Curriculum Vitae
- Name
- Petri, Carl Adam
- Born
- July, 12, 1926 in Leipzig, Germany
- Died
- 2. Juli 2010 in Siegburg (near Bonn)
Education
- 1950-54
- Study of Mathematics, Technical
University Hannover;
Scholarship of
Studienstiftung
des Deutschen Volkes
- 1955
- Delegated to IBM for training
- 1956
- Diploma in Mathematics, Technical
University Hannover
- 1956-58
- Assistant Professor, Technical
University Hannover
- 1959-62
- Assistant Professor, University
of Bonn
- 1962
- Doctoral degree in Natural Sciences,
by Technical
University Darmstadt, Germany;
Title of thesis: "Kommunikation mit Automaten"
(Communicating with automata)
Work
- 1963-68
- Officer of the University
of Bonn (Kustos, Oberkustos);
Head of computer installations at Bonn
- 1968-91
- Director of a Research Institute at the
GMD
(Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung,
National Center for Mathematics and Computing);
Cooperations: All European countries, USA, India, Chile, China
- 1988-
- Honorary Professor at University
of Hamburg
Teaching
- 1952-56
- Junior Lecturer of Practical Geometry, Applied Mathematics,
Finance Mathematics, Programming
(Technical
University Hannover)
- 1957-73
- Computer Science (Technical
University Hannover, University
of Bonn)
- 1967-87
- Invited Lecture series in USA, England, Italy, China
- 1988-94
- Seminar on General Net Theory
(University of Hamburg)
Honours, Memberships
- 1962
- Award for best Doctoral Thesis of the year
(Technical
University Darmstadt)
- 1985
- Honorary Chairman, Steering Committee
ICPN
- 1988
- Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Klasse,
Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
- 1989
- Elected Member of Academia Europaea (London)
- 1993
- Konrad-Zuse-Medal
for outstanding contributions
to the development of Informatics
- 1997
- Member of New York Academy of Sciences
- 1997
- Werner-von-Siemens-Ring for outstanding merits
in Natural Sciences and Technology
- 1998
- First grant of the
Carl
Adam Petri Distinguished Technical Achievement Award
by the Society for Design and
Process Science
- 1999
- Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by
the University of Zaragoza
- 2003
- Commandeur in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw
- 2009
- IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
Editing
- 1979
- (Editor): Ansätze zur Organisationstheorie
rechnergestützter Informationssysteme,
Oldenbourg, München
- 1968-91
- (Co-editor): Berichte der Gesellschaft für Mathematik und
Datenverarbeitung, GMD, St. Augustin
- 1975-
- (Co-editor): Fundamenta Informaticae,
IOS Amsterdam
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