2024 brings gold and the grand SEEMOUS prize at the University of Bucharest. For the sixth consecutive year, UB students conquer the podium of the international competition

For the sixth consecutive year, the students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Bucharest have achieved exceptional results at the 18^th edition of South Eastern European Mathematical Competition for University Students – SEEMOUS 2024.

The 2024 edition was held between April 9^th – 14^th and was hosted by the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University in Iași, reuniting over 80 students from 27 universities in the country and abroad.

The university of Bucharest was represented in the competition by six students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, all six conquering the podium of SEEMOUS 2024:

Gold medals: Ana Negoiță, Lucia Rășnoveanu and Mario Drăguț

Silver medals: Cezar Tulceanu and Răzvan Terpeneu

Bronze medals: Stefan Strugariu

At the same time, the UB team also placed first in the general ranking, thus winning the grand prize.

The team was accompanied by Dan Dumitrescu, ex-winner in this competition and currently a Master’s student enrolled in the Probabilities and Statistics in Finances and Sciences  program of the UB Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, 2^nd year.

UB students also took the podium for the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions of the competition

We feel at home on the podium. This is how we could describe the experience of the last six years participating to SEEMOUS: gold in 2018, gold in 2019, gold in 2020, gold in 2022 and in 2023.

In 2019, the University of Bucharest was represented at the event by Dragoș Manea, 2^nd year student in Mathematics, who won the competition by placing first, with maximum score and a gold medal. Dragoș also attended the 2018 edition, when he obtained a silver medal. At the same time, in 2019, Andrei-Robert Bâra, 1^st year Mathematics student, placed second and third, while Călin-Daniel Spiridon, 2^nd year student in Mathematics placed fourth, both receiving a gold medal. Călin also managed to get a gold medal in last year’s competition. Andrei-Alexandru Jelea, enrolled in Mathematics, 1^st year, also received a gold medal, placing 6^th in the competition where he represented the Polytechnical University of Bucharest. More information on the success of UB students at the SEEMOUS 2019 edition is available here.

The 2020 edition of the International Mathematics Competition for Students took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, between March 3^rd – 8^th, and reunited students from 14 universities from Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Romania. The University of Bucharest was represented at the competition by three students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences.

All three students received gold medals, with a special mention for Andrei-Robert Bâra, who placed first, with a maximum score. 2^nd year student in Mathematics, Andrei was also present, as previously mentioned, on the podium in the 2019 SEEMOUS edition, when he place on the 2^nd-3^rd place. Dan-Ștefan Dumitrescu, who placed 5^th, also received a gold medal, along with  Andrei-Vlad Cațaron, who secured the 6^th position. The two were, at the moment of the competition, 1^st year students. More details regarding the participation of UB students to SEEMOUS 2020 are available here.

2021 was another excellent year for the UB Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences students, who, once again, achieved excellence by taking the podium at the 15^th edition of South Eastern European Mathematical Competition for University Students – SEEMOUS.

The three students received gold medals, and Sergiu-Ionuț Novac, who placed first, also received a special mention. Dan-Ștefan Dumitrescu and Vlad-Nicolae Robu also received gold medals, taking the 2^nd place. Not lastly, student Ana-Teodora Bercaru also won a silver medal. More details regarding the participation of UB students at the 2021 SEEMOUS competition can be accessed here.

The 2022 edition of SEEMOUS has held in Belgrade, Serbia, between May 27^th – June 1^st. The university of Bucharest was represented by another team of three students, who managed to win the podium: gold – Vlad Nicolae Robu, silver – Andrei Tiberiu Pantea, and bronze – Paul Florin Rebenciuc. The UB students were accompanied at the competition by associate professor Cornel Băețica, PhD, teaching staff at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Bucharest. You can access more information regarding the UB team’s participation to SEEMOUS 2022 here.

The University of Bucharest has once again achieved exceptional results at the 2023 edition of the prestigious competition. All three UB students secured their place on the podium: gold – Mario-Cosmin Drăguț and Octavian-Ionuț Joița, and silver – Divia-Petra Negoescu. The most notable performance was achieved by student Mario-Cosmin Drăguț who received the highest score in the competition. More information on the 2023 participation are available here.