For the fourth consecutive year, the students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of the University of Bucharest obtained exceptional results in the 16th edition of the Southeastern European Mathematical Competition for University Students – SEEMOUS 2022.
Organized under the auspices of the Mathematical Society of Southeastern Europe, the Mathematical Society of Serbia and the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Belgrade, the 2022 edition of the International Mathematics Competition for Students took place in Palić, Serbia, on May 27 – June 1, 2022.
The University of Bucharest was represented at the competition by three students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics. All three students at the University of Bucharest won the stage of the SEEMOUS competition: gold – Vlad Nicolae Robu (left), silver – Andrei Tiberiu Pantea and bronze – Paul Florin Rebenciuc (right).
At the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions, UB students were on the podium of the competition
On the podium, like home. This is how we could describe the experience of the last three years of participation in SEEMOUS: gold in 2018, gold in 2019, gold in 2020, gold in 2022 as well.
In 2019, the University of Bucharest was represented at the event by Dragoș Manea, a second-year student in Mathematics, who won the competition, ranking first, with a maximum score and a gold medal. Dragoș also participated in the 2018 edition of the contest, when he won a silver medal. Also, in 2019, Andrei-Robert Bâra, a first-year student in Mathematics, ranked 2-3, and Călin-Daniel Spiridon, a second-year student in Mathematics, ranked 4th, both receiving a gold medal. Călin also won a gold medal at last year’s edition of the competition. Andrei-Alexandru Jelea, a first-year student in Mathematics, also won a gold medal, ranking 6th, competing for the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, where he is also a student. You can read more information on the success of UB students at SEEMOUS 2019 here.
The 2020 edition of the International Mathematics Competition for Students took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, between March 3-8 and brought together students from 14 universities in Bulgaria, Greece, Northern Macedonia and Romania. The University of Bucharest was represented at the competition by three students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics.
All three students won gold medals, with a special mention for Andrei-Robert Bâra, who placed 1st overall, with the highest score. A second-year student in Mathematics, Andrei was, as previously mentioned, ranked 2-3. Dan-Ștefan Dumitrescu, ranked 5th, also won a gold medal, as well as Andrei-Vlad Cațaron, who ranked 6th. The two were, at the time of the competition, students in Mathematics in the Ist year of study. More details on the participation of UB students in the 2020 edition of SEEMOUS can be accessed here.
Also, in 2021, the students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of the University of Bucharest obtained exceptional results in the 15th edition of the Southeastern European Mathematical Competition for University Students – SEEMOUS. Three students won gold medals, with a special mention for Sergiu-Ionuț Novac, who ranked first. Dan-Ștefan Dumitrescu and Vlad-Nicolae Robu also won gold medals, ranking 2nd. Last but not least, student Ana-Teodora Bercaru won a silver medal. More details on the participation of UB students in the 2020 edition of SEEMOUS can be accessed here.