About us

The Research Centre in Intelligent Electronic Systems (CCSEI),

EERIS link: https://eeris.eu/ERIF-2000-000H-1069,

brings together UPT staff and students across the areas of:

  • Power Electronics
    • Research Topics
      • DC-DC converters synthesis
      • Hybrid Converters
      • PWM and soft-switching converters modeling
      • Bifurcation and chaos in power electronics
      • Intelligent control in switching converters – predictive control, fuzzy control, evolutionary algorithms
      • Harmonic pollution and power quality – active power factor correction
      • Renewable energies – MPPT control
      • Power converters for the automotive industry
    • Equipment
    • Contact: Prof. dr. ing. Dan Lascu, dan.lascu@upt.ro
  • Microelectronics and Renewable Energies
    • Research Topics
      • PV modelling, simulation
      • Organic Transparent PVs Automated Greenhouse
      • Fast aging capacitors
    • Equipment
    • Research Group Site: https://uetm-team.upt.ro
    • Contact: Prof. dr. ing. Aurel Gontean, aurel.gontean@upt.ro
  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Research Topics
      • Computational intelligence (neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computing, reinforcement learning)
      • Embedded systems ((ARM Cortex, TI Drive Assist TDA2x, TDA 3x, FPGA Altera, Xilinx, TPU, Movidius Myriad)
      • Computer Vision (acquisition, preprocessing, feature extraction, segmentation, detection, 2D and 3D recognition)
      • Applications in Automotive (Prediction and perception for autonomous driving), Medical Imaging (CEUS FLL Deep Neural Network based diagnosis), Biometrics (Face and Gestures recognition based on 2D/3D data) and Video Surveillance (Re-Identification, Abnormal Behavior Detection, Crowd Counting)
    • Equipment
    • Research Group Site: https://intelligentembeddedvision.upt.ro
    • Contact: Prof. dr. habil. ing. Catalin Daniel Caleanu, catalin.caleanu@upt.ro
  • Communications
    • Research Topics
      • Acoustic communications, acoustic signal processing
      • MIMO and UWB sound wave studies
      • Forensic expertise in audio-video recordings
      • Support applications for Fencing – training and video arbitration
      • 5G propagation problems, efficient modeling of panel antennas with oblique polarization, efficient estimation and modeling of EMF in the vicinity of emission points, RFID elements, NFC
      • Wireless power transfer, energy harvesting
    • Contact: Prof. dr. ing. Marius Otesteanu, marius.otesteanu@upt.ro
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility
    • Research Topics
      • Measurement of emitted-driven and emitted-radiated disturbances
      • Disruptive power measurement;
      • Measurement of low frequency emitted disturbances (harmonic & flicker)
      • Tests of immunity to radiated radio frequency disturbances
      • Tests of immunity to radio frequency disturbances conducted
      • Impulse immunity tests
      • Shock wave immunity tests (voltage / current)
      • Applications of periodic structures with forbidden band to reduce electromagnetic interference
      • Metamaterials, Frequency selective surfaces, Periodic electromagnetic structures
    • Equipment
    • Contact: Prof. dr. ing. Aldo De Sabata, aldo.desabata@upt.ro
  • Digital Signal Processing
    • Research Topics
      • Algorithms in the time and frequency domains
      • Dynamic models for phasors
      • Real-time estimation of phasor parameters according to IEEE Standard C37.118.1-2011
      • Algorithms for estimating synchrophasors.
    • Contact: Prof. dr. habil. ing. Daniel Belega, daniel.belega@upt.ro
  • Biomedical Engineering
    • Research Topics
      • Biomedical signal and image processing and analysis
      • New algorithms and mathematical models in medical and biological advanced image processing
      • Advanced image processing and recognition for biological images
      • Genetic algorithms, deep learning, computer vision for biomedical and biological image processing
    • Equipment
    • Contact: Prof. dr. habil. ing. Mihaela Lascu, mihaela.lascu@upt.ro
  • Computer Vision
    • Research Topics
      • Image and video enhancement techniques
      • Computational photography
      • Low level computer vision
      • Image understanding and visual perception
      • Images-based enhancing techniques built on the multi-scale fusion (color-to grayscale, image dehazing, underwater image and video restoration)
    • Contact: Lect. dr. habil. ing. Cosmin Ancuti, cosmin.ancuti@upt.ro