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Assistant Professor Florentina Suter

University of Bucharest
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Str. Academiei, 14
010014 Bucharest, Romania

e-mail: florentina.suter fmi.unibuc.ro

Previous name: Florentina PETRE


Asist.dr. Florentina SUTER
EDUCATION:

 1994: B. A. in Computer Science, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics. Thesis:
Computer Generation of Random Vectors Used in Reliability;

 1995: M. Sc. in Scientific Computation , University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics. Thesis:
Algorithms in Linear Regression Analysis;

 2004: Ph. D. in Mathematics, field of specialization Probability Theory and Statistics, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. Thesis:
Models and Algorithms in System Reliability;

TEACHING:

2005 - 2006:
 Courses: Modelling and Simulation, Simulation;
 Seminars: Modelling and Simulation, Software Reliability;
 Laboratories: Modelling and Simulation, Simulation, Procedural Programming.
1994 - 2005:
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science:
 Courses: The Theory of Stochastic Simulation;
 Seminars: Logic and Combinatorics, Computer Science Bases, Modelling and Simulation, Simulation Methods, The Theory of Stochastic Simulation, Software Reliability;
 Laboratories: Logics and Combinatorics, Computer Science Bases, Modelling and Simulation, The Theory of Stochastic Simulation, Algorithms and Programming.
1996 - 1997:
Politehnica University, Bucharest:  Seminaries and laboratories of Performance Evaluation and Reliability;
2000:
University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy:  Seminaries of Descriptive Statistics;

RESEARCH:

Fields of interest: Software Reliability, Reliability, Applications of Point Processes in Reliability, Stochastic Simulation, Performance Evaluation.

Scientific Seminars given outside the University of Bucharest:

  1. Dynamic Aspects in the Study of some Reliability Systems, Department of Statistics, University of Padua, Italy, Sept. 1999;
  2. An Introduction in Queueing Systems, Department of Mathematics, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, May 2000;
  3. Modelli di osservazione longitudinale e sequenziale di tempi di guasto, Department of Mathematics, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, Feb. 2002;

Conferences:

  1. Third International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Trondheim, Norway, June 2002;

Research fellowships:

  1. NATO-CNR scholarship at the Department of Statistics, University of Padua, Italy, 1997;
  2. "Vasile Parvan" scholarship of the Romanian Government at the Department of Mathematics, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, 1999-2000.

Referee:

  1. Probability and Statistics Letters (2002);
  2. Metron - International Journal of Statistics (2003).

Participations at Research - Development Projects:

  1. Software for Scientific Computations using Monte Carlo Method, MCT Project 474 - 1996;
  2. Applications of Fuzzy Sets in Statistics and Computer Science, CNCSU Project - 1999;
  3. Scan-Statistics. Applications in Medicine, with University Lille 2, France, within the PAI "Brancusi" Project.

List of Publications:

  1. Petre, F. (1996) Note on Simulation of t and F Distributions, Annals of University of Bucharest, Computer Science Series, 2 , 65-70;
  2. Petre, F. (1997) Prediction Analysis and Improvement in Software Reliability, Annals of University of Bucharest, Special Issue, 179-184;
  3. Popescu, I., Petre, F. (1997) Simulation of Wishart Distribution, Annals of University of Bucharest, Computer Science Series, 63-69;
  4. Petre, F., Spizzichino, F. (2000) A Relation between Relevation Process and Exchangeable Load- Sharing Models, Technical Report of Department of Mathematics, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy;
  5. Shaked, M., Spizzichino, F., Suter, F. (2002) Nonhomogeneous Birth Processes and l-infinity-Spherical Densities, with Applications in Reliability Theory, Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 16, 271-288.
  6. Suter, F. (2002) Models of Software Reliability Based on Time Lags between Failures and Fault Corrections, Third International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Trondheim, Norway, June 2002, Communications, 615-617;
  7. Shaked, M., Spizzichino, F., Suter, F. (2004) Uniform Order Statistics Property and l-infinity-Spherical Densities, Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 18, 275-297.
  8. Suter, F. (2005) Stochastic Simulation of Bivariate Generalized Time Transform Exponential Models, Mathematical Reports, 7(57), 3, 423-251.