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DCM 2012: Call for Papers

2012-01-26T23:12:00.002+02:00

Following the announcements in the previous post, please note that the Call for Papers for the 8th International Workshop on Developments in Computational Models was published on the workshop's site. Here is a short preview: Topics of interest include all abstract models of computation and their properties, and their applications to the development of programming languages and systems: -

DCM and NCMA

2012-01-19T23:19:00.000+02:00

This year I was invited to be part of the Program Committee of two workshops. So, I think it is a good idea to advertise them here... The first one is the 8th International Workshop on Developments in Computational Models, and will take place in June, in Cambridgde, as a satellite event of the Turing Centenary Conference CiE 2012. The call for papers is yet to be posted, and the important dates

Kiel

2011-11-12T13:42:00.001+02:00

After finishing my Humboldt Research Fellowship in Magdeburg, I have decided to continue my stay in Germany. Luckily, I was offered and I accepted a temporary position (starting 1st of November) in the Computer Science Department at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, in the group of Dirk Nowotka. The main focus of my research will be in the area of algorithmic combinatorics on words,

Fun Stuff

2010-10-03T22:53:00.003+03:00

I think that all of us heard about the dangers of plagiarism in the scientific world, but, on the other hand, none of us really met such a case. I came across a plagiarism discussion only once (paper 17 from this list), but I didn't really follow all the details. However, I recently found out (credits: Dominik Freydenberger) about a famous case of plagiarism: Danut Marcu. This guy, who has a

Doctorate

2010-08-05T13:08:00.004+03:00

I was happy to see that two friends defended their PhDs this summer. In chronological order, Radu Atanasiu defended his PhD in Iasi, at the end of June, and Robert Mercas defended his PhD in Tarragona, in July. Both of them work in theoretical computer science (on the formal languages "side of the world"), they had quite nice results in their papers, and I am sure that the PhD is just the

Theoretical Computer Science at SYNASC 2010

2010-06-03T12:29:00.002+03:00

Continuing the work he started last year, Gabriel Istrate organizes again, this fall, a special track of SYNASC 2010, on Theoretical Computer Science, and, this time, he invited me to be co-chair of the Program Committee. Advances in the Theory of Computing (AITC'10) will host papers in all areas of Theoretical Computer Science, broadly construed. Here you can have a look at the Program Committee

imSMART

2010-04-07T21:25:00.002+03:00

... este numele unei mainfestari organizate de ASMI si FMI. In principiu este vorba de o sesiune de comunicari (de nivel national) unde studentii de la doctorat, master si licenta isi prezinta rezultatele, lucrarile sau ideeile. Cred ca ideea a fost aceea de a dezvolta sesiunea de comunicari stiintifice a facultatii, un eveniment aflat aproape intotdeauna in criza de participanti. Mi se pare o

Summify

2010-03-24T14:21:00.001+02:00

This blog was Summified :) De astazi acest blog va folosi serviciile Summify! Mai multe despre acest produs, si cei care il fac, puteti citi aici. Ii felicit pe Silviu, Mircea si Cristi pentru ideea pe care au avut-o, si mi se pare ca folosirea Summify chiar usureaza navigarea pe (si de pe) blogul meu.

Conferinta in FMI

2010-03-17T15:51:00.003+02:00

O noua conferinta va avea loc in curand in Facultatea de Matematica si Informatica, Universitatea din Bucuresti. Cateva date despre aceasta conferinta, sustinuta de fostul meu student Alex Popa (despre care mai puteti citi cate ceva, in afara de ceea ce ne zice chiar el mai jos, si aici), mi-au fost trimise de autor: Rezultate de (in)aproximare pentru probleme inspirate din biologie, prezentata

Site de Logica

2010-02-12T22:49:00.000+02:00

Mi-a fost semnalat in urma cu cateva zile un site-blog cu probleme-puzzle de logica, intretinut de o echipa de patru studenti (dintre care trei sunt sau au fost studenti la FMI). Unele dintre probleme sunt interesante, unele sunt cunoscute, majoritatea sunt usoare (pana la urma e abia la inceput). Oricum, mi se pare excelent pentru a iti ocupa momentele de pauza. Mult succes autorilor (si celor

Conferinta in FMI

2009-12-10T18:06:00.001+02:00

Sub numele de "Tech Talk" va avea loc pe 11.12.2009, la ora 18, in Facultatea de Matematica si Informatica, Universitatea din Bucuresti, amfiteatrul de la etajul 2, o conferinta-tutorial a lui Mihai Patrascu, pe tema: Rezultate negative pentru structuri de date. Un scurt abstract, oferit de autor: Cum demonstram ca anumite rezultate algoritmice sunt imposibil de obtinut? Spre exemplu, cum

Romanian Academy Prize

2009-12-07T11:01:00.003+02:00

I just found out that I received one of the prizes awarded yearly by the Romanian Academy, for the papers I wrote in 2007. The name of the prize is Tudor Tanasescu, and is awarded by the Section for Information Sciences and Technologies of the Academy.

ACM.ro 2009

2009-10-16T16:53:00.004+03:00

La sfarsitul acesta de saptamana are loc in Universitatea Politehnica faza regionala a concursului ICPC ACM. Ca si in anii precedenti Unibuc are 3 echipe inscrise in concurs. Dupa cum am anuntat aici, anul acesta nu m-am mai ocupat de selectia finala si antrenarea echipelor Unibuc pentru acest concurs. Deci echipele universitatii au trei antrenori noi: Adrian Diaconu, Marius Dumitran si Mircea

Romjist Special Issue

2009-10-15T12:06:00.004+03:00

I have edited, together with my colleague Professor Gheorghe Stefanescu, a special issue of the Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Professor Victor Mitrana. This journal is published by the Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, edited by Section of Information Science and Technology from the Romanian Academy, and was recently included

Berlin

2009-09-04T12:00:00.000+03:00

Dupa cateva luni fara conexiune internet in Berlin, revin cu un post scurt pentru a anunta ca am inceput sa scriu pe un nou blog, Blog de Berlin, dedicat in mod special experientei noastre de aici. Cat priveste cercetarea, o sa spun pe scurt ca sunt multumit de cum merg lucrurile, am mai scris cate ceva, am fost la conferintele pe unde am avut lucrari, si, cel mai important, am cunoscut oameni

Conferences 2009

2009-06-02T12:09:00.008+03:00

It's been a while since the last post regarding my research work (also since my last post, generally speaking), thus here are a few words about the papers I co-authored lately. Some Remarks on Superposition Based on Watson-Crick-like Complementarity, written together with Victor Mitrana and Jose Sempere. This paper was accepted at DLT 2009.Abstract: In this note we solve a problem previously left

TCS Workshop at SYNASC2009

2009-04-27T22:07:00.005+03:00

I received from Gabriel Istrate an e-mail announcing a special track of SYNASC 2009, on Theoretical Computer Science. More precisely, the workshop(?) is entitled Advances in the Theory of Computing (AITC'09), welcomes papers from various areas of Theoretical Computer Science, has a rather strong Program Committee, co-chaired by Gabriel Istrate and Mihai Patrascu. I think that organizing such a

Humboldt Research Fellowship

2009-03-14T22:12:00.003+02:00

I am happy to announce that I have been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (from the Humboldt Foundation). Therefore, I will spend the next two years, starting from this summer (probably June) in Germany, doing research. My choice was to be part of the Theoretical Computer Science group of the Otto-von-Guericke-University, in Magdeburg. My host for this period is

Anunt: Conferinte in FMI

2009-02-14T15:01:00.005+02:00

Luni 23 februarie, la ora 12:00, in amfiteatrul Stoilow (etaj 1) al FMI, va avea loc o conferinta sustinuta de Marius Zimand, profesor in Departamentul de Informatica al Towson University.Titlul conferintei: Extractori rezistenti la expunere si aplicatii.Abstract: Folosirea bitilor aleatori este benefica si uneori chiar esentiala in algoritmi, criptografie, simulare, si alte aplicatii. In general

Algoritmiada

2008-12-05T14:44:00.012+02:00

Infoarena organizeaza pe Dec. 14 prima runda a unui nou concurs de programare, Algoritmiada. Descrierea concursului:Incepand de anul acesta, infoarena organizează concursul de programare Algoritmiada. La acest concurs pot participa, in premiera pe tara, tineri pasionati de informatica de toate varstele: de la elevi de gimnaziu pana la studenti si doctoranzi.Concursul are patru grupe valorice:

ICAART 2009: Special Session on NEPs

2008-11-24T21:56:00.008+02:00

ICAART (International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence) is a new AI conference (its first edition takes place in January 2009, in Porto), organized by INSTICC, together with AAAI, APPIA and ACM SIGART. The conference seems to be of a decent quality, if we consider the program comitee and the list of keynote speakers; also, the proceedings are indexed by INSPEC and DBLP, and a book

Language Theory in Biocomputing

2008-10-22T09:59:00.004+03:00

IJFCS hosts in October 2008 a special issue on Language Theory in Biocomputing (edited by Michael Domaratzki and Kai Salomaa). I have submitted a paper for this issue, it was accepted, and now it was published. Here it is a brief description:On the Descriptional Complexity of Accepting Networks of Evolutionary Processors With Filtered Connections, written together with Cezara Dragoi. Abstract: In

ACM.ro 2008: Dezamagire

2008-10-20T11:58:00.012+03:00

Dupa cum anuntam intr-un post anterior, sambata 18 octombrie a avut loc in Politehnica etapa regionala pentru Sud-Estul Europei a concursului ICPC ACM. Din pacate, si in acest an concursul a fost castigat de o universitate din Ucraina (cum se intampla de 4 ani). Mai mult, chiar primele 5 locuri au fost ocupate de echipe ucrainiene, nici una dintre echipele romanesti nereusind calificarea la

Natural Computing in CACM

2008-10-13T20:25:00.010+03:00

I was very glad to see that the cover story of the Communications of ACM, October 2008 issue, is an article closely related to my main research interests, namely bio-inspired computing: The Many Facets of Natural Computing, written by Lila Kari and Grzegorz Rozenberg. The original article can be found here, and another version with extended References list but with no picture can be found here.

ACM.ro 2008

2008-09-29T15:20:00.004+03:00

Dupa vacanta si o pauza prelungita de scris pe blog, revin cu un subiect de actualitate pentru cei interesati de concursurile studentesti de programare. In 2008 Universitatea din Bucuresti va avea, din nou, 3 echipe participante la Etapa Regionala (Sud-Estul Europei) a concursului ICPC ACM, care se va desfasura intre 16 si 19 octombrie in Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti. Echipele sunt: