Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza - Facultatea de Informatica, Iaşi

The interest in Computer Science at the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi dates back to 1958-1960, when Professor Adolf Haimovici initiated a series of conferences on "Applied Mathematics and Computer Science". In 1960, Professor Adolf Haimovici taught the first course on "Elements of Computer Science", while in 1961 Professor Costica Cazacu introduced in his course on "Complements of Mathematics", elements of Programming Theory and Game Theory. In 1962, a course on "Computing Machines" was added to the curriculum of the Faculty of Mathematics. The first Romanian book in this field was Universal Computers and Programming Theory, published in 1968.

The Department of Computing Machines was founded in 1965, as part of the Faculty of Mathematics; its first class graduated in 1970. In 1971 it changed its name to Computer Science while in 1972 Professor Adolf Haimovici became the first head of the new department.

In 1990, the Department of Computer Science was split into two new departments: the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Applied Mathematics. In 1991-1992 the former became the Faculty of Computer Science, with two sections: the Department of Computer Science (full time studies: 4 years) and the College of Information Technology (full time studies: 3 years).

Since 1995, a Master degree programme in Distributed Computing is functioning. Later, two other Master degree programmes are added: Computational Linguistics and Combinatorial Optimisation.

Now, the Faculty of Computer Science counts over 2000 students and has more then 50 member academic staff.
The Faculty of Computer Science is structured into three departments:
Department of Computer Science Fundaments and Distributed Computing; Department of Software Systems; Deparment of Optimisation and Artificial Intelligence.