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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