Grigore Moisil High School, Braşov
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Grigore Moisil National College of Computer Science is a high school
from Braşov
, Romania
, that carries the name of academician
Grigore Moisil
, the "founder" of Romanian computer sciences.
High school
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from Braşov
Brasov
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, Romania
Romania
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, that carries the name of academician
Academician
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Grigore Moisil
Grigore Moisil
Grigore Constantin Moisil was a Romanian mathematician, computer pioneer, and member of the Romanian Academy. His research was mainly in the fields of mathematical logic, , Algebraic logic, MV-algebra, algebra and differential equations...
, the "founder" of Romanian computer sciences.
History
The history of the high school dates to 1938.- Since the first part of the building was constructed in 1938, it has been the home of five institutions: Primary Schools 3 and 11, and later on, Secondary Schools 2, 6 and 4.
- Along with the construction of the second building in 1960, the name was changed into "General Culture High School number 4".
- The school year 1972 sees the introduction of a new profile, top notch at the time, and a new name for the school: "High School for Automatic Data Processing", which, of course, concerned Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
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- During 1973-1977 and 1990–2002, the institution's name will be "Computer Science High School" (Romanian: "Liceul de Informatica"), as between 1977-1990 it will be called "Mathematics - Physics High School number 1" (Romanian: "Liceul de Matematica - Fizica nr. 1").
- In 2002, it takes on the name of "Grigore Moisil Computer Science National College".
Classes
- Since 1990, the school has had, for each year
- 5 classes of intensive - computer science profile
- 1 class of intensive - English profile
- There are a total of 24 classes (18 computer sciences + 6 English)
- There are 28 students per class. That means 168 per year and a total of 672.
- After admission, the top 28 that opt for the English class are sent to class 9A, and the rest are assigned, randomly and in equal proportions to classes 9B to 9F.
- The high school only has day program.
- Class hours are usually held Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM; some classes last until 5:00 PM.
Famous graduates
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