| Personal data | ||
| Name: | Feodor F. Dragan | |
| Birthdate and birthplace: | 14 July 1963, Copchac, Taraclia reg., Moldova, ex-USSR | |
| Marital status: | Married, 2 children |
| Education | |||
| 3/90 | Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science,
Institute of Mathematics of the Belorussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus (prepared at Moldova State University, Kishinev, Moldova) |
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| 6/85 | M.S. (with honors) in Applied Mathematics,
Moldova State University, Dept. of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Kishinev, Moldova |
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| 5/83 | B.A. (with honors) in Applied Mathematics,
Moldova State University, Dept. of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Kishinev, Moldova |
| Professional background |
| 08/00 - | Assistant Professor of Computer Science,
Department of Computer Science Kent State University |
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| 10/99 - 08/00 | Research associate,
University of California at Los Angeles Computer Science Department UCLA VLSI CAD Lab - ABKGROUP |
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| 12/96 - 9/99 | Research associate,
University of Rostock, Germany: Research supported by the German Research Community (DFG) |
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| 10/96 - 11/96 | Research associate,
University of Rostock, Germany: Research supported by the Volkswagen Foundation (VW) |
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| 10/94 - 7/95,
10/95 - 12/95 |
Research associate,
University of Duisburg, Germany: DAAD Research Fellowship, Host professor: Andreas Brandstädt |
| 3/94, 6/94,
8/95 - 9/95 |
Research associate,
University of Duisburg, Germany: Research supported by the Volkswagen Foundation (VW) |
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| 7/95 - 9/99 | Associate professor,
Dept. of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moldova State University |
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| 1/90 - 9/96 | Senior research worker,
Discrete Optimization Laboratory, Moldova State University |
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| 12/88 - 6/95 | Assistant professor,
Dept. of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moldova State University |
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| 1/88 - 1/90 | Junior research worker,
Discrete Optimization Laboratory, Moldova State University |
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| 2/82 - 7/85 | Software engineer,
Computer Center, Moldavian Academy of Sciences |
| Awards and Honors |
| 1994 - 1995 | DAAD Research Fellowship, Germany | |
| 1985 | M.Sc. degree with honors in Applied Mathematics | |
| 1980 - 1985 | University Merit Scholarship | |
| 1980 | High School Gold Medal |
| Grants |
| Teaching |
Algorithms and optimization, computational geometry, data structures, automata & formal languages, theory of computation, discrete mathematics, graph and hypergraph theory, operational research, discrete metric spaces, and various undergraduate courses.
| Recent Selected Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures |
| 11/02 | 13th Annual International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2002), Vancouver, Canada. | |
| 11/02 | Fourteenth IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS 2002), Cambridge, USA. | |
| 06/02 | 28th International Workshop "Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science" (WG '02), Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic | |
| 04/02 | 5th Latin American Symposium ''LATIN 2002: Theoretical Informatics'', Cancun, Mexico | |
| 01/02 | Thirteenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA'02), San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| 08/01 | Seventh International Workshop on "Algorithms and Data Structures" (WADS'01), Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, USA | |
| 07/01 | Computer Science Department, University of Rostock, Germany (invited by Prof. Andreas Brandstädt) | |
| 06/01 | Second Dagstuhl-Seminar on "Graph Decompositions and Algorithmic Applications", Dagstuhl, Germany | |
| 06/01 | 27th International Workshop on "Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science"(WG'01), Boltenhagen near Rostock, Germany | |
| 03/01 | Computer Science Department, University of Toronto, Canada (invited by Prof. Derek G. Corneil) | |
| 02/01 | 6th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2001), Pacifico Yokohama, Japan | |
| 11/00 | IEEE/ACM Intl. Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD-2000), San Jose, California | |
| 10/00 | MIGHTY XXXIII, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio | |
| 6/99 | 25th Internat. Workshop "Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science"(WG '99), Ascona, Switzerland | |
| 6/99 | Dagstuhl-Seminar on "Graph Decompositions and Algorithmic Applications", Dagstuhl, Germany | |
| 5/99 | 6th Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization, Enschede, The Netherlands | |
| 9/98 | Internat. Conference on Discrete Metric Spaces, Marseille, France | |
| 7/98 | Ninth SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Toronto, Canada | |
| 6/98 | 24th Internat. Workshop "Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science"(WG '98), Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic | |
| 12/97 | Oberseminar Kombinatorik, Universität Bielefeld, Germany | |
| 9/97 | "Algorithms - ESA '97" 5th Annual European Symposium, Graz, Austria | |
| 9/97 | "Optimal Discrete Structures and Algorithms"(ODSA '97), Rostock, Germany | |
| 6/97 | 23rd Internat. Workshop "Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science"(WG '97), Berlin, Germany |
| 9/95 | 8th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis, Lambrecht(Pfalz), Germany | |
| 9/95 | 5th Internat. Coll. on "Graphs and Combinatorics", Marseille Luminy, France | |
| 8/95 | "Fundamentals of Computation Theory - FCT '95", Dresden, Germany | |
| 9/94 | "Algorithms - ESA '94" 2nd Annual European Symposium, Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
| 7/94 | "Algorithm Theory - SWAT '94" 4th Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory, Aarhus, Denmark | |
| 2/94 | 11th STACS '94, Caen, France |
| Other Professional Activities |
Last updated: March 31, 2003