Background
Tonella, Giorgio Silvio was born on April 21, 1944 in Grono, Grisons, Switzerland. Arrived in Venezuela, 1970. Son of Mario and Etta (Tognola) Tonella.
Tonella, Giorgio Silvio was born on April 21, 1944 in Grono, Grisons, Switzerland. Arrived in Venezuela, 1970. Son of Mario and Etta (Tognola) Tonella.
Diploma Mathematics Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Sussex, Brighton, England, 1983.
Assistant professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, 1970-1975; associate professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, 1979-1980; director consultancy and technological unit, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, 1980-1986; professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, 1988-1993, 95-; associate researcher, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1994; professor informatics, U. della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, since 1996. Visiting researcher George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1987, U. North Texas, 1997;director Simulation and Modelling Research Center, U. de Los Andes, 1990-1993, director administrative systems, 1995.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Society for Systems Studies. Senior member Simulation Computer Society.
Married Irma Imhof, February 24, 1971.