Cooperation above all. "Primum Cooperatio" award for prof. Henryk Krawczyk | Gdańsk University of Technology

The candidacy of prof. Henryk Krawczyk was submitted by prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk University of Technology.

– Thanking you for this distinction, I would like to invite everyone to the new building of the STOS Competence Center, which was opened a few weeks ago, where our supercomputer is located. This is an example that Polish science can do a lot, and our IT solutions can support business and the labor market. My inspiration for cooperation, which I have been continuing for many years, was born from ... computer science. There are three interesting models of IT cooperation: master-slave, client-server and peer-to-peer. The first two are based on dependence, only the third one is based on equality. It is a computer network communication model that provides all hosts with the same permissions, unlike the client-server architecture. This is my favorite model of cooperation, because it is the most interesting. Such a model must be based on trust and credibility. I wish all Pomeranian Employers this trust and credibility – said prof. Henryk Krawczyk receiving the award from prof. Edmund Wittbrodt.

Prof. Henryk Krawczyk was born in Dybów in the Masuria region. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics at Gdańsk University of Technology. In 1976 he obtained his doctorate, in 1987 habilitation, and in 1996 the title of professor. Since 2007, he has been a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is also the creator of a respected scientific school in the field of computer science on methods of creating reliable IT applications and distributed computer systems. He published over 300 articles, three monographs, conducted over 400 master's theses, and promoted 27 doctors. Together with his team he designed and implemented several IT systems implemented in practice. His intellectual property protection system was awarded a special distinction by the President of the Patent Office. He was the organizer of academic life at Gdańsk University of Technology. In the years 1990-1996 and 2002-2008, he was the dean of the Faculty of Electronics, then Electronics, Telecommunications and Computer Science. For the faculty, he obtained accreditation for all fields of study; after Poland's accession to the European Union, he initiated and acted as the project manager of the construction of the building of the Information Technology Center for Teaching and Research, completed in 2008. In the years 2008-2016 he was the rector of Gdańsk University of Technology. His success was the improvement of the university's position in the ranking of Polish academic universities (from 27th to 11th place). He introduced studies in English, supervised projects from structural programs in such areas as ICT, nanotechnology, energy. Their implementation contributed to the further development of the university. During his tenure, the Academic Sports Center was modernized, the e-University project was implemented on comprehensive computerization of the university, the buildings of the Mathematics Teaching and Distance Learning Center and the Nanotechnology Center were built, and the construction project of the Eco-innovation Center was prepared. Since 2016, he has been the director of the IT Center of the Tri-City Academic Computer Network, he manages the Center of Scientific Excellence in Application Development Infrastructure and the STOS Competence Center related to the development of distributed applications and processing large data sets, as well as the construction of intelligent IT services.

This year's Employers of Pomerania Gala, where the best Pomeranian employers were honored for their activity in 2022, took place on 2 June at Amber Expo in Gdańsk. Gdańsk University of Technology was represented by prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of GUT, prof. Edmund Wittbrodt and Chancellor Mariusz Miler.

The Primum Cooperatio award has been awarded since 2014. Since 2018, it has been named after prof. Bolesław Mazurkiewicz, the first laureate of this award. Among the winners from Gdańsk University of Technology there are also other GUT professors: prof. Janusz Rachoń, PhD, DSc, Eng., prof. Andrzej Czyżewski, PhD, DSc, Eng. and prof. Kazimierz Darowicki, and among the distinguished laureates there are: prof. Eugeniusz Dembicki, PhD, DSc, Eng., and prof. Andrzej Zielinski, PhD, DSc, Eng. In 2022, the award went to Prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska from the University of Gdańsk, director of the Fah