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Curriculum Vitae

Family name Nicola

First name Aurelian

Date of birth August 17th 1973

Address Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Ovidius University
Bd. Mamaia 124, 900527 Constanta, Romania

E-mail address anicola AT univ-ovidius.ro
aurelian.nicola AT gmail.com

Web page http://csam.univ-ovidius.ro/~anicola/ page at the CSAM Lab

Current position

October 2006 - present Lecturer at Ovidius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Department of Computer Science and Numerical Methods (Constantza, Romania)

Education

2000-2005 Dr in Applied Mathematics
Institution: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Thesis title: Numerical solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations using moving meshes.
Supervisor: Dr. John Mackenzie

1997-2000 M. Sc. in Mathematics
Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Thesis title: Stability of discrete shocks approximations to systems of conservation laws.
Supervisor:Dr. Daniel Michelson

1996-1997 M. Sc. in Mathematics
Institution: University "Ovidius" Constanta.
Thesis title: Aplications of Lie Algebras in Differential equations.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Constantin Varsan.

1991-1996 B. Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science
Institution: Ovidius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Thesis title: Multigrid Algorithms for convection-diffusion problems.
Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Constantin Popa

1987-1991 Baccalaureate Degree
Institution: National College " Mircea cel Batran", Constantza, Romania.

Research

2005 - present INFOSOC Project Nr. 131/20.08.2004: "Software for the simulation of complex flow phenomena of nanofluids trough porous mediums". Member of the team. (read more).

Teaching Activities

2005 - 2006 Numerical Linear Algebra, Scientific Computing, Computer Aided Design.

2004 - 2005 Calculus, Numerical Analysis.

2000 - 2004 Algebra, Geometry, Calculus for 1st and 2nd year students.

1997 - 2000 Numerical linear algebra, iterative methods, advanced programming, databases.

Computer skills

Programming languages: C/C++, CLISP, C#, Pascal, Visual Basic, Fortran

Databases: Microsoft Visual Foxpro, T-SQL

Web Technologies: XML, XHTML, CSS, ASP .NET.

Mathematical software: Mathematica, Matlab, Maple, Latex

Operating Systems: Linux , Windows, Sun, Novell

Languages

English Excellent

French Fluent

Russian Satisfactory

Scholarships

Study scholarship, 1999-2004, Ovidius University Constantza, Romania

List of publications

1. A. Nicola, Stability of discrete shocks for difference approximations to systems of conservation laws, Scientific Annals of Ovidius University - Mathematics Series, vol 13, nr. 2, pag. 45-60, 2005.

2. A. Nicola, Filtering Shocks in Discrete Approximations to Hyperbolic Conservation Laws , Romanian Journal of Physics, Vol 52, nr. 5-6, pag. 968, 2007.

3. J. A. Mackenzie and A. Nicola, A Discontinuous Galerkin Moving Mesh Method for Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Vol 29, Issue 6, 2007.

4. A. Nicola and C. Popa, Preconditioning by an extended matrix technique for convection-diffusion-reaction equations, Rev. Roum. D’Analyse Numer. Et Theorie de L’Approx., Volume 37, no. 2, 2008, pag. 181-190, Cluj-Napoca.

5. Gh. Juncu, A. Nicola, C. Popa, T. Udrescu, Nonlinear multigrid methods for solving Richards’ equation in two space dimensions, Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 82-91, 2009.

6. Gh. Juncu, A. Nicola, C. Popa, Nonlinear multigrid methods for numerical solving of the unsaturated flow equation in two space dimensions, accepted for publication in Transport in Porous Media.

7. A. Nicola and C. Popa, Sparse Matrix Techniques in Scientific Computing, Studies in Informatics and Control, Vol. 18, No.1, pag. 33-39, 2009.

8. A. Nicola and C. Popa, Kaczmarz Extended versus Augmented System Solution in Image Reconstruction, Seria de preprinturi de informatică şi matematici aplicate, CSAM Preprint, No.2, pag. 1-10, 2009.

Books

C. Popa, A. Nicola, D. Chiricioaia, A. Prozorov, C. Bogdan, Exercitii si complemente de Analiza Numerica,Tipografia Universitatii Ovidius Constanta.

Research interests

Iterative methods

Level set methods

Moving mesh methods

Finite element methods

Discontinuous Galerkin

Contact

E-Mail: anicolaAT univ-ovidius.ro, aurelian.nicolaAT gmail.com

Family name		Nicola
First name		Aurelian
Date of birth		August 17th 1973
Address		Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Ovidius University Bd. Mamaia 124, 900527 Constanta, Romania
E-mail address		anicola AT univ-ovidius.ro aurelian.nicola AT gmail.com
Web page		http://csam.univ-ovidius.ro/~anicola/ page at the CSAM Lab

Current position
October 2006 - present		Lecturer at Ovidius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Department of Computer Science and Numerical Methods (Constantza, Romania)

Education

2000-2005		Dr in Applied Mathematics Institution: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Thesis title: Numerical solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations using moving meshes. Supervisor: Dr. John Mackenzie
1997-2000		M. Sc. in Mathematics Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rehovot, Israel. Thesis title: Stability of discrete shocks approximations to systems of conservation laws. Supervisor:Dr. Daniel Michelson
1996-1997		M. Sc. in Mathematics Institution: University "Ovidius" Constanta. Thesis title: Aplications of Lie Algebras in Differential equations. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Constantin Varsan.
1991-1996		B. Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science Institution: Ovidius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Thesis title: Multigrid Algorithms for convection-diffusion problems. Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Constantin Popa
1987-1991		Baccalaureate Degree Institution: National College " Mircea cel Batran", Constantza, Romania.

Research
2005 - present		INFOSOC Project Nr. 131/20.08.2004: "Software for the simulation of complex flow phenomena of nanofluids trough porous mediums". Member of the team. (read more).

Teaching Activities

2005 - 2006		Numerical Linear Algebra, Scientific Computing, Computer Aided Design.
2004 - 2005		Calculus, Numerical Analysis.
2000 - 2004		Algebra, Geometry, Calculus for 1st and 2nd year students.
1997 - 2000		Numerical linear algebra, iterative methods, advanced programming, databases.

Languages
English	Excellent
French	Fluent
Russian	Satisfactory

List of publications
1. A. Nicola, Stability of discrete shocks for difference approximations to systems of conservation laws, Scientific Annals of Ovidius University - Mathematics Series, vol 13, nr. 2, pag. 45-60, 2005.
2. A. Nicola, Filtering Shocks in Discrete Approximations to Hyperbolic Conservation Laws , Romanian Journal of Physics, Vol 52, nr. 5-6, pag. 968, 2007.
3. J. A. Mackenzie and A. Nicola, A Discontinuous Galerkin Moving Mesh Method for Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Vol 29, Issue 6, 2007.
4. A. Nicola and C. Popa, Preconditioning by an extended matrix technique for convection-diffusion-reaction equations, Rev. Roum. D’Analyse Numer. Et Theorie de L’Approx., Volume 37, no. 2, 2008, pag. 181-190, Cluj-Napoca.
5. Gh. Juncu, A. Nicola, C. Popa, T. Udrescu, Nonlinear multigrid methods for solving Richards’ equation in two space dimensions, Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 82-91, 2009.
6. Gh. Juncu, A. Nicola, C. Popa, Nonlinear multigrid methods for numerical solving of the unsaturated flow equation in two space dimensions, accepted for publication in Transport in Porous Media.
7. A. Nicola and C. Popa, Sparse Matrix Techniques in Scientific Computing, Studies in Informatics and Control, Vol. 18, No.1, pag. 33-39, 2009.
8. A. Nicola and C. Popa, Kaczmarz Extended versus Augmented System Solution in Image Reconstruction, Seria de preprinturi de informatică şi matematici aplicate, CSAM Preprint, No.2, pag. 1-10, 2009.

Books
C. Popa, A. Nicola, D. Chiricioaia, A. Prozorov, C. Bogdan, Exercitii si complemente de Analiza Numerica,Tipografia Universitatii Ovidius Constanta.