Dan Pletea
PhD Candidate in Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Boston
Department of Computer Science
I am a PhD candidate at Department of Computer Science of University of Massachusetts at Boston .
My subfield is
Data Mining and I a member of Data Mining group.
My advisor is Professor Dan Simovici .
Topics in Data Mining that I am interested in are:
- Mining Methods for Graph Data.
- Data Compression in Data Mining.
- Partially Defined functions.
- Index Generation Functions.
Education:
- 2004-present:Working on PhD in Computer Science at UMB.
- 1998-2003:BS in Computer Engineering from "Technical University Gh. Asachi", Iasi, Romania
Scolarships and Awards:
- GAANN doctoral fellowships for 2008-2009.
- Reseach Excellence Award "Mining Partially Defined Functions using Entropy", The 2nd Doctoral Research Symposium, UMASS Boston, April 30, 2009.
- Reseach Excellence Award "Data Compression as a Prolog to Data Mining", The 3rd Doctoral Research Symposium, UMASS Boston, May 14, 2010.
Publications:
- D. Simovici, M.Zimand, D. Pletea, "Several Remarks on Index Generation Functions", International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 14-16, 2012.
- D. Simovici, D. Pletea, R. Vetro, "Information-Theoretical Mining of Determining Sets for Partially Defined Functions", 40th International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Barcelona, Spain, May 26-28 2010.
- D. Simovici, D. Pletea, R. Vetro, "Mining Determining Sets for Partially Defined Functions", Advances in Data Mining - 9th Industrial Conference on Data Mining, ICDM 2009, Leipzig, Germany. LNAI 5633 pp.353-360.(Springer)
- D. Pletea, A. Bucos, O. Pastravanu, "Refined stability analysis of load balancing for a class of queuing networks", CSCS-14 14th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science, Bucharest, Romania, July 2003
Journals:
- D. Simovici, D. Pletea, R. Vetro, "Learning Determining Sets of Finite Partially Defined Functions", Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, 2010.
- D. Simovici, D. Pletea, R. Vetro, "Mining Determining Sets for Partially Defined Functions using Entropy", Automatic Control and Computer Science Section, Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iasi, Sectia Automatizari si Calcultoare, Tome LV(LiX), Fasc. 3, 2009.
Teachings
- Teaching Assistant for CS341 "Computer Architecture and Organization".
- Instructor for CS110 "Introduction to Computing".
- Insrtuctor for CS114 and CS115 "Introduction to Computing with Java I & II"
- Instructor for CS105 "Introduction to Computer Concepts".
Contact Information:
dpletea "at" cs.umb.edu
Tel: +1 617 287 6445
Direct Contact:
Room 90
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts at Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393
USA