☰ Prof.dr. Horia F. Pop - Activity
Studies
- January 1992 - November 1995: Ph.D. studies in Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Ph.D. Thesis "Intelligent Systems in Classification Problems" (Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Militon Frențiu) (ISCED 2011 Level 8)
- September 1987 - July 1991: B.Sc. studies in Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Average final grade: 9.86 (1-10 scale). Bachelor's Degree with maximum grade: 10 (Summa Cum Laude). B.Sc. Thesis "Adaptive Prototypes in Fuzzy Clustering" (Scientific supervisor: Lect. Prof. D. Dumitrescu) (ISCED 2011 Level 6)
- September 1986 - June 1987: Compulsory military service
- September 1982 - June 1986: High school studies at the "Emil Racoviță" Mathematics and Physics High School, Cluj-Napoca (ISCED 2011 Level 3)
- September 1978 - June 1982: Secondary studies at the "Emil Racoviță" Mathematics and Physics High School, Cluj-Napoca (ISCED 2011 Level 2)
- September 1974 - June 1978: Elementary studies at the "Gheorghe Lazăr" Pedagogical School, Cluj-Napoca (ISCED 2011 Level 1)
International summer schools
- 20-25 July 1997: Advanced Summer School "Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems PARADIS '97", organized in Mangalia (Romania) by the "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, the Research Institute for Informatics, Bucharest, the University of Marseille, and Glossy SA (Global Services and Systems) Bucharest, under the sponsorship of the Service Culturel of the Embassy of France in Romania, the Romanian National Commission for Informatics and the Romanian National Tempus Office
- 1-5 August 1994: Summer School "Computer Assisted Learning in the Field of Artificial Intelligence", organized in Bucharest by the Romanian Academy, Department of Science and Technology of Information, Center of Advanced Research in Automatic Learning, Natural Language Processing and Conceptual Modelling and the Istituto "Dalle Molle" di Studi sull' Intelligenza Artificiale from Lugano, Switzerland
Languages
- Romanian: Native
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Research interests
- Scientific Data Analysis
- Soft Computing
- Fuzzy Logic and Related Issues
- Computational Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence
- Declarative Programming in AI
Working positions
Department of Computer Science, Babeș-Bolyai University
- 5 March 2007: Ph.D. supervisor in Computer Science
- 6 September 2004: Professor of Computer Science
- 23 February 1998: Associate Professor
- 1 October 1996: Lecturer Professor
- 1 October 1994: Assistant Professor
- 1 October 1991: Teaching Assistant
Other positions
- 6 July 2009: Ph.D. supervisor in Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- 15 August 1991 - 30 September 1991: Computer Analyst, Computer Center, History Museum of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Complementary positions
Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty level
- 24 October 2022: Member, Doctoral School Council, School of Mathematics and Computer Science
- 9 March 2004 - 1 March 2012: Vice-Dean, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- 2 March 2004: Member, Faculty Council, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Babeș-Bolyai University, Central level
- 23 February 2016 - 10 February 2020: Vice-President of University Senate
- 4 July 2012 - 15 February 2016: President, Senate Committee for Curriculum, Quality Assurance and Nontraditional Education
- 5 April 2012 - 6 April 2020: Director, Division for Information Technology and Communication
- 12 March 2012: Member, University Senate
- 1 October 2001 - 31 December 2007: Member, Senate Committee for European Integration
- 1 October 1997 - 30 September 1998: Member, Organizing Committee and Faculty Council of the Faculty of Open (Inter-Disciplinary) Studies
- 1 February 1997 - 1 February 2004: Member, Senate Committee for University Communication Network and Internet
Other universities
- 6 July 2022 - 19 June 2023: External Member, Doctoral School Council, School of Computer Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași
National bodies
- 19 December 2022: Member, Commission for Information Science and Technology, Romanian National Council for Scientific Research (CNCS)
- 10 June 2016: Member, Commission for Computer Science, Romanian National Council for Academic Titles (CNATDCU)
- September 2018 - June 2020: President
- May-September 2018: Vice-President
- 1 September 2016 - 9 March 2020: Member, Commission for Mathematics and Computer Science, Romanian National Council for Scientific Research (CNCS)
- 1 February 2011: Expert, Commission for Computer Science, Executive Agency for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI)
- 1 October 2005: Expert, Commission for Computer Science, Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS)
- 1 October 1998 - 1 February 2011: Expert, Commission for Computer Science, National University Research Council (CNCSIS)
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai, Series Informatica
- 1 March 2017: Editor-in-Chief
- 1 May 2001 - 28 February 2017: Executive editor
- 15 March 1996 - 1 October 1996: Editorial assistant
Babeș-Bolyai University, Professional positions
- 1 October 1995 - 30 September 1999: Associated member, Communication Center
- 15 April 1993 - 1 February 1997: Unix network administrator, Department of Computer Science
Professional associations
- 15 April 2014: AMIC - Asociația Matematicienilor și Informaticienilor din Cluj (Cluj Mathematics and Computer Science Association)
- 1 January 2007: AMS - American Mathematical Society
- 1 October 2006: SSM - Societatea de Științe Matematice din România (Romanian Society of Mathematical Sciences)
- 30 January 1997: BISC - Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing
- 15 November 1995 - 31 October 1998: ACM - Association of Computing Machinery
Acknowledgements
2000: "When I read (and reread) their papers and discuss them with my students, I am often struck by the whimsical image of Mendeleev sitting at a computer, entering his collected elemental properties into the fuzzy classification programs developed by the Cluj team, and assessing the various elemental relationships at different levels of fuzziness! How much sooner would eka-aluminum and other new elements have been isolated had Mendeleev had such tools at his fingertips?"
Prof. Thomas Cundari, University of Memphis
In foreword to the book
Horowitz, Sârbu, Pop, Rational Classification of the Chemical Elements
Dacia Publ. Co, Cluj-Napoca, 2000
2006: "I am writing this letter to let you know that I think Dr. Pop is an excellent teacher because of his organization and he really makes an attempt to ensure that the students learn. I would like to mention that my undergraduate professor for Algorithms was Dr. Andonie who also was an excellent instructor. I think that going forward the school should first consider Roumanian instructors for the algorithms course. I think the Roumanians were some of the best instructors I encountered in Computer Science."
Joe Peters
Graduate of the M.Sc. program in Computer Science
Wayne State University, Detroit, 7 May 2006
2011: "I would also like to thank Dr. Horia F. Pop. His suggestions were a source of inspiration for me and my study. A series of discussions between my advisor, Dr. Farshad Fotouhi, Dr. Bill William Grosky, Dr. Horia F. Pop, and myself helped me prepare for and complete the research detailed in this dissertation."
Lisa Tan
Acknowledgement, PhD Dissertation
Wayne State University, Detroit, 2011
2013: "Comisia a apreciat că potenţialul de creştere a lui Horia Pop este mai mare şi, spune cineva care este aproape din aceeaşi zonă, el continuă munca în domeniul Soft Computing în care noi, românii, am avut nişte precursori, pe academicianul Moisil, pe profesorul Virgil Negoiţă. Şi, mai mult, lucrările sale nu sunt pur teoretice, lucrările sale au vizat un spectru foarte larg de aplicaţii, începând de la medicină, chimie, analiza textului, aceasta din urmă într-o zonă care este foarte efervescentă în prezent, folosirea inteligenţei artificiale în analiza volumelor mari de date. Pentru toate acestea profesorul Horia Pop a fost ales şi îi adresăm felicitări."
Acad. Florin Filip, Laudatio
Premiul „Spiru Haret” pentru Educaţie, Mediu şi IT
MLNR şi Academia Română, 21 iunie 2013
2013: "I had completed my Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from India and was looking for a Master’s which would help me solidify my skills in Computer Simulation, I felt that Mathematical Modeling was something I liked as it combined engineering/science based ideas with mathematical/computer science related concepts. The Master’s Curriculum had, in my opinion, an ideal mix of Mathematics courses along with Informatics. As a result of my Master’s studies and my interdisciplinary background, I have received a PhD position at the University of Bonn, Germany in the field of Algorithmic Bioinformatics. I would like to thank all my professors at UBB and especially Prof. Lehel Csato (my supervisor) and Prof. Horia Pop (my Master’s coordinator). In the end I can say that studying at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics was academically a very enriching experience."
Ashar Ahmad
Graduate of the M.Sc. program in Modeling and Simulation
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj, December 2013
National distinctions
- 20 June 2013: "Spiru Haret" prize for Education, Environment and IT, awarded by MLNR and the Romanian Academy
Babeș-Bolyai University distinctions
- 17 februarie 2020: Premiul Contribuția la Dezvoltarea UBB, acordat de Rectorul UBB
- 2 octombrie 2017: Premiul de Excelență Științifică, acordat de Decanul Facultății de Matematică și Informatică, UBB
- 11 ianuarie 2016: Diploma de Senator UBB - Înaltă Apreciere, acordată de Rectorul UBB și Președintele Senatului UBB
- 19 decembrie 2011: Premiul Profesorul Anului, acordat de Rectorul UBB
- 7 decembrie 2010: Premiul Reprezentativității, acordat de Rectorul UBB
- 29 iulie 2010: Diploma de Excelență, acordată de Rectorul UBB
- 14 decembrie 2009: Premiul Profesorul Anului, acordat de Rectorul UBB
- 23 decembrie 2008: Premiul pentru Management Academic, acordat de Rectorul UBB
- 21 decembrie 2007: Diploma pentru Inovație Instituțională, acordată de Rectorul UBB
- 11 decembrie 2006: Diploma pentru Inovație Instituțională, acordată de Rectorul UBB
- 13 decembrie 2005: Diploma de Inovație Instituțională, acordată de Rectorul UBB
- 10 decembrie 2004: Diploma de Merit, acordată de Rectorul UBB
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