An article by Bertrand Meyer, (Computer) Scientist at ETH Zurich, fellow of the ACM and the father of the Eiffel programming language http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/109579-long-live-incremental-research/fulltext

Noted quantum physicist Sandu Popescu will receive the prestigious John Stewart Bell Prize from University of Toronto for outstanding contributions to quantum mechanics. http://www.nanoscienceworks.org/articles/sandu-popescu-receives-bell-prize-for-quantum-mechanics About Bell Prize: http://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/bell-prize/description-of-the-prize/ (Credit & thanks: Octavian Voiculescu)

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Both to be made Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Bucharest. Workshops associated to these events: May 28-30: http://blogs.ub-filosofie.ro/filosofie/2011/05/19/bucharest-colloquium-in-analytic-philosophy-28-30-may/ June 20-21: http://www.unibuc.ro/n/cercetare/stii-cogn/Evenimente.php

http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2011/goedel-prize-2011

Autori: Marius Minea si Radu Marinescu (Univ. Politehnica din Timisoara) (publicat cu permisiunea autorilor) http://www.scribd.com/doc/55292701/Analiza-AC-Romania-v3

As with most universities in the Netherlands, the VU University Amsterdam suffers from financial underfunding. All faculties and all departments at the VU are asked to take measures to deal with this problem. For the Department of Mathematics a committee of applied mathematicians has put forward a proposal to close the Geometry Section, which consists of six tenured positions and focuses on algebraic K theory, algebraic topology, and general/geometric

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110420/full/472261a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110420/full/472276a.html

http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/a-fost-inaugurat-cel-mai-performant-calculator-din-romania-927523.html Vezi si http://www.ziuadevest.ro/actualitate/19067-timioara-are-cel-mai-tare-computer-din-romania.html http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/timisoara/Timisoara_primul_supercomputer_0_463753914.html

Memoriu al UBB catre minister, legat de intarzieri datorate OIPOSDRU (28 ianuarie) http://www.scribd.com/doc/49019997 Nota privind intarzierea platilor catre doctoranzi/postdoctoranzi (16 februarie) http://www.scribd.com/doc/49020177