With over 20 years of experience in academic environment, research, entrepreneurship, management, business planning and software engineering, Ioan Stefan has a vast experience in order to quickly understand business opportunities and research needs.
Ioan Stefan is currently President of Advanced Technologies Research Institute with the rank of Vice-Rector, within National University for Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest. He was also vice-dean for international cooperation and business environment within Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers.

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• Selection of some of the most representative research papers

   

  • Ioan Sacala, Mihnea Moisescu, Towards the Development of Interoperable Sensing Systems for the Future Enterprise, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2016, pp. 33-54, Print ISSN 0956-5515, Online ISSN 1572-8145, DOI 10.1007/s10845-014-0900-0, Springer Eds, IF jurnal anul 2016: 2.9200, WOS:000368727300003- 2016 Rank Q1 9/44 journals in  CategoriesEngineering, Manufacturing  – 2016 Rank Q1 9/44 journals in  Categories Engineering, Manufacturing

  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10845-014-0900-0

  • Repta, D., Moisescu, M. A., Sacala, I. S., Dumitrache, I., & Stanescu, A. M. (2017). Towards the development of semantically enabled flexible process monitoring systems. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 30(1), pp. 96-108. DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2015.1107914 WOS:000388918000009  ISSN: 0951-192X eISSN: 1362-3052 – 2017, IF jurnal anul 2017″ 1.995, Rank Q2 23/46 journals in  Categories Engineering, Manufacturing 

  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0951192X.2015.1107914

  • Dumitrache Ioan, Caramihai Simona, Popescu Dragos, Moisescu Mihnea, Sacala Ioan Stefan, Neuro-inspired framework for Cognitive Mnufacturing Control, International Journal of Computers, Communication and Control, Volume 16, Issue 6, Dec 2021, DOI: 10.15837/ijccc.2021.6.4519, ISSN: 1841-9836, Journal impact factor in 2022: 2.7,Ranked Q2 in Autmation & Control Systems

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896319312868

  • Alexandra Cenian, Nicoleta Vasile, Ioan Stefan Sacala, PatientDataChain: Fostering Cyber-Physical Social Systems through an Ontological Approach to Personality Classification Based on Social Media Posts, Sensors Journal, Volume 21, Issue 19, October 2021, DOI: 10.3390/s21196611, WOS:000707221600001, IF 2020: 3.576, Ranked Q1 in Category Instruments and Instrumentation in 2021.

  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34640931/

  • Alexandra Cenian, Bogdan Tiganoaia, Ioan Stefan Sacala, Adrian Pavel, Alin Iftemi, PatientDataChain: A Blockchain-Based Approach to Integrate Personal Health Records, Sensors Journal, Volume 20, Issue 22, DOI: 10.3390/s20226538, November 2020, WOS:000595180400001, IF 2020: 3.576, Ranked Q1 in Category Instruments and Instrumentation in 2019.

  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33207620/

  • Janetta Culita, Simona Caramihai, Ioan Dumitrache, Mihnea Moisescu, Ioan Stefan Sacala, An Hybrid Approach for Urban Traffic Prediction and Control in Smart Cities, Sensor Journal, Volume 20, Issue 24, DOI: 10.3390/s20247209, December 2020,WOS:000603219900001, IF 2020: 3.576, Ranked Q1 in Category Instruments and Instrumentation in 2019.

  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33339295/

  • Dumitrache, Ioan, Simona Iuliana Caramihai, Mihnea Alexandru Moisescu, Ioan Stefan Sacala, Luige Vladareanu, and Dragos Repta. “A Perceptive Interface for Intelligent Cyber Enterprises.” Sensors 19, no. 20 (2019): 4422, WOS:000497864700070, DOI: 10.3390/s19204422, Rank Q1 15/61 journals in Category Instruments and Instrumentation, Q2 12/26 in Category Electrochemistry. 

  https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/20/4422

   

  • Repta Dragos, Ioan Dumitrache, Ioan Stefan Sacala, Mihnea Alexandru Moisescu, Aurelian Mihai Stanescu, and Simona Iuliana Caramihai. “Automated process recognition architecture for cyber-physical systems.” Enterprise Information Systems (2018):Volume: 12  Issue: 8-9  Pages: 1129-1148, IF jurnal anul 2018: 1.683 WOS:000446349200011  ISSN: 1751-7575 eISSN: 1751-7583
  • Dumitrache, I., Sacala, I. S., Moisescu, M. A., & Caramihai, S. I. (2017). A conceptual framework for modeling and design of Cyber-Physical Systems. Studies in Informatics and Control, 26(3), pp. 325-334. IF jurnal anul 2017: 1.02,WOS:000412715700008, ISSN: 1220-1766

  https://sic.ici.ro/a-conceptual-framework-for-modeling-and-design-of-cyber-physical-systems/

  • Vargas, A. Day, Saumen, Boza, A, Ortiz, A ; Ludascher, B ; Sacala, IS ; Moisescu, MA (2016). Decision-Making System and Operational Risk Framework for Hierarchical Production Planning. Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, 18(3), pp. 72-81. IF jurnal anul 2016: 0.695, WOS:000384513100008 ISSN: 1454-8658

  https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85010809804&origin=inward&txGid=a3ecb2e4a27a13de648302e5d5289796

  • Alix Vargas, Llanos Cuenca, Andres Boza, Ioan Sacala, Mihnea Moisescu, Towards the development of the framework for inter sensing enterprise architecture, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2016, pp. 55-72, Print ISSN 0956-5515, Online ISSN 1572-8145, DOI 10.1007/s10845-014-0901-z, Springer Eds, IF jurnal anul 2016: 2.9200, WOS:000368727300004 – 2016 Rank Q1 9/44 journals in  Categories Engineering, Manufacturing ,

  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10845-014-0901-z

   

  • VLĂDĂREANU, Victor, Ioan DUMITRACHE, Luige VLĂDĂREANU, Ioan Ștefan SACALĂ, Gabriela TONȚ, and Mihnea Alexandru MOISESCU. “Versatile Intelligent Portable Robot Control Platform Based on Cyber Physical Systems Principles.”, STUDIES IN INFORMATICS AND CONTROL, Volume: 24Issue: 4  Pages: 409-418, Published: DEC 2015, IF jurnal anul 2015: 0.723, WOS:000366543700005

  https://sic.ici.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SIC_2015-4-Art5.pdf