University of Gdańsk

Dr inż. Anna Nenca

Researcher working on cellular automata, classification problems and the computational limits of local rules.

Cellular automataParity problemSAT methodsGraph colouring

Research

Research profile

My current research focuses on cellular automata, especially the parity problem and classification problems.

Funding

Research grants

2023–2025

NCN SONATA 18

Principal Investigator

The parity problem for cellular automata

Grant no. 2022/47/D/ST6/00416

NCN project record ↗
2022

NCN MINIATURA 6

Principal Investigator

The parity problem for one-dimensional cellular automata

Mobility & collaboration

Research stays at home and abroad

INRIA / Université de Lorraine · Nancy, France

Three-month research stay with Nazim Fatès. Project: Formulating selected cellular automata classification problems as SAT problems.

University of Gdańsk announcement ↗

Ghent University · Belgium

One-week scientific visit at KERMIT, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering.

Ghent University · Belgium

One-week scientific visit at KERMIT, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering.

Scientific visibility

Selected conferences & invited talks

Invited speaker

AUTOMATA 2026 · Ghent, Belgium

Invited talk on the parity problem in cellular automata; member of the Programme Committee and Organising Committee.

Invited speakers ↗

AUTOMATA 2026 · Ghent, Belgium

Co-author with Nazim Fatès: On Sisyphean cellular automata: rules with proper cycles and no mixed shifting configuration.

11PCC

Local computation of parity in cellular automata.

Programme ↗

10th Gdańsk Conference on Graph Theory

The parity problem in cellular automata.

Programme ↗

AUTOMATA & WAN 2025 · Lille, France

Anna Nenca, Barbara Wolnik: One-side parity problem for cellular automata.

Programme ↗

AUTOMATA 2024 · Durham, UK

Advances in the parity problem for cellular automata (with Barbara Wolnik and Janusz Dybizbański); co-author of The BFO rule really works!; session chair.

Programme ↗

Recognition

Prizes & awards

2023Outstanding Service Award — ACM
2023University of Gdańsk Rector's Award — first-degree team award
2021University of Gdańsk Rector's Award — fourth-degree individual award
2013University of Gdańsk Rector's Award — third-degree team award

Academic service

Organisation & service

2026

AUTOMATA 2026

Member of the Organising Committee and Programme Committee.

Committees ↗
2023

ACM RACS 2023

Local Arrangement Co-Chair.

2022

Summer Solstice Seminar

Member of the organising committee.

2011

Forum Informatyki Teoretycznej

Member of the organising committee of the national conference.