Asist. Gabriel NEGARA
Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Facultatea de Informatica
Iasi
Romania
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Ant System short Overview, Ant Algorithms
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ABSTRACT
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My presentation intends to be a synthesis of my work 
in the ant systems domain and a short overview of 
ant systems paradigm, ant systems history, of 
their 'echo' in computer science and their applications in real life. 
I started my work related to ant systems in 2002, 
beginning with ant algorithms for Travelling Salesman Person, 
Graph exploring and Graph Coloring. 
My research continued with new ant-systems based approaches 
for solving Graph Coloring Problem. 
The main part of my presentation will focus on these 
approaches: ant algorithms for coloring graphs, challenges, results.
          
SHORT CV
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* 1998-2002: Faculty of Computer Science - undergraduate student
* 2002: graduation thesis - 
    "Solving Optimisation Problems using <Ant Colony Optimization>"
* 2002-2003: Master in Parallel and Distributed Calculus - 
    "Classification Technics in Data Mining"
* Research Assistant, Faculty of Computer Science, Iasi : March 2003 - September 2006
* Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Computer Science, Iasi : from September 2006
* PhD student, FCS Doctoral School, from October 2005 - 
    "Optimisation Methods using Nature inspired Metaheuristics"
* Visiting Research Associate, Brown University, Providence, USA,
    September 2006 - December 2006