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Mihai Draganescu
Member of the Romanian Academy
Engineer, philosopher, essayist
Born on October 6, 1929 at Faget - Prahova, Romania.
Married (1957) to Nora Rebreanu
EDUCATION
- 1952 - B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- 1957 - Ph.D. Electron Devices, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- 1974 - Doctor Habilus (Doctor docent), "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
ACADEMIC TITLES
- 1974 - Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy
- 1990 - Full Member of the Romanian Academy
DIDACTICAL ACTIVITY
- 1951 - Assistant Professor, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- 1956 - Lecturer, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- 1958 - Associate Professor, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- 1965 - Professor, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- 1992 - Honorary Professor (profesor consultant), "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
FUNCTIONS
- 1962-1966 - Deputy Dean and Dean of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- 1965-1967 - President of the Commission for metallurgy, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering of the National Council for Science and Technology
- 1967-1971 - Permanent Secretary of the Governmental Commission
for Informatics
- 1972-1976 - Vice-president of the National Council for Science
and Technology
- 1969-1970 - Founder and Director of the Institute for Research
of Electronic Components
- 1976-1985 - General Director of the Central Institute for
Management and Informatics
- 1985-1990 - Head of the Chair for Electronic Technology and
Microelectronics, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
- December 1989-June 1990 - Deputy Prime-Minister of the Provisional Government after the Romanian Revolution of December 1989
- 1990-1994 - President of the Romanian Academy
- 1994-1996 - Ambassador of Romania to the Kingdom of Belgium
- 1996 - - - Senior Researcher I at the Center for Advanced
Researches in Machine Learning, Natural Language Technology and Conceptual Modeling, Romanian Academy
SCIENTIFIC POSITIONS
- 1965-1985 - Member of the National Council for Science and Technology
- 1978-1991 - Vice-president and President of the Commission for the
Contemporary Scientific Revolution of the Romanian Academy
- 1980-1985 - President of the Commission for Forecast of the Romanian
Academy
- 1987-1993 - Honorary President of the Annual Romanian Semiconductor
Conference
- 1991 - Honorary member of AGIR (General Association of the Engineers
of Romania)
- 1992-1994 - Founder and President of the Section for Science and
Information Technology of the Romanian Academy
- 1993-1996 - Honorary President of the Scientific Council of the Institute
of Microtechnology
- 1994 - Honorary Member of the Scientists' Association of Romania
- 1997 - President of the Forum for the Information Society
- 1998 - Member of the Presidium of the Romanian Academy
- 1998 - President of the Section for the Science and Technology of Information
CULTURAL POSITIONS
- 1983 - Member of the Romanian Committee of the History and Philosophy
of Science
- 1990-1994 - Founder and Director of the magazine "Academica"
- 1991 - Founding Member of the " Titulescu European Foundation"
and member of the Council of the Foundation
- 1991-1994 - Honorary president of the "Nicolae Iorga Foundation",
Valenii de Munte
- 1991-1994 - President of the Romanian Committee of the History
and Philosophy of Science
- 1992-1994 - Director of the volumes "NOESIS"
- 1992 - Member of the Council of the Euro-Atlantic Center, Bucharest
- 1992 - Founder member of the "Lucian Blaga" Foundation, Sebes,
Alba
- 1993-1994 - Founder member and president of the Friendship
Association ROMANIA - GREECE
- 1997 - Vice-President of the Romanian Committee of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- 1997 - President of the Section of Philosophy and Psychology of the Academy of Scientists- Romania
- 1998 - President of the Romanian Committee of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITIONS
- 1965 - Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), New York
- 1971 - Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur - France
- 1976 - Senior member IEEE
- 1976 - Corresponding Member of the Ecuadorian Institute of Natural Sciences
- 1981-1984 - Member of the International Committee on the role
of scientific and engineering societies in development (New Delhi and Washington)
- 1984-1987 - Counselor of the magazine "Impact on Science and Society" of UNESCO
- 1986-1990 - President of the Romanian IEEE Section
- 1990 - Member of the European Cultural Society - Venice
- 1992 - Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldavia
- 1992 - Active Member of Academia Scienciorum et Artium Europeea - Salzburg
- 1992 - Honorary Member and Distinguished Fellow of ISINI (International
Society for Interchange of New Ideas), Boston, USA
- 1993 - Fellow of WAAS (World Academy of Art and Science)
- 1993 - Corresponding Member of the Hellenic Cultural Foundation, Athens, Greece
- 1994 - Fellow IEEE
- 1997 - Affiliate of the Center for Frontier Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- 1997 - Member of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
- 1997 - Member of the KATEDRAST Group (Bucharest- GMU Fairfax USA)
for new foundations of science
- 1998 - Life Fellow IEEE
- 1999 - The twentieth century award for achievement in recognition
of outstanding achievements in the field of Electronics and Philosophy
of Science, International Biographical Center Cambridge, England
MAIN PRIZES AND AWARDS
- 1963 - Prize of the Ministry of Education for scientific research
- 1964 - State Prize Laureate for works in semiconductor devices
- 1966 - The Order "Meritul Stiintific " (Scientific Merit, II
class)
- 1971 - The Order "Steaua Republicii" (Star of the Republic, III
class)
- 1979 - The Order "Ordinul Muncii" (Labor Order, II class)
- 1984 - Prize "Flacara" for contributions to the development
of original thinking
- 1986 - Prize "Amfiteatru-Viata Studenteasca" for the volume
of philosophy "Orthophysics"
- 1996 - The Price "Constantin Noica"of the Association of Scientists
of Romania for contributions to the development of Romanian philosophy
COMMUNICATIONS AND CONFERENCES ABROAD
- In all years of activity: Tokyo, Sankt-Petersburg (Leningrad), Prague,
Moscow, Berlin, George Mason University - Fairfax - USA, New Delhi, Rome,
Beijing, Lindkoping-Sweden, Athens - Greece, Mons-Belgium, Bruxelles
EDITORIAL BOARDS
- The Romanian Review for Science and Technology of Information
- Noesis
- The Noetic Journal
- Caiete critice
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