Research

Selected Papers

  1. Cosmin Ancuti, Codruta O. Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, AC Bovik, „Day and night-time dehazing by local airlight estimation” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 29, 6264-6275, 2020, factor de impact 9.32, revista Q1
  2. Codruta O. Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, M Sbert, „Color Channel Compensation (3C): A fundamental pre-processing step for image enhancement”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 29, 2653-2665, 2020, factor de impact 9.32, revista Q1
  3. Codruta O. Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, M Sbetr, „Color channel transfer for image dehazing”, IEEE Signal Processing Letters 26 (9), 1413-1417, 2019, factor de impact 3.105, revista Q1
  4. Cosmin Ancuti, Codruta O. Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, M Sbert, „Decolorization by fusion”, IEEE Access, 64071-64084, 2018, factor de impact 3.745, revista Q1
  5. Codruta O. Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, P Bekaert, „Color balance and fusion for underwater image enhancement”, IEEE Transactions on image processing 27 (1), 379-393, 2018, factor de impact 9.32, revista Q1
  6. Cosmin Ancuti, Codruta O. Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, AC Bovik, „Day and night-time dehazing by local airlight estimation” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 29, 6264-6275, 2020, factor de impact 9.32, revista Q1
  7. Codruta O. Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, M Sbert, „Color Channel Compensation (3C): A fundamental pre-processing step for image enhancement”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 29, 2653-2665, 2020, factor de impact 9.32, revista Q1
  8. Codruta O. Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, M Sbetr, „Color channel transfer for image dehazing”, IEEE Signal Processing Letters 26 (9), 1413-1417, 2019, factor de impact 3.105, revista Q1
  9. Cosmin Ancuti, Codruta O. Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, M Sbert, „Decolorization by fusion”, IEEE Access, 64071-64084, 2018, factor de impact 3.745, revista Q1
  10. Codruta O. Ancuti, Cosmin Ancuti, C De Vleeschouwer, P Bekaert, „Color balance and fusion for underwater image enhancement”, IEEE Transactions on image processing 27 (1), 379-393, 2018, factor de impact 9.32, revista Q1, https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/11/3226,   https://doi.org/10.3390/s20113226
  11. Căleanu, Cătălin D., Cristina L. Sîrbu, and Georgiana Simion. 2021. “Deep Neural Architectures for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Focal Liver Lesions Automated Diagnosis” Sensors 21, no. 12: 4126. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124126
  12. R. Mîrșu, G. Simion, C.-D. Căleanu, I.M. Pop-Calimanu, “A PointNet-Based Solution for 3D Hand Gesture Recognition”, Sensors, vol. 20, no. 11, 2020, Q1, Open Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/11/3226, https://doi.org/10.3390/s20113226
  13. Jizheng Yi, Xia Mao, Lijiang Chen, Yuli Xue, Alberto Rovetta, C.-D. Căleanu, „Illumination normalization of face image based on illuminant direction estimation and improved retinex”, PLoS ONE 01/2015; 10(4):e0122200. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122200 , ISSN: 1932-6203, factor impact 3.057-Q1
  14. C.D. Căleanu, D.S. Huang, V. Gui, V. Tiponuţ, V. Maranescu, “Interest Operator vs. Gabor Filtering for Facial Imagery Classification”, Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 28, nr. 8, pag. 950-956, Elsevier, ISSN 0167-8655, 2007, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2006.12.013, factor impact 1.266 – Q2
  15. C.-D. Căleanu, X. Mao, G. Pradel, S. Moga, Y. Xue, “Combined pattern search optimization of feature extraction and classification parameters in facial recognition”, Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 32, Issue 9, 1 July 2011, Pages 1250-1255, ISSN 0167-8655, Q2, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2011.03.019.
  16. G. Simion, C. David, V. Gui, C.-D. Căleanu, „Fingertip-based Real Time Tracking and Gesture Recognition for Natural User Interfaces”, Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Vol. 13, No. 5, 2016, ISSN: 1785-8860, WOS:000392925600011, Q3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12700/APH.13.5.2016.5.11
  17. Ladislau Matekovits, Aldo De Sabata, Andrei-Marius Silaghi, “Frequency Selective Surface With Two Quasi-Independent Notch Frequencies”, IEEE ACCESS, vol. 7, pp. 77261-77267, 2019.
  18. Aldo De Sabata, Ladislau Matekovits, Ovidiu Lipan, “Band pattern of commensurate modulated periodic structures”, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 1303-1307, 2017
  19. Aldo De Sabata, Ladislau Matekovits, ” Unit cell geometry in stripline technology featuring sequential band-gaps between every two consecutive modes”, IEEE Antennas and Wireles Propagation Letters, vol. 11, pp. 97-100, 2012.
  20. Ladislau Matekovits, Aldo De Sabata, Karu P. Esselle, ” Effects of a coplanar waveguide biasing network built into the ground plane on the dispersion characteristics of a tunable unit cell with an elliptical patch and multiple vias”, IEEE Antennas and Wireles Propagation Letters, vol. 10, pp. 1088-1091, 2011.
  21. Aldo De Sabata, “Extension of a finite version of the sampling theorem”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 821-823, Dec. 1994
  22. Covaci, Corina; Gontean, Aurel, Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Solutions: A Review, SENSORS, Q1, Volume: 20, Issue:  ,12 Article Number: 3512, 2020
  23. Szabo, Roland; Gontean, Aurel; Photovoltaic Cell and Module I-V Characteristic Approximation Using Bezier Curves, APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL Q2 Volume: 8, Issue: 5, Article Number: 655, Published: MAY 2018
  24. Gontean, Aurel; Lica, Septimiu; Bularka, Szilard; et al., A Novel High Accuracy PV Cell Model Including Self Heating and Parameter Variation, ENERGIES Q2, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Article Number: 36, Published: JAN 2018
  25. Cernaianu M., Gontean A., Parasitic elements modelling in thermoelectric modules, IET Circuits, Devices & Systems Q4, Vol. 7, Issue 4, ISSN 1751-858X, pp. 177-184, July 2013.
  26. Cernaianu M., Gontean A., High-accuracy thermoelectrical module model for energy-harvesting systems, IET Circuits, Devices & Systems Q4, Vol. 7, Issue 3 , ISSN 1751-858X, pp. 114–123, May 2013.
  27. Pop-Calimanu Ioana-Monica; Balint, Maria; Lascu, Dan, A New Hybrid Cuk DC-DC Converter with Coupled Inductors, ELECTRONICS, Volume: 9 Issue, Dec. 2020: 12 Article Number: 2188, DOI: 10.3390/electronics9122188 (Q2)
  28. Ioana-Monica Pop-Calimanu, Septimiu Lica, Sorin Popescu, Dan  Lascu, Ioan Lie, Radu Mirsu, A New Hybrid Boost-L Dc-Dc Converter Suitable for Applications in PV Systems, Energies, Volume 12, Issue 2,  Jan. 2019, DOI:10.3390/en12020252, WOS:000459743700053 (Q2)
  29. Gurbina, Mircea; Ciresan, Aurel; Lascu, Dan; Lica, Septimiu; Pop-Calimanu, Ioana, A New Mathematical Approach for Studying Bifurcation in DCM Operated dc-dc Switching Converters, Energies, Volume 11, Issue 3, Article Number 663, March 2018,  DOI: 10.3390/en11030663, WOS:000428304300191
  30. Gontean, Aurel; Lica, Septimiu; Bularka, Szilard; Szabo, Roland, Lascu Dan,  A Novel High Accuracy PV Cell Model Including Self Heating and Parameter Variation, Energies, Volume 11, Issue 1, Article Number 36, Jan. 2018, DOI: 10.3390/en11010036, WOS:000424397600036
  31. Pop-Calimanu, Ioana-Monica; Lascu, Dan; Lica, Septimiu; Gurbina, Mircea; Renken, Folker, A New Hybrid Boost-L Converter, 2017 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POWER ELECTRONICS (EE), NOVI SAD, SERBIA, OCT 19-21, 2017, WOS:000426894600012, ISBN: 978-1-5386-3502-5
  32. Paulescu Marius, Dughir Ciprian, Tulcan-Paulescu Eugenia, LASCU MIHAELA RUXANDRA, Paul Gravila, Traian Jurca, Solar radiation modeling and measurements in Timisoara, Romania: data and model quality Environmental Engineering and Management Journal “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania, August 2010, Vol. 9, No.8, 1089-1095, http://omicron.ch.tuiasi.ro/EEMJ
  33. Gurbina, M; LASCU MIHAELA RUXANDRA; Lascu, D; Tumor Detection and Classification of MRI Brain Image using Different Wavelet Transforms and Support Vector Machines, 42ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (TSP), Book Group Author(s):IEEE, Pages: 505-508, Budapest 2019, Proceedings Paper https://doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2019.8769040
  34. LASCU MIHAELA RUXANDRA, Lascu Dan, Finite Element Method Applied in Modelling Perturbations on Printed Circuit Boards, International Review of Electrical Engineering (I.R.E.E.), Vol.3, N.2, March-April 2008, pp.273-280, Print ISSN-1827-6660, CD-ROM ISSN-1827
  35. LASCU MIHAELA RUXANDRA The Finite Element Method In Shielding Problems, International Review of Electrical Engineering (I.R.E.E.), Vol.3, N 1, January-February 2008, pp.174-181, Print ISSN-1827-6660, CD-ROM ISSN-1827-666
  36. Herrmann, M; Oteșteanu, M, A MAP estimator based on geometric Brownian motion for sample distances of laser triangulation data, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol.86, pp.98-105, Nov.2016
  37. Ouamri, M.A.; Oteșteanu, M.; Isar, A.; Aznia, M., Coverage, Handoff and cost optimization for 5G Heterogeneous Network, Physical Communication, vol.39, Apr.2020
  38. Muntean, VH; Oteșteanu, M, WiMAX versus LTE – An overview of technical aspects for Next Generation Networks technologies, IEEE 9th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications (ISETC), Timisoara, Romania, 2010
  39. Muntean, V. H., Oteșteanu, M., Muntean, G. M., QoS parameters mapping for the e-learning traffic mix in LTE networks, IEEE International Joint Conferences on Computational Cybernetics and Technical Informatics ICCC-CONTI, Timișoara, Romania, 2010
  40. Petrut, I., Oteșteanu, M., Balint, C., Budura, G., HetNet handover performance analysis based on RSRP vs. RSRQ triggers, 38th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing, (TSP), Prague, Czech Republic, 2015

Selected Grants/Contracts

  1. PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1111, “Database and fog removal techniques for scenes affected by dense fog”, 2019-2021, 450,000 RON
  2. “Image bases affected by fog for the evaluation of classification methods in road traffic”, ARUT 2018 competition (10,000 euros)
  3. PN III PED 2016-2017 “Development of an autonomous underwater robot (AUV) accessible for search, inspection and maintenance in turbulent underwater waters” (2016-2017), 600,000 lei
  4. PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-2805 – “Inspection of highly scattered and artificially illuminated underwater scenes using OpenROV Trident” “2019-2021”, 600,000 lei
  5. “Investigation of Multi- and Many-Core Architectures for Embedded Systems (MMC)”, Beneficiary: Kathrein-Werke KG, Germany, Contract: BCI 2 / 24.03.2016, Financing value: 37500 Euro (Year 2016: 12500 Euro, Year 2017: 25000 Euro)
  6. “Network of SDR sensors in the HF range for information support in emergency situations on the Romanian territory (SIRIUS)”, PN II: Partnerships in Priority Areas – Research field: 8 – Space and Security, RESEARCH DIRECTION: 8.5 – Systems and security infrastructure, UEFISCDI PCCA 292/2014, Partner Manager, 2014-2017 (4 years)
  7. “Hybrid platform for communications through visible light and augmented reality for the development of intelligent systems of assistance and active safety of vehicles / Characterization and improvement of the electromagnetic environment in modern vehicles – CAR Safe”, PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017 -0917, contract no. 21PCCDI / 2018 (Program 1 – Development of the national research-development system, Subprogram 1.2 – Institutional performance, Complex projects carried out in consortia), Responsible for complex project partner, 2018-2020 (3 years)
  8. “Interuniversity partnership for excellence in engineering – PARTING”, project POSDRU / 159 / 1.5 / S / 137516, Priority Axis 1, Major field of intervention 1.5, Responsible partner, 2014-2015 (2 years)
  9. 66 PED 2017 TESS Hybrid solar thermo-electric system PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0074, 499.00 lei, 2017 – 2018.
  10. Subsequent contract 15 / 14.01.2019, 100,829 lei, Continental Automotive
  11. Subsequent contract 17 / 25.06.2019, 110,757 lei, Continental Automotive
  12. Subsequent contract 20 / 10.12.2019, 127,027 lei, Continental Automotive
  13. Subsequent contract 25 / 15.07.2020, 118,127 lei, Continental Automotive
  14. 479PED / 2020, Intelligent greenhouse with selective absorption of solar radiation using dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), independent and automated, 2020 – 2022, 18,040 lei (for 2020).
  15. Bidirectional charger – Subsequent contract no. 6 of Contract BC 72 / 28.06.2016 (10018 / 11.07.2016)
  16. Orientation of the study programs on the regional economic reality, their validation by the economic actors and dynamization of the relationship in the university-student-companies triplet, for a high-performance technical higher education – OVDIP – POSDRU 136302