CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Personal Data:
· name POTORAC Dan-Alin
· date and place of birth: 01.02.1962, Suceava
· actual employment: “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania:
- professor, Computer and Automation Department
- research officer of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty
- manager of Data Communication and Informational Technologies Department
· address: 720193 Suceava, 4 S.F.Marian Street
tel : +40-722-627729 ;
e-mail:alin.potorac@usv.ro
http://alin.usv.ro
2. Education and Studies
1992-1997 - doctoral studies at Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politehnica University from Iasi, Romania, public dissertation sustained in May 1997;
1982-1987 - Technical University Iasi, Faculty of Electronic and Telecommunication
1981-1982 - military service
1977-1981 - College “Ştefan cel Mare” Suceava, Mathematics and Physics
1969-1977 - general studies, School no.1, Suceava
3. Employments
1990- - teacher at ” Stefan cel Mare” University from Suceava, associated assistant (1988), assistant (1990), lecturer (1994), assistant professor (1998), professor (2003) on Numerical Circuits, Analysis and Synthesis of Numerical Devices, Data Transmission and Networking, CAD Techniques in Electronic
1987-1990 - engineer at “Microelectronica” Company Bucharest, Suceava division, Design/Research Department
3. Main Works*
· 72 scientific papers, as follows:
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52 papers published in international scientific bulletins, magazines and revues, conferences proceedings books (including Romanian international conferences);
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20 papers published in scientific bulletins, national magazines and revues, national conferences proceedings books;
· 16 articles indexed in international data base and 16 citations accordingly with Harzing’s Publish or Perish
· 8 papers oral or poster presented at symposiums, conferences and congresses;
· 5 patents (as team member) ;
· 3 laboratory working books;
· 2 monographic books (first author) ;
· 3 university course books (two as author, one as co-author);
· 22 research contracts.
*detailed list available on demand
4. Research and educational mobilities, grants and trainings
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2008 |
- teaching mobility, 1 week, Socrates program, Polytech Lille, France - conference chairmen ECUMICT’08, Ghent, Belgium |
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2007 |
- students monitoring visit, 1 week, Socrates program, Katholieke Industriele Hogeschool (KIHO) St.Lieven, Gent, Belgium; |
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2006 |
- teaching mobility, 1 week, Socrates program, Polytech Lille, France - conference chairmen ECUMICT’06, Ghent Belgium |
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2004 |
- students monitoring visit, 1 week, Socrates program, Katholieke Industriele Hogeschool (KIHO) St.Lieven, Gent, Belgium; - conference chairmen ECUMICT’04, Ghent, Belgium - Leonardo da Vinci meeting, 1 week University of Aveiro/UNAVE, Portugalia – eCASME program; |
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2003 |
- national commission confirmation for university professor position; - Leonardo da Vinci meeting, 1 week University of Limerick, Ireland – eCASME program; - students monitoring visit, 1 week, Socrates program, Katholieke Industriele Hogeschool (KIHO) St.Lieven, Ghent, Belgium; |
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2001 |
- grant, 4 weeks, “Arbeit und Technik” Research Institute Gelsenkirchen, Germany, program TEMPUS/INCOT - New Course in Information & Communication Technologies; |
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2000 |
- grant, 4 weeks, University of Limerick, Ireland, TEMPUS/INCOT - New Course in Information & Communication Technologies; |
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1998 |
- grant, 2 weeks, IUT Belfort, France, TEMPUS/TWEEN - Towards a Wide Electrical Engineering Network; - grant, 2 weeks, University of Limerick, Ireland, program TEMPUS/INCOT - New Course in Information & Communication; Technologies; - national commission confirmation for assistant professor position; - PhD degree at Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunication Iaşi; |
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1996 |
- grant, 4 weeks, Katholieke Industriele Hogeschool (KIHO) St.Lieven, Ghent, Belgium, TEMPUS/TWEEN - Towards a Wide Electrical Engineering Network; |
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1995-1996 |
- doctoral research grant, 5 months, at IUT Besançon, France, Technical Interface Laboratory; |
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1994 |
- start of an alternative PhD preparation at Franche-Compte University, Besancon, France; |
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1994-1995 |
- research grant, 4 months, IUT Besançon, France, Technical Interface Laboratory; |
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1992-1993 |
- training grant, 9 months, at Engineering Institute from, Porto, Portugal, Automation and Robotics Department, TEMPUS/INDEED program – A New Dimension in Electrical and Electronical Engineering; |
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1992 |
- start of PhD preparation at Faculty of Electronics, Politehnica University Iasi, Romania; |
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1987-1990 |
- research/production activity at "Microelectronica" Company, Bucharest. |
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5. Membership of Professional and External Bodies:
· Inventors Society from Romania
· Romanian Engineers General Association
· Romanian Automation and Technical Informatics Society
· Academic Society for Computer Science and Engineering (founding member)
· Romanian Electrical Equipment and Automation Society
6. Other Activities:
· Elected Research Officer in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (since 2008)
· Manager of Data Communication and Informational technologies Department (since 1997)
· Evaluator and member in the scientific committee for scientific international conferences (ECUMICT, Belgium; EISTA/SOIC, Orlando, Florida, USA) since 2004
· Member of commissions for PhD title conferring (Romania, Moldova Republic)
· Organizing Committee member for international conference « Development and Application Systems » since 1992 and co-organizer of international students contest « Hard&Soft » hosted by Computer Department from Suceava University since 1994
· Chairman at « Development and Application Systems » held in Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Suceava and « European Conference on the Use of Modern Information and Communication Technologies » held in Ghent, Belgium.
· Coach for hardware participants of the student contest Hard&Soft, all editions since 1994
· Post-graduate studies coordinator (from 1999)
· Local coordinator for MSDN-AA program (Microsoft Academic Development Network Academic Alliance)
· Member in evaluation commission for master and PhD students
· Collaborator of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Society, Educational Programs Division (2002)
· Technical assistance for « Fontane Group » Germany via ACE s.r.l. Suceava
· Technical assistance, consultancy and project management in digital design and ICT for different customers via Isratech/AsicArt Iasi
7. Foreign Languages
· English (write, read, speak - advanced),
· French (write, read, speak – medium).
8. Actual Involvements
Informational technologies (IT), networking, multimedia, modeling (Verilog, VHDL), simulation (Spice, EWB), PCBs (Protel, Orcad), microcontroller systems, interfacing, analogical and digital electronic design, wireless communication, vocal systems, home automation, intelligent supervising systems.
Suceava, March 2008
Prof. Alin Dan POTORAC, PhD Eng