Black Sea University Foundation20 years of scientific debates in the Black Sea

Region

WHO WE ARE ?The Black Sea University Foundation is a

regional, non-governmental and non-profit organization mainly concerned with the promotion of better understanding and research of the economy, society, education and governance of the Black Sea region and its place relative to the rest of the world, and the development of means to advance the interests of the region internationally.

Founded in 1992 at the Black Sea Economic

Cooperation inaugural conference byAcad. Mircea Malita, diplomat, writer, polymath.

From 2011 the President of BSUF is Amb. Liviu Aurelian BOTA former UN high-ranking diplomat.

About 30 international courses were held each year until 2001 and about 10 workshops and sympozia per year in the last decade of activity. This events were attended by over 6,000 participants from more then 40 countries.

The courses’ topics are included in five major chapters:

“Management and Economics”, “Ecology & Sea Resources”, “International Relations Conflict Prevention”, “Advanced and Applied Science”, “Culture and Contemporary Problems”.

Some published materials:

“Artificial Life - Grammar Models”“The Black Sea and Danube Delta System in

the Global Changes Impact” “Chaitin Complexity”, which enjoyed the

presence of its initiator (Gregory Chaitin); “Molecular Computing”, organized by the

Romanian Academy’s Mathematics Research Institute;

“Bioelectronics”, held by the Nobel Prize laureate – Ivar Giavaer (USA).

HOW WE WORK?Head of Network (HoN) of Anna Lindh Foundation for Romania since 2007.BSUF works for and with civil society in encouraging inter-cultural dialogue in the region, educational and development issues, encouraging members to meet with other national or international institutions or NGOs, to develop common projects and strengthen partnerships across the Euromed area (developing, managing projects, raising funds, develop common projects etc.).

CONFLICT PREVENTION CENTERConflict Prevention Studies Centre was

created, enjoying UNDP financial support for its regional dimension and is being assisted by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research through its CERES National Program.

Each year, at least one course or a seminar is devoted to conflict prevention or peaceful resolution, focusing on the theory as well as the practice of negotiations.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LABORATORYResearch and development unit to address the challenges

of today's mapping of technology, knowledge and learning systems on the way towards a Knowledge Society.

Past project:“UniSMART – Modular Systems for Information

Technology Assisted Higher Education” 2002-2004“Mathematical models in the development of

e-learning systems databases” 2004-2005“Computer Training of Trainers” 2003“Competitive Use of the Information Technology in

Education” 2005-2007

BSUF BODIES WHO BECAME AUTONOMOUSNational Center For Sustainable DevelopmentThe Energy and Environment  Consulting Centre 

for Black Sea  and The Balkans area  FoundationMaterials and Advanced Technologies

International Study CenterUNITWIN/UNESCO Chair of Prospective StudiesBlack Sea Innovative Partnership ProjectCenter on Science in a World of ValuesModern Industry Research CenterBlack Sea Operational Center

Publications

Quarterly journal between 2000-2007, from 2012 wil be e-printed BSUF Publishing

House

Prof. Gheorghe StefanThe following technical & scientific subjects haunted me in the last few decades:

Integral Parallel ComputationParallel I/O SystemThe Supra-Linear Condition for Parallel ComputationThe Algorithmic Complexity & Digital Circuits0-State Universal Turing MachineThe Connex ProjectLisp MachineFunctional InformationLoops & Recursive FunctionsLoops & Formal languagesLoop Based Taxonomy for Digital SystemsVirtual Multi-Processor

TEACHING:

Functional ElectronicsDigital Integrated CircuitsSelf_Organizing Systems(in Politehnica University of Bucharest)Basic Digital Blocks (Infineon Master in Politehnica University of Bucharest)Computer Architecture (in Politehnica University of Bucharest, Brasov University, St. Mary's College of Maryland)Theory of Computation (St. Mary's College)VeriLab

PALtopiaThe New Web Based Utopia:

INTERPERSONAL COMPUTATION ARCHITECTURE AS A MULTILAYER NETWORK OF TIME-SERIES ENGINES IMPLEMENTED THROUGH CONNEX TECHNOLOGY

Previous work:Ştefan, G. One-Chip TeraArchitecture Proceedings of the 8th Applications and Principles of Information Science Conference,

Okinawa, Japan on 11-12 January 2009

Ştefan, G. Integral Parallel Architecture in System-on-Chip Designs. The 6th International Workshop on Unique Chips and Systems, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 4, 2010, 23-26.

Spoiler !!!It’s all about personal mobile supercomputers (ICT personal assistant linker (iPAL) globally interconected and the way that such an infrastructure can be used to change the social and individual behaviour. Subproject: iDemocracy

Thank You!