CURRICULUM VITAE. Al. Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Mathematics Faculty

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Name: NECULAI 2. Surname: ANDREI 3. Born, place: 23 September, 1948, Bacău - Romania 4. Citizenship: Romanian 5. Marriage status: Married, 1 child 6. Studies: University: Al. Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Mathematics Faculty Politehnica University, Bucharest, Automatics and Computer Science Faculty Time: Oct Aug Oct Iulie 1973 Degrees: Math. Eng. 7. Specializations: 1) Duisburg University, Germany. Methods and algorithms for large-scale optimization using sparse matrix technology. (May July 1992) 2) Duisburg University, Germany. Languages for mathematical modeling. Compilers theory. (October May 1993). 3) Bayreuth University - Germany. Methods and algorithms for large-scale optimization using techniques for Hessian approximations. (October January. 1997). 4) CERFACS (Centre European de Recherche et de Formation Avancee en Calcul Scientifique), Toulouse, France. Fundamentals algorithms for linear algebra and large-scale optimization using preconditioning. (September 10 18, 2001) Parallel computing (February 9 February 15, 2009) ( ) 8. Titles: Dr. ing. (Ph.D.) ( Politehnica University, Bucharest, Romania, 1984) Ph.D. Adviser, Automatics and Computer Science Faculty, Politehnica University, Bucharest, Professional experience: Time August present Place Bucharest Department Position Romania Research Institute for Informatics, Bucharest, Romania Researcher, Senior 1 May July 1991 Duisburg, Germany Duisburg University, Mess-Steuer und Regelungs Techniques Researcher 1 Oct May 1993 Duisburg, Germany Duisburg University, Mess-Steuer und Regelungs Techniques Associated Researcher 1 Oct Jan Bayreuth, Germany Bayreuth University, Mathematics Department Associated Researcher Sept 2001 /Feb Toulouse, France CERFACS (Centre European de Recherche et de Formation Avancee en Calcul Scientifique), Associated Researcher 1

2 Activity Researcher Mathematical modeling and optimization. Unconstrained optimization Optimal control and mathematical programming Optimal control and mathematical programming Languages for mathematical programming Large scale nonlinear optimization Sparse matrix technology Large-scale unconstrained optimization, linear algebra, sparse matrix technology 10. Teaching activity: Time May 1, 1990 July 31, 1991 Oct. 1, 1992 May 30, Oct. 1, 1996 Jan. 30, Place Duisburg, Germany Duisburg, Germany Bayreuth, Germany Department Duisburg University, Mess-Steuer und Regelungs Duisburg University, Mathematics Department Bayreuth University, Mathematics Department Position Techniques Instructor: seminar and laboratory Mathematical programming Instructor: seminar and laboratory Mathematical programming. Sparse matrix techniques. Instructor: seminar and laboratory Nonlinear programming Barrier and penalty techniques. 11. Present working place and position: National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, Bucharest Romania. Senior Researcher CS1, Scientific Director President of Scientific Council of ICI. 12. Years of activity: 39 years 13. Activity in professional associations and national and international scientific organisms: a) Professional Associations Founding Member of Operations Research Society of Romania (1990), SIAM Member (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) USA, Member of MCDM - Multiple Criteria Decision Making, USA ( IFAC Member: Technical Area 2 (Design Methods) on TC 2.4. OPTIMAL CONTROL - USA ( Member of Romanian Academy of Scientists ( Member of EUROPT Member of ERCIM - European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (2005) ( b) Member in International Committees Member in Editorial Board of: Systems Science and Complexity, Science Press, China & Allerton Press, Inc., USA. ( ) Member in Editorial Board of Studies in Informatics and Control - Bucharest, Romania (1992-present) Member in Electronic International Journal Advanced Modeling and Optimization 2

3 Bucharest Romania. (1999-present) Chair, Editor in International Program Committee, IFAC Workshop: Singular Solutions and Perturbations, October 2001, Bucharest, Romania, Politehnica University c) Member in National Committees Chair, Editor in National Program Committee, IFAC Workshop: Singular Solutions and Perturbations, October 2001, Bucharest, Romania. Chair, MOC - Modeling, Optimization and Complexity - International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology, August 1-3, 2006, Bucharest - Romania 14. Languages abilities: English, German 15. Awards: - Grigore Moisil Award of Romanian Academy for the monograph: Programarea Matematică Avansată - Teorie, Metode computationale, Aplicatii. (Adanced Mathematical Programming Theory, Computational Methods, Applications.) Technical Press, Bucharest - Romania, 1999, given in Award of Romanian Association of Editors. Book Fest - Bookarest 2003 as: The best book in informatics for the monograph: Modele, Probleme de Test si Aplicatii de Programare Matematic., (Models, Test Problems and Applications of Mathematical Programming) Technical Press, Bucharest Romania, 2003, given in Other responsibilities: Editor-in-Chief Of the Electronic International Journal: Advanced Modeling and Optimization (from 1999) Member in Editorial Board of: Computational Optimization and Applications, Springer. (from 1992) ( Member in Editorial Board al Optimization Forum - Computational Optimization and Applications", Springer. (from 2000) ( Librarian of Optimization Forum - Computational Optimization and Applications", Springer. ( (from 2000) Member in Editorial Board of: Studies in Informatics and Control - Bucharest, Romania. ( (from 1998) Member in Editorial Board of: Revue d'analyse Numerique et de Theorie de l'approximation Guest Editor for Vol.3, No.4, 1994, of "Computational Optimization and Applications". Dedicated to Professor George B. Dantzig occasioned by his 80-th anniversary. Guest Editor for Vol. 16, No.4, December 2007 of Studies in Informatics and Control. Dedicated to Professor Florin Gheorghe Filip occasioned by his 60-th anniversary. 17. Experience in National and International Programs: National Research Projects. (from 2000) Program / Project Position Time A new mathematical perspective on interior point methods for convex optimization. Romanian Academy Grant: Nr. 30/2000. April, November,

4 Orizont 2000 Analysis and evaluation of risks in natural catastrophes. F1. Selection and solving of risk models, March F2. Computational experiments, package architecture, October Orizont 2000 Systems, packages and models of mathematical programming. F1. Systems, Packages for Mathematical Programming, April, F2. Models, Test Problems and Applications of Mathematical Programming. November, Fundamental researches on convergence and complexity of Newton method for unconstrained optimization. Romania Academy Grant, No. 168/2003. Mathematical models and programs for optimization of macroeconomic models. Nonlinear econometric models. Copyro Grant, No. 32/ PN / Developing and computational experiments with macromodels of Romanian transition economy. F1. Elaboration of the Romanian transition macromodel Dobrescu variant. November, 2003 F2. Numerical experiments with GAMS. Macro-model generation and optimization. December, 3003 F3. Validation of the model generation and optimization. Variants of macro-models of the Romanian transition economy. Intensive numerical experiments. December, PN / 2005 Criticism of the convergence and complexity of algorithms for unconstrained convex optimization. F1. Elaboration and testing of a theory of convergence and complexity for unconstrained convex optimization gradient descent methods. March, F2. Elaboration and testing of a theory of convergence and complexity for unconstrained convex optimization conjugate gradient methods. December, 2005 PN / Informatics System for IMM; architecture and applications prototype. F6. Programs Optimization of resources. November 2004 F10. Prototype informatics system for IMM. December, CEEX Virtual organization in GRID technology for high performance modeling, simulation and optimization. F1. Solutions for high performance modeling, Collaborator - Head of Modeling component Collaborator - Head of: Modeling and optimization component. Models in ALLO language Collaborator - Head of : Modeling and optimization January, October, 2001 January, November, 2002 May, November, 2003 January, November, 2003 January December, 2004 January, December, 2005 January, December, 2005 January, December

5 simulation and optimization - GRID-MOSI - High performance library for unconstrained optimization. PN Collection of prototypes of industrial mathematical models, GRID operational, for solving of complex problems. F1. Collection of prototypes industrial mathematical models, GRID operational, for solving of complex problems. I. PNII Optimal aero-acoustics solution for green operation in area of terrestrial and aerial vehicles. Internaţional Research Projects (from 2000) Collaborator - Head of : Modeling and optimization component January, December, 2006 component in GRID, Teleoptimization PNII Program/Project Position/Activities Time Data assimilation with shallow water equations. Department of Mathematics, Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Coordinator: Prof. Michael Navon. Department of Mathematics and Supercomputer Computation, Tallahassee, Florida State University, Florida, USA. Researcher / Solving of shallow-water equations model using conjugate gradient algorithms. Incomplete observations and control of gravity waves in variational data assimilation. Numerical experiments, comparisons, complexity studies. Comparisons with Truncated Newton method, L-BFGS (limited memory) method, CONMIN (BFGS preconditioned) and CG_DESCENT. March, 2006 December, Published Papers: I. BOOKS 1. Neculai Andrei and Constantin Răsturnoiu, Sparse Matrix and their Applications. (Matrice Rare şi aplicaţiile lor) Technical Press, Bucharest - Romania, 1983, pp Neculai Andrei, Sparse Systems - Digraph Approach of Large-Scale Linear Systems Theory, Verlag TUV Rheinland GmbH, Köln, 1985, ISBN: , pp. viii Monograph reviewed in Mathematical Review, vol.89e: and Zentral Blatt fuer Mathematik, vol.579, (93A - General), pp.442. Library of Congress. (This book is my Ph.D. Thesis University Politehnica Bucharest Romania) Cited in: - Kurt Reinschke, "Multivariable Control - A Graph-theoretic Approach", Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1988, 5

6 pp: 7, 19, 101, 102, Heinz-Dieter Wend, "Strukturelle Analyse Linearer Regelungssysteme", R Oldenbourg Verlag, Munchen, 1993, pp: 51, 230, 231, M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Decoupling of MIMO Systems by Graph-Theoretic Approach", Studies in Informatics and Control, vol.5, No.1, March, 1996, pp.49-67, pp: Neculai Andrei Mathematical Programming. Interior Point Methods. ( Programarea Matematică. Metode de Punct Interior.) Technical Press, Bucharest Romania, 1999, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Advanced Mathematical Programming Theory, Computational Methods, Applications. (Programarea Matematică Avansată - Teorie, Metode computaţionale, Aplicaţii.) Technical Press, Bucharest - Romania, 1999, ISBN: , pp. XXXI Grigore Moisil Award by Romanian Academy in Neculai Andrei Unconstrained Optimization. Conjugate Directions Methods. (Optimizare fără Restricţii. Metode de direcţii conjugate MatrixRom Press, Bucharest - Romania, 2000, ISBN: pp Neculai Andrei Interior Point Methods in Convex Optimization. (Metode de Punct Interior în Optimizarea Convexă). MatrixRom Press, Bucharest - Romania, 2000, ISBN: pp Neculai Andrei Semidefinite Programming. (Programarea Semidefinită) MatrixRom Press, Bucharest - Romania, 2001, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Packages, Models and Test Problems for Mathematical Programming. (Pachete de Programe, Modele şi Probleme de Test pentru Programarea Matematică). MatrixRom Press, Bucharest - Romania, 2001, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Systems and Packages for Mathematical Programming (Sisteme şi Pachete de Programe pentru Programarea Matematică) Technical Press, Bucharest - Romania, 2002, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Modesl, Test Problems and Applications for Mathematical Programming (Modele, Probleme de Test şi Aplicaţii de Programare Matematică) Technical Press Bucharest - Romania, 2003, ISBN: , pp Paper awarded by the Romanian Association of Publishers as The best paper in Informatics Bookarest

7 11. Neculai Andrei Convergence of Optimization Algorithms (Convergenţa Algoritmilor de Optimizare) Technical Press, Bucharest - Romania, 2004, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Theory versus empiricism in Analysis of Optimization Algorithms (Teorie versus Empirism în Analiza Algoritmilor de Optimizare) Technical Press, Bucharest - Romania, 2004, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Essay on Fundamentals of Informatics (Eseu asupra Fundamentelor Informaticii) YES Publishing House, Bucharest - Romania 2006, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Criticism of the linear programming algorithms reasining. (Critica Raţiunii Algoritmilor de Programare Liniară) Academy Publishing House - Bucharest, 2009, ISBN: , pp.826+xxviii. 15. Neculai Andrei Advanced conjugate gradient methods for unconstrained optimization (Metode avansate de gradient conjugat pentru optimizare fără restricţii) Academy of Romanian Scientists Publishing House - Bucharest, ISBN: , pp Neculai Andrei Criticism of the linear programming algorithms reasoning. (Critica raţiunii algoritmilor de programare liniară) Academy Publishing House - Bucharest, 2011, pp.904+xxviii. (in press) 17. Neculai Andrei Essay on fundamentals of mathematical modelling. (Eseu asupra fundamentelor modelării matematice) Academy Publishing House - Bucharest, (manuscript given to the editor, 2011) II. ISI THOMSON PAPERS 1. N. Andrei, Open problems in conjugate gradient algorithms for unconstrained optimization. Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society. (2) 34 (2) (2011), pp N. Andrei, A modified Polak-Ribiere-Polyak conjugate gradient algorithm for unconstrained optimization. Optimization. A Journal of Mathematical Programming and Operations Research, Vol. 60, Issue 12 (2011), pp

8 3. N. Andrei, An accelerated conjugate gradient algorithm with guaranteed descent and conjugacy conditions for unconstrained optimization. Optimization Methods and Software, Accepted 4. N. Andrei, New accelerated conjugate gradient algorithms as a modification of Dai- Yuan's computational scheme for unconstrained optimization. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 234 (2010), N. Andrei, Accelerated scaled memoryless BFGS preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm for unconstrained optimization. European Journal of Operational Research. 204 (2010), pp N. Andrei, Accelerated hybrid conjugate gradient algorithm with modified secant condition for unconstrained optimization. Numerical Algorithms. 54 (2010), pp N. Andrei, Accelerated conjugate gradient algorithm with finite difference Hessian/vector product approximation for unconstrained optimization. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 230 (2009) (JCAM) 8. N. Andrei, Acceleration of conjugate gradient algorithms for unconstrained optimization.applied Mathematics and Computation. Volume 213, Issue 2, 15 July 2009, Pages (AMC) 9. N. Andrei, Another nonlinear conjugate gradient algorithm for unconstrained optimization. Optimization Methods and Software (OMS). vol. 24, no. 1, February 2009, pp N. Andrei, Hybrid conjugate gradient algorithm for unconstrained optimization. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (JOTA). Vol. 141, No. 2, May 2009, pp N. Andrei, A Dai-Yuan conjugate gradient algorithm with sufficient descent and conjugacy condition for unconstrained optimization. Applied Mathematics Letters (AML),Volume 21, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages N. Andrei, Another hybrid conjugate gradient algorithm for unconstrained optimization. Numerical Algorithms, 47 (2008), pp N. Andrei, A scaled nonlinear conjugate gradient algorithm for unconstrained optimization. Optimization, A Journal of Mathematical Programming and Operations Research, Vol. 57, No. 4, August 2008, pp N. Andrei, Scaled memoryless BFGS preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm for Unconstrained Optimization. Optimization Methods and Software (OMS), Volume 22, Number 4, August 2007, pp N. Andrei, A Scaled BFGS preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm for Unconstrained Optimization. Applied Mathematics Letters (AML), 20 (2007), pp

9 16. N. Andrei, Scaled conjugate gradient algorithms for Unconstrained Optimization. Computational Optimization and Applications, vol.38, no. 3, December 2007, pp N. Andrei, An acceleration of gradient descent algorithm with backtracking for Unconstrained Optimization. Numerical Algorithms, volume 42, number 1, May 2006, pp III. GRANTS ROMANIAN ACADEMY GRANTS 1. Fundamental research in path follows interior point for linear constrained optimization. ( Cercetări fundamentale asupra algoritmilor de punct interior de urmărire a traiectoriei pentru optimizare cu restricţii liniare de mari dimensiuni) Romanian Academy Grant, Nr. 3003/B1/ Fundamental research on path following interior point algorithms for nonlinear optimization. (Cercetări fundamentale asupra dezvoltării algoritmilor de punct interior de urmărire a traiectoriei pentru optimizarea neliniară de mari dimensiuni) Romanian Academy Grant, Nr. 11/ A new mathematical perspective on interior point methods for convex optimization. (O nouă perspectivă matematică asupra metodelor de punct interior pentru optimizarea convexă) Romanian Academy Grant, Nr. 30/ Fundamental researches on convergence and complexity of Newton method for unconstrained optimization. (Cercetări fundamentale asupra convergenţei şi complexităţii algoritmilor de optimizare bazaţi pe metoda Newton) Romanian Academy Grant, Nr. 168/2003. COPYRO GRANT 1. Mathematical models and programs for optimization of macroeconomic models. Nonlinear econometric models. (Modele şi programe pentru optimizarea sistemelor macroeconomice) Copyro Grant, Nr. 32/ IV. OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1. Neculai Andrei We have been the people who have generated these information technologies Romanian Business Journal, October 11-17, 2001, pp Neculai Andrei, Şcoala Moisil. Contemporanul, Anul XIV, Mai 2003, nr.5 (614), pp Neculai Andrei, Informatics computational algebra (I) Axioma, Anul VI, Nr. 59, February, 2005, pp Neculai Andrei, Informatics computational algebra (II) Axioma, Anul VI, Nr. 60, March, 2005, pp

10 Address: 78-B, Mircea Zorileanu, Bucureşti, sector 1. Tel: / nandrei@ici.ro Home page: January, 2012 Dr. Neculai Andrei 10

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