Curriculum Vitae: Aimo Törn

Aimo Alf Törn, born June 29, 1938 in Lovisa, Finland. Married Annamaija (Rautiainen), children Niklas -68, Tomas -72.

1. Languages and Levels of Proficiency

Read, write and speak: Swedish, Finnish, English and German. Read, understand: Danish, Norwegian.

2. Education and Degrees

Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Abo Akademi 1974.
Master's degree (Math., Phys., Chem.) from Abo Akademi 1961. Post graduate studies at Nordita, Copenhagen (2 months) and Abo Akademi. Licentiate degree (Appl. Math., Theor. Phys.) from Abo Akademi 1963. Post graduate studies at Stanford University 1968-1969 (11 months) and at Abo Akademi.

3. Publications and Awards

Six books and more than forty research papers in journals and collections.

Global & Multiple Criteria Optimization and Information System Quality -- For Professor Aimo Törn on his 60:th Birthday, June 29, 1998, Eds. C. Carlson and I. Eriksson, Abo Akademi Press, Abo 1998, 216 pp.

Best Paper award for the paper: A. Törn, T. Andersson and Kaj Enholm, "A Complexity Metrics Model for Software" presented by Törn at The South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Annual Conference, SAICSITī99, November 17-19, 1999 at Mount Amanzi Lodge, near Johannesburg.

4. Employment

Professor in Computer Science at Abo Akademi since 1990. Before that, several research assistant and assistant positions (Math., Data Processing, Phys.) at Abo Akademi from 1961 to 1969. Since 1970 several professor positions in Data Processing at Abo Akademi Business School and Abo Akademi, including tenure associate professorship in Data Processing since 1977. Acting professor of the computer science department of Abo Akademi 1986-1990. Head of department 1988-1998.

5. Commissions of trust and expertise

• Member of the Board of Turku Centre of Computer Science (TUCS), 1994- .
  
• Member of the Scientific Committee of National Defence (Ministry of Defence), Turku Section 1985-1990, vice chairman 1990-1992, chairman 1993-2002
  
• Member of the Board for Ph.D. Program in Information Systems Science (Ministry of Education) 1986- .
  
• Chairman of the Board for the Computing Center of Abo Akademi 1980-.
  
• Chairman of the Program Committee of NOAK'77 (Nordic Conference on Operations Research)
  
• Opponent at the disputation for the doctor's degree of Tom Hemming at Stockholms Handelshogskola 1978.
  
• Member of the Commitee for the Finnish Data Law (Ministry of Justice) 1980-1981 [Taskinen 1981]
  
• Member of the Board for the Finnish Central Computer (Ministry of Education) 1980-1985.
  
• Member of the Board for University Education in Natural Sciences (Ministry of Education) 1981-1989.
  
• Member of the Board for Data Processing and Statistics of the Town of Turku 1985-1989.
  
• Member of the Board for University Education in Data Processing (Ministry of Education) 1984-1989.