O.V. (Orest) Iftime, Dr

Affiliation

Associate Professor - Applied Mathematics

University of Groningen

Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance 

PO Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen.

Employments

• 2018-present  Associate Professor 1, University of Groningen, Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance 
• 2012-2017 Associate Professor 2, University of Groningen, Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance 
• 2009-2012 Assistant Professor 1, University of Groningen, Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance                             
• 2005-2008 Assistant Professor 2, University of Groningen, Department of Econometrics and Operations                                  
• 2004-2005 Lecturer (50%), University of Groningen, Department of Econometrics and Operations                                  
• 2004-2005 Researcher (50%), Delft University of Technology, Delft Center for Systems and Control                                    
• 2002-2004 Post Doc, University of Groningen, Institute for Mathematics and Computing Science
• 1999-2002 PhD fellow, University of Twente, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Systems and Control group 
• 1998-1999 Research fellow, University of Twente, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Systems and Control group 
• 1999-2002 researcher/senior teaching assistant, University "Stefan cel Mare", Suceava 
• 1999-2002 researcher/teaching assistant, University "Stefan cel Mare", Suceava
• 1997(4 months) reporter for the newspaper "Evenimentul de Iasi"

Education

• 1999-2002  Doctoral studies and PhD at University of Twente, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Systems and Control group , Dissertation on "A J-Spectral Factorization Approach to H00 Control  Problems", defence date June 28th, 2002
• 1998-1999 research fellow at University of Twente, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Systems and Control group
• 1997-1998 MSc of "Al. I. Cuza" Univ.,  Faculty of Mathematics,  Iasi, Romania (graduated with Highest Honors)
• 1995-1998 "Al. I. Cuza" Univ.,  Faculty of Economics,  Iasi, Romania, BSc Management.
• 1992-1997 "Al. I. Cuza" Univ.,  Faculty of Mathematics,  Iasi, Romania (graduated with Honors)
• 1988-1992 National college "Nicu Gane", Falticeni, Romania (graduated with Highest Honors) 

Awards/scholarships/projects

• 2015 NWO Grant 040.11.445
• 2012 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control - Outstanding Reviewer  
• 2011-2017 Project 400120.2
• 2011 NWO Grant 040.11.249
• 2008-2011 Project 400120.1
• 2010 NWO Grant 040.11.191
• 2008-2010 Project 110310
• 2008-2009 Project 691007
• 2005  Automatica - Outstanding Reviewer  
• 1999 (July-August) scholarship, Summer School in Mathematics, Cortona (Italy)
• 1998 (July-August) scholarship, Summer School in Mathematics, Perugia (Italy)
• 1998 (July) TEMPUS scholarship, International Summer School in Stochastic Analysis and its Applications, Iasi, Romania.
• 1997 (July) TEMPUS scholarship, Bucharest (Romania)  

• 1995 First Prize, National Mathematical Symposiums for BSc. students, Cluj-Napoca

• 1994 Second Prize, Mathematical Symposiums for BSc. students, Iasi, Romania.

• 1992-1997 Merit Scholarships, Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi, Romania.

   

 Computer skills and Languages

• Knowledge of Matlab, Mapel, C++, Windows, Linux, SPSS
• Native speaker in Romanian, fluent in English, intermediate level for Dutch, basic knowledge of French.

Leisure

Reading books, following the financial markets, playing basketball and tennis, solving math problems.