M. Păun, “Inference of the Atkinson Index with Illustrations on Romanian Real Estate Market,” Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research Journal, 1-2/2008, pp. 173-185.

9. J. F. Guthrie, D. L. Landry, M. W.Murimi, M. Păun, “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, Issue 2, 2008, Publication of the School Nutrition Association.                                               

10. M. Păun, “Review of Inequality Metrics with Applications in Income Inequality in Louisiana” Romanian Economic Business Review, 3, 2008, pp. 82-88.

Note: “*” – papers for which I am corresponding author.

 

PAPERS in peer reviewed conferences (at least 3 referees).

1. W.  Zhuang, M. Paun, B. Babin, Q. Xiao, “Do Oscar Award and Nomination Signal Movie Success? An Empirical Examination”,  Academy of Management National Conference, August 6-10, 2010,  Montreal, Canada.

2. B. Strimbu, M Paun, “Sensitivity of forest planning to the parameters of simulated annealing”, Society of American Forests Conference, October 27-31,  2010, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

3. Scott, SL; Engelmann, C; Vallee, GR; Naughton, T; Tikotekar, A; Ostrouchov, G; Leangsuksun, C; Naksinehaboon, N; Nassar,R; Paun, M; Mueller, F; Wang, C; Nagarajan, AB; Varma, J, “A Tunable Holistic Resiliency Approach for High-Performance Computing Systems”, Proceedings of the 14th ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Principles and practice of parallel programming, February 14-18, 2009, Raleigh, NC.

4. A. Păun, M. Păun, A. Rodriguez-Patton, “Hopcroft's minimization technique: queues or stacks? ”,  Conference on Implementation  and Application of Automata, San Francisco, USA, July 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5148 Springer 2008, pp 78-91. -

5. Y. Liu, R. Nassar, C. Leangsuksun, N. Naksinehaboon, M. Păun, S. Scott, “An Optimal  Checkpoint/Restart Model for a Large Scale High Performance Computing System”, proceedings of  the second IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2008), Miami, Florida, April 2008 (pdf).

6.  N. Gottumukkala, C. Leangsuksun, R. Nassar, M. Păun, D. Sule, S. Scott, “Reliability-aware Optimal K Node of parallel applications in Large Scale High Performance Computing Systems”, proceedings of  the High Availability and Performance Computing Workshop (HAPCW) 2008,  Denver, Colorado, April 2008.

7. N. Naksinehaboon, Y. Liu, C. Leangsuksun, R. Nassar, M. Păun, S. Scott, “Reliability-aware Approach: An Incremental Checkpoint/Restart Model in HPC Environments”, proceedings of  the Resiliency in High Performance Computing (CCGRID-Resilience 2008), Lyon, France, May 2008 (pdf).

8. Y. Liu, R. Nassar, C. Leangsuksun, N. Naksinehaboon, M. Păun, S. Scott, “A Reliability aware Approach for an Optimal Checkpoint/Restart Model in HPC Environments”,  proceedings of  the IEEE Cluster Conference Austin, Texas, 2007, pp. 452-457.

9. A. Păun, M. Păun, “State and Transition Complexity of Watson-Crick Finite Automata ”, proceedings of  the Fundamentals of Computation Theory Conf. (FCT'99) Iasi, 1999, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1684, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999, pp. 409-420 

10. A. Păun, M. Păun, “Controlled and Distributed H Systems of a Small Radius”, Computing with Bio-Molecules; Theory and Experiments, Springer, Singapore, 1998, pp. 239-254.

  

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)

"DNA Image Segmentation and Statistical Modeling", Louisiana Board of Regents - Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS), June 2010 - May 2013 (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

·         STAT 405   - Statistical Methods

·         STAT 505   - Statistics for Engineering and Science  - graduate standing only

·         STAT 506   - Regression Analysis- graduate standing only

·         STAT 507   - Analysis of Variance- graduate standing only

·         STAT 511   - Design of Experiments - graduate standing only

·         STAT 620   - Theory of  Probability - graduate standing only

·         STAT 621   - Theory of Statistics - graduate standing only

 

·         MATH 101  - Algebra

·         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:

• Acta Cybernetica

• Fundamenta Informaticae

• International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science

 Conferences:

• FCT 1999,  CIAA 2000, Resilience 2008, Resilience 2009

Program Committee Membership: 

• 2010 - “Resilience 2010 - International Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing”, May 17-20, 2010, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Program Committee Member.

• 2009 - “ ISPA09- The 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications ”, Auhust 10-12, 2009, Chengdu and Jiuzhai Valley, China.

• 2009 - “Resilience 2009 - International Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing”, June 9-11, 2009, Munich, Germany.

• 2008 - “HPC 2008 - Workshop on Resiliency for Petascale”, October 14-15, 2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.  – Membru şi Program Co-Chair

• 2008 - “Resilience 2008 - International Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing”, May 19-22, 2008, Lyon, France.

• 2008 - “High Availability and Performance Computing Workshop, (HAPCW 2008)”, April 13-4, 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA.

• 2000 - “CIAA 2000 - Fifth International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata”, July 24-25, 2000, London, Ontario, Canada. – Also Organizing Committee Member.

• 2000 - “HCAT 2000 - Half Century of Automata Theory Celebration and Inspiration”, July 16, 2000  -  London, Ontario, Canada, July 2000 – Also Organizing Committee Member.


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.

 

Membru în Comitete Editoriale

• Journal of Information Systems and Operation Management,  ISSN: 1843-4711

Supervised Students

 • Nichamon Naksinehaboon – PhD in Computational Analysis and Modeling, November 2007 – June 2011, in progress, “Reliability of High Performance Computing” - co-supervisor.

 • Chen Yuan – PhD in Computational Analysis and Modeling, September 2008 – February 2012, in progress, “Modelling biological processes at the cellular level”  - supervisor.

 • Yan Kang - PhD in Computational Analysis and Modeling, September 2008 – February 2012, in progress, “Qualitative Estimation of Healthy Lifestyles” - supervisor.

 

• Bogdan Strimbu - Master  in Statistics -   “Statistical tests with non-normally distributed data”. - expected graduation May 2011.

• Ting Chen - Master  in Statistics -   “Spectral Analysis on Tripolar Laplacian Electrocardiogram”. -graduated February 2008

• Weiling Zhuang - Master  in Statistics -   “Do Oscar award and nomination signal movie success? An empirical examination.”. -graduated June 2010

 

 

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.

• Liqun Wang - expected graduation 2012
• Wei Wang - expected graduation 2012
• Supada Laosooksathit - - expected graduation 2012
• James Elliott - expected graduation 2011
• Clayton Chandler - expected graduation 2011
• Taerat Narate - expected graduation 2011
• Hongbau Cao - expected graduation 2010
• Fei Zhu - expected graduation 2011
• Di Zhao - expected graduation 2011
• Xiaoqi Zeng - expected graduation 2011