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George Vladutz | |
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| Born | 1928 Oradea, Romania |
| Died | 1989 |
| Alma mater | Polytechnical Institute, Bucharest; Leningrad Technological Institute; Mendeleev Institute for Chemical Technology; Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Elements, Moscow[1] |
| Known for | Chemoinformatics, Chemical information systems, scientometrics[1] |
| Awards | Patterson-Crane Award (1989) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical information science |
| Institutions | All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (VINITI), University of Sheffield, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) |
George Vladutz (1928–1989) (alternative spelling: Vleduts) was a Romanian-born chemical information scientist known for his contributions to chemical information systems and scientometrics.[1]
Early Life and Education
[edit]Born in Oradea, Romania, in 1928, Vladutz began his studies in chemical engineering at the Polytechnical Institute in Bucharest in 1946. He earned an M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and Organic Dyestuff Chemistry from the Leningrad Technological Institute in 1952 and a Ph.D. in Organic Synthesis from the Mendeleev Institute for Chemical Technology in Moscow in 1956. His doctoral thesis was titled "The Synthesis of Bz-isoquinoline Alkaloids." In 1967, he received a D.Sc. in Chemical Information Science from the Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Elements in Moscow, with a thesis on "The Design and Development of Information Retrieval Systems for Organic Chemistry."[1]
Career in the Soviet Union
[edit]From 1958 to 1974, Vladutz worked at the All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (VINITI) of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He held positions including Director of Chemical Information Systems, Head of the Laboratory of Chemical Information Systems, and Head of the Department of Semiotics. During this period, he supervised 14 doctoral students.[1]
Emigration and Work in the West
[edit]In 1974, Vladutz applied for an exit visa from the Soviet Union, leading to his removal from official posts. After receiving the visa in 1975, he held an honorary position with the Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca in Rome. He then became a British Library Visiting Research Fellow at the Postgraduate School of Librarianship and Information Science at the University of Sheffield, as a colleague of Peter Willett. There, he contributed to developing a new approach to the automatic indexing of organic reactions using Maximum common subgraph isomorphism algorithms, which became foundational for many reaction database systems.[1]
In 1976, Vladutz moved to the United States and joined the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia as a Senior Research Associate. He worked on textual and chemical documentation problems, notably developing the Key Word/Phrase Subject Index for ISI products. In 1981, he became Manager for Basic Research at ISI, directing projects in automatic indexing and retrieval, including the development of bibliographic coupling techniques for associative searching of large journal citation files.[1]
Publications and Contributions
[edit]Vladutz published three monographs, including "Automatic Information Systems in Chemistry" (1973), co-authored with Geyvandov, and over 70 articles.[1] His 1963 paper, "Concerning One System of Classification and Coding Chemical Reactions," was pioneering in suggesting the use of computers to index chemical reaction data and identify synthetic pathways.[2]
Professional Activities and Recognition
[edit]He was active in the Chemical Information Division of the American Chemical Society, organizing and chairing several meetings. In 1989, he received the Patterson-Crane Award from the Dayton, OH, Branch of the American Chemical Society for his contributions to chemical information science.[1]
Personal Life
[edit]Vladutz was fluent in Romanian, Hungarian, Russian, English, French, Italian, and German. He passed away in 1989, leaving behind a wife and two children.[1]