Systems for increasing the quality of life – Research Infrastructure for the Development of Intelligent Innovative Products, Processes and Services https://precis.upb.ro Precis Research Institute Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:05:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://precis.upb.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/logo2_mic-50x50.png Systems for increasing the quality of life – Research Infrastructure for the Development of Intelligent Innovative Products, Processes and Services https://precis.upb.ro 32 32 Energy Efficient Processes and Resilient Critical Infrastructures (CEEP) https://precis.upb.ro/works/l3/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:32:06 +0000 https://precis.upb.ro/?post_type=stm_works&p=7741

Energy Efficient Processes and Resilient Critical Infrastructures (CEEP)

This research group within the laboratory conducts research and development activities related to systems analysis, modelling, design, simulation, development and testing control applications on different industrial and laboratory platforms with a focus on the energy field.

Research activities:

  • Modelling and simulation of critical infrastructures (smart grid, smart cities, air pollution and agriculture);
  • Fault detection and diagnosis of critical processes;
  • Risk management and assessment of critical situations;
  • Modeling, design and simulation of automated processes;
  • Simulation of related activities at various levels of process control, supervising and monitoring using specialized languages with applications in control, command, protection and diagnosis of industrial processes;
  • Automation and protection in power systems, power plants, microgrids, energy communities etc.
  • Providing project management, system testing and quality assurance
  • Tackling control problems for energy efficiency and net zero buildings
  • Assuring reliability and resilience for critical infrastructures

Specific collaboration interests lay in using automatic control strategies for complex energy systems to attain energy efficiency and environmental standards.

We are also applying ICT and AI technologies to the smart grid by developing associated informatics tools for monitoring, control and integration in high-level distributed structures.

Laboratory platforms facilitate teachers, young researchers and students’ training for validation, testing and optimization of control methods and algorithms. Also, it allows the design of technological scenarios for the practical application of control methods.

PhD studies, leading advanced research in energy systems, will be organised under the coordination of Prof. Dr. Ing. Ioana Fagarasan, Prof.dr.ing. Sergiu Stelian Iliescu and Prof.dr.ing. Grigore Stamatescu

services

Services in Research and Development activities:

System Analysis and Design:

  • Requirement analysis and design of ICT/IoT/IIoT architecture
  • Providing project management, system testing and quality assurance
  • Design of industrial testing scenarios
  • Training on PLC programming

Modelling and simulation:

  • Modelling, design and simulation of automated processes;
  • Process simulation together with process control, supervising and monitoring using both specialized and high-level languages with applications in control, command, protection and diagnosis of industrial processes;
  • Digitalization, automation and protection in power systems, power plants, and energy communities
  • Modelling and simulation of critical infrastructure;

Fault Detection and Diagnosis

  • Fault detection and diagnosis of critical processes;
  • Risk management and assessment of critical situations
  • Vulnerability identification

Application field:

Smart grids, smart buildings and smart cities, smart agriculture, environmental monitoring and control, drones, quantum applications

Research and development projects:

  • (2023-2024) Proiect ARUT, Energy efficient automation System for smart agriculture monitoring and control (SAMI), project director: Nicoleta ARGHIRA
  • (2023-2024) Proiect ARUT, Energy consumption optimization in smart buildings through personalized assessment of comfort conditions (Human-Build), director de proiect: Iulia Vasilica I. STAMATESCU
  • (2023-2024) Proiect AOSR-Teams, Digital platform for estimating the level of seismic degradation of buildings using machine learning techniques (DIGITERRA), director de proiect: Vasile CALOFIR
  • (2019-2023) POCU/379/6/21/124651 “Attracting candidates (future students) to tertiary engineering university education and their training for current labour market application”, Project manager P2 UPB: Ioana FAGARASAN;
  • (2019-2023) POCU/320/6/21/122333 “New and flexible educational offers in tertiary university and non-university technical education in line with new labour market requirements”, Project manager P4 UPB: Ioana FAGARASAN;
  • UEFISCDI Contract no: 72BG, Advanced Process Management System for Intelligent Specialization in the Energy Domain (ASID), Project Director: Ioana FĂGĂRĂŞAN;
  • UEFISCDI Contract no: 82BG, Energy Efficient Automation and Telemetry System for the management of Resources in Precision Agriculture (SA-TERRA), Project Director: Sergiu Stelian ILIESCU

members

  • Prof.dr.ing. ILIESCU Sergiu Stelian
  • Prof.dr.ing. STAMATESCU Grigore
  • Conf.dr.ing. ARGHIRA Nicoleta
  • Conf.dr.ing. STAMATESCU Iulia
  • CS.dr.ing. Iulian MUNTEANU
  • SL.dr.ing. NICHIFOROV Cristina
  • Sl.dr.ing. SIMOIU Mircea
  • As.Drd.ing. SCHULER Ana

How can we help you?

Contact us at the PRECIS office or submit an inquiry online.

Contacts

The core purpose of PRECIS is to enhance its infrastructure within National University for Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, driving technological advancements and technological transfer for the development of innovative engineering products, processes and new generation technologies for a better future.
Our mission is to build a safe, supportive academic enrichment space where the engineering creators can go from ideea to product, from concept to prototype and beyond.

Ioan Stefan Sacala
President, PRECIS
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Innovative Processes and Products for Improving Quality of LifeAutonomous cognitive systems

The PR403 Laboratory focuses on implementing processes based on the latest discoveries in information technology to develop applications and products that contribute to enhancing the quality of life. It serves as a hub for the research activities of its members, supporting contracted projects, doctoral theses supervised by the laboratory team, and research topics from Master’s programs such as Complex Signal Processing in Multimedia Applications and Information Systems in Medicine.

The main research areas currently pursued by the laboratory team (with potential for further development and expansion) include:

  • Hybrid Autonomous Multi-Agent Air-Ground Systems for environmental monitoring to reduce pollution and forecast weather using artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning and neural networks.
  • Intelligent Data Management Systems (including images) for monitoring patients at home or in hospitals.
  • Medical Diagnostic Support Systems involving data fusion from neural network ensembles.
  • Agriculture Monitoring Systems to detect diseases and harmful insects in organic and precision farming using drones combined with AI techniques.
  • Automated Inspection and Defect Detection Systems across various domains such as industry, agriculture, and food production.

The laboratory aims to achieve horizontal objectives, including equal opportunities, sustainable development, and innovation. Most of the research activities listed above involve forming interdisciplinary teams or partnerships (e.g., information technology, systems engineering, medicine, agriculture, environment, aviation), as evidenced by ongoing projects, publications, and doctoral research led by the core research team. The laboratory’s focus includes leading or partnering in national and international project competitions, participating in projects directly assigned by interested economic units, publishing in ISI Web of Science Q1, Q2 journals, or prestigious international conferences, and attracting highly qualified young specialists to the team.

The advanced research activities are organized under the guidance of Prof. Dan Popescu and Prof. Loretta Ichim.

services

Research Services Offered:

  1. Biomedical Diagnostic Systems using advanced image processing techniques and convolutional neural networks for tumor diagnosis, employing AI-based neural networks for detection, diagnosis, and prediction in various medical specialties.
  2. Home Monitoring Systems for recently discharged patients or individuals with disabilities.
  3. Deep Neural Network Systems for multimodal analysis of human emotions through decision fusion.
  4. Detection and Tracking of Mobile Objects from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using modern AI techniques. Detection, segmentation, and evaluation of objects of interest in aerial images using machine learning and neural networks.
  5. Person and Vehicle Detection and Tracking in restricted areas.
  6. Intelligent Weather Prediction Models based on data from high-altitude UAVs.
  7. Smart Systems for Crop Monitoring and detecting dangerous insects using hybrid UAV-WSN (wireless sensor networks) systems.
  8. Integration of IoT Devices, Machine Learning, and Digital Twin in modern production processes. Designing and testing flexible manufacturing or inspection lines based on AI techniques.

Completed Research Projects:

  1. HALYomorpha halys Identification: Innovative ICT tools for monitoring and sustainable management of the brown marmorated stink bug and other pests. Dan Popescu – Project Director, ERA NET COFUND, CT-AGRI-FOOD, 2019 Joint Call, registered at UEFISCDI PN III 202/2020. 2020-2024.
  2. Integrated System for Dynamic Loading of High-Voltage Power Lines based on online monitoring of operational and environmental parameters. Dan Popescu – Project Manager, contract PTE 38/2020, UEFISCDI Subprogram 2.1 – Competitiveness through research, development, and innovation. 2020-2022.
  3. Intelligent and Distributed Control of 3 Complex Autonomous Systems integrated into emerging technologies for medical-social personal assistance and servicing of precision flexible manufacturing lines. Radu Dobrescu – Project Manager, UEFISCDI, 78_PCCDI/2018, Complex Projects, 2018-2021.
  4. Integrated UAV-WSN-IoT Intelligent Monitoring System for Precision Agriculture (MUWI). Dan Popescu – Project Director, 1224/22.01.2018, 2018-2020.
  5. Integrated Multi-Agent Aerial Robotic System for exploring terrestrial regions of interest (MAARS). Dan Popescu – Project Director, Research, Development, Innovation Program for Space Technology and Advanced Research – STAR, Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), contract 185/2017, 2017-2019.
  6. Multi-Drone System for Evaluating Flood Effects (SIMUL). Dan Popescu – Project Director, BRIDGE GRANT – Knowledge Transfer to Economic Agent, UEFISCDI 49BG/2016, 2016-2018.
  7. FPGA-Based Multifunctional Module for image processing in industrial robotics applications. Loretta Ichim – Project Manager, PN III: Program 2 – Increasing the Competitiveness of the Romanian Economy through Research, Development, and Innovation, Innovation Vouchers, NR. 62CI/2017, Beneficiary ASTI CONTROL SA.
  8. Research, Innovation, and Development Ecosystem of TIC products and services for a society connected to the Internet of Things (NETIO), Dan Popescu – Technical Lead for Research Themes, Operational Competitiveness Program 2014-2020.

members

Research Team Members:

  • Prof. Dan Popescu – Doctoral Supervisor, Laboratory Manager
  • Prof. Loretta Ichim – Doctoral Supervisor
  • Prof. Daniela Hossu
  • Assoc. Prof. Daniel Merezeanu
  • Lect. Oana Chenaru
  • PhD Candidates under the supervision of Dan Popescu and Loretta Ichim

How can we help you?

Contact us at the PRECIS office or submit an inquiry online.

Contacts

The core purpose of PRECIS is to enhance its infrastructure within National University for Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, driving technological advancements and technological transfer for the development of innovative engineering products, processes and new generation technologies for a better future.
Our mission is to build a safe, supportive academic enrichment space where the engineering creators can go from ideea to product, from concept to prototype and beyond.

Ioan Stefan Sacala
President, PRECIS
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Robots for production processes and innovative servicesSystems for increasing the quality of life

The laboratory has as its main purpose scientific research in important fields for the national economy such as:

  • industrial robotic production processes;
  • the integration of machine vision systems in stand-alone industrial applications or robot-vision processes;
  • cognitive robots;
  • AI and robotics in manufacturing and services.

The laboratory promotes scientific research in advanced automatic driving, information technology, robotics, and intelligent manufacturing systems.

services

The scientific research services that can be provided fall into areas such as:

  • industrial robotic production processes;
  • the integration of machine vision systems in stand-alone industrial applications or robot-vision processes;
  • cognitive robots;
  • AI and robotics in manufacturing and services.

Completed projects:

  • “Cloud services for robotic manufacturing systems with high availability”, ARUT 2023-2024
  •  “Robotized Palletizing/Depalletizing Solution Using 3D Artificial Vision Systems”, Third Party Contract 2023-2024.

members

  • Florin Daniel Anton

    Associate Professor Florin Daniel ANTON obtained his MSc. degree in Automatic Control in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in “Automatic Control” in 2008 of the...

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  • Silviu Raileanu

    Dr. Silviu Răileanu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB). He holds a PhD...

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  • Silvia Oana Anton

    Associate Professor Silvia ANTON obtained her MSc. degree in Automatic Control in 2003, and the PhD degree in "Automatic Control" in 2008 of the University...

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Lab members:

  • Florin ANTON,
  • Silvia ANTON,
  • Silviu RAILEANU,
  • Ionut LENTOIU.

How can we help you?

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Contacts

The core purpose of PRECIS is to enhance its infrastructure within National University for Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, driving technological advancements and technological transfer for the development of innovative engineering products, processes and new generation technologies for a better future.
Our mission is to build a safe, supportive academic enrichment space where the engineering creators can go from ideea to product, from concept to prototype and beyond.

Ioan Stefan Sacala
President, PRECIS
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Interoperable products and services to support decisions based on geospatial dataSystems for increasing the quality of life

services

The following types of activities are carried out in the laboratory:

  • Research activity carried out by teachers M. Mocanu, C. Chiru, A. Predescu;
  • Research activity of PhD students and students from the master’s degree in eGovernment;
  • Didactic activities with eGovernment master’s students;
  • Project activities/workshops / scientific and technical events;
  • Development of activities in research projects, ERASMUS, structural funds, PNRR;
  • Scientific consultancy;
  • Project audit.

equipments

The laboratory benefits from:
– computer equipment;
– connection to the communication infrastructure of the university;
– minimum data acquisition laboratory equipment;
– standard projection equipment.

members

  • Prof.dr.ing. Mariana Ionela MOCANU
  • Ş.l.dr.ing. Mircea Alexandru PREDESCU
  • PhD students
  • Masters students

How can we help you?

Contact us at the PRECIS office or submit an inquiry online.

Contacts

The core purpose of PRECIS is to enhance its infrastructure within National University for Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, driving technological advancements and technological transfer for the development of innovative engineering products, processes and new generation technologies for a better future.
Our mission is to build a safe, supportive academic enrichment space where the engineering creators can go from ideea to product, from concept to prototype and beyond.

Ioan Stefan Sacala
President, PRECIS
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