UNESCO Chair in Information and Communication Engineering, City University London (1998)
Purpose/Objectives of the Chair
Information and communication engineering has pioneered the fields of informatics, software engineering, networking, telecommunication and internet technologies. The UNESCO Chair in Information and Communication Engineering provides a framework for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in information and communication engineering and for the development of transparent assessment and supervision modalities. In particular, the Chair focuses on joint research projects and curriculum development in software engineering management with European partner universities. The Chair’s activities include international lecturing and training, fellowship arrangements, student exchanges, publishing papers and participation at international conferences.
Chairholder Professor Florin Popentiu Vlãdicescu
Address: School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK
Email: Fl.Popentiou@city.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)207 040 8121
Fax: +44 (0)207 040 8568
Professor Florin Popentiu Vlãdicescu graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest in 1974 and a PhD in Reliability in1981. He has been Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Information and Communication Engineering at City University London since 1998. Professor Florin Popentiu Vlãdicescu has published over 100 papers in international journals and conference proceedings and is co-author of three books.
He has worked for many years on problems associated with software reliability and has been Co-Director of two NATO Research Projects, involving collaboration with partner institutions throughout Europe. Also he is on the advisory board of several international journals, including “Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory & Applications” and “Microelectronics Reliability”, and is a reviewer for “ACM Computing Reviews”.
Professor Popentiu Vlãdicescu is currently Visiting Professor at the Paris Institute of Technology - "ParisTech" - which brings together 12 of France’s best engineering and business schools. He also lectures at the Technical University of Denmark. He was elected Fellow of the Academy of Romanian Scientists in 2008.
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