RESEARCH

BOOKS  AND CHAPTERS

•    M. Păun, Noțiuni de statistica aplicata cu exemple in R, Editura Matrix, 2016,  ISBN: 978-606-25-0278-2.  (217 pagini)
•   A. Păun , M. Păun, “Analiză Statistică Folosind Limbajul R”, Editura Matrix, 2009,  ISBN: 9789737555144.  (189 pagini)
•   M. Păun, Measures of Economic Inequality: Statistical Inequality with Application, SBEB Pub. 2008,  ISBN 9780980236880, Library of Congress number HB523 .P386 2008. (207 pagini)

•  Applications of Membrane Computing in Systems and Synthetic Biology, Frisco, Pierluigi; Gheorghe, Marian; Pérez-Jiménez, Mario J. (Eds.), Springer,  2014, XVII, 266 pp - ISBN: 978-3-319-03190-3 Chapter authors:  J. Jack, A.Păun, M. Păun, Chapter 6 - Biochemical Networks Discrete Modeling Inspired by Membrane Systems,  pp. 175-221 (46 pagini).
•  Strategia de dezvoltate a României în următorii 20 de ani, Volumul 1, Coordonator: Acad. Ionel-Valentin VLAD, Editura Academiei, Iulie 2015, ISBN 978-973-27-2555-9, 498 pagini – Co-autor (M. Paun)  Proiectul European al Dunării, pg. 351-392.
•  Strategia de dezvoltate a României în următorii 20 de ani, Volumul II, Coordonator: Acad. Ionel-Valentin VLAD, Editura Academiei, Februarie 2016, ISBN 978-973-27-2555-9, 477 pagini – Co-autor (M. Paun)  Proiectul European al Dunării, pg. 355-397.
• Strategia de dezvoltate a României în următorii 20 de ani, Volumul III- partea 1, Coordonator: Acad. Ionel-Valentin VLAD, Editura Academiei, August 2016, ISBN 978-973-27-2706-5, 552 pagini – Co-autor (M. Paun)  Proiectul European al Dunării, pp. 431-476.
•  Strategia de dezvoltate a României în următorii 20 de ani, Volumul III- partea 2, Coordonator: Acad. Ionel-Valentin VLAD, Editura Academiei, Decembrie 2016, ISBN 978-973-27-2737-9, 932 pagini – Co-autor (M. Paun)  Proiectul European al Dunării, pp. 583-666. 
  

      I.            JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 

• B. Strimbu; M. Paun; C. Montes, A scalar measure tracing tree species composition in space or time, PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS  Volume: 512   Pages: 682-692   Published: DEC 15 2018 
• Bordihn, Henning; Mitrana, Victor; Negru, Maria C.; Paun, Mihaela, Small networks of polarized splicing processors are universal, NATURAL COMPUTING   Volume: 17   Issue: 4   Special Issue: SI   Pages: 799-809   Part: 1   Published: DEC 20183.      
• A. Amarioarei, G. Barad, E. Czeizler, M Paun, et al.; One Dimensional DNA Tiles Self Assembly Model Simulation, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTING  Volume: 13   Issue: 4-5   Pages: 399-415  Published: 2018 
• B. M. Strimbu,  A. Amarioarei,   J. P.McTague,  M. M. Paun, A posteriori bias correction of three models used for environmental reporting, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research (Q1 Journal), Volume: 91 Issue: 1 Pages: 49-62 Published: JAN 2018, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpx032
• B. Strimbu, A. Amarioarei, M. Paun,  A parsimonious approach for modeling uncertainty within complex nonlinear relationships, Ecosphere Journal (Q2 Journal), Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2017
• Y. Li, A. Paun, M. Paun, Improvements on  Contours Based Segmentation for DNA Microarray Image Processing, Theoretical Computer Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2017.04.013, Volume: 701 Pages: 174-189 Published: NOV 21 2017.
• A. Amarioarei, C. Itcus, M. Paun, Phytoremediation research – how Romania is placed worldwide, Romanian Biotechnological Letters, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2017.
•  A. Amarioarei, M. Paun, Two Decades of Research Collaboration: A Keyword Scopus Evaluation, Romanian Statistical Review, 4, (2016), 49-68.
•  E. Feldbacher, M. Paun, W.Reckendorfer, M. Sidoroff, A.Stanica, B. Strimbu, I.Tusa, V. Vulturescu, T. Hein, Twenty years of research on water management issues in the Danube Macro-region — past developments and future directions, Science of the Total Environment Journal (Q1 Journal),  1/2016, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.133.
•  A. Paun, C. Chandler, C.  Box Leangsuksun, M. Paun, A failure index for HPC applications, J. Parallel Distrib. Comput. (Q2 Journal), 93–94 (2016) 146–153. ISSN: 0743-7315.
• M. Sidoroff, M. Paraschiv, A. Amarioarei, M. Paun, Measuring funded research performance for multidisciplinary research in the Danube basin, Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology,  17(2),  638-647,  2016.
•  M. Paraschiv, C. Manole, I. Tusa, M. Paun, L. Tcacenco, Cellulase-mediated hydrolysis applied on several danube delta bioresources, Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology,  17(2),  603-610,  2016.
•  M. Paun, Y. Li, Y. Cheng, I. Tusa, A. Paun, Segmenting Microarray Images using a Contour-Based Method,  Theoretical Computer Sciences, Volume 608/1, 10 December 2015, pp. 108–118 , DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2015.07.036.
•  I. Tusa, M. Sidoroff, M. Paun, Environmental Research Assessment, Journal of  Environmental Protection and Ecology, 16, No 3, 874–883 (2015)
•  M. Paun, C. Leangsuksun, R. Nassar, T. Thanakornworakij, HPC Application in Cloud Environment, ROMJIST, 18(2), 109-125, 2015.
•  S. Laosooksathit, R. Nassar, C. Leangsuksun, M. Paun, Reliability-aware performance model for optimal GPU-enabled cluster environment, The Journal of Supercomputing(Q2 Journal),, June 2014, Volume 68, Issue 3, pp 1630-1651, 10.1007/s11227-014-1128-7.
• W. Zhuang, B. Babin, Q. Xiao,  M. Paun, The Influence of Movie’s Quality on its Performance: Evidence Based on Oscar Awards, Managing Service Quality(Q2 Journal),, Vol 24(2), pp. 122-138,  2014.
• B.M. Strimbu, M. Paun, Sensitivity of forest plan value to parameters of simulated annealing, Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Q2 Journal), 2013, 43(1): 28-38, 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0277.
•  T. Thanakornworakij, R. Nassar, C. Leangsuksun, M.  Paun, A Reliability Model of a System of k Nodes with Simultaneous Failures for High Performance Computing Applications, International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications(Q2 Journal), November 2013 vol. 27 no. 4 474-482 , DOI: 10.1177/1094342012464506.
•  M.G. Watson, J.M. Lopez, M. Paun, S.A.Jones,  A novel dynamic layer-by-layer assembled nano-scale biointerface: functionality tests with platelet adhesion and aggregate morphology influenced by adenosine diphosphate, Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, 2013 Nov;36(4):448-57, DOI 10.1007/s11239-013-0905-0.
•  R. Nassar, S. Wu, M. Paun, W. Dai, and J. Palmer, A mathematical model characterizing the diffusion properties of microcapsules, Chemical Engineering Communications Journal(Q2 Journal), Volume 198, Issue 1, January 2011, pages 33 – 45.
• W. Zhuang, Q. Xiao, M. Paun, The effects of movie awards on movie success: a replication using the Golden Globe data, Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 1/2011, pp 153-167.
•  M. Paun, Inference of the Atkinson Index with Illustrations on Romanian Real Estate Market, Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research Journal, Volume 48, 1-2/2008, pp. 173-185.
• A. Paun, M. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, M. Sidoroff, P Systems with Proteins on Membranes: A Survey, Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, Volume No. 22, Issue No. 01, 39–53, 2011.
•  R. Gottumukkala, R. Nassar, M. Paun, C. Leangsuksun, S. Scott, The TTF Distribution of System of K Nodes for HPC Applications, IEEE Transactions on Reliability(Q1 Journal), Volume 59, Issue 1, March 2010, pp. 162 – 169.
• M. Paun, 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.
• N. Naksinehaboon, M. Paun, 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.
•  A. Paun, M. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, On the Hopcroft's minimization technique for DFA and DFCA, Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 410, Issues 24-25, 28 May 2009, pp. 2424-2430.
•  M. Paun, T. Chen, R. Nassar, Spectral Analysis on Tripolar Laplacian Electrocardiogram, ROMJIST, 2009, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 91-100.
•  S. Ni, P. Wang, M. Paun, W. Dai, A. Paun, Spotted cDNA microarray image segmentation using ACWE, ROMJIST, Volume 12, Number 2, 2009, pp. 249-263
•  A. Paun, M. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, Hopcroft’s minimization technique: Queues or stacks? Implementation and application of automata,  Lecture Note in Computer Science   Volume: 5148   Pages: 78-91   Published: 2008
•  A. Paun, M. Paun, State and transition complexity of Watson-Crick finite automata,  Fundamentals of Computation Theory,  Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1684,  409-420, 1999.

II. PUBLICATIONS IN PROCEEDINGS  INDEXED IN WEB OF SCIENCE

•  Thanakornworakij, Thanadech; Nassar, Raja F.; Leangsuksun, Chokchai; Paun, Mihaela, A Reliability Model for Cloud Computing for High Performance Computing Applications, Edited by: Caragiannis, I; Alexander, M; Badia, RM; et al., Conference: 18th International Conference on Euro-Par Parallel Processing Location: Rhodes Island, Greece Date: AUG 27-31, 2012; EURO-PAR 2012: Parallel Processing Workshops   Book Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science   Volume: 7640   Pages: 474-483   Published: 2013. Conferință clasificată categoria A de către ERA list. – indexată ISI.

• Thanakornworakij, Thanadech; Nassar, Raja; Leangsuksun, Chokchai Box; Paun, Mihaela, An Economic Model for Maximizing Profit of a Cloud Service Provider, Conference: 7th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) Location: Prague, Czech Republic date: Aug 20-24, 2012 Seventh International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES)   Pages: 274-279   Published: 2012.  Conferință clasificată categoria B de către ERA list. – indexată ISI.

• Thanakornworakij, Thanadech; Nassar, Raja; Leangsuksun, Chokchai Box; Paun, Mihaela, The Effect of Correlated Failure on the Reliability of HPC Systems, 9th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications Workshops (ISPAW)/ICASE/SGH/GSDP Location: Busan, South Korea, 2011 Ninth IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications Workshops (ISPAW)   Pages: 284-288   Published: 2011.

•   Liu, Yudan; Nassar, Raja; Leangsuksun, Chokchai (Box); Naksinehaboon, Nichanion, Paun, Mihaela, Scott, Stephen L, An optimal checkpoint/restart model for a large scale High Performance Computing system, 10th Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models/22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Location: Miami, FL Date: APR 14-18, 2008 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PARALLEL & DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING, VOLS 1-8   Pages: 1491-1499   Published: 2008.  Conferință clasificată categoria A de către ERA list. – indexată ISI.

•  Naksinehaboon, Nichamon; Liu, Yudan; Leangsuksun, Chokchai (Box);  Paun, Mihaela,   Scott, SL., Reliability-aware Approach: An Incremental Checkpoint/Restart Model in HPC Environments, 8th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid Location: Lyon, France date: May 19-22, 2008, CCGRID 2008: Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, Vols 1 And 2, Proceedings   Pages: 783-788   Published: 2008.  Conferință clasificată categoria A de către ERA list. – indexată ISI.

•  Liu, Yudan; Nassar, Raja; Leangsuksun, Chockchai (Box); Naksinehaboon, Nichamon, Paun, Mihaela, Scott, Stephen, A Reliability-aware Approach for an Optimal Checkpoint/Restart Model in HPC Environments, IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing Location: Austin, TX Date: SEP 17-20, 2007-2008, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing   Pages: 452-457   Published: 2007. Conferință clasificată categoria A de către ERA list. – indexată ISI.

 III. PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL DATA BASES 

• Fernando Arroyo, Sandra Gómez Canaval, Victor Mitrana, Mihaela Paun, José-Ramón Sánchez-Couso: Towards Probabilistic Networks of Polarized Evolutionary Processors. International Conference on High Performance Computing & SimulationHPCS 2018: 764-771
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• Alexandru Amarioarei, Frankie Spencer, Corina Itscus, Iris Tusa, Ana-Maria Dobre, Gefry Barad, Romica Trandafir, Mihaela Paun, Andrei Paun, and Eugen Czeizler. DNA-Guided Assembly of Nanocellulose Meshes, Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing TPNC 2018 , http://tpnc2018.irdta.eu/AcceptedPapers.php
• I. Tușa, M. Paun, Scientometric Indicators as a Way to Classify Brands for Customer’s Information,  Journal of Economic Development, Environment and People, Vol.4, Issue 3, 2015, ISSN 2285 – 3642.
•  K. C Kelly, K. Evans, M. Paun, M. A DeCoster, Use of Randomized Submaximal Glutamate Stimulus to Interpret Glial Effects on Neuronal Calcium Dynamics, Neurochemistry & Neuropharmacology, 1:107. doi:10.4172/2469-9780.1000107.
•  M. Paun, Review of Inequality Metrics with Applications in Income Inequality in Louisiana, Romanian Economic Business Review, Vol 3(3), 2008, pp. 82-88, ISSN 1842 – 2497. 
•  R. A. Idowu, K. A. Evans, M. Paun, M. A. Decoster, K. R. Cotton, Statistical Evaluation of Dynamic Brain Cell Calcium Activity, The International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA 2012), Dallas, Texas, May 21-23, 2012.

    IV. OTHER  PUBLICATIONS

•  A. Paun, M. Paun, A. Rodriguez-Paton, J. Jack, “Short Paper: Biochemical Signaling: a Discrete Simulation with Memory Enhancement”, IEEE International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences, Orlando, Florida, 2-5 February 2011. 
•  Cotton, K. Idowu, R. Paun, M. Evans, K. and DeCoster, M.A., Randomized submaximal glutamate stimulus to interpret glial effects on neuronal calcium dynamics, Society for Neuroscience Meeting, New Orleans 2012. 
•  J. F. Guthrie, D. L. Landry, M. W.Murimi, M. Paun, Assessing Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Habits of Adolescents using Personal Data Assistants, Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, Volume 32, Issue2, 2008. 
•  A. Paun, M. Paun, On the Membrane Computing Based on Splicing, Where Mathematics, Computer Science, Linguistics and Biology Meet (C. Martin-Vide, V. Mitrana, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2001, pp. 409-422. 

V. RESEARCH GRANTS

• 2016 - Modelare, Design, şi Analiză a Sistemelor Sintetice bazate pe Auto-Asamblare: MoDASyS, POC-A1-A1.1.4-E-2015-Tip de proiect: Proiecte CD pentru atragerea de personal cu competențe avansate din străinătate, ANCSI, 2016-2020 (Key Person)
• 2016 - Proiect suport de management pentru pregătirea Preparatory Phase – H2020 a Centrului Internațional de Studii Avansate pentru sisteme râuri – mări, Proiect suport de management, PNIII 5 /5.4/ DANUBIUS, ANCSI, 2016, (Key Person)
• 2016- Potențialul Bioeconomic al Deltei Dunării –Danubius-RI, Programe Naționale Nucleu, 2016-2017, (Key Person)
•  2015  - Cercetări privind identificarea priorităților de dezvoltare a bioeconomiei în România pentru perioada 2016-2030,  Plan Sectorial, Contract  nr.12S/08.10.2015 (Key Person)
• 2013 - Pregătirea propunerii de proiect ESFRI privind realizarea  centrului internațional “DUNAREA” de studii avansate pentru sisteme fluvii-delte-mari",  plan sectorial, consorțiul condus de Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Geologie si Geoecologie Marină GEOECOMAR, perioada de derulare 2013-2014, suma acordata   1. 800.000RON. (Key Person)
• 2012 - Grant de cercetare finanțat de Autoritatea Naționala pentru Cercetare Științifică (PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.2-1710)  titlul  proiectului: “Planificare strategica forestiera la nivel de arbore folosind tehnici de teledetecție (RemoteForest) ”, suma acordata proiectului partener 500 000Ron (2012-2016) (Key Person).
• 2011 - Grant de cercetare finanțat de Consiliul Național al Cercetării  Științifice din  Învățământul Superior (prin PNII-TE 97/2010), titlul  proiectului: “Dezvoltarea unei noi tehnici de segmentare a DNA Arrays”, suma acordată proiectului:  750. 000 RON (2011-2014), (Project Director).
• 2010 - Grant de cercetare finanțat de Consiliul Național al Cercetării  Științifice din  Învățământul Superior (prin PNII-TE 92/2010),  titlul  proiectului: “Simulare de celule cu tehnici stocastice discrete”, suma acordată proiectului: 750. 000  RON (2010-2013), (Member)
• 2008 -  Grant de cercetare finanțat de Consiliul Național al Cercetării  Științifice din  Învățământul Superior (prin PNII) rulat prin Universitatea Spiru Haret, titlul proiectului: “Modelarea Fiabilității Sistemelor HPC”, suma acordată pentru proiectului: 510. 000 RON,  (2008-2011), (Project Director)

• 2016 - Preparatory Phase for the pan-European research infrastructure DANUBIUS–RI “The International Centre for Advanced Studies on River-Sea Systems, Horizon 2020, H2020-INFRADEV-2016-2, 2016-2019, (Partner Coordinator).
• 2013 -  MACROREGION: CAPACITY BUILDING AND EXCELLENCE IN RIVER SYSTEMS (BASIN, DELTA AND SEA) –DANCERS, FP7-ENVIRONMENT, Seventh Framework Programme, #603805, perioada de derulare 2013-2015, suma acordata 99933 EURO (Key Person).
• 2008 - Grant de Cercetare finanțat de National Science Foundation (NSF 0834483) - “CSR–DMSS, PSCE: Collaborative Research: Scalable Resilience in Large-Scale Systems”, suma acordată proiectului 300.000$ (2008-2011), Co-PI.
• 2007 - Grant de Cercetare finantat de Departamentul de Energie (DOE) -  “Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) for Petascale  High-End Computing and Beyond” - suma acordată proiectului 300.000$ (2007-2010), Co-PI.
• 2006- Bio Computing: Collaborative Research: P Systems Theory and Applications to Modeling and Simulation of Cells, National Science Foundation, 2005-2008, Member.