Robert George Mercas

CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf)

Professional Experience

2011: Fakultat für Informatik, Otto-von-Guerike-Universität Magdeburg, Germany. Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral fellowship.
2009: Algorithmic Combinatorics on Words REU, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Research Assistant
2008: Algorithmic Combinatorics on Words REU, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Research Assistant
2007: Algorithmic Combinatorics on Words REU, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Research Assistant
2006: Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain. Researcher and PhD student

Education

2011-2013: Fakultat für Informatik, Otto-von-Guerike-Universität Magdeburg, Germany.
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral fellowship.
2006-2010: Faculty of Arts, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain.
PhD in Formal Languages and Applications
(PhD Thesis: Repetitions in Partial Words).
2008: Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain.
DEA degree, mark: Excellent by unanimity.
2004-2006: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest, Romania.
MS in Theoretical Computer Science (A JAVA interpretor for interactive programs with registers and voice).
2000-2004: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest, Romania.
BS in Computer Science (Oracle Database Tuning).
1996-2000: High School, National College Nicu Gane Falticeni, Romania.

Stays at other Universities

2010: LIAFA Research Group, CNRS and Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France. Duration: 3 months.
Research on trace monoids and Young tableaux.
2009: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Duration: 6 months.
Research on full and partial words.
2009: LIAFA Research Group, CNRS and Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France. Duration: 3 weeks.
Research on contextual trace monoids.
2008: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Duration: 6 months.
Research on partial words.
2007: University of Debrecen, Hungary. Duration: 5 weeks.
Research on primitive words.
2007: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Duration: 2 months.
Research on partial words.
2005: University of Bristol, UK. Duration: 6 months.
One semester of MS studies.

Invited Talks and Seminars

Avoidable Patterns in Partial Words, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (Germany), June 2010
Counting Squares in Partial Words, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA), June 2009
Abelian Squares in Partial Words, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA), June 2009
Squares in Partial Words, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA), June 2008
Freeness of Partial Words, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA), June 2008
Repetitions in partial words, Rovira i Virgili University (Spain), September 2007
Cube Freeness in Partial Words, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA), June 2007

Languages