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• [12/22] Serving as Web and Publicity Chair at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), September 12-15, 2023, Sinaia, Romania
• [10/22] Started the “Bridging Carbon Neutral LNG with the Energy Market – A Novel Ontochain Application” (OTCnLNG) project together with HODLNG and Applied Research Solutions within the NGI ONTOCHAIN program
• [2/22] Our tutorial on Data Preprocessing Techniques for Multiscale Measurements Analytics has been accepted for presentation at the International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference - IEEE I2MTC, May 16-19, 2022, Ottawa, Canada
• [10/21] Started the “rEsilient and seLf-healed EleCTRical pOwer Nanogrid” (ELECTRON) Horizon 2020 research project together with TUV Austria Romania
• [9/21] “Engineer your Future!” educational STEM outreach project for high-school seniors, launched with support from the Embassy of the United States of America in Romania, IEEE Romania Section and the University Politehnica of Bucharest

• [2/21] Elected secretary of the IEEE Romania Section

• [12/21] Serving as PhD Forum Co-Chair at the International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), October 3-5, 2022, Linz, Austria
• [11/21] Invited speaker at 14th Edition International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2022) on “Cybersecurity Trends and Challenges in Electrical Power and Energy Systems (EPES)”
• [8/21] Invited talk on “Data Processing Methods based on Artificial Intelligence for Time Series” at the 8th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN 2021), Amity University, India
• [7/21] Our paper on “Evaluation of Compressed Residential Energy Forecasting Models” has been accepted for publication at the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics SMC 2021
• [6/21] Special Issue on “Complex Data Processing Systems and Computing Algorithms: New Concepts and Applications” - Sensors
• [5/21] PROSIM Cyber-Physical Platform for Application Development and Training in the Process Industries (PRO-CPS) project together with Asti Automation and Energeia Technologies within the HUBCAP: Digital Innovation HUBs and Collaborative Platform for Cyber-Physical Systems ecosystem
• [3/21] Special Stream in Smart Buildings and Smart Cities - IDAACS’2021
• [1/21] Started two new research projects:
  • HALYomorpha halys IDentification: Innovative ICT tools for targeted monitoring and sustainable management of the brown marmorated stink bug and other pests (HALY.ID), ERA-NET CT-AGRI-FOOD, 2021-2023 Project website
  • Extending the Measurement Concept for the Control of Emerging Power Systems (EMERGE), UEFISCDI Exploratory Research Projects Call 2020, 2021-2023 Project website
• [12/20] Invited session on Intelligent data processing from sensors in control and decision support systems - MED 2021
• [11/20] Started the ERASMUS+ Project “Master of Engineering in Internet of Things” (IoTrain) 2020-2023 Project website
• [10/20] Special Issue on “Energy Management for Smart Buildings” - Energies
• [09/20] Appointed Associate Editor for IEEE Access
• [08/20] Launched the 2020 IEEE Robotics and Automation Romania Chapter Best PhD Thesis Award Competition
• [07/20] Our paper on “Model for Optimized EVSE Deployment in Dense Urban Areas” has been accepted for publication at the 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) IECON 2020
• [06/20] Appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computing
• [05/20] Our paper on “Learning Dominant Usage from Anomaly Patterns in Building Energy Traces” has been accepted for publication at the 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering CASE 2020
• [12/19] Obtained the Habilitation (Dr.-Ing. habil.) certificate for advising PhD students in Automatic Control and Industrial Informatics – Systems Engineering domain.
• [09/19] Special Issue on “Convergence of Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems” - Sensors
• [06/19] Special Issue on “Advanced Topics in Systems Safety and Security” - Information

• [03/19] Special Stream in Smart Buildings and Smart Cities - IDAACS’2019

• 2022 TPCs: EWSN, IEEE SECON, CPS-IoTBench, TA, IEEE MASS, ICPADS
• 2021 TPCs: IEEE SECON, CPS-IoTBench, CESCIT, ECAI, IDAACS, IEEE MASS

• 2019 TPCs: IDAACS, IWSSS, INTAP, ICPADS, AICT, EAIS

• Editor: Journal of Sensors, International Journal of Computing, Sensors (MDPI)

• Open information systems for energy management in large commercial buildings

Large commercial buildings offer significant economic and environmental incentives for improved energy management under growing urbanization tendencies in smart cities. Current monitoring and automation systems are mostly closed hardware-software solutions with high associated costs. The objective is to develop a new methodology for integration of open source components in the automation of modern buildings. This will bridge wired and wireless communication protocols such as Modbus, BACNet, ZigBee, hardware interfaces and software libraries, structured data representations and learning algorithms for modelling and control.

• Information extraction and in situ control for distributed systems of sensors and actuators

As the on-board resources of embedded sensing and actuation nodes increase, local extraction of relevant information becomes possible as well as embedded predictive control schemes that use this information. This leads to a flatter automation hierarchy composed of cooperating intelligent periphery and an on-demand cloud layer providing advanced control/optimization as a service. The objective is to develop and validate such approaches in both simulation (MATLAB/Simulink) and small scale pilot deployments (two/three tank system, flexible assembly line).

• Convergence of complex information systems and automation systems within new paradigms such as IIoT and CPS

Modern automation systems increasingly leverage advanced information technologies and protocols for data access and exchange, security, visualisation and reporting. These in turn are being adapted to specific application domains in the industry using significant domain expertise. The objective is to identifiy first the key areas of overlap and differentiation and proposed a targeted approach that models this convergence, also known as IT/OT integration. A demonstrator platform will be built based on COTS technologies and components such as industrial development boards for monitoring and control, in order to validate the feasability of the proposed solutions.

• Information processing

Description: The Information Processing course covers a range of fundamental knowledge on statistics elements, probabilities and data processing, in an engineering context. These include, selectively: statistical indicators, probability distributions, parameter estimation methods and verification of statistical hypotheses and regression methods. Methods for identifying and handling outliers are presented. Rigorous methodologies and best practices for data set processing, classification of data sources and types, including open data sets and public modeling and prediction competitions, preliminary data processing/pre-processing as well as data visualization and presentation techniques towards diverse audiences are discussed. Applications are carried out in interactive Matlab and Python programming environments.

Keywords: applied statistics, probability theory, exploratory data analysis, regression methods, outlier handling, data science