70th anniversary of the birth of academician Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas

Abstract

Born in Vilnius on 12 May 1944, the Academician and Professor Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas turned 70. He is the founder and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal “Technological and Economic Development of Economy” (TEDE). To honour the Professor on this occasion, the editorial staff of the Journal TEDE issued this short biographical overview. As a sole author or co-author, Professor Zavadskas has published over 50 books, including 5 textbooks and 16 monographs, 10 popular science books, over 400 research articles as well as several hundreds of articles on various social and cultural topics. He has edited over 20 collective volumes. About 20 papers have been nominated as Hot Papers in Thomson Reuters database. Professor is one of the most cited scientists in Eastern Europe. Thirty-four PhD dissertations have been defended under the supervision of Prof. Zavadskas and four of his former students have been awarded the title of Full Professor.