Ioan Despi



Education:		1992-1998 University of Timisoara, Romania
			        		Ph. D. in Computer Science
			1976-1977 University of Timisoara, Romania
			         		M.S. in Operational Researches
			1972-1976 University of Timisoara, Romania
			          		B.S. (Hon. Degree) in Comp.Sci. and Mathematics
Specializations:	1996	2 months Grenoble, France, IMAG: Databases
                        1990    2 months, Paris, France, OXYA Consultants: C lang

Employment:
                        2001-     Lecturer,   University of New England, Armidale, NSW     
         		2000-2001 Assoc/Prof, University of Timisoara, Romania
                                              Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science 
                        1999-2000 Lecturer,   University of Exeter, Department of Computer Science, UK
                        1990-1999 Lecturer,   University of Timisoara, Romania
                                              Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science
                        1986- 1990 Senior Analyst, Technical Manager of IT Centre
                                              University of Timisoara, Romania
                                              External Lecturer,
                                              Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science
                        1981-1986 Researcher, Research Institute for Computing Technique (ITC)
                        1977-1981 Programmer, Research Institute for Computing Technique (ITC)

Publications:		43 papers in proceedings and reviews
			12 books
Teaching:		 4 printed textbooks
			Courses and Tutorials: 	Assembly Languages, Computer Basics, 
						Data Structures, Data Bases, Networks,
						File Structures, Information Systems,
						Foundations of Computer Science,
						Introduction to the System's Architecture
                                                Software Engineering, 
                                                C++, C, Pascal, Java, Modula2, Perl, PHP
                                                Python, MySQL, Prolog, LaTex
                                                Artificial Intelligence, Web Programming,
                                                Non-Procedural Languages 
Fields of interest:	databases, modal logic, belief theory
                        parallel and  concurrent processes,
                        fuzzy and rough sets, multisets, bags, 
                        e-commerce, security
Languages:		English, French, Romanian