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Prof.dr. Doru Ursutiu <
Rector Prof. Dr. Iona VISA <
Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.sc. techn. (habil) Michael E. Auer <
John L. German <
Andrea Marcello Bassi <
References:
(a) (20090920) GUS Project and iLab Consortium
(b) (05/10/09)-B Possible GUS/Bulgaria and its envisioned functions
(c) (20091027) (1) Report of System Dynamics Workshop in Bangladesh and (2) TLCv Energy-Economic-Carbon Financial Decision Making Model
(d) (09/19/07) Possible GUS/Romania with Black Sea Ring
(e) (20091112) Report on our visit to IBM on November 3rd, 2009
Dear Doru:
(1) Many thanks for the copy of your msg to John (ATTACHMENT I) -- see also Reference (a) above.
I visited your beautiful impressive web site, though I regret to say that I could not read Romanian descriptions.
I am taking the liberty of replying to you on behalf of John. Upon your request, my suggestions for your university’s future directions could be as follows.
(a) Construction of Global Early Warning System (GEWS)/Romania,
(b) Establishment of Global University System (GUS)/Romania,
(c) Advocacy for Black Sea Ring.
(2) Construction of Global Early Warning System (GEWS)/Romania:
Your university may initiate the construction of GEWS/Romania with Romania national socio-economy-energy-environment simulation model — if necessary, you may ask help to Andrea’s Millennium Institute, too, for this construction.
We would like to make each model run all the time, continuously and repetitively, say, from the year 2000 to 2050, as similar to a repetitive analog computer. This is to be done in the cloud computing environment of IBM, which is now in process of arrangements — see Reference (e).
The graphical presentation of the year 2000 to the present would be the past data, and the one from the present to the 2050 would be the prediction made by the simulation model. The initial conditions at the present would be revised with the fresh input data, say, about the national consensus or GDP (gross domestic product) figure, etc. This makes the simulation as similar to the one of a simulator/trainer of nuclear power plant or petroleum refinery or ethylene plant — or it could be the engine of a large oil tanker, which President Obama often quotes as analogous to the operation of the United State economy.
The models will then be Romania’s Early Warning System (EWS) which can interlink with similar models of nearby countries to form a regional EWS, too.
Millennium Institute has started constructing national energy simulation model for 15 member countries of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) -- starting with Nigeria. This is very significant movement and even a paradigm shift of political science, since such poor developing countries start using scientific methodology for their policy evaluation and setting, basing on facts and figures.
BTW, we will have a demonstration (*) of gaming/simulation on the energy policies proposed by Former Vice President, Mr. Al Gore and President Barack Obama to replace fossil fuel with renewable one to generate electricity in the United States in relation to appropriate allocation of oil revenue in Niger Delta of Nigeria, -- What would be the consequences to other economic and social structures in the US and in other countries, particularly Nigeria? — This is because 95% of Nigerian revenue comes from oil export, 40% of which is exported to north America.
(*) This is to be held during Global Symposium on: Climate Change and International Peace and Security, Global Challenges and Global Solutions: Interdisciplinary Approaches Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) in the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) of Columbia University in May 2010.
(3) Establishment of Global University System (GUS)/Romania:
Along the construction of national socio-economy-energy-environment simulation model, you may plan to establish Global University System (GUS) to assist the model building, maintenance, administration and gaming execution, etc.
You would also need to emphasize the importance of educating young would-be decision makers who are now in the teens and twenties who would become real decision makers at their 50 to 70 years ages around 2050s, when most of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MSGs) would not meet their targets, and hence would become fierce, severe resource competitions and conflicts issues. Their training in crisis management, conflict resolution, and negotiation techniques should be basing on "facts and figures." Their understanding gained with scientific and rational analysis and critical thinking with the gaming/simulation would be the basis of world peace, and hence ought to provide the basic principle of global education for peace.
(4) Advocacy for Black Sea Ring:
Your university may also promote the establishment of GEWS and GUS in peripheral countries of Black Sea to form its regional system, too, which may then promote the Black Sea Ring with ultra-high-speed optical fiber submarine cable to help each other — see also References (b) and (d) above.
This may also be interlinked with the existing GLORIAD and possible information highway along the ancient Silk Road for our advocacy of deploying ultra high speed optical fiber net along old Silk Road -- the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) pledged the US $18 billion for the construction of modern super highway along the Silk Road — see Items (4) and (5) of the Reference (c) above.
I hope that such an ultra high speed broadband Internet would bring peace among peripheral countries of the Black Sea. In a sense, the Black Sea Ring mentioned above would become a vital pivotal junction between the East and the West.
(5) Pls feel free to contact me for further discussions.
Pls make sure to call me when you will visit Bloomfield College and NYC next time.
Dear Michael:
(6) Many thanks again for your kind introduction of Prof. Ursutiu.
Happy Holidays!!
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: "Prof.Fiz.Dr. Doru Ursutiu" <
Organization: University "Transilvania" of Brasov
Reply-To: "Prof.Fiz.Dr. Doru Ursutiu" <
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:12:13 +0200
To: "John L. German" <
Cc: Tak Utsumi <>, <
Subject: DORU URSUTIU - Romania
Dear John,
I see your mesages in the Tak's list of e-mails and I belive you will be interested in our developments here in Romania.
In Romania - in our University "Transilvania" of Brasov - we started to construct a new research institute and a new GENIUS CAMPUS.
All this must be "energetic independently" and ready to work in next 3-4 years.
For the institute we win one 20 mil. Euro project and must be ready to work in 3 years.
Maybe you have time to have a look at the university pages and the new campus page:
<
and sugest us some ideas.
Also we are interested to be partners in some projects to be able to finalise this huge project like a model for the international comunity !
You can contact me or directly my Rector Prof.Dr. Iona VISA (Prof. Honoris Caussa of Bloomfield Colege USA) and the manager
and initiataor of all this developments:
Prof.Dr. Ion VISA
Yours Romanian friend Doru
Prof.dr. Doru Ursutiu
IAOE Vice-President
University "Transilvania" of Brasov
B-dul Eroilor nr.29
RO-500036, Brasov, Romania
Tel/Fax: +40-268-415213
Mobile: +40(0)744-756640
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Prof.dr. Doru Ursutiu
University "Transilvania" of Brasov
Vice-President of CVTC
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Prof. Doru Ursutiu
Transylvania University
Brasov, Romania
doru <
Rector Prof. Dr. Iona VISA
Prof. Honoris Caussa of Bloomfield College USA
Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.sc. techn. (habil) Michael E. Auer
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