PROFESSOR JANUSZ FILIPIAK

PROFESSOR JANUSZ FILIPIAK

PROFESSOR JANUSZ FILIPIAK

Founder, President and CEO of Comarch SA 1993-2023

  

It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the passing of Professor Janusz Filipiak, co-founder of Comarch, an outstanding Polish scientist, entrepreneur and football enthusiast. We regret the loss of this very special figure, an exceptional mind and visionary who made a unique contribution to the development of the Polish IT industry.

Professor Janusz Filipiak was born on August 3, 1952 in Bydgoszcz.
He was a postdoctoral professor in technical sciences. He was involved in modern technologies for more than 40 years. He was an editor and author of journals, and a consultant to domestic and foreign institutions.
In 1976, he joined the Institute of Computer Science and Automation of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automation and Electronics at AGH University. He received his Ph.D. in 1979 on the basis of his two-volume thesis: "Dynamic Decentralized Control of Data Communication Networks".

In 1984, he became a postdoctoral scholar. At the age of 39, in 1991, he received a professorial appointment from President Lech Walesa of the Republic of Poland. Professor Filipiak is the author of six books on data communications, three of which have been published in the United States and Western Europe including: "Modelling and Control of Dynamic Flows in Communications Networks" (SpringerVerlag, 1988) and "Real Time Network Management" (North Holland, 1991). He has authored more than a hundred articles on telecommunications and data communications, which have been published in a number of world-renowned specialized journals, including "IEEE Transactions on Communications," "IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications" and "Operations Research." He was the publisher of "Telecommunication Servicesfor Developing Economies” (Elsevier, 1991).
He has been a research consultant to France Telecom and served as director plenipotentiary of the Teletraffic Research Centre at the University of Adelaide (Australia). He has conducted research projects in laboratories in the United States and Canada.
In 1993, he and his wife Elisabeth founded Comarch, Poland's first knowledge-based company.

In 2004, Professor Filipiak was honored by the President of the Republic of Poland with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contributions to the development of telecommunications and information technology, and in 2012 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his outstanding contribution to national economic development and achievements in charity and social activities. In 2013, Professor Filipiak also received the prestigious IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Industry Leader Award 2012 for his contribution to the development of the communications industry and IT technologies. In 2016,  Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, recognized Professor Janusz Filipiak for his services to Polish business, awarding him an individual prize.

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