Invention and Engineering

Erol Gelenbe

Sami Erol Gelenbe (born 22 August 1945, Istanbul) is a Turkish and French computer scientist, electronic engineer and applied mathematician, known for inventing the Random neural network and his pioneering work in computer system and network performance. His academic career spans several prestigious institutions and roles, including currently as Professor at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2017, and visitor positions at King's College London and the I3S Laboratory (CNRS, University of Côte d'Azur. A Fellow of several national academies and Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Gelenbe chairs the Informatics Section of Academia Europaea since 2023. Previous professorial tenures include the University of Liège (1974–79), University Paris-Saclay (1979–1986), University Paris Descartes (1986–1993), NJIT (1991–93), Duke University (1993–1998), the University of Central Florida (1998–2003), and Imperial College (2003–2020), where he served as the Dennis Gabor Professor and Head of Intelligent Systems and Networks.

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