Institute Chronology

1948

Romanian Academy organizes the Mathematical Institute with branches at Cluj-Napoca and Iaşi.

1951

The section of Mathematics of the Cluj-Napoca Branch of the Romanian Academy is founded by Prof. Tiberiu Popoviciu.

1957

The section of Mathematics of the Cluj-Napoca Branch of the Romanian Academy becomes "Institutul de Calcul" (Institute of Numerical Analysis) of the Romanian Academy, with two departments:

1. Department of approximation and calculus theory;
2. Computer department.

1958

The first national Cybernetics Symposium is organized.
The journal "Mathematica (Cluj)" is reactivated.

1959

The relay computer MARICA is built.

1963

The computer DACICC-1 is built.

1968

The computer department becomes a department of the Institute of Computers (ITC - Institutul de Tehnica de Calcul).
The computer DACICC-200 is built

1972

The journal "Revue d'Analyse Numérique et de Théorie de l'Aproximation" is founded.

1975

The Institute of Numerical Analysis is transferred from the Romanian Academy to the National Education Minister and the number of researchers is reduced from 48 to 6.

1990

The Institute of Numerical Analysis is reintegrated within the Romanian Academy.

1995

The name of the Institute is changed into «Institutul de Calcul "Tiberiu Popoviciu"» (ICTP), or «"Tiberiu Popoviciu" Institute of Numerical Analysis» in English.

2003

The Institute is evacuated by "Babeş-Bolyai" University from its residence in Republicii street No. 37 where had functioned for 55 years.

2008

ICTP50 Conference celebrating the semicentennial of the foundation of the Institute.

The building of the Institute between 1952 - 2003