Name: Nicolae POPESCU

Address: Centre for Mathematical Statistics, Casa Academiei Romane, Calea 13 Septembrie nr. 13, RO-76100, Bucharest 5, Romania

Education:

• 1992-1997 graduated first from the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Applied Mathematics
  License dissertation: "Optimization Techniques in Clustering Analysis" at the Department of Statistics and Probability Theory, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest.
• 1997-1998 graduated first from the Master program in "Business Administration", Department of Engineering Sciences, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest
  Master thesis: "Modeling order acceptance in multipurpose batch process industries", at the Department of Operations Planning and Control, Faculty of Technological Management, Technical University of Eindhoven.
• 1997-1999 Ph. D. in Mathematics from the "Gheorghe Mihoc" Center for Mathematical Statistics of the Romanian Academy of Sciences, "Gh. Mihoc"
  Ph.D. thesis "Contributions to optimal classification methods".

Brief Chronology of Employment:

• 1997-1999: research assistant at the Department of Statistical Control and Optimization, "Gheorghe Mihoc" Center for Mathematical Statistics of the Romanian Academy of Sciences
• 1999- : researcher at the Department of Statistical Control and Optimization, "Gheorghe Mihoc" Center for Mathematical Statistics of the Romanian Academy of Sciences
• 1999-: research assistant at the Department of Operations Planning and Control, Faculty of Technological Management, Technical University of Eindhoven