MIHAELA 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. 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:

• Acta Cybernetica

• Fundamenta Informaticae

• 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.