Education and Degrees

• Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
  Department of Computer Science and Engineering (1976 - 1981)
  Degree: M.Sc. in Computer Science
  Thesis: ``A Firmware Implementation of a BASIC Compiler''
  Adviser: Prof. Dan Luca Serbanati

• Bucharest University, Romania
  Department of Mathematics (1984 - 1990)
  Degree: M.Sc. in Mathematics
  Thesis: ``On the Lagrangean Multiplier Method in Nonlinear Programming''
  Adviser: Prof. Corneliu Zidaroiu

• Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
  Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  Degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science (1994)
  Thesis: ``Contributions to the Layout Design Automation of VLSI Integrated Circuits''
  Adviser: Prof. Mircea Petrescu

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
  Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC)
  Degree: Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (1995)
  Thesis: ``Background Memory Allocation for Multidimensional Signal Processing''
  Advisers: Prof. Hugo De Man & Prof. Francky Catthoor