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.
Publications
Published Papers
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 proceeding of the IEEE Cluster Conference Austin, Texas, 2007, 452-457.
M. Paun, M. Stanciu,
“Competitiveness
and performance - can we find a new measuring method?”,
Refereed proceedings of Review of Management and Economical Engineering, special
issue, vol.6, 2007, pp.108-113. The Journal is classified by CNCSIS as a B+
journal.
A. Paun, M. Paun,
“On the
membrane computing based on splicing”,
Words, grammars, languages : where mathematics, linguistics and biology meet.,
C. Martin-Vide \& V. Mitrana(eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2000, 409--422.
A. Paun, M. Paun,
“State and
Transition Complexity of Watson-Crick Finite Automata”,
Proc. of Fundamentals of Computation Theory Conf. (FCT'99) Iasi, 1999, Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, 1684, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999, pp. 409-420.
A. Paun, M. Paun,
“Controlled
and Distributed H Systems of a Small Radius”,
Computing with Bio-Molecules; Theory and Experiments, Springer, Singapore, 1998,
pp. 239-254.
Submitted Papers:
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”,
submitted to the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing
Symposium. (IPDPS 2008), October 2007.
M. W.Murimi, D. L. Landry, J. F. Guthrie, M. Paun, “ The Use of Personal Data Assistants in assessing Nutrition Knowledge and Selected Dietary Habits of Adolescents Attending Randomly Selected Middle Schools in Louisiana”, submitted to the Journal of Child Nutrition and Management (JCNM), November 2007.
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 Thesis:
• 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:
• 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 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
Fall 2006 - NO TEACHING
Spring 2006 - NO TEACHING
Winter 2006 -
MATH 101 - College Algebra
Fall 2005 -
MATH 112 - Geometry and Trigonometry
Spring 2005 - MATH 101 -
College 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 Member - 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,
Program Committee Membership:
• Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing, Lyon, France, 19-22 May 2008.
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.
Ph.D Committee Member
• Narasimha
Raju Gottumukkala: Failure Analysis and Reliability Aware Resource Management
for HPC Systems - in progress
• Pan Wang:
Numerical Methods for studying thermal deformation in 2D thin films exposed
to ultra short-pulsed lasers -in progress