tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492589709683957402024-03-05T09:08:32.200+01:00Florin Manea's WebsiteFlorin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-35192555161887187292018-07-14T00:00:00.054+02:002024-03-04T16:32:25.865+01:00
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Visit the webpage of DLT 2024, which will take place in Göttingen this summer. Collocated event: NCMA 2024.
Invited speaker at the 12th International Workshop on Non-Classical Models of Automata and Applications NCMA 2022. In the last few years, I was invited speaker at: the Workshop on Theory and Practice of String Solving TPSS 2021, affiliated Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-48545713420313708152017-02-28T12:18:00.000+01:002017-07-16T23:29:12.266+02:00New PapersTwo new papers that I have co-authored are available on Arxiv:
"Detecting Unary Patterns" (SPIRE 2017, new title: Detecting One-Variable Patterns), written together with Dmitry Kosolobov and Dirk Nowotka, proposes an efficient algorithm that locates in a text all the instances of a pattern that includes strings of letters and one-repeated variable (that can be replaced, uniformly, by any string Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-34628708670815162042016-10-19T16:47:00.002+02:002016-10-19T16:48:07.079+02:00Still KielIn 2011 I started working in Kiel, as a researcher in the Dependable Systems Group lead by Dirk Nowotka. In 2012 I decided to stay in the same group, while working on my own DFG-funded project. Recently, my research (on algorithms and combinatorics on words) was funded for another two years by the DFG, so I will continue working in the Kiel University at least until October 31st, 2018. Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-28388198774884404672016-09-21T11:26:00.000+02:002016-10-19T16:48:39.270+02:00Computability in Europe - Chair of the Steering CommitteeStarting 2013 I've been a member of the Computability in Europe conference series Steering Committee. This year, I was asked and I agreed to run to become Chair of this Committee. Consequently, at CiE 2016, I was elected and officially named on this position.
This is a big responsibility and I hope I will be able to continue in the same line the impressive work of my predecessors, Benedikt LöweFlorin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-50563626147883345612016-09-09T11:19:00.000+02:002016-09-09T11:19:14.879+02:00Conferences 2016 and 2017
Here is a short update on a series of events I was or currently am involved in.
In the period October 4-10, 2016, our group is organising the Theory Days of the Automata and Formal Languages and, respectively, the Logic Group of the German Informatics Society. All the information can be found here. A major highlight of our program is the common workshop of the two groups, with five very Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-32309204980789984422015-08-14T10:47:00.000+02:002015-08-14T11:01:16.041+02:00WORDS 2015 in Kiel - Call for Participation
10th International Conference on WORDS 2015 (the main conference dedicated to the study of combinatorics on words) takes place in Kiel from September 14 to September 17, 2015. We invite everyone who is interested in the topics and program of WORDS 2015 to register for the conference. More details are given below.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Starting Date of the Conference: September 14, 2pm.
Ending Date Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-40052766995573600792015-03-09T15:18:00.000+01:002015-08-13T19:09:01.023+02:00Theory Day @ Bucharest: DACS 2015
Later update: The submission deadline was extended to March 31.
The second edition of our workshop Days of Computer Science takes place as a satellite event of CiE 2015, at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest, on June 26 and 27, 2015.
Days of Computer Science (DACS 2015) is the second edition of a workshop-series interested in building a solid and modern Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-81751898240382103192014-12-07T21:33:00.000+01:002015-08-13T19:09:11.588+02:00CiE 2015 in Bucharest - Call for Papers
COMPUTABILITY IN EUROPE 2015: Evolving Computability, Bucharest, Romania,
June 29 - July 3
Web-site: http://fmi.unibuc.ro/CiE2015/
IMPORTANT DATES:
Extended Submission Deadline: 21 January 2015
Notification of authors: 9 March 2015
Deadline for final revisions: 6 April 2015
CiE 2015 is the 11-th conference organized by CiE (Computability in Europe), a European
association of mathematiciansFlorin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-91707621960156590252014-12-07T21:07:00.000+01:002015-08-13T19:13:39.979+02:00WORDS 2015 in Kiel - Preliminary Announcement
10th International Conference on WORDS 2015, Kiel, Germany, September 14-18, 2015
Web-site: http://words2015.uni-kiel.de/
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission deadline: April 17, 2015
Notification of authors: May 27, 2015
Deadline for final versions: June 10, 2015
WORDS is a biannual international conference covering the mathematical theory of words (sequences of symbols) from all points of view: Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-36568811150067608112014-05-30T18:15:00.001+02:002015-08-13T19:08:44.775+02:00Romanian Theory Day
Final Update: The workshop took place on September 15 and 16, and according to the feedback we received from the participants it was successful. Thanks to all who contributed to the success of DACS 2014, and I am looking forward to the next edition.
Update 2: The list of accepted papers is online.
Update 1: The submission deadline for the workshop was extended to July 14, 2014, 23:59 EET.
Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-59435051432303772752014-04-25T11:19:00.000+02:002014-05-02T10:56:22.504+02:00NCMA 2014The deadline for this year's NCMA is just days away: May 4, 2014. Update: the deadline was extended to May 13, 2014.
NCMA is the acronym of the Workshop on Non-Classical Models of Automata and Applications, which reaches this year its sixth edition. The workshop will take place in Kassel, in the centre of Germany, at the end of July (28,29 July 2014).
As usual, we are mainly looking for works Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-40009871512720505552013-09-18T16:05:00.003+02:002013-09-18T16:13:16.111+02:00Computability in Europe - Steering Committee
Computability in Europe is one of my favourite conferences: I attended the conference six times, each time having an accepted paper, and I enjoyed each of these participations a lot. Among the things I like, the mixture between theoretical computer science and mathematics comes first, but I also appreciated the very good selection of invited speakers, the special sessions, as well as the Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-7239738143385466412013-08-13T10:31:00.001+02:002013-08-21T17:41:32.559+02:00Faculty of Science @ Unibuc - 150 yearsThe year 2013 marks the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Faculty of Sciences, one of the initial three faculties of the University of Bucharest. The faculty was founded in 1863, joined the University of Bucharest in 1864 (when the University was founded), and in 1866 it was split into the Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Physical and Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-88014859924830577142013-05-22T17:25:00.000+02:002013-05-22T17:34:16.847+02:00NCMA 2013: Deadline Approaching The submission deadline for NCMA 2013 is next week: 26 May 2013.
We are looking for papers on (but not limited to) the topics:
-- formal models inspired by Linguistics, Bio-Computing, Text Processing, Document Engineering, Self-Assembly, etc.,
-- bio-inspired models of automata and generative devices,
-- cellular automata,
-- forgetting automata and restarting automata,
-- automata with Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-399033102443507102012-05-11T12:28:00.000+02:002012-05-14T15:52:46.111+02:00Plagiat in Romania
Dupa faimosul Danut Marcu, un nou scandal de plagiat are loc in Romania. Am scris ceva despre asta pe blogul infoarena.Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-43949208972362448332012-05-03T11:01:00.000+02:002012-05-15T17:51:09.195+02:00NCMA 2012: Deadline
Just a quick reminder, for those interested. The submission deadline for NCMA 2012 is getting closer: 13 May 2012.
Update: The submission deadline was moved to 29 May 2012.Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-87891038547588463652012-04-08T16:00:00.000+02:002012-04-08T16:00:03.401+02:00DCM: DeadlineThose of you interested in submitting papers to DCM 2012 should note that the submissions deadline is one week away: 15 April 2012. Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-38274064775513658762012-04-04T13:07:00.003+02:002012-04-04T13:13:55.076+02:00NCMA 2012: Call for PapersThe second workshop announced in a previous post, namely the 4th International Workshop on Non-Classical Models of Automata and Applications (NCMA 2012), has issued its Call for Papers; the topics of interest are available on the workshop's web-page. Here is a short preview:
Researchers are invited to submit papers concerning original contributions on non-classical models of automata and Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-15675362574703713322012-01-26T22:12:00.002+01:002012-01-26T22:13:48.703+01:00DCM 2012: Call for Papers
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:
- Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-26916193471480728282012-01-19T22:19:00.000+01:002012-01-19T22:27:26.787+01:00DCM and NCMAThis 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 datesFlorin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-3905831487639216372011-11-12T12:42:00.001+01:002011-11-12T12:53:16.811+01:00KielAfter 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, Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-3100340797933771472010-10-03T21:53:00.003+02:002010-10-06T10:43:06.010+02:00Fun StuffI 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 Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-59403088868338664872010-08-05T12:08:00.004+02:002010-08-06T13:37:35.751+02:00DoctorateI 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 Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-31489184718253603342010-06-03T11:29:00.002+02:002010-06-03T11:40:02.724+02:00Theoretical Computer Science at SYNASC 2010Continuing 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 CommitteeFlorin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349258970968395740.post-11332133834828398442010-04-07T20:25:00.002+02:002010-04-07T20:36:40.392+02:00imSMART... 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 Florin Maneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502207916966498744noreply@blogger.com