school&high-school: 1977-1989 (12 years) in the German "Hermann Oberth Lyzeum" of Bucharest

graduated universities:
- 1991-1997 (6 years) Dept. of Engineering Sciences,German Language Division, Spec.: Economical Engineering, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest in collaboration with Technische Hochschule Darmstadt , Germany (Ing. title + supplementary year of post-graduated studies)
- 1989-1994 (5 years) Dept. of Computer Science, Spec.: Artificial Intelligence and Software Programming, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest

studies and titles:
- 1999: PhD. (Doctor of Engineering) in Information / Computer Science; the study took place at the University of Electro-Communications, Information System Department, Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence, under the guidance of professor Toshio Okamoto . The subject is Applications of Neural Networks in Classroom Teaching (Knowledge Extraction from Neural Networks and Parallelism in Neural Networks).
- 1997: Master(MBA)+ Dipl.Ing. in Economical Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen); thesis presented at the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, under the guidance of professor Murgan and send to the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, professor Guenter Specht, for final analysis.
- 1994: Master+Ing. in Computer Science; thesis written at the Technical University in Lyngby, Denmark, under the guidance of professor Hans Gaunholt, and from the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, professor Trandafir Moisa

functions/ job experience:
- present (since April 2001): assistant professor at the Technical University Eindhoven, Holland
- April 1999 - March 2001: research associate at the University of Electro-Communications, (Tokyo, Japan), Dept. of Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence; teaching subjects: Neural Networks, Unix; advising PhD students ( Safia Belkada from Algeria; Chen Jin from China);
- 1996-1999 (during PhD studies): teaching assistant at the University of Electro-Communications,(Japan), Dept. of Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence; subjects taught: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks
- 1994-1995: teaching associate at the University "Politehnica", Bucharest,(Romania), Dept. of Computer Science; subjects taught: Computer Networks, Neural Networks, Pascal, Artificial Intelligence

part time jobs (since 1990):
- translation (Engl. <-> Romanian <-> German, Engl. <-> German)
- interpretation (Engl. <-> Romanian <-> German, Engl. <-> German)
- teaching languages (German, English from Romanian, English and/or Japanese)
(worked for: Hans Seidel Stiftung, and others )

known languages:
- Romanian: mother-tongue
- English: very good (11 years study in school, 2 years in university: technical language study, total: 13 years )
- German: very good (school, high-school and university with courses in German language, total: 17 years )
- Dutch: good; started 2002 (some self-study 2001; living in The Netherlands since 2002; NT2 exam passed in 2005)
- Japanese: a little (intensive 5 month course in Japan, 5 years (& 7 months !!) stay in Japan)
- French: a little (4 years study in school)

miscellaneous academic experience:

- 2006, invited lecturer SOCRATES mobilities courses in Bucharest, January, Romania
- 2006, Workshop Chair, AH'06 (21-23 June; Adaptive Hypermedia Conference), Dublin, Irland
- 2006, Editor Special Issue Jodi Journal
- 2006, member in Program Committee: EDMEDIA 2006 (26-30 June; Orlando, Florida); AH2006
- 2005, External Examiner in PhD committee, Quality of Experience for Adaptive Hypermedia Systems, Cristina Hava Muntean, School of Electronic Engineering Dublin City University (DCU) Glasnevin, D9 Ireland
- 2005, Tutorial Chair, Software Competition Chair , member in Program Committee CATE 2005 (International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education), 29-31 August, Oranjestad, Aruba
- 2005, Journals' Reviewer: JoDI (Journal of Digital Information); ETS (Education Technology Society);UMUAI (User Modeling and User Adaptive Interaction Journal); IJNN (International Journal of Neural Systems)
- 2005, member in Program Committees: WEBIST 2005 (1st International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, Miami, USA, 26-28 May 2005); WBE 2005 (Web-based Education Conference, 21-23 February, Grindelwald, Switzerland); HT'05 (Hypertext, 6-9 September, Salzburg, Vienna); CATE 2005; ICALT 2005; ED-MEDIA 2005 (Montreal, Canada);
- 2005, reviewer and associate editor of the Journal "Advanced Technology For Learning"
- 2005, invited lecturer SOCRATES mobilities courses in Bucharest, January, Romania
- 2005, workshop organizer : 2nd International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Educational Hypermedia (A3EH), at the AH'05 conference; 3rd AEH workshop, at AIED'05 conference;
- 2005, invited lecturer Mekrijarvi summer course, Joensuu University, Finland (http://cs.joensuu.fi/~context/moodle/)
- 2004, Research proposal reviewer, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- 2004, lecturer, November, course in Finland, Adaptivity & Learning Styles
- 2004, reviewer for the JoDI (Journal of Digital Information)
- 2004, reviewer for IJWET (International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology)
- 2004, program committee member of the Second European Symposium of Ambient Intelligence (EUSAI'04)
- 2004, reviewer Special issue on the Theme "Adaptivity in Web and Mobile Learning Services" Int Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning
- 2004, reviewer for IEEE ETS journal "Education Technology and Society"
- 2004, reviewer for the upcomming book: Web-Based Intelligent e-Learning Systems: Technologies and Applications
- 2004, reviewer for the book: Adaptable and Adaptive Hypermedia Systems, edited by Dr. Sherry Y. Chen and Dr. George D. Magoulas, published by Idea Group Inc.
- 2004, reviewer and associate editor of the Journal "Advanced Technology For Learning"
- 2004, program committee member of the International Workshop on “Adaptive Hypermedia and Collaborative Web-based Systems (AHCW’04)” held in conjunction with the International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2004), July 26-27, Munich, Germany
- 2004, co-promoter PhD thesis "Incorporating Learning Styles in Adaptive Hypermedia", Natalia Stash
- 2004, program committee member The 15th conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, Santa Cruz, US
- 2004, special issue editor International Peer-Reviewed On-line & Print Journal Journal "Advanced Technology For Learning" 1(4), Special Issue on Authoring of Adaptive Educational Hypermedia, ACTA Press
- 2004, UNESCO expert for Eastern Europe in Bucharest, Romania
- 2004, invited lecturer SOCRATES mobilities courses in Bucharest, Romania
- 2004, invited panel member AACE Panel "Homegrown or Commercial" lead by Rachel Heller at ED-MEDIA'04 conference, June 21-26, Lugano, Switzerland
- 2004, program committee member ED-MEDIA'04 conference, June 21-26, Lugano, Switzerland
- 2004, invited jury member of the Jury panel for the 24h contest on Ambient Intelligence (http://www.24ami.com) at the Eindhoven University of Technology in cooperation with Philips Research, 26th of May
- 2004 organizer and co-chair of the The Second International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Educational Hypermedia , within the AH'04 Adaptive Hypermedia conference August 23-26, 2004 Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- 2004, scientific committee member for eSociety'04 e-Society Conference , 16-19 July, 2004, Spain
- 2004, international program committee member for ICALT-2004 The 4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies , August 30 - September 1, 2004, Joensuu, Finland
- 2004, international program committee member as well as local organizer for AH-2004 The 4International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems , August 23 - 26, 2004, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- 2004, international program committee member for CATE-2004 IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education , 16 - 18, August 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii
- 2004, worked as organizer of the The First International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Educational Hypermedia , within the WBE'04 conference February 16-18, 2004 Innsbruck, Austria
- 2003, expert - reviewer - for FP6 in Brussels
- 2003, worked as reviewer for the IJAIT journal International Journal on AI Tools for the special issue on KES'03 INvited Session on AI Techniques in Web-based Educational Systems.
- 2003, worked as reviewer for the book Adaptable and Adaptive Hypermedia Systems Idea Group, Inc.
- 2003, worked as reviewer for the JODI journal Journal of Digital Information ISSN 1368-7506
- 2003, worked as international program review committee member for Hypertext-2003 The fourteenth conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia , August 26-30, 2003 Nottingham, UK
- 2003, will work as international program committee member for WBE-2003 International Symposium on Web-Based Education , June 30 -July 2, 2003 in the City of Rhodes, Greece (as part of the CATE-2003 International Conference on Computers and Advanced Education CATE-2003)
- 2003, worked as international program committee member for ED-MEDIA-2003 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications , June 23-28, 2003 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- 2003, worked as workshop moderator for “Telecommunications + Education” Workshop , Teaching of Telecommunications Courses in Colleges and Universities: Best Practices, March 1, 2003, as a part of the ICT-2003 conference,Tahiti, Papeete, French Polynesia, February 23 - March 1, 2003
- 2003, worked as scientific committee member for e-Society'2003 IADIS International Conference e-Society 2003, Lisbon, Portugal, 3-6 June 2003
- 2002 - 2004 (1st October, 2002 to 30th of September, 2004), works as project manager for the European Community project ADAPT
- 2002, June, Hong Kong research grant reviewer NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
- 2002, worked as reviewer, session chair for E-Learn 2002 , Montreal, Canada
- 2002, worked as program committee member for IC-AI'2002 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- 2002, worked as program committee member for IKE'2002 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- 2002, worked as program committee member for AH'2002 International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web Based Systems, Malaga, Spain
- 2002, worked as reviewer for ICCE'2002 International Conference on Computers in Education, 3-6 December 2002, Conference Suite, North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2001, worked as reviewer for KI journal "Kuenstliche Intelligenz"( special issue "Adaptivity and User Modeling" )
- 2001, worked as reviewer for IEEE ETS journal "Education Technology and Society"( IEEE ETS )
- 2001, gave an (invited) talk at Tsukuba university, Japan: "Designing Adaptive Distance Learning Systems via Collaboration over the Web --- Concept Mapping and Linking for Distance Learning" Tsukuba 100th software science seminar, 30th of October, 2001
- 2001, worked as reviewer for IEEE journal "Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering"( IEEE TKDE )
- 2001, worked as program committee member for ICCE'2001 International Conference on Computers in Education, Seoul, Korea
- 2001, worked as reviewer for ICCE'2001 International Conference on Computers in Education, Seoul, Korea
- 2001, worked as reviewer for ISC'2001 2001 Informing Science Conference , Krakow, Poland
- 2000, gave an (invited) talk at University of Trento, Italy on Distance Learning systems and Development (organizers: Luisa Michel and Luigi Colazzo, Information and Communication Department)
- 2000, worked as reviewer for ICCE'2000 International Conference on Computers in Education Taipei, Taiwan
- 2000, worked as reviewer for CEC'2000 International Congress on Evolutionary Computing, San Diego, USA
- 2000, worked as reviewer for the Know BIS Book related to the theory and application of the knowledge management, knowledge discovery and knowledge perspectives of Business Information Systems, edited by Krzysztof Wecel (kaw@kie.ae.poznan.pl); selection of papers from the BIS 2000 conference .
- 2000, worked as reviewer for ITS'2000 international conference in Montreal, Canada ( The 5th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring )
- 1999, worked as local organizer, reviewer and session chair (sessions: (1) Multimedia Applications, (2) Invited Speaker Session: prof. Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, "Ontology awareness for Instructional Systems", (3) Invited Speaker Session: prof. Yasutaka Shimizu, Tokyo Institute of Technology, "Toward a New Distance Educational System" ) for the ICCE99 international conference, Chiba, Japan ( 7th International Conference on Computers in Education )
- 1999, worked as session chair (session A - Artificial Neural Networks I) for ICCIMA99, New Dehli, India ( 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications )
- 1998, worked as reviewer for IEEE journal "Transactions on Neural Networks"( IEEE TNN )

memberships:
- is associate editor of the Journal "Advanced Technology For Learning"
- is executive peer reviewer of the ETS journal (Educational Technology & Society, Journal of International Forum of Educational Technology & Society and IEEE Learning Technology Task Force, ISSN 1436-4522) since 2001
- is member of IEEE and IEEE Computer Society since 1997
- was previously (1995)AACE member, (1998-2000) member of the IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers in Japan), member of JSAI (Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence)

diplomas, awards received:
- 2003: for my course on Adaptive Hypermedia and its future given at the SIKS school, I received a link of the week inclusion on Stephen's Web for Knowledge, Learning, Community on July 22, 2003; the same goes for the Romanian educational site, Timsoft
- 2003: for my discussion on Adaptive Patterns in Authoring of Educational Adaptive Hypermedia for the IFETS group of Educators (Discussion: 14-23 July 2003; Summing-up: 24-25 July 2003), I received a link of the week inclusion on Stephen's Web for Knowledge, Learning, Community on July 22, 2003;
- 2002: Beloningsdifferentiatie TU/e 2001/2002
(for degree diplomas see "studies and titles")
- 1998: 28th June- 1st July 1998: diploma for teaching assistant at the Multimedia and Computing Networking course, Paraul Rece, Romania
- 1997: "Best Student Paper Award" , ICONIP'97, for paper called "Parallel Implementation Tool of NN on UNIX machines"
- summer 1996, 1997: diplomas for teaching assistant in the Multi-media course at the summer courses of the "Black Sea" University, Mangalia, Romania
- 1995: IBM diploma for TCP/IP course taken in Germany
- summer 1994: diploma for teaching assistant in the Multi-media course at the summer courses of the "Black Sea" University, Mangalia, Romania
- 1994, ACM staff diploma, for organizing ACM contest for students at the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest
- 1990-1994: university grants for good study results almost every year;
- 1981-1989: diverse rewards at school contests and contests among schools in subjects like: physics, mathematics, a.o.
- 1977-1989: school and high-school diplomas for good study results (first three) almost every year ;

practical stages and grants:
- 2002 - 2004: 1st October, 2002 to 30th of September, 2004, European Community project ADAPT
- 2001 - 2002: Individual research grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education (for conference participation and equipment purchase)
- 1996-1999: University of Electro-Communications, Japan (Mombusho = Japanese Ministry of Education = post-graduated studies grant, for researching and writing PhD thesis, till March, 1999
- 1997 august, (10 days), Metropolitan University of Manchester, England, Tempus grant as Teaching assistant (contact person: prof. Hurst)
- 1996,(10 days) Technical University of Eindhoven, Holland (Tempus grant as teaching assistant, contact purposes)
- summer 1995 at Bodenseewerke Geraetetechnik, Ueberlingen, Germany, economics and computer networks (practical stage at the end of above mentioned studies, in the graduating year; preparation of article in PCReport)
- 1994 , (10 days), Patras University, Greece (Tempus grant as teaching assistant, contact purposes)
- 1994 (3 months) Technical University of Lyngby, Denmark (Tempus grant for writing of Master thesis in Computer Science)
- 1993 august, (1 month), Darlington College, UK (Tempus grant for English language proficiency and contact purposes)
- summer 1991 at Unipo Electronik, Michelstadt, Germany, in Economics (practical stage during study at Dept. of Engineering Sciences, Economical Engineering)

published papers:
( find attached )

domains of interest:
- Intelligent Distance Education Systems
- Multimedia for Education
- Neural Networks
- Artificial Intelligence
- Agent Models
- Javascript, Java
- Computer Networks
- Parallel Processing
- Economy: Marketing, small business, small companies

hobbies:
- swimming, drawing, skiing, skating, singing, meeting people,
traveling, windsurfing, picture taking, writing, karate (green belt)
and, of course, computer (not necessarily in this order)

contact parameters:

Databases & Hypermedia Group
Information System Department
Technical University Eindhoven
Den Dolech 2, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
tel.: direct:(+31)-40-247-4350; secretary: (+31)-40-247-2733
fax.:(+31)-40-246-3992
- E-mails: acristea@win.tue.nl, a.i.cristea@tue.nl, alex2_cristea,@yahoo.com alex@ai.is.uec.ac.jp,cristea@eagle.fedu.uec.ac.jp, alex@paul.dsp.pub.ro
-URL: http//wwwis.win.tue.nl/~alex/