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Center for Education and Research CERFS

Technical University Gh. Asachi IasiFaculty of Electronics and

Telecommunications

B-dul Copou nr. 11, Iasi

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Main directions of research activity

neuro-fuzzy systems bio-informatics bio-medical engineering nonlinear dynamics speech technology space science and technology virtual reality

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Personnel structure

Total (2003): 25

Senior researchers (5)

Ph. D. Students (12)

Master students (8)

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International Partners Japan Fuzzy Logic System Institute

Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association R. MoldovaInstitute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Chisinau Germany SwitzerlandSwiss Federal Institute of Technology, Electric Engineering Department BulgariaCentre for Biomedical Engineering FranceGrenoble University IndiaDepartment Applied Electronics, Gulbarya University PortugalUniversity of Vila Real, Tras Montes

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National Partners

Institute for Theoretical Informatics, Romanian Academy

University “Al.I. Cuza” Iasi National Institute for Inventions, Iasi Technical Museum, Iasi University of Pitesti University of Medicine Iasi

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Personnel with academic training and number of publications

Prof. H.N. Teodorescu, m.c. - 83 publications (1999-2003) Reader Dr. A. Brezulianu - 10 publications (1999-2003) Lecturer Ph.D. D.M. Dobrea - 15 publications (1999-2003) Associated Assistant Professor Oana Voroneanu - 4

publications (2002-2003) Associated Assistant Professor L. Fira - 2 publications

(2003) Associated Assistant Professor C. Zamfir - 4 publications

(2002-2003)

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Number of grants

Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

CNCSISGrants

1 1 5 3 2 1

5(intentions)

RomanianAcademyGrants

2 1 3 2 1 1

InternationalGrants /Cooperations

2 1 1 1

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Number of publications

Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003Publication 8 7 18 35 22

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Main projects

• Theoretical analysis of the dynamics of neuro-fuzzy systems (Romanian Academy)

• Artificial Retina based on Chaotic Dynamics (CNCSIS), 2000-2002

• IEEE-Neural Society Grant for Virtual Reality Interface (Walter Karplus Summer Research Grant 2003)

• Tremor analysis (CNCSIS), 2001-2003

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Co-organization of conferences and symposia

ECIT 2000 ECIT 2002 SIA 2003 Pitesti 2003 Pitesti 2004 ECIT 2004 Zilele Academice Iesene 2000 Zilele Academice Iesene 2004

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Personnel and research management tasks

Prof. H.N. Teodorescu, m.c., Director and project manager

Reader Dr. A. Brezulianu, chief engineer, project ASM/ARCHIMEDES (Germany)

Lecturer D.M. Dobrea, project manager Ph. D. Student O. Voroneanu, project manager Ph. D. Student L. Fira, project manager Ph. D. Student C. Zamfir, project manager Eng. Frederic Mayer (visitor from France), project co-

manager Eng. S. Ionasanu, web development

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Reader Dr.: Adrian Brezulianu

fuzzy systems and neural networks time series forecasting image processing industrial optimization using genetic algorithm

Research topics:

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Thesis: Contributions in systems based on Virtual Reality techniques used in

biomedical applications

Lecturer: Ph.D. Marius Dan DobreaSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: Intelligent Systems in Biomedical Engineering Virtual Reality Digital Signal Processing based on intelligent algorithms Intelligent embedded systems based on DSP and microcontrollers

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Thesis: Contributions at the signal analysis and prediction by neuro-fuzzy methods

Ph.D. Student: Lucian Iulian FiraSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: neuro-fuzzy predictors for the genomic sequences and words from texts time series

Data-Mining methods and tools for the identification of the genomic sequences

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Thesis: Contributions to the modelling hydrodynamic and reological flow in blood

vessels and applications

Ph.D. Student: Liviu AmarieiSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: cardiovascular hemodynamic cardiac valves modeling hydrodynamic in blood vessels

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Thesis: Contributions to the analysis and applications of the nonlinear dynamic

systems

Ph.D. Student: Ciprian Giani ZamfirSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: chaotic circuits and applications in biomedical

engineering adaptive systems for modeling nonlinear processes;

applications in biomedical engineering sensors and measuring systems based on computing

with strange attractors

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Thesis: Contributions to the usefulness of nonlinear parameters and methods in

Knowledge-based Systems, with application in Medicine

Ph.D. Student: Oana VoroneanuSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Knowledge-based Systems and Expert System Biomedical engineering Nonlinear dynamics with application in Medicine

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Thesis: Contributions to the development systems of virtual reality in combination with

method A-life for diagnosis and treatment

Ph.D. Student: Jan Catalin IovSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: virtual reality for training chaotic sensor circuits and applications in biomedical engineering Intelligent Systems with medical applications A-life methods and technologies for diagnosis and treatment

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Thesis: Contributions to the utilization neuro-fuzzy systems for Knowledge Discovery Data

Ph.D. Student: Bogdan Ciprian BranzilaSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: Continued Fractions Neural Networks Soft Implementation of T-Ganglions Data Mining Knowledge Discovery Data

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Thesis: Contributions to the usefulness with nonlinear dynamics in Intelligent System of

medical ordinariness

Ph.D. Student: Maria BabiiSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: nonlinear dynamics with application in Biology and Medicine Intelligent Systems models for cellular systems

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Thesis: Contributions to the utilization microsystem based devices specialized in

medical applications

Ph.D. Student: Mihaela HnatiucSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: nonlinear dynamics Intelligent Systems hardware medical applications

(training in France)

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Thesis: CML Networks with application in medicine

Ph.D. Student: Constantin NitaSupervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Research topics: models of processes nonlinear dynamics

(training in Germany)

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Master Degree Thesis:Intelligent System for Modeling the Bank’s

Client Behavior

Master Student: Sidor IonasanuSupervisor: Reader Dr. Adrian Brezulianu

Research topics: neural network fuzzy logic classification problem Web development

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International cooperation

Eng. Frederic Mayer (visitor from France), project co-manager

Supervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu

Medical Images processing with fuzzy logic and neural networks

Research topics: new approach to detect edges using pseudo-statistic filter based on fuzzy logic image pre-processing

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Master Student

Alin Ceausu - asistent cercetatorEng. Sidor Ionasanu - master IB Eng. Ionut Ieremie - master IBEng. Marius Muraru - I.I.T. (master

IB)Eng. Adrian Verbuta - master IB

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Books:

(C) Physica Verlag - Springer Verlag(Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing) Manfred Schmitt, Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu,

Ashlesha Jain, Ajita Jain, Sandhya Jain, Lakhmi C. Jain (Editors)

May 2002; ISBN: 3790814636

Computational Intelligence Processing in Medical Diagnosis Intelligent Systems and Interfaces

Kluwer Academic Publishers, Pub. Date: April 2000

Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu Hans Jurgen Zimmermann Daniel Mlynek (Editor) Abraham

Kandel (Editor) Hardcover, 480pp., ISBN: 079237763X

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Intelligent Systems and Technologies

in Rehabilitation Engineering Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu , L. C. Jain

(Eds.) CRC Press, USA., Dec. 2000, ISBN:

0849301408

Fuzzy and Neuro-fuzzy System in Medicine Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu , A. Kandel, L. C.

Jain (Eds.) CRC Press, USA.,sept. 1998, ISBN:

0849398061

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Soft-Computing in Human-RelatedSciencesBy Horia-Nicolai L. Teodorescu, AbrahamKandel, L. C. JainHardcover / June 1999 / 0849316359 (C) Physica Verlag - Springer Verlag

(Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing Vol. 74)

Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu, Lakhmi C. Jain, Abraham Kandel (Eds.)

Juni 2001 ISBN: 3790813990

Hardware Implementation of Intelligent

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Future research grants

project ASM/ARCHIMEDES (Germany) - H. N. Teodorescu, A Brezulianu et all.

System for analysis and prediction of the genomic sequences based on neuro-fuzzy data-mining methods - L. Fira (project manager), H. N. Teodorescu (supervisor)

A Knowledge-based System used to developed an eligibility critera in case of the cardiac valve prosthesis - O. Voroneanu (project manager), H. N. Teodorescu (supervisor)

Intelligent System, based on strange attractors computing, for monitoring and control - C. Zamfir (project manager), H. N. Teodorescu (supervisor)

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Accepted papers

O. Voroneanu, H.N. Teodorescu, C. Zamfir, Nonlinear analysis and selection of relevant parameters in assessing the treatment results of reducing tremor, using DBS procedure, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, July 2004, Hungary

O. Voroneanu, H.N. Teodorescu, L. Amariei – A Knowledge-based System used to developed an eligibility criteria in case of the cardiac valve prosthesis, MS’2004 France

C. Zamfir, O. Voroneanu– An adaptive system to simulate the Parkinson tremor, MS’2004 France

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Masters

The results obtained by CERFS members during their research are also used to initiate and develop new projects in the next master classes:

biomedical engineeringcomputational linguistic (fuzzy) optimization

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Education

The curricula includes an optional class on English writing and communication for researchers, and classes on intelligent systems and applications in bio-medical engineering and human-related sciences. Topics covered include, among others:

neural networks

fuzzy logic and fuzzy systems

evolutionary algorithms

chaos theory and applications in engineering and medicine

hardware for intelligent systems

knowledge-based systems

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Invited lectures

Speech technologies (Al. I. Cuza University Iasi)

2002-2004 Fuzzy Optimization (Al. I. Cuza University Iasi)

2002-2004 Intelligent System (Gr. T. Popa University Iasi)

2001-2002 Expert Systems and Biomedical applications

(Gr. T. Popa University Iasi), 2001-2002 Biomedical Engineering (Faculty of Computer Science

Chisinau, R. Moldova), 1999-2002