Research

The research in the Department of Automation and Industrial Informatics is oriented towards areas of interest related to flexible manufacturing systems, intelligent image processing, open systems, automation for energy systems, data processing through Cloud and Edge Computing, complex systems, intelligent enterprises, medical informatics, hazard management. These are in line with the new paradigms and technologies promoted for autonomous and intelligent systems based on the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Big Data, digital twins, autonomous and cognitive robotics, as well as for the new methods of secure data collection from sensors and social networks.

Research directions

The research plan of the Department of Automatic Control and Industrial Informatics includes the following topics, correlated with the research projects at national and international level having as directors or responsible teachers in the department:

  • Advanced and intelligent driving systems, SCADA systems
  • Architectures and technologies for service-oriented systems and process management
  • Intelligent image processing, 3D graphics, drones
  • High performance computing systems (Cluster, Grid, Cloud)
  • Mobile information systems and imaging for medical applications
  • Advanced Data Processing and Big Data
  • Embedded systems, IoT and wireless sensors
  • Management of manufacturing processes and multi-agent systems
  • Complex program systems and systems directed by models

Within the department operates the Center for Research and Training in Robotics, Industrial Informatics and Systems Engineering (CIMR), Director: prof.dr.ing. Theodor BORANGIU.The most important research directions of CIMR in recent years are:

  • Management systems with distributed intelligence of manufacturing processes
  • Multi-agent and holonic systems in semi-hierarchical architectures for product-directed automation of production processes and services
  • Automatic driving systems of industrial robots for power / unloading operations, CNC machine service, welding, assembly / assembly, technological processing (grinding, painting), forging
  • Artificial robot-view applications for the management of unorganized warehouses of products, control of the geometry of products and the condition of their surfaces, service of conveyor belts,
  • Applications and platforms for sorting, storage and robotic packaging of products
  • Integration of robot systems in production lines
  • Modeling and designing systems for services with it support
  • Service innovation, metrics and performance indicators

Master research topics

Within the Department of Automation and Industrial Informatics, several research master programs are carried out in the field of Systems Engineering. On each program's page, you can find additional information related to the proposed research topics.

Selection of research projects

Selection of publications

2019

  • Nichiforov, C.; Stamatescu, G.; Stamatescu, I.; Făgărăşan, I. Evaluation of Sequence-Learning Models for Large-Commercial-Building Load Forecasting. Information, 10, 189, 2019
  • Ionita, A., Olteanu, A., Pietraru, R.: Knowledge-based Education and Awareness about the Radiological and Nuclear Hazards, 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, KEOD, pp. 154-163, Vienna, Austria, 2019
  • R. Dobrescu, D. Merezeanu, S. Mocanu, Process simulation platform for virtual manufacturing systems evaluation, Computers in Industry, Volume 104, pp. 131-140, 2019
  • Stamatescu, G., Făgărăşan, I., Sachenko, A., Sensing and Data-Driven Control for Smart Building and Smart City Systems, Journal of Sensors, Volume 2019 | Article ID 4528034, 2019
  • R. Dobrescu, D. Merezeanu, S. Mocanu, Context-aware control and monitoring system with IoT and cloud support, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 160, pp. 91-99, 2019
  • Popescu, D.; Stoican, F.; Stamatescu, G.; Chenaru, O.; Ichim, L. A Survey of Collaborative UAV–WSN Systems for Efficient Monitoring, Sensors, 19, 4690, 2019
  • Th. Borangiu, D. Trentesaux, A. Thomas, P. Leitão, J. Barata, Digital transformation of manufacturing through cloud services and resource virtualization, Computers in Industry, Volume 108, pp. 150-162, 2019
  • Popescu D., Ichim L., Cioroiu G. (2019) Deep CNN Based System for Detection and Evaluation of RoIs in Flooded Areas. In: Gedeon T., Wong K., Lee M. (eds) Neural Information Processing. ICONIP 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol 11953. Springer, Cham
  • Anton F., Borangiu T., Raileanu S., Anton S., Ivănescu N., James I. (2020) Secure Sharing of Robot and Manufacturing Resources in the Cloud for Research and Development. In: Berns K., Görges D. (eds) Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , vol 980. Springer, Cham
  • Mocanu S., Chiriac A.M., King C., Dobrescu R., Saru D. (2019) Identification and Trust Techniques Compatible with eIDAS Regulation. In: Li J., Liu Z., Peng H. (eds)  Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments. SPNCE 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering , vol 284. Springer, Cham
  • Dumitrache, I.; Caramihai, S.I.; Moisescu, M.A.; Sacala, I.S.; Vladareanu, L.; Repta, D. A Perceptive Interface for Intelligent Cyber Enterprises, Sensors 2019, 19, 4422.

2018

  • Oltean, V.E., Borangiu, T., Raileanu, S., On capacity measurement in two classes of shop floor problems with multifunctional parallel machines, Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing, Proceedings of SOHOMA 2017, Springer book series Studies in Computational Intelligence, Volume 762, Chapter 36, pp. 477-487, Springer, Cham, 2018
  • I. Stamatescu, S. Ploix, I. Făgărăşan and G. Stamatescu, Data Center Server Energy Consumption Optimization Algorithm, 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Zadar, pp. 813-818, 2018
  • Morariu, O., Morariu, C., Borangiu, T., Policy-based security for distributed manufacturing execution systems, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 31, Issue: 3, pp. 306-317, Taylor and Francis, 2018
  • Popescu, D., Ichim, L., Intelligent image processing system for detection and segmentation of regions of interest in retinal images, Symmetry 10(3):73 , Basel, 2018
  • A. Costache, D.Popescu, C. Popa, S.Mocanu, Efficient Video Monitoring of Areas of Interest, 26th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), Belgrade, pp. 1-4, 2018
  • Raileanu, S., Anton, F., Borangiu, T., Anton, S., Nicholas, M., A cloud-based manufacturing control system with data integration from multiple autonomous agents, J. Computers in Industry , Volume 102, pp. 50-61, Elsevier, 2018
  • M. Nicholas, S. Mocanu, M. Craciunescu and R. Dobrescu, Trajectory Control of an Autonomous System dedicated to Assisted Living, 22nd International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia, pp. 421-425, 2018
  • Caramihale, T., Popescu, D., Ichim, L., Emotion classification using a tensorflow generative adversarial network implementation, Symmetry 10(9):414 , Basel, 2018
  • Repta, D., Dumitrache, I., Sacala, IS, Moisescu, MA, Stanescu, AM, Caramihai, SI, Automated process recognition architecture for cyber-physical systems, Enterprise Information Systems, 12:8-9, 1129-1148, 2018
  • A. Duluta, Ş. Mocanu, D. Saru, On Improving Students' Performance through Combined Statistics and Data Mining Analysis, eLearning & Software for Education,Vol. 2, pp. 309-316, 2018
  • Ionita, A.D., Anton, F. and Olteanu, A., Sensor Network Modeling as a Service, 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2018), pages 346-353, 2018
  • Pietraru, R.N., Nicholas, M., Anghel, M., Reengineering learning scenarios with technologies based on ubiquitous computing, eLearning & Software for Education, Vol. 2, pp. 341-348, 2018
  • Popescu, D., Dragana, C., Stoican, F., Ichim, L., Stamatescu, G., A Collaborative UAV-WSN Network for Monitoring Large Areas, Sensors (Basel) 18(12): 4202, 2018

2017

  • A. Chenaru, D. Popescu, D. Enache, L. Ichim and F. Stoican, Improving operational security for web-based distributed control systems in wastewater management, 2017, 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Valletta, pp. 1089-1093, 2017
  • Iulia Stamatescu, Nicoleta Arghira, Ioana Făgărăşan, Grigore Stamatescu, Sergiu Stelian Iliescu, Vasile Calofir, Decision Support System for a Low Voltage Renewable Energy System, Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-15, January, 2017
  • Thomas, A., Borangiu, T., Trentesaux, D. , Holonic and multi-agent technologies for service and computing oriented manufacturing, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, Volume: 28, Issue: 7, pp. 1519-1530, October 2017
  • Stamatescu, Grigore; Stamatescu, Iulia; Arghira, Nicoleta; Fagarasan, Ioana, Pervasive System Architecture for Optimal HVAC Control in Smart Buildings, 12th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), Siem Reap, Cambodia, June 18-20, 2017
  • Dumitrache, John; Sacala, John Stefan; Moisescu, Mihnea Alexandru; Caramihai, Simona Iuliana, A Conceptual Framework for Modeling and Design of Cyber-Physical Systems, Studies in Informatics and Control, Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Pages: 325-334, 2017
  • A. M. Mozos, V. Sandulescu, S. Andrews, D. Ellis, N. Bellotto, R. Dobrescu, J. M. Ferrandez, Stress Detection Using Wearable Physiological and Sociometric Sensors, International Journal of Neural Systems, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 1650041 (1-16), 2017
  • Raileanu, S., Anton, F., Iatan, A., Borangiu, T., Anton, S., Morariu, O. , Resource scheduling based on energy consumption for sustainable manufacturing, Journal of intelligent Manufacturing, Volume: 28, Issue: 7, pp. 1501-1502, October 2017
  • Popescu, D., Ichim, L., Stoican, F., Unmanned aerial vehicle systems for remote estimation of flooded areas based on complex image processing, Sensors (Basel), Vol. 17., pp. 446, 2017
  • A.D. Ionita, A. Olteanu, R.N. Pietraru, I.C. Prisecaru, Mapping E-Content to Domain Ontology for Education and Awareness of Nuclear Hazards, 11th International Technology Education and Development Conference INTED2017, Valencia, Spain, 6th-8th March 2017
  • Andrei Duluta, Stefan Mocanu, Radu Pietraru, Daniel Merezeanu, Daniela Saru, Secure Communication Method Based on Encryption and Steganography, 21st International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science, Bucharest, Romania, 29-31 May, 2017
  • Daniel Merezeanu, Maximilian Nicolae, Consensus Control of Dicrete-time Multiagent System, UPB Scientific Bulletin – Series A – Applied Mathematics and Physics, Vol. 79, Iss. I, pp. 167-174, 2017
  • d. Cârstoiu, V.E. Oltean, S.M. Nica, G. Spiridon, A Cloud-Based Architecture Proposal for Rehabilitation of Aphasia Patients, Revue Roumaine des Sciences Techniques-Serie Electrotechnique et Energetique, Volume: 62 Issue: 3 Pages: 332-337, 2017
  • V.E. Oltean, Th. Borangiu, M. Dragoicea, A Discrete Event Model of Viability Building in a Public University Organization, Service Science, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, pp.: 288-301, 2017
  • Liliana Dobrica, Radu Nicolae Pietraru, Experiencing Native Mobile Health Applications Development, 21st International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), Bucharest, Romania, 29-31 May, 2017

2016

  • Moisescu, M.A., Sacala, I.S. Towards the development of interoperable sensing systems for the future enterprise, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 27, Iss. 1, pp. 33–54, 2016
  • Mocanu Ş., Dedicated BSN for Personal Indoor Monitoring. In: Balas V., C. Jain L., Kovačević B. (eds)Soft Computing Applications. SOFA 2014. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 356. Springer, Cham, 2016
  • Morariu, O., Borangiu, T., Raileanu, S., Morariu, C., Redundancy and scalability for virtualized MES Systems with Programmable Infrastructure, Journal Computers in Industry, Volume 81, pp. 26–35, Elsevier, 2016
  • Grigoriu, Ramona-Oana; Voda, Alina; Arghira, Nicoleta; Calofir, V., Iliescu, Sergiu, Control Of Greenhouse With Parabolic Trough Collectors, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest Scientific Bulletin Series C-Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Volume: 78 , Issue: 3, Pages: 75-84, 2016
  • d. Popescu, L. Ichim and T. Caramihale, Detection of exudates and hemorrhages using an efficient criterion for feature selection, 39th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP), Vienna, pp. 711-715, 2016
  • Anton, F., Anton, S., Raileanu, S., Borangiu, T., Optimizing Trajectory Points for High Speed Robot Assembly Operations, Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control,Springer Series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 371, Chapter 13, pp. 127-135, Springer, Cham, 2016
  • A.D. Ionite, C.T. Eftimie, G. Lewis, M. Litoiu, Integration of Hazard Management Services, 7th International Conference, IESS 2016, Exploring Services Science, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 247, Springer, pp 355-364, 2016
  • Maximilian Nicolae, Dan Popescu, Radu Dobrescu, Cristian Mateescu, Improving Communication Efficiency of hybrid UAV – WSN systems, In: Borangiu T. (eds) Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 371, Springer, pp 407-417, 2016
  • Daniel Merezeanu, Gheorghe Vasilescu, Radu Dobrescu, Context-aware Control Platform for Sensor Network Integration in IoT and Cloud, Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 25(4), pp. 489-498, 2016.
  • B. Dumitrescu, A.D. Ionite, H. Gavrila, Picking Lines Modeling, Revue Roumaine des Sciences Techniques, Série Electrotechnique et Energétique, Vol. 61, 1, pp. 78-83, 2016
  • Morariu, O., Morariu, C., Borangium, T. , Shop-floor Resource Virtualization Layer with Private Cloud Support, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, Vol. 27, Issue 2, pp. 447-462, April 2016
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