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Tataram Monica, Ph.D. - Associate Professor
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Family name: |
TATARAM |
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First name: |
SANDA MONICA |
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Date of birth: |
October 3rd, 1952 |
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Place of birth: |
Bucharest |
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Nationality: |
Romanian |
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Office address: |
Foundations of Computing Science Dept. Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Bucharest University, 14, Academiei Str. sector 1, Bucharest-010014, Romania. |
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Email address: |
tataram |
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Languages: |
Romanian (native), English (very good), French (very good), Spanish (good) |
University Education:
- 1984: Ph.D. in Computing Science at the University of Bucharest; thesis: "Logical, Analytical and Generative Models in the Study of Languages"; scientific supervisor: Acad.prof.dr.doc. Solomon Marcus;
- 1971-1975: M.Sc. Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest.
Short Courses and Grants:
- 2007 12th European ELSNET Summer School on Language and Speech Communication: "Information Fusion in Natural Language Systems", organized by the Hamburg University;
- 2003, 2007 Bilateral collaboration of the Bucharest and Hamburg universities;
- 2001 "Education of highly qualified IT specialists for Central and Eastern Europe countries in accordance to demands of the job market", second training course organized in Warsaw by the Japan International Cooperation Agency ("JICA") and the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland, Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, under JICA's Third Country Training Program;
- 1997 Tempus grant at the Sheffield University, United Kingdom;
- 1994 Tempus grant at the Aarhus University, Denmark;
- 1993 "International Research & Teaching Workshop on Linguistics and Semiotics", organized in Prague by the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University;
- 1977 "Database Management Systems: SOCRATES", training course organized in Bucharest by the Institute for Management and Computer Science.
Professional Employment:
- 2001-Present: University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Foundations of Computing Science Department: associate professor
- 1992-2001: University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Foundations of Computing Science Department: assistant professor
- 1987-1992: Computing Center of the University of Bucharest:: senior researcher
- 1979-1987: University of Bucharest, Division of Systems Studies: researcher
- 1975-1979: Computing Center of the Department of Finance: research assistant
Memberships:
- Director of the Computer Science College (2004-2008)
- Member of the European Commission board of experts
- Member of the CNCSIS board of experts
- Member in the Administrative Council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Coordinator, on behalf of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department, of the Bilateral Partnership between the Hamburg University (the Computer Science Department) and the Bucharest University.
Scientific Activity:
- Visiting professor: University of Missouri - Columbia, USA, Jan.-June 2000.
- Research fellow: University "Rovira i Virgili", Tarragona, Spain (with a NATO research grant), Sept. 2001 - June 2002.
- Conferences: Hamburg University, Germany, June 2005; Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2002, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Feb. 1994.
- International Congresses: First Balkan Conference in Informatics, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003 (scientific referent); First Workshop of MATHIND, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000; First Workshop of MACSI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000; 9th International Congress of the German Society of Semiotic Studies, Dresden, Germany, 1999; 7th International Congress of the International Association of Semiotic Studies Dresden, Germany, 1999; Balkan Conferences on Mathematics and Computer Science for Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997, 1998, 1999.
Scientific Research Projects:
- With the European Commission:
- 2001–2003: "MathInd: A Balkan and Eastern European Network of Excellence for the Diffusion of Mathematics for Industry Expertise” (local coordinator: the undersigned);
- With the United Nations University:
- 1986–1987: "Economic Aspects of Human Development" (coordinator: Prof. Solomon Marcus, member of the Romanian Academy);
- 1984: "People Development Problematique" (coordinator: Prof. Solomon Marcus, member of the Romanian Academy);
- 1979–1982: "Goals, Processes and Indicators for Development" (coordinator: Prof. Solomon Marcus, member of the Romanian Academy).
- With the Romanian Department of Education and Research:
- 2007–2010: "GlobalComp - Models, Semantics, Logics and Technologies for Global Computing" (local coordinator: Prof. Gheorghe Stefanescu, Ph.D.);
- 1986–1990: "Systems Theory Methods and Their Applications to the Development Problematique" (coordinator: Prof. Nicolae Radu, Ph.D.);
- 1982–1985: "Mathematical Aspects of the Development Problematique" (coordinator: Prof. Nicolae Radu, Ph.D.);
Research and Teaching Topics:
Formal Language Theory, Computational Complexity, Semantic Web, Semiotics applied in Computer Science, Windows Applications Design, Methodology of Computer Science Teaching.
Didactic Activity:
- 2005-2009: Semantic Web (Master)
- 2008-2009: Structural Complexity
- 2006-2009: Computability and Complexity
- 2004-2005: System Analysis and design with Ms Project
- 2003-2007: Educational Software Design with VB and VBA;
- 2002-2004: Design Techniques;
- 1991-2009: The Methodology of Teaching Computing Science in High-schools;
- 2002-2003 and 2000-2001: Integrating the Development of Information Systems with Visual Basic;
- 2000-2001 and 1997-1998: Programming (in English);
- 1998-2000: Information Technology and Multimedia Techniques;
- 1999-2000: Databases (postgraduate);
- 1996-1999: Designing Applications with Ms Office;
- 1995-2001: Information Systems;
- 1995-1996: Designing Applications with Access 2.0;
- 1994-1995: Designing Applications with Excel 5.0;
- 1994-1995: Theory of Chaitin Complexity;
- 1992-1994: Algorithms and Programming;
- 2002 and 1992: Computing Science for High-School Teachers (post-graduate lectures);
- 1991-1992: Discrete Mathematics and Computing Science;
- 1988-1993 Theories of Computational Complexity;
- 1991-1993: Basic Computing Science.
Textbooks:
- An Introduction in Designing Applications with MS Office 97; Part I: MS Access, Bucharest University Press, Bucharest, 1999 (in Romanian).
- Visual Basic for Graphical User Interface Design, Publishing House of the “Romania de Mâine” Foundation, Bucharest, 2004 (in Romanian).
- Graphical User Interface Design; Guidelines and Applications, Publishing House of the “Romania de Mâine” Foundation, Bucharest, 2004 (in Romanian).
- Computer Science, textbook for the IXth grade, Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004 (with Mioara Gheorghe and Mariana Kisch).
- Information Technology, textbook for the IXth grade, Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004 (with Mioara Gheorghe, Ciprian Constantinescu and Manuela Florea).
- Computer Science, textbook for the Xth grade, Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005 (with Mioara Gheorghe and Constanta Nastase).
- Information Technology, textbook for the Xth grade, Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005 (with Mioara Gheorghe and Manuela Florea).
- Computer Science, textbook for the XIth grade, Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006 (with Mioara Gheorghe, Corina Achinca and Constanta Nastase).
- Information Technology, textbook for the XIth grade, Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006 (with Mioara Gheorghe, Corina Achinca and Constanta Nastase).
- Computer Science, textbook for the XIIth grade, Corint Publishing House, Bucharest, 2007 (with Mioara Gheorghe, Corina Achinca and Ioana Pestritu).
Papers Published in Collective Volumes:
- Driving Maneuvers, Traffic Signs and Road Accidents, Sémiotique Roumaine, S. Marcus, P.Miclau (eds.), University of Bucharest Press, Bucharest, 1981, p.263-274.
- Cohesion, Competition and Critical Groupsize in Social Groups, Mathematical Methods in the Development Problematique, Global Problems of the Contemporary World series, S.Marcus, M.Malita (eds.), Romanian Academy Press, 1982, p.163-180 (in Romanian).
- Contemporary Global Trends Interactions, in Semiotic and Mathematical Models of Social Development, S.Marcus (ed.), Romanian Academy Press, Bucharest, 1986, p.90-151 (with S.Marcus, in Romanian).
- A Model for the Simulation of the Reciprocal Influence between Global Trends, in Semiotic and Mathematical Models of Social Development, S.Marcus (ed.), Romanian Academy Press, Bucharest, 1986, p.151-166 (with Gh.Paun, in Romanian).
- Two Non-standard Applications of Formal Language Theory, in Salodays in Formal Language Theory, A.Atanasiu, C.Calude (eds.), Hyperion XXI Press, Bucharest, 1993.
- Syntactic Projectivity in Programming Languages (TurboPascal and Logo), in Current Issues in Mathematical Linguistics, Carlos Martin-Vide (ed.), Elsevier Science Publ. B.V., Amsterdam, 1994, p.389-398.
- On the Character of TurboPascal Statements, in Mathematical Linguistics and Related Topics, Papers in Honor of Solomon Marcus on his 70th Birthday, Gh.Paun (ed.), Romanian Academy Press, Bucharest, 1995, p.313-316.
Papers Published in Scientific Journals:
- Generative Devices of the Driver Maneuvers, Found. Control Eng. ("Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences"), vol.2(1977), no.2, p.107-115.
- On a Cohesiveness Indicator of Social Groups, HSDRGPID-47 / UNUP-161, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 1980, p.49-68.
- Universal Sequences of Primitive Recursive Functions, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures et Appl., vol.28 (1983), no.5, p.381-390 (with C.Calude).
- Ackermann-Peter's Function Has Primitive Recursive Graph and Range, Found. Control Eng. ("Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences"), vol.9 (1984), no.4, p.177-180.
- Classes of Mappings Having Context - Sensitive Graphs, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures et Appl., vol.30 (1985), no.4, p.273-288 (with Gh.Paun).
- Logical, Analytical and Generative Models in the Study of Languages, Bull. EATCS, vol.25 (1985), p.192-196.
- Man-Car Communication within the Context of Traffic Signs, Rev. Roum. Linguistique, Cahiers de Linguistique Theorique et Appliquee (CLTA), vol.22 (1985), no.2, p.187-193.
- From Many to Few, Rev. Roum. Linguistique, CLTA, vol.23 (1986), no.2, p.107-140 (with S.Marcus).
- Darboux property for One-argument Primitive Recursive String Functions, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures et Appl., vol.32 (1987), no.1, p.79-94.
- Semiotics of Individual and Global Crises; Their Indicators and Interactions, Rev. Roum. Linguistique, CLTA, vol.24 (1987), no.1, p.57-76 (with S.Marcus).
- Human Communication - A Graph-theoretic Approach, Rev. Roum. Linguistique, CLTA, vol.24 (1987), no.2, p.129-137 (with S.Marcus).
- Social Indicators in a Semiotic and Communicational Perspective, Rev. Roum. Linguistique, CLTA, vol.25 (1988), no.2, p.145-165 (with S.Marcus).
- A Glimpse into Natural Computing, in Multi. Val. Logic, 2000, Vol.00, pp.1-28 (with C.Calude and Gh.Paun).
- Visual Computer Programming: Some Semiotic and Cognitive Aspects, The American Journal of Semiotics, vol.17 (2002), no.3, p.157-173.
- An Extension of the Double Recursion Theorem of R.M. Robinson, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures Appl., vol.48 (2003), no.1, p.105-111.
- Two Pairs of Measures for Finite and Infinite Strings, FBI-HH-Mitteilung 323/03, Universitat Hamburg, Fachbereich Informatik, Marz 2003.
- Pictural Networks of Evolutionary Processors, Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, vol.6 (2003), no.1-2, p.189-198 (with V.Mitrana and K.G.Subramanian).
- Connectivity and Reachability in Signed Networks, Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol.13, no.11 (2007): Combinatorics and Related Areas, A Collection of Papers in Honour of the 65th Birthday of Ioan Tomescu, C.S.Calude, G.Stefanescu, and M.Zimand (eds.), p.1779-1790.
Papers Presented at Congresses (and Published in Congress Proceedings):
- Grammatical Inference and Creative Learning, paper presented at the IVth edition of the Methodological and Scientific Workshop "Creativity and Efficiency in the Education Process", Bucharest, April 14-15, 1981 (with R.Ceterchi and Gh.Paun, in Romanian).
- The Feed-back as Antinomy - The Example of Human Communication, in Proceedings of the VIIth International Congress on Cybernetics and Systems, London, Sept 7-11, 1987, J. Rose (ed.), Thales Publications, Lytham, St. Annes, England, vol.2, p.962-966 (with S.Marcus)
- Procedural Programming Languages and Their Projectivity Properties, in Proceedings of First International Conference on Mathematical Linguistics, ICML'93, Tarragona, Spain, March 30-31, 1993.
- Cohesion, Competition and Critical Groupsize in Social Groups, Proceedings of the 5th International Congress of IASS/AIS, Berkeley 1994, I. Rauch, G.F.Carr (eds.), Mouton de Gruyter, New York, 1997, p.1181-1184.
- Three Theories of Computational Complexity (Extended Abstract), RSYCS'93, Annals of the "A.I.Cuza" University, tome III, Computing Science, Iasi, 1994, p.45-52 (with C.Calude).
- The Semiotics of Object-Oriented Programming, Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of IASS/AIS, Guadalajara, July 13-18, 1997, Maria Rayo Sankey, Adrian Gimate-Welsh, Pierre Pellegrino (eds.), (CD-ROM).
- Machines and History in Computing Science, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of the German Society of Semiotic Studies, 2-6 October 1999, Dresden, Germany (CD-ROM).
- The Semiotics of Man-Computer Communication: from WIMP to SILK, Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of IASS/AIS, 6-11 October 1999, Dresden, Germany (CD-ROM).
- Signed Networks for International Relations Modeling, paper presented at the Seminar "Logics, Linguistics and Mathematical Models for International Relations' Investigation", organized by the Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technique and by the Black Sea University Foundation, Bucharest, September 21. 2002.
Other papers:
- The Methodology of Teaching Computing Science (I)-(VIII), Computing Science Revue, vol.III (1993), no.3, vol.IV (1994), no.3 (in Romanian).
- The Double Discontinuity, Education Tribune, no.315, 6 feb.1996, p.4 (in Romanian)
Last update: 19 March, 2009