Curriculum vitae

 
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name: Dorian GORGAN
Position: Professor, Chair of the "Computer Graphics and Interactive Systems" Research Group
  PhD Supervisor in Computer Science
Title: Dr. Eng.
Affiliation: Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Address: 28, G. Baritiu St., 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Phone: +4(0)264 401478, +4(0)723 367181
Fax: +4(0)264 594491
E-mail: Dorian.Gorgan@cs.utcluj.ro
URL:          http://users.utcluj.ro/~gorgan
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
1982 - Teaching Computer Science, at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.

Professor (since 1998), Reader (1995-1998), Lecturer (1990-1995), Assistant Professor (1982-1990).

Courses: Elements of Computer Assisted Graphics, Graphical Processing Systems, User Interface Design, Interactive Systems, Virtual Reality, Computer Architectures, Digital System Modeling and Simulation, Microprocessor Based Systems, Digital Computers and Data Processing, and Computer Programming, Operating Systems and Software Development Methodology.
2001 - 2003 Technical and scientifical consultancy in Autodesk  Inc, Milan, Italy.

Expertise: Project Management, Technical and Product Design, and Software Development Methodology.

Domain: Location Based Services (LBS), Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and Wireless Applications through projects between Autodesk and Fiat, and TIM Italy.

Technology: Oracle Spatial, J2EE, Rational Rose, Internet, Wireless Architectures, Autodesk’s LocationLogic Platform, GIS.
1996 - 1997 ERCIM fellow. Postdoctoral research with Prof. David Duce at the Informatics Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) in the field of Graphical User Interfaces and Multimedia Systems. Publications in ScientificCommons and David's publications.
1994 Ph.D. in Graphical Modeling and Simulation, Visual Programming, and Graphical User Interfaces at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1980 - 1982 Research engineer at the Research Institute for Automation (IPA), in the field of software and hardware design in the digital circuit testing, and engineer in data processing and communication at the Enterprise for Industrial Electronics and Automation (IEIA).
1980 Graduated from "Politehnica" University of Timisoara as Engineer in Computer Science and Automation.
1977 - 1980 Research (as student) in robotics (First National Prize for the Autonomous Mobile Robot), digital circuits testing, and image processing,
DOMAINS OF INTEREST:
grid computing
grid visualization
user interaction techniques
computer graphics
graphical user interfaces
distributed interactive systems
virtual world modelling
location based services
TEACHING ACTIVITY:
Since 1998
Professor, Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
Course chair:
Elements of Computer Assisted Graphics
Graphical Processing Systems
User Interface Design
Interactive Systems
Virtual Reality
1995 - 1998
Reader, Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
Course chair:
Fundamentals on Computer Graphics
Graphical Processing Systems
User Interface Design
Advanced User Interfaces
Computer Architectures
Microprocessor Based Systems
1990 - 1995
Senior Lecturer, Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
Course chair:
Computer Architectures
Computer Graphics
Advanced User Interfaces
1985 - 1990
Lecturer, Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Former Polytechnical Institute).
Course Chair:
Digital Computers and Data Processing
Digital System Simulation and Computer Graphics
Computer Programming
UNIVERSITY COOPERATION:
Research of Excellence Project

BIGEARTH - Flexible processing of big earth data over high performance computing architectures, ESA-ROSA STAR project (2014-2016).


IASON - Fostering sustainability and uptake of research results through Networking activities in Black Sea & Mediterranean areas, Funded by the European Commission (2013 - 2015).


EnviroGRIDS - Building Capacity for a Black Sea Basin Observation and Assessment System supporting Sustainable Development. Funded by the European Commission (2009 - 2013), through the FP7 Program.


mEducator, Multi-type Content Repurposing and Sharing in Medical Education, eContentplus/ Digital Content and Cognitive Systems Programme. Funded by the European Commission (2009-2012).


SEE-GRID-SCI - SEE-GRID eInfrastructure for regional eScience. Funded by the European Commission (2008 - 2010) through the FP7 Program.


GISHEO - On demand Grid services for high education and training in Earth observation. Funded by European Space Agency (ESA) through PECS Programme (2008-2010).


MedioGRID - Parallel and distributed graphical processing on GRID structure of geographical and environment data, 19CEEX-I03 (2005-2008). Project consortium: Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, coordinator; Faculty of Geography, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca; iQuest Company , Cluj-Napoca; National Administration of Meteorology, Bucharest; Computer Science Department, Politehnica University of Bucharest; Informatics Department, West University of Timisoara; Computer Science Department, Politehnica University of Timisoara.
Socrates Minerva, Cost Project

COST Action IC1302: Semantic keyword-based search on structured data sources (KEYSTONE), 2013-2017. Member of the Management Committee.

COST Action IC0805: Open European Network for High Performance Computing on Complex Environments (ComplexHPC), 2009-2013. Member of the Management Committee.

I-TRACE Interactive Tracing and Graphical Annotation in Pen-based e-learning, 223434-CP-I-2005-IT-Minerva-M (2005-2007). Project consortium: Universita degli Studi di Catania; Universita Degli Studi Di Roma "La Sapienza" - Istituto Di Clinica Odontoiatrica; Universita “Federico II” Napoli - Dipartimento di Scienze Odontostomatologiche e Maxillo-Facciali; Eedo Knowledgeware Corporation Berlin; University of Helsinki, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine; Technical University of Cluj- Napoca, Computer Science Department; "Politehnica" University of Bucharest.
TEMPUS Projects: S_JEP 11248-96  "ROCOCO" (1996-1999, main proposer and local coordinator in the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca)                                        

IMG-94-RO-1029 (1995), individual mobility to Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK).

S_JEP 08337-94 "IARCOD" (1994-1997, local coordinator in the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca).

Professional visits:

Free University of Amsterdam (NL), University of Limerick (IR), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK), University of Exeter (UK), Universita degli Studi di Torino (I).

Courses and presentations:
University of Plymouth (UK), University of Exeter (UK), Universita degli Studi di Catania (I), Universita degli Studi di Torino (I), (ERASMUS-SOCRATES Programme), Free University of Amsterdam (NL)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Member of IEEE, ACM, ACM ROCHI, ACM SIGCHI, IFIP Working Group 13.

ICT EU Expert for FP7.

CNCSIS Expert.
SCIENTIFIC EVENTS (conferences, workshops):
Participation:
INTERACT’93 (Amsterdam, Olanda), (EG-UK'95 (Loughborough, UK), EG Workshop (Abingdon, UK), INTERACT'95 (Lillehammer, Norvegia), ESM'95 (Praga, Cehia), ECAI'96 (Budapesta), CONTI'96 (Timisoara), EG-UK'97 (Norwich, UK), CHI'97 (Atlanta, USA), DSV-IS'97 (Granada, Spania), EUROGRAPHICS'97 (Budapesta), A & Q '98 (Cluj-Napoca), ROCHI2004 (Bucharest), CONTI2004 (Timisoara), INES2004 (Cluj-Napoca), CHI2004 (Viena), ROCHI2005 (Cluj-Napoca), IASTED-ASM2006 (Rhodes, Greece), ISPDC2006(Timisoara), RoCHI2006 (Bucuresti), GridCAD2006/SYNASC (Timisoara).
International committees: PLT 2007, GridCAD(2006-2008), ROCHI(2004-...), ROSYCS(2006), IASTED(2005-...), INES(2004), CSCW(2004-2006), INTERACT, HCI, and CHI(1999 - 2007).
PUBLICATIONS:
Books, courses, and manuals.

More than 270 papers and presentations.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISE and WORK EXPERIENCE:
distributed interactive systems, grid computing, grid visualization, computer graphics, graphical user interfaces, web technologies, geographical information systems (GIS), location based services (LBS), satellite image processing, wireless systems, active object based modeling, virtual world modeling, visual programming, human computer interaction, computer architecture, image processing and pattern recognition, operating systems, spatial databases, computer aided education, distributed learning, fuzzy logic, microprocessor based architectures, computer aided design of electrical circuits, robotics, and programming languages.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES:
English, Italian, French, and Romanian