Marc FRINCU, Ph.D.
Professor Distributed Computing and Applied Big Data
West University of Timisoara Romania
Marc FRINCU, Ph.D.
Professor Distributed Computing and Applied Big Data
West University of Timisoara Romania
Hello, I am Prof. Dr. Marc Frincu. I joined the Computer Science Department within the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the West University of Timisoara (UVT) as a full professor in Fall 2023. I also lead the Distributed Systems and Big Data lab within the Institute for Advanced Environmental Research (ICAM) at UVT. Prior to this, I was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, School of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK.
Hello, I am Prof. Dr. Marc Frincu. I joined the Computer Science Department within the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the West University of Timisoara (UVT) as a full professor in Fall 2023. I also lead the Distributed Systems and Big Data lab within the Institute for Advanced Environmental Research (ICAM) at UVT. Prior to this, I was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, School of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK.
I have a Ph.D. in Adaptive Scheduling for Distributed Systems (2011 from West University of Timisoara Romania) and have been a postdoc at University of Strasbourg France (2012-2013) and University of Southern California USA (2013-2015). At various points in my career, I have also visited INRIA Lille (2011) as a visiting scholar and worked as an intern at INRIA Nancy (2007-2008) in France. I also supervise doctoral students in Romania (habilitation since 2017).
I have a Ph.D. in Adaptive Scheduling for Distributed Systems (2011 from West University of Timisoara Romania) and have been a postdoc at University of Strasbourg France (2012-2013) and University of Southern California USA (2013-2015). At various points in my career, I have also visited INRIA Lille (2011) as a visiting scholar and worked as an intern at INRIA Nancy (2007-2008) in France. I also supervise doctoral students in Romania (habilitation since 2017).
My research topics include distributed systems and applied Big Data. Under their umbrella, I have researched machine learning for smart grids, heritage reenactment combining VR and cultural astronomy, digital humanities (focusing on machine learning for rare languages' OCR). I have led as PI/co-PI (local coordinator) 5 R&D projects funded by the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) and the European Space Agency (ESA) totaling around 300,000 EUR. Furthermore, I have been PI for 2 grants about cultural projects around astronomy in culture outreach (8,000 EUR) funded by cultural and non-profit organizations in Romania and co-PI for 2 grants on cultural astronomy heritage funded by NTU through internal calls (25,000 GBP). For a list of papers, citations, and collaborators check my Google Scholar profile. Some of my synergistic activities can be found on my Web of Science profile.
My research topics include distributed systems and applied Big Data. Under their umbrella, I have researched machine learning for smart grids, heritage reenactment combining VR and cultural astronomy, digital humanities (focusing on machine learning for rare languages' OCR). I have led as PI/co-PI (local coordinator) 5 R&D projects funded by the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) and the European Space Agency (ESA) totaling around 300,000 EUR. Furthermore, I have been PI for 2 grants about cultural projects around astronomy in culture outreach (8,000 EUR) funded by cultural and non-profit organizations in Romania and co-PI for 2 grants on cultural astronomy heritage funded by NTU through internal calls (25,000 GBP). For a list of papers, citations, and collaborators check my Google Scholar profile. Some of my synergistic activities can be found on my Web of Science profile.
I am an IEEE Senior member (since 2016) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2022).
I am an IEEE Senior member (since 2016) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2022).
In addition, I am a fellow and secretary of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (2023-2026; formerly its vice-president 2020-2023) and vice-president of the Romanian Society for Cultural Astronomy (2021-2024; after previously serving as its president between 2017-2021). Since 2024 I am also a member of the Europeana Network due to my work on digital heritage preservation.
In addition, I am a fellow and secretary of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (2023-2026; formerly its vice-president 2020-2023) and vice-president of the Romanian Society for Cultural Astronomy (2021-2024; after previously serving as its president between 2017-2021). Since 2024 I am also a member of the Europeana Network due to my work on digital heritage preservation.
I won the 2017 "Rada Mihalcea" Award for Young Researchers in Science in Engineering (3rd place) and the 2015 Outstanding Researcher Diploma by the "Orizonturi Universitare" Foundation.