Sergiu Dascalu, PhD

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Mailstop 171
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557
Office: SEM-236
Tel: (775) 784-4613
Fax: (775) 784-1877
E-mail: dascalus@cse.unr.edu

Background

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), which I joined in July 2002. I have a PhD degree in Computer Science (2001) from Dalhousie University, Canada and a Master degree in Automatic Control and Computers (1982) from the Polytechnic of Bucharest, Romania. At UNR I am also the Director of the Software Engineering Laboratory (SOELA).

Since joining UNR, I have had the opportunity to work on several research projects funded by federal agencies such as NSF, NASA, and ONR as well as the local industry (Bally Technologies, General Electric, PC Doctor). I have advised many PhD, Master, and undergraduate students and have created several new courses. I have also taught regularly the capstone courses Software Engineering and Senior Projects in Computer Science and Engineering, as well as a variety of graduate courses. I have published my work in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, attended many professional events (held in the US and abroad), and served the academic community in various roles (such as associate editor, reviewer, committee member, or committee chair). Since 2002 I received several awards, including the 2005 UNR College of Engineering’s Lemelson Award for Innovation in Teaching and Research, the 2009 Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship’s Faculty Advisor Award, the 2011 UNR Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award, and the 2011 UNR Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award.

More information on my professional activities and interests can be found in other sections of this website as well as in the following documents:

Curriculum Vitae [June 2013]
Publications (selection)

Research

My main research interests are in Software Engineering (in particular, software for scientific and interdisciplinary research, requirements specification, software environments, and software systems) and Human-Computer Interaction (user interface design, virtual environments, and simulation environments). Previous work includes real-time systems, database systems, and computer-aided education.

The following may provide additional details on my research:

Current work
Awards and nominations
PhD thesis (2001)

Teaching

In Spring 2013 I taught CS 426 Senior Projects in Computer Science and CS 791Z Special Topics on Software Engineering.

Information about other courses that I taught in the past as well as on courses that I will teach next semester can be found here:

Past courses
Future courses

Sample senior projects videos posted at youtube can be accessed via this page.

Graduate students advised

Current students
Alumni

Academic Services

Member of the Graduate Curriculum Committee of the Computer Science and Engineering Department
Member of the Assessment Committee, Computer Science and Engineering Department
Member of the Evaluation Committee, Computer Science and Engineering Department
Member of the UNR Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award panel

Other Professional Activities

Technical Program Committee member, IWSSA-2012 at CAiSE-2012, Gdansk, Poland, June 25-29, 2012
Technical Program Committee member, ICSOFT-2012, Rome, Italy, July 24-27, 2012.
Technical Program Committee member, VLC-2012 at DMS-2012, Miami Beach, FL, August 9-11, 2012
Technical Program Committee member, JCKBSE-2012, Rhodos Island, Greece, August 23-26, 2012.
Technical Program Committee member, rBPM-2012 at BPM-2012, Tallinn, Estonia, September 3-6, 2012.
Formal Demos Committee member, ICSE-2013, San Francisco, CA, May 18-26, 2013.
Technical Program Committee member, CTS-2013, San Diego, CA, May 20-24, 2013.
Workshop organizer, Collaboration in Virtual Environments (CoVE-2013) at CTS-2013, San Diego, CA, May 20-24, 2013.
Technical Program Committee member, ICSOFT-2013, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 29-31, 2013.
Technical Program Committee member, VLC-2013 at DMS-2013, Brighton, England, UK, August 8-10, 2013.
Technical Program Committee member, ITA-2013, Wrexham, Wales, UK, September 10-13, 2013.
Technical Program Committee member, SEDE-2013, Los Angeles, CA, September 25-27, 2013.
Technical Program Committee member, CSEDU-2014, Barcelona, Spain, April 2-4, 2014.

Personal Links

The following may not be of interest to all but perhaps some of my friends might want to have a look:

Just Pictures
World Pieces