Curriculum Vitae
of
Miroslav D. Ćirić

Address:

• University of Niš
Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Informatics
  Višegradska 33, P. O. Box 224
18000 Niš, Serbia & Montenegro
• Tel: +381 18 533015, +381 18 325483 (Office)
Fax: +381 18 533014
• e-mail: ciricm@bankerinter.net
  mciric@pmf.ni.ac.yu
  mciric@junis.ni.ac.yu

Personal data:

• Date of birth: July 17, 1964 (Bela Palanka, Serbia)

Education:

• B. S. Faculty of Philosophy University of Niš 1988
• M. S. Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics University of Novi Sad 1990
• Ph. D. Faculty of Mathematics University of Belgrade 1991

• Master Thesis: Semilattices of Archimedean semigroups (in Serbian), Univ. of Novi Sad, 1990
(Supervisor: S. Bogdanović);
• Ph. D. Thesis: Decompositions of semigroups and identities (in Serbian), Univ. of Belgrade, 1991
(Supervisor: S. Bogdanović).

Professional Experience:

• University of Niš Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Junior Teaching Assistant 1988 - 1990
• University of Niš Faculty of Philosophy Teaching Assistant 1990 - 1992
      Assistant Professor 1992 - 1995
      Associate Professor 1995 - 1999
• University of Niš Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics Associate Professor 1999 - 2000
      Full Professor since 2000

Professional Positions:

• Head of Department of Mathematics and Informatics of Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (1998--2000)
• Head of Computer Center of Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (1998--present)
• Vice-Dean for Scientific Research of Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (2000--2002)
• Member of Academic Council of University of Niš (2000--2002, 2004 – present)
• Head of University Board for Natural Sciences and Mathematics (2000--2002)
• Member of University Board for Natural Sciences and Mathematics (2002--2004)
• Member of Council of University of Niš (2002-2004)
•

Dean of Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (2004 – present)

Membership in Professional Societies:

• Yugoslav Association for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (JUPIM)
• Mathematical Society of Serbia

Teaching Activities:

• Many courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, such as:
– General Algebra (including: Theory of Groups, Theory of Rings and Fields etc.)
– Universal Algebra
– Theory of Semigroups
– Theory of Algorithms
– Theory of Languages and Automata
– Information Technology
– Philosophy and History Mathematics
– Mathematical Logic in Computer Science
– Mathematical Logic
– Lattice Theory
– Boolean Algebras
– Discrete Mathematics
– Graph Theory
– Cryptography
– Symbolic Dynamics and Coding Theory
– Multimedia in Education etc

Research Speciality:

• Main:
– Algebraic Theory of Semigroups
– Automata Theory
• Other:
– Theory of Rings
– Universal Algebra
– Theories of Ordered Sets, Lattices and Boolean Algebras
– Formal Languages

Research Grants:

• Republic Science Foundation of Serbia Grant, Belgrade, Research Associate (1989--1991)
• Republic Science Foundation of Serbia Grant, Belgrade, Faculty Associate (1991--1994)
• Republic Science Foundation of Serbia Grant, Belgrade, Principal investigator and Chief of the theme "Semigroups and Identities" (1994--1995)
• Republic Science Foundation of Serbia Grant, Belgrade, Principal investigator, Chief of the theme "Universal Algebra" and Chief of Research Group at Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics in Niš (1996--2000)
• Republic Science Foundation of Serbia Grant, Belgrade, Chief of the project "Algebraic and Combinatorial Methods in Information and Communication Technologies" (2002--present)

Other Grants:

• TEMPUS, CD JEP-16160-2001, Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education, Coordinator for Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš (2002--present)
• DAAD, Software Reengineering und Cooperative Distributed Software Development, Coordinator for Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš(2001-2003)
• DAAD, Software Engineering: Education and Research Cooperation, Coordinator for Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš(2004-present)
• World University Service Austria, CEP 106-2002, Formation of a Multimedia Computer Laboratory at Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics in Niš, Chief of the project (2002)

Editorial Activities:

• Facta Univ. (Niš), Ser. Math. Inform. (Associate Editor)
• Filomat (Niš) (Field Editor for Algebra, Logic, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science)

Refereeing and Reviewing:

• Semigroup Forum
• Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
• Algebra Colloquium
• Journal of Automata, Languages and Combinatorics
• Publ. Inst. Math. (Beograd)
• Facta Universitatis (Niš), Series Mathematics and Informatocs
• FILOMAT (Niš)
• Univ. Beograd Publ. Ekektr. Fak., Ser. Mat.
• Bull. Soc. Math. Banja Luka
• Zbornik radova PMF Kragujevac
• Zentralblatt für Mathematik
• Mathematical Reviews

Master Theses Directed:

• T. Petković, Semigroup Identities and Automata (in Serbian),
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, 1997.
• Ž. Popović, Subdirect decompositions of algebras (in Serbian),
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, 1998.
• J. Kovačević, Decompositions of ordered sets, semigroups and automata (in Serbian),
University of Niš, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, 1999.
• M. Bogdanović, Directable automata, their generalizations and specializations (in Serbian),
University of Niš, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, 2001.

PhD Theses Directed:

• T. Petković, Varieties of Automata and Semigroups (in Serbian),
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, 1998.
• Ž. Popović, Congruences and Decompositions of Semigroups and Automata (in Serbian),
University of Niš, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, 2001.