Paul M. Van Dooren received the engineering degree in computer science and the doctoral degree in applied sciences, both from the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium, in 1974 and 1979, respectively. He held research and teaching positions at the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1974-1979), the University of Southern California (1978-1979), Stanford University (1979-1980), the Australian National University (1984), Philips Research Laboratory Belgium (1980-1991), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1991-1994), Florida State University (1998), the University Carlos III of Madrid (2013, 2018 and 2020), Aalto University of Espoo (2021, 2022 and 2024) and the Universite Catholique de Louvain (1980-1991, 1994-now) where he is currently an emeritus professor.