Alexandra Galatescu
Alexandra Galatescu is a graduate of the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics. After graduating from the master's degree in computer science and the faculty (in 1977) she worked at the Research Institute of Informatics (ICI) in Bucharest until 2011. She obtained a doctorate in "Applied Computer Science" at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
Within the institute, she worked and coordinated from the technical point of view several national research projects and the institute's contribution in European projects in areas such as: distributed databases, conceptual modeling, formal ontologies, knowledge representation, conceptual graphs, intelligent agents, natural interfaces, process re-engineering, process quality management, software engineering, application maintenance. She has over 50 papers published in national and international journals and research volumes.
Many of the proposed research projects were in areas involving knowledge in philosophy (the field of formal ontologies) and in psychology (conceptual modeling, knowledge representation, conceptual graphs, intelligent agents, natural interfaces). The results of the doctoral thesis were obtained through the convergence of the knowledge in these fields.
After retiring in 2011, she continued to study in the fields of philosophy, psychology and nutrition. As a result of these studies and of the personal experience in the over 60 years of life, she wrote two books (in Romanian) of applied psychology and personal development, aimed mainly at young people.
The book "Existential and Spiritual Evolutions", with the subtitle "We know ourselves and we evolve by learning from the experience and wisdom of the world" published in Romanian in 2019, by CORESI Publishing House, Romania (in English it can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/existence-and-spirituality). And the book "Freedom of Decision" with the subtitle "Foray into the Biology and Psychology of Decision" published in Romanian in 2021, by LETRAS Publishing House, Romania (in English it can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/freedom-of-decision). The last book is a continuation of the first one that does not explicitly address the topic of decision making.
Within the institute, she worked and coordinated from the technical point of view several national research projects and the institute's contribution in European projects in areas such as: distributed databases, conceptual modeling, formal ontologies, knowledge representation, conceptual graphs, intelligent agents, natural interfaces, process re-engineering, process quality management, software engineering, application maintenance. She has over 50 papers published in national and international journals and research volumes.
Many of the proposed research projects were in areas involving knowledge in philosophy (the field of formal ontologies) and in psychology (conceptual modeling, knowledge representation, conceptual graphs, intelligent agents, natural interfaces). The results of the doctoral thesis were obtained through the convergence of the knowledge in these fields.
After retiring in 2011, she continued to study in the fields of philosophy, psychology and nutrition. As a result of these studies and of the personal experience in the over 60 years of life, she wrote two books (in Romanian) of applied psychology and personal development, aimed mainly at young people.
The book "Existential and Spiritual Evolutions", with the subtitle "We know ourselves and we evolve by learning from the experience and wisdom of the world" published in Romanian in 2019, by CORESI Publishing House, Romania (in English it can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/existence-and-spirituality). And the book "Freedom of Decision" with the subtitle "Foray into the Biology and Psychology of Decision" published in Romanian in 2021, by LETRAS Publishing House, Romania (in English it can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/freedom-of-decision). The last book is a continuation of the first one that does not explicitly address the topic of decision making.
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managing the evolution of heterogeneous software
(source code files, database objects, graphical objects,
documents etc). These tools are developed in the
framework of an ongoing IST European project called
MECASP (Maintenance and improvement of component based
applications diffused in ASP mode). The paper
motivates the utilization of XML versioned models for the
maintenance and adaptation of the (application or
generic) software. It describes the representation of the
software in XML, the architecture of the open source based
XML repository manager and the most important
issues for its implementation. The paper also presents the
set of basic tools for software maintenance in MECASP,
relying on versioned XML models.
managing the evolution of heterogeneous software
(source code files, database objects, graphical objects,
documents etc). These tools are developed in the
framework of an ongoing IST European project called
MECASP (Maintenance and improvement of component based
applications diffused in ASP mode). The paper
motivates the utilization of XML versioned models for the
maintenance and adaptation of the (application or
generic) software. It describes the representation of the
software in XML, the architecture of the open source based
XML repository manager and the most important
issues for its implementation. The paper also presents the
set of basic tools for software maintenance in MECASP,
relying on versioned XML models.
Principalele obiective ale cărţii sunt:
- să furnizeze cunoaştinţe asupra structurii şi operaţiilor mintale care asigură funcţionarea creierului, din punct de vedere biologic şi psihologic, asupra modulului în care creierul se poate remodela în timp şi ne poate reorienta deciziile şi asupra modului în care îl putem întreţine permanent şi corect;
- să îndemne cititorul să reflecteze asupra statutului de decident, asupra modului în care îşi foloseşte liberul arbitru şi personalitatea în luarea deciziilor;
- să orienteze cititorul în procesul de luare a deciziilor complexe, dar şi în introspecţia şi transformarea personală pentru optimizarea deciziilor.
Aceste obiective sunt centrate pe om, nu pe afaceri, se concentrează asupra caracteristicilor umane generale, dar şi asupra particularităţilor fiecăruia dintre noi; analizează cauze, interne şi externe, care condiţionează sau modifică activităţile mintale implicate în decizie.
Cartea are şi scopuri educaţionale pentru că învaţă cititorul:
- cum să urmeze corect toţi paşii necesari luării deciziilor potrivite;
- cum să îşi întreţină permanent sănătatea creierului şi cum să utilizeze toate cele trei componente ale creierului (raţională, emoţională şi spirituală) în luarea deciziilor;
- cum să devină conştient de înclinaţiile şi obiceiurile sale decizionale, cum să le îmbunătăţească sau să le înlăture dacă este cazul.
În plus, cartea ajută cititorul să înţeleagă importanţa liberului arbitru şi să îl utilizeze corect în luarea deciziilor, să îşi înţeleagă emoţiile, intuiţia, imaginaţia şi creativitatea, să se autoanalizeze şi îşi îmbunătăţească psihicul care influenţează decisiv deciziile, să fie capabil să conducă echipe, să planifice şi să organizeze luarea deciziilor complexe, să evite capcanele decizionale, să ia decizii morale şi responsabile şi să îşi gestioneze indeciziile şi temerile.
Cartea subliniază beneficiile în luarea deciziilor ale modelării pozitive a creierului şi pericolele modelării lui negative şi analizează influenţele pozitive şi negative ale societăţii şi tehnologiei asupra modelării creierului. În acelaşi timp, îndeamnă cititorul să evite inerţia mintală care produce îmbătrânirea rapidă a creierului cu impact asupra luării deciziilor.
The book helps the reader acquire knowledge to make right decisions, by reflecting on his previous mistakes and getting guidance to avoid them. It is motivated by the idea that, no matter how much experience we have, we know too little about the physiological and psychological causes that determine the success or failure of our decisions.
The main objectives of the book are: (1) to provide knowledge on the structure and mental operations that ensure the correct functioning of the brain, from a biological and psychological point of view; on the way the brain can reshape itself over time reorienting the decisions; and also regarding the scientific arguments for a permanent and correct help needed for its maintenance; (2) to urge the reader to reflect on his status of decision maker, on the way he uses his free will and personality in making decisions; and to advise him to be open to introspection and personal transformation, to consciously optimize his decisions; (3) to provide an orientation in the process of making complex decisions, by the description, analysis and psychological explanation of each required step in this process.
These objectives are centered on man, not on business, they focus on general human characteristics, but also on his particularities. There are many questions this book responds regarding the internal and external causes that influence the mental activities involved in a decision. It emphasizes the idea that not only reason influences our decisions, but also the personality, the educational, emotional, social and spiritual variables, as well as dynamic situations or environments, conflicting goals, consequences and long-term and uncertain results.
The book has three educational goals because it teaches us: (1) to follow correctly all steps in making right decisions; (2) to permanently maintain healthy our brain, and use all the three parts of the brain we have (rational, emotional and spiritual) in making decisions; (3) to become aware of our decision biases and habits and to improve or remove them.
In addition, the book helps us to understand the importance and manage correctly, during the decision making, our free will, our emotions, intuition, imagination and creativity; to self-analyze and improve our psyche that decisively impacts on our decisions; to be able to lead large teams and to make collective decisions; to plan and organize our complex decisions and to avoid the decision traps; to make moral and responsible decisions and to manage our indecisions and fears.
The book points out the benefits in decision making of the brain positive modeling and the perils of its negative modeling and analyzes the positive and negative influences of the society and technology on the brain modeling. In addition, it advises the adults to avoid the mental inertia that causes the brain fast aging, with impact on their decisions.