The Centre for Nonlinear Analysis and its Applications (CNAA) was founded in 2000 (December 1), by the following mathematicians of the University of Craiova:

 

Cezar Avramescu, Dumitru Buşneag, Dana Constanţa Constantinescu, Adrian Duma, Sorin Micu, Constantin P. Niculescu, Carmen Rocşoreanu and Nicolae Ţarfulea.

 

CNAA received an official recognition on May 15, 2001, when National Council on University Research released a Certification (after a peer review evaluation). With that occasion, Constantin P. Niculescu was appointed as a Director.