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Balcan
Balcan is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * George Balcan (19322004), Canadian radio broadcaster and artist * Maria-Florina Balcan, Romanian-American computer scientist * Vural Balcan (), Turkish fencer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics See also * Balkan (other) {{surname Turkish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria-Florina Balcan
Maria-Florina (Nina) Balcan is a Romanian-American computer scientist whose research investigates machine learning, algorithmic game theory, theoretical computer science, including active learning, kernel methods, random-sampling mechanisms and envy-free pricing. She is an associate professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. Education Balcan is originally from Romania, and earned a bachelor's degree in 2000 from the University of Bucharest, earning ''summa cum laude'' honors with a double major in mathematics and computer science. She continued at the University of Bucharest for a master's degree in computer science in 2002, and then earned a PhD in computer science in 2008 from Carnegie Mellon University where her research was supervised by Avrim Blum. Career and research After working as a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England, she was appointed assistant professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Balcan
George Balcan, (June 29, 1932 – May 4, 2004), born George Adelard Alfred Balcaen, was a Canadian radio broadcaster and artist. Balcan was one of the most recognizable voices on the airwaves of Montreal for 30 years. Born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba in 1931, Balcan first worked as a sketch artist in the engineering department of the Canadian Pacific Railway in his native province. Balcan began his broadcast career in 1951, when he was the first announcer to sign on with CKDM, a radio station in his hometown of Dauphin, Manitoba. He was later discovered working at CKOC in Hamilton by H.T. "Mac" McCurdy, who brought Balcan to Montreal in 1963 to serve as the afternoon host at CJAD. He then became the station's morning man in 1967. Balcan moved to crosstown competitor CFCF in 1973, where he also served as an on-air host for the television service. He then returned to CJAD as the morning man in 1975, where he remained until his retirement in 1998, the longest ever to hold the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vural Balcan
Vural is a Turkish name and may refer to any of the following: Given name * Vural Balcan, Turkish Olympic fencer * Vural Öger Vural Öger (born 1 February 1942) is a Turkish-German businessman and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2009. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group. L ... (born 1942), German politician Surname * Filiz Vural (born 1953), Turkish beauty contestant * İhsan Emre Vural (born 1984), Turkish rower * Yılmaz Vural (born 1953), Turkish football coach {{given name, type=both Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkan (other)
The Balkans is a peninsular region of southeastern Europe. Balkan may also refer to: Places * Balkan Mountains, a mountain range in Serbia and Bulgaria, in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, also called Stara Planina * Balkan Province, one of the Welayat (provinces) of Turkmenistan * Balkan (village), a village in Stambolovo Municipality, Bulgaria * Balkan, Kentucky, a community in the US People * Balkan (name) The arts * Balkan (band), a defunct hard-rock band from former Yugoslavia * Balkans (band), a rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, US * ''Balkan'' (album), an album by Seka Aleksić * "Balkan", a song by Scale the Summit from the album '' The Collective'' Organizations * Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (1947–2002), a defunct Bulgarian government-owned airline * Balkan Universities Network, a regional university association * FBK Balkan, a Swedish football club * FC Balkan, a Turkmen football club * FK Balkan Skopje, a Macedonian football club * PFC Balk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |