Gheorghe Paun (A tribute in honour of his 60th birthday)

Abstract

Gheorghe Păun had a powerful influence on the development of theoretical computer science, especially the area of natural computing. He is the inventor of the new rapidly developing area of biocomputing - computing using membrane systems, or P systems. Due to the results and ideas of Gheorghe Păun in biocomputing the team of scientists working successfully in this direction was formed in the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science.