Last updated: 2007. okt. 8.

Curriculum vitae

I. Personal data:

Born: November 08., 1959, Hălchiu, Braşov county, Romania
Address: 400300 Cluj-Napoca, str. Donáth VII A/3, Cluj county, Romania
Employment: Associate Professor, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Numerical Analysis and Statistics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Work-address: 400084 Cluj-Napoca, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Numerical Analysis and Statistics, str. Mihail Kogâlniceanu nr. 1., Cluj county, Romania
Telephone: +40-742-917015
E-mail: [email protected]

II. Studies:

1974-1978: high school, “Unirea” High School, Braşov county, Romania
1978-1982: B.Sc., Mathematics, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Mathematics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Title of thesis: Carathéodory type theorems. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Iosif Kolumbán.
1994-1996: B.Sc., Computer Science, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Faculty of Natural Sciences. Title of thesis: Fractals in high school. 1996-2002: Ph.D., “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The thesis was defended on July 3, 2002. Title of thesis: Random fractals using contraction methods in probabilistic metric spaces. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Iosif Kolumbán.

III. Scientific career:

1982-1991: teacher of Mathematics, High School No. 1., Tîrgu Secuiesc, Covasna county, Romania.
1991-1997: teacher of Mathematics, “Székely Mikó” High School Sfîntu Gheorghe, Covasna county, Romania.
1997-2005: Assistant Professor at the Department of Numerical Analysis and Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca.
2005- …: Associate Professor, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Numerical Analysis and Statistics, Cluj-Napoca.

IV. Scientific area: deterministic and random fractals, stochastic processes, fractional Brownian motion, homogenization on fractals, stochastic analysis

V. Participation in research projects and grants:

• 1999-2000: member of the research project: Interpolatory, combinatory and probabilistic methods in approximation theory, project manager prof. dr. Gheorghe Coman, Romanian Ministry of Education, T23, 294
• 2001-2002: member of the research project: Nonlinear analysis, project manager prof. dr. Kolumbán József, ”Arany János” Research Project, Budapest, Hungary
• 2001-2003: member of the research project: Approximations theory and numerical analysis, project manager prof. dr. Gheorghe Coman, WorldBank Project, cod 87, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2001-2003: member of the research project: Approximation methods and numerical analysis, project manager prof. dr. Octavian Agratini, Romanian Ministry of Education, T82, cod 1072, Cluj-Napoca
• 2002-2003: member of the research project: Some dynamical systems with applications, project manager prof. dr. Kolumbán József, Sapientia Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2003-2004: project manager of the project: Fractal functions and applications, Sapientia Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2003-2004: member of the research project: Asymptotical analysis and variational problems, project manager prof. dr. Kolumbán József, Sapientia Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2004-2006: member of the research project: Approximation, numerical and probabilistic methods, project manager prof. dr. Octavian Agratini, Romanian Ministry of Education, T1, cod 355, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2006-2009: member of the research project: VIASAN-CEEX, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmaceutics and “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2007-2010: member of the research project: Developing Quality in Mathematics Education II, 134312-DE-2007-CMP Commenius Project, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

VI. Teaching activity:

• Probability theory (B.Sc. level, compulsory, 4^th semester)
• Mathematical statistics (B.Sc. level, compulsory, 5^th semester)
• Stochastic processes and fractals (B.Sc. level, optional, 6^th semester)
• Artificial intelligence (B.Sc. level, compulsory, 4^th semester)
• Logic and functional programming (B.Sc. level, compulsory, 3^rd semester)
• Stochastic processes (M.Sc. level, compulsory, 1^st semester)

VII. Scientific honours

Invited professor:

• 1999 – Fractal function and interpolation, J. Safarik University, Košice, Slovakia
• 2002 – Invariant sets of random variables, University of Szeged, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Szeged, Hungary
• 2002 – Invariant sets in probabilistic metric spaces, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Department of Numerical Analysis, Budapest, Hungary
• 2003 – Random fractals, University of Szeged, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Szeged, Hungary
• 2004 – Stochastic processes and fractal, course for Ph.D.-students, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Faculty of Computer Science, Budapest, Hungary
• 2004 – Homogenization on fractals, University of Lisbon, Mathematical Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2005 – Two scale convergence on fractals, Technical University, Faculty of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, Wien, Austria
• 2006 – Wavelet approximation of solutions of SDE, Technical University, Košice, Slovakia
• 2006 – Fractals in mathematical education, CEI M.Sc. course, Technical University Wien, Austria

Research scholarships:

• 1998-1999: PhD scholarship of Hungarian Academy of Science, “Rényi” Institute, Budapest, Hungary
• 1999: Domus Hungarica Scientiarum et Artium research scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Budapest, Hungary
• 2000: EMS scholarship, XXX. International Probability School, Saint Flour, France
• 2000: scholarship of Numerical Analysis and Statistic Department of “Babeş-Bolyai” University at “Ernst Moritz Arndt” University Greifswald, Germany
• 2000-2001: Domus Hungarica Scientiarum et Artium research scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Budapest, Hungary
• 2001-2002: research scholarship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education, University of Szeged, Hungary
• 2002: CEEPUS scholarship, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Budapest, Hungary
• 2002: CEEPUS scholarship, “Constantine the Philosopher” University, Nitra, Slovakia
• 2003: CEEPUS scholarship, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Budapest, Hungary
• 2003-2006: Bolyai János Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Analysis on fractals and random fractals, Budapest, Hungary
• 2004: Erasmus scholarship, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• 2005: CEEPUS scholarship, Technical University Wien, Austria
• 2006: CEEPUS scholarship, Technical University Košice, Slovakia
• 2006: Domus Hungarica Scientiarum et Artium scholarship, “Eötvös Loránd” University, Budapest, Hungary

VIII. Membership (Professional Societies / Editorial Board of Scientific Journals)

Societies:

• Romanian Mathematical Society, Bucharest (Romania)
• Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM)
• Hungarian Operational Research Society, Budapest (Hungary)
• Romanian Society for Probabilists and Statisticians, Bucharest (Romania)
• The Society for Hungarian Technical Science in Transylvania (EMT), Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
• Transylvanian Museum Society, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
• “Farkas Gyula” Society for Mathematics and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia (USA)
• President of the Scientific Council of the Hungarian University Institute in Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Journals

• Secretary of Studia Universitatis “Babeş-Bolyai” seria Mathematica

IX. Other academic activities

Member of organizing committee:

• 2006: 6^th Joint Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science, 12-15.07.2006 Pécs, Hungary.
• 2006: XXVI. Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, 27.08-02.09.2006, Sovata-Băi, Romania, organized by Faculty of Computer Science of the University of Debrecen, the Moscow State University, the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in Moscow and the “Babeş-Bolyai” University
• 2006: Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory, NAAT2006, 05-08.09.2006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2006: 18^th International Symposium on Implementation and Application of Functional Languages (IFL), 04-06.09.2006, Budapest, Hungary
• 2005-2006: Communication and information technology in mathematical education, joint M.Sc. programme of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia), Vienna University of Technology (Austria), “Babeş-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), South Bohemian University in České Budèjovice (Czech Republic) and University of Szeged (Hungary)
• 2007: Central European Functional Programming, Summer School, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, 25-30.06.2007, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

X. Language skills:

• Hungarian – mother tongue
• Romanian – fluent
• French – good
• English – good
• German – fairly good

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