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Ph.D. in Applied Informatics, Technical University of Iasi, Romania Thesis entitled "Unified Methods in Pattern Recognition" (in Romanian)
M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration)Technical University of Iasi, Romania
BS in Electronics and Telecommunications, June 1980 Technical University of Iasi, Romania (graduated in top 10% of CS class)
Image Processing and Analysis
Pattern Recognition
Medical electronics and instrumentation;
Digital Signal Processing
Soft-computing (neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms)
e-Health/Telemedicine
Biomedical images analysis and representation using methods of soft-computing, bio-inspired models and data fusion; projects on medical informatics and instrumentation issues; telemonitoring of vital signs and of elderly people; assistive technologies; person identification using biometric features.
Positions:
03/2005 to June/2021:
Full Professor, Biomedical Sciences Department Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering Courses: Medical Electronics, Telemedicine and e-Health, Project management Research:biomedical image processing and analysis, artificial intelligence, medical electronics and instrumentation, e-health/telemedicine03/1998 to 02/2005:
Associate Professor, Informatics and Medical Electronics Dpt. Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering Courses: Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis, Medical Electronics Research: biomedical image processing and analysis, telemedicine, artificial intelligence, medical electronics10/90 to present:
Senior Researcher in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Romanian Academy, Institute for Informatics,Iasi, Romania Internet for e-Health an ECG telemonitoring system using Internet connectivity, project within Frame Programme 5 of EU (INES 2001-32316 project (www.euroines.com ; "Medcare" project) project technical leader Biomedical imaging by means of Artificial Intelligence methods - project leader Developed a cursive script recognition system - project leader Designed a fingerprint identification system for medium / large data bases - project leader Responsible for a research project concerning supervised pattern recognition / classification using fuzzy and connectionist methods Developed object recognition methods based on structural analysis Performed consulting for various companies and organizations 26 research reports01/85 to 09/90:
R & D Engineer, and Researcher (09/1987) Institute for Computer Science, Iasi Branch
Fully designed (logical and technological project) a multi-channel video inspection system for general purpose applications - project leader
Designed and implemented video converter modules for an image acquisition and processing system based on Z 8001 microprocessor
Designed and implemented a real-time tracking system for moving objects (co-author)
Programming environment based on Z 8001 microprocessor - hardware (co-author)
Implemented algorithms for image processing and analysis (co-author)
Designed a video inspection system for concrete dam supervision
Designed image acquisition and display interfaces for existing general purpose minicomputers09/80 to 12/84:
Production Engineer; R & D Engineer Tehnoton Iasi, Enterprise for Telecommunications Equipment Conducted a radio receivers production equip Performed technological assistance for CCTV equipment production Directed quality control group of professional equipment department Fully designed a CCTV equipment for high-temperature working environments Designed and implemented a musical electronic synthesizer09/82 to 06/89:
Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Electro-Acoustics Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Electronics and Communications10/94 to 06/08:
Lecturer / Associate Professor Technical University of Iasi , Faculty of Electronics and Communications Courses: "Image Processing and Pattern Recognition" and "Biomedical Images Processing and Analysis" (Master program)
Researched and wrote more than 200 papers and 32 research reports (see the list of papers).
Author or co-author of 11 books, e.g.: "Neural Networks. Theory and Applications", Teora Publ. House, Bucharest, 1996 (in Romanian); "Medical Informatics. Theory and Applications", Cantes Publ. House, Iasi, 1998 (in English); "Medical Electronics", Cantes Publ. House, Iasi, 2000; "Image Processing and Analysis. Applications in Biomedical Imaging", Tehnica Info Publ. House, Kishinev, 2004 (in Romanian); "Biomedical Informatics. From theory to practice", Grigore T. Popa Publ. House, Iași, 2009, 406 pp., ISBN 978-606-544-014-2; "Biomedical Signal Processing", Edit. Pontos, Chisinau, 238 pages, May 2017.
Book chapters: Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis via Artificial Intelligence and Information Fusion, in "Knowledge Based Intelligent Systems for Health Care", T. Ichimura and K. Yoshida (eds.), Advanced Knowledge International Publ. House, Australia, 2004, pp. 121-160, ISBN 0-9751004-4-0; Imagistic information representation and fusion by means of fuzzy logic, in "Intelligent Systems in Medicine" (H.N. Teodorescu, ed.), Performantica Publ. House, Iaşi, pp. 71-88, 2004, ISBN 973-7994-82-5; H. COSTIN, Al. Morega, Liliana Vereștiuc (editors), 2011 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB) (Proceedings), Grigore T. Popa Publ. House, Iași, 2011, ISBN 978-606-544-078-4, 527 pp. (on CD); "Telemedicina și Patologia Cardiovasculară", capitol (nr. 55) în V. Aursulesei, F. Mitu, I.D. Alexa (eds.), Bolile Cardiovasculare la Vârstnici, Polirom Iași, 2015, pp. 826-831 (in Romanian); "Vital Signs Telemonitoring by using Smart Body Area Networks, Mobile Devices and Advanced Signal Processing", book chapter in Advances in Biomedical Informatics, Eds. Dawn Holmes, Lakhmi Jain, Springer-Verlag, Germany, 2017.
List of publication Societies:
IEEE Senior Member (Engineers in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBS) - 2002-present member.
Member of the Romanian Fuzzy System Society - 1990.
Founder and member of the Romanian Society for Medical Bioengineering - 1991.
Founder and member of the Romanian Society of Telemedicine - 2000.
Multi - channel video inspection system (RO patent No. 104090/1987).
Acquisition and image processing system (RO patent No. 98826/1987).
Electronic device for sowing control (RO patent No. 86599/1984). "Inventa" award, of the National Society of Inventics, 1990.
"120 years of medical teaching" diploma, Iasi Univ. of Medicine, 2000. Scientific visibility: H index=13 (Clarivate Analytics), about 480 independent citations of my papers in WoS (World of Science Core Collection).
invited postdoc researcher at the Technical University of Lille (France, 2002) in medical imaging and University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany, 2013, in biosignal processing
invited talks at international conferences
general chairman of IEEE “EHB” (e-Health and Bioengineering) conference series (Iasi, 2007; Constanta, 2009; Iasi, 2011, 2013, 2015; Sinaia, 2017; Iasi, 2019, 2020, 2021) and of different conference sessions
director of the first Romanian pilot Telemedical Centre in Iasi, within the National Programme of R&D II (2007-2013) and CEEX programme – Research of excellence
director for 8 national granted projects in bioengineering and (biomedical) image processing/analysis
member of editorial board of three international journals, ISI rated
Music, self-knowledge, traveling, chess.