i) Research Services:
The laboratory provides a variety of research services, such as:

• Digital transformation in enterprises: Implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Internet of Things (IoT) in industrial environments: Developing smart factories
• Blockchain applications in supply chain management: Enhancing transparency and efficiency
• Green technologies and sustainability: Integrating eco-friendly practices into business models
• The role of social media in business: Strategy and online reputation management

ii) List of Projects Implemented in the Laboratory:

1. Creating Virtual Reality e-resources for European Sustainable Education in Circular Bioeconomy with Bio-based Products
   • Contract No: 2019-1-RO01-KA203-063773
   • Value: €61,074
   • Partners: Romania, Spain, Belgium
2. Boosting Sustainable Digital Education for European Universities (BoostEdU)
   • Contract No: 2022-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000089861
   • Value: €63,260
   • Partners: Romania, Czech Republic, Norway, Iceland
3. Fostering the Transversal Digital Competences in Higher Education
   • Contract No: 2020-1-CZ01-KA226-HE-094408
   • Value: €48,500
   • Partners: Spain, Romania, Belgium, Slovenia, Lithuania
4. Gender, Digitalization, Green: Ensuring a Sustainable Future for All in Europe
   • Contract No: 2023-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000154433
   • Value: €52,000
   • Partners: Romania, Ukraine, Spain, Portugal

We are a team of PhD students and experienced researchers with an ambition to push the frontiers of AI and take important steps towards making the technologies of tomorrow possible. We aim to design and implement efficient image processing algorithms, that could be used onboard UAVs and UGVs. Our main objectives are:

• To create fast methods for online and unsupervised learning in large spatiotemporal volumes of data, that have the capabilities of functioning in dynamic, real-world scenarios. We intend to use different kinds of imaging and 4D (3D + time) sensing capabilities, ranging from fixed sensors to cameras present on UAVs. Given the huge amounts of unlabeled data available and the costly manual annotation, unsupervised learning is crucial for the development of new AI technologies. Therefore, we will focus on efficient learning methods without human supervision.
• To develop methods capable of complete scene understanding, from the level of objects and activities involving objects to translating the visual scene into natural language.
• To give drones the capacity to “see” and understand the world in which they fly.

Research services that can be provided + completed projects:

• Development of applications and services on Cloud technology;
• Simulation methods for large-scale distributed systems;
• Adaptive algorithms for resource planning and management;
• Platforms and support services based on the Cloud model for data collection and storage in heterogeneous environments;
• Decision-making algorithms for support applications in Smart Cities;
• Prediction services for time series (data series);
• Support solutions for optimizing resource consumption.

Research Projects (10+ Million Euro managed funds):

1. CORAL – Resilient and secure portable system for migrating data to the cloud (RO: Sistem portabil rezilient și securizat pentru migrarea datelor în cloud)
2. INFRAINS – Development of the national spatial information infrastructure, CDI component (Ro:Realizarea infrastructurii naționale de informații spațiale, componenta CDI) –
3. COLGS-RO – Expansion of national infrastructure participating in the European collaborative ground segment (RO:Extinderea infrastructurii naționale participantă la segmentul de sol colaborativ European)
4. NetZeRoCities – National Center of Competences and Solutions for the Development of Climate-Neutral Smart Cities (RO: Centrul Național de Competențe și soluții pentru dezvoltarea orașelor inteligente neutre climatic), Specific component project: Climate-Neutral Governance –
5. ODIN112 – Real-time speech-to-text transcription computer system for Romanian language and recognition of emotional states in 112 emergency calls (RO: Sistem informatic de transcriere în timp real a vorbirii în text pentru limba română și recunoașterea stărilor emoționale în apelurile de urgență 112)
6. SPERO – Space technologies in the management of major disasters and crises, manifested at local, national and regional levels (RO: Tehnologii spațiale în managementul dezastrelor și crizelor majore, manifestate la nivel local, național și regional)
7. DECIP – Developing the Institutional Capacity of the POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest (RO: Dezvoltarea Capacitatii Institutionale a Universitatii POLITEHNICA din Bucuresti)
8. FARGO – Federated learning for human mobilityFederated learning for human mobility (RO: Învățare federată pentru mobilitate umană)
9. EduCEC – Modern distributed platform for educational applications in Cloud Edge Continuum environments
10. RoCo – Development of new computational linguistic resources for the Romanian language (RO: Dezvoltarea unor resurse lingvistice computaționale noi pentru limba română)
11. DEPLATFORM – Smart system for analyzing and stopping antisocial behavior in online communities (RO: Sistem interactiv inteligent pentru detecția veridicității știrilor publicate pe platformele sociale)
12. Intelligent interactive system for detecting the veracity of news published on social platforms,
13. TEL-MONAER – Mobile air quality telemonitoring system (RO: Sistem mobil de telemonitorizare a calității aerului)
14. ForestMon – Sistem software experimental în arhitectura Cloud pentru monitorizarea acoperirii cu vegetațielemnoasă, ”Ecosistem de cercetare, inovare și dezvoltare de produse și servicii TIC pentru o societate conectată la Internet of Things –NETIO”
15. CRESCDI – „Susținerea creșterii capacității instituționale de cercetare a Uinversității Politehnica București”
16. ROBIN-Cloud – Platformă informatică distribuită pentru sisteme pervasive, în contextul sistemelor Cloud-Edge, ), Proiect component 5
17. DataWay – Real-time Data Processing Platform for Smart Cities: Making sense of Big Data(Ro: Platformăde Procesare în Timp Real pentru Big Data în Orașe Inteligente)
18. SideSTEP – Scheduling Methods for Dynamic Distributed Systems: a self-* approach (Ro: Metode de Planificare pentru Sisteme Distribuite Dinamice: o Abordare Adaptivă)
19. ClueFarm – Information system based on cloud services, accessible through mobile devices, for qualityimprovement of products and business development în farms(Ro: Sistem informatic bazat pe servicii cloud,accesibile prin dispozitive mobile, pentru cresterea calitatii produselor si dezvoltarea afacerilor fermelor agricole)
20. MobyWay – Mobility Beyond Individualism: an Integrated Platform for Intelligent Transportation Systems of Tomorrow(Ro: Platformă Integrată pentru Sistemele de Transport Inteligent ale Viitorului)
21. CYBERWATER -Prototype Cyberinfrastructure-based System for Decision-Making Support in Water Resources Management (CyberWater: Sistem pilot bazat pe infrastructura cibernetica pentru asistarea luarii deciziilor in managementul resurselor de apa)

Research services:

• Auditing security in cloud architectures.
• Detect and prevent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in complex networks.
• Early detection of cyber security vulnerabilities.
• Securing complex IT systems through advanced encryption and data protection mechanisms.
• Developing monitoring and anomaly detection solutions for computer networks.
• Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into cyber security to optimize threat detection and response.
• Creating dedicated cybersecurity solutions to protect machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) models against attacks and vulnerabilities.

Research projects:

• OPTIMIZE – Innovative Solution for Optimizing User Productivity through Multi-Modal Activity and Profile Monitoring (2021-2023)
• SOLUTII 25 – SCIPRO System for scanning and mapping IP resources in Romania with the aim of early cyberthreat detection (2024 – 2026)

The project Solutions 25 – SCIPRO aims to develop an information system that must have the capability of active scanning, identification and indexing of specific information belonging to resources and equipment exposed on the Internet, on the Romanian territory. The solution will be developed at hardware and software level and will implement functionalities such as: Web Crawling; Network Crawling; Port Scanning; Banner-Grabbing; Analysis of metadata available on the identified services; Database populated with CVE-type indicators of common vulnerabilities, used for the association of risk factors between them and the scanned information systems; Parallelized scanning component, through multiple instances of the scanning engines; Internet access to the solution will be provided through multiple outlets (multi-homing architecture) and the possibility to change the IP address in order to avoid generating large scanner traffic from a single IP address, which could lead to blacklisting of that address; Scanning will be performed automatically and periodically at defined time increments in order to maintain an up-to-date picture of the resources exposed in the Internet environment; Possibility to start a customized scan on demand by selecting specific IP addresses and ports. The information collected will be used to identify potential cyber threats that could affect the infrastructures indexed by the solution, providing visibility of the attack surface that a cyber attacker could exploit, with the objective of identifying and remediating them. The aim will be to keep a solution-wide record of cyber resources exposed in the Internet environment and associate them with common vulnerabilities by querying a vulnerability database correlated with the services identified on the scanned cyber resources. Statistical and relevant data on the most common points of exposure will also be sought.

Research Services Offered + Completed Projects

Our laboratory offers specialized research services in the development of firmware and operating systems optimized for embedded and IoT devices. Through our experience in wearable technologies and in the acquisition and processing of data from such devices, we can create customized solutions that meet the most demanding requirements in terms of low power consumption. We also focus on designing scalable embedded systems and developing machine learning (ML) applications adapted for platforms with limited resources, thus ensuring optimal performance even in extreme operating conditions.

• TinySense – Detection of vehicle presence, weather conditions in the open field with devices with unlimited battery life
• FPGA ATtiny20 RISC V CPU implementation: *Implementation of an ATtiny20 RISC V processor on a Nexys A7 FPGA
• CityAirQ – mobile air pollution monitoring system
• MicroSal – Dental implant with contact nano-sensors for the treatment of xerostomia
• Geo-dynamic monitoring using wireless sensor networks

• Research services: multiple and diverse, primarily in the life sciences field (medicine, biotechnology/bioinformatics, etc.)

• List of projects implemented in the lab:

• • “Creating Virtual Reality e-resources for European Sustainable Education in Circular Bioeconomy with Bio-based Products,” Contract No: 2019-1-RO01-KA203-063773, value: €61,074, Partners: RO, ES, BE

• • “Boosting Sustainable Digital Education for European Universities (BoostEdU),” Contract No: 2022-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000089861, value: €63,260, Partners: RO, CZ, NO, IS
• • “Fostering Transversal Digital Competences in Higher Education,” Contract No: 2020-1-CZ01-KA226-HE-094408, value: €48,500, Partners: ES, RO, BE, SL, LT
• • “Gender, Digitalization, Green: Ensuring a Sustainable Future for All in Europe,” Contract No: 2023-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000154433, value: €52,000, Partners: RO, UKR, ES, PT

Research Services Provided:

1. Computing navigation functions for sphere worlds
2. Computational alternatives for MPI sets in real-time applications
3. Graph-based strategies for motion planning
4. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
5. Formation control for robot/drone teams
6. Review of robot simulators
7. Solving the point location problem in explicit MPC implementations
8. Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) development and integration
9. Sparse representations and dictionary learning applied to classification algorithms and anomaly detection
10. Time series analysis and anomaly detection in time series data

Completed Projects:

1. Control of complex systems using dimensionality reduction techniques
2. GNAC-ARUT RSCTRD project: Optimizing the regulation of complex systems

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

Research Services Offered and Completed Projects:

1. Modeling and Simulation of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS):
   • Model Development: Creating models for complex systems involving interactions among multiple autonomous agents.
   • Simulation: Simulating the behavior of MAS to understand the dynamics and optimize the performance of automatic process control and service systems.
2. Distributed Control Systems:
   • Research and Development: Developing control systems that enable distributed coordination and control of multiple production units.
   • Algorithm Implementation: Implementing algorithms for efficient resource management and operations optimization.
3. Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies:
   • Sensor Integration: Integrating IoT sensors and devices into manufacturing processes for real-time data collection.
   • Data Analysis: Analyzing and interpreting collected data to improve processes and predict failures.
   • System Development: Developing and testing systems that integrate physical and computational processes.
   • Real-Time Monitoring: Implementing solutions for real-time monitoring and control of manufacturing and logistics processes.
   • Product-Driven Automation: Developing and implementing concepts of intelligent products and product-driven automation.
4. Robotics and Automation:
   • Robotic Systems: Developing and testing robotic systems for intelligent automation of repetitive and hazardous tasks.
   • Integration: Integrating robots into production lines and optimizing human-robot interaction.
   • Quality Control: Implementing quality control systems based on artificial vision technologies.
   • Cyber-Physical Systems: Developing techniques and solutions for the design, planning, and control of robots integrated into cyber-physical manufacturing and service systems, focusing on energy reduction.
5. Optimization of Manufacturing Processes:
   • Process Analysis: Analyzing and optimizing production flows using artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.
   • Automation Solutions: Implementing automation solutions to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
   • Advanced Planning: Researching advanced planning and scheduling methods to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
   • Custom Software Development: Developing custom software solutions for production management.

Research Services Offered:

• Data Collection Support:
  • Assistance in collecting data from multiple data sources.
• Data Preprocessing Support:
  • Data cleaning
  • Data integration
  • Data transformation
  • Data reduction
  • Data discretization
• Data Mining Services:
  • Frequent itemset mining in transaction datasets
  • Regression analysis
  • Classification (decision trees, rule-based classifiers, Bayesian classifiers, support vector machines, kNN, ensemble methods like Bagging, Boosting, Random Forest)
  • Semi-supervised learning (using both labeled and unlabeled data for training)
  • Clustering (centroid-based, distribution-based, density-based, hierarchical, fuzzy)
  • Web mining applications (content, structure, usage mining)
• Data Storage and Utilization Applications:
  • Support in structuring data warehouses and using them effectively.
  • Development of applications using Oracle and Microsoft data storage and processing technologies.
  • Design and application support for NoSQL systems: MongoDB, Cassandra, RIAK, and platforms like Hadoop, Spark, HBase.

Completed and Ongoing Research Projects:

International Collaborations:

1. COST Action CA19102: Language In The Human-Machine Era (LITHME)
2. COST Action CA19130: Fintech and Artificial Intelligence in Finance – Towards a Transparent Financial Industry (FinAI)
3. COST Action CA18131: Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques in Human Microbiome Studies (ML4Microbiome)
4. COST Action CA18209: European Network for Web-centred Linguistic Data Science (NexusLinguarum)
5. COST Action CA18231: Multi-task, Multilingual, Multi-modal Language Generation (Multi3Gen)
6. COST Action CA17137: A Network for Gravitational Waves, Geophysics, and Machine Learning (G2Net)
7. COST Action IC1406: High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications (cHiPSet)
8. NETIO Project: Research, Innovation, and Development Ecosystem for ICT Products and Services in a Society Connected to the Internet of Things, POC Project, Contract No. 53/05.09.2016
9. ERRIC Project: Empowering Romanian Research on Intelligent Information Technologies, FP7-REGPOT-2010-1/264207
10. Erasmus-Mundus Master Programme: Data Mining & Knowledge Management, Contract No. 159648-EM-1-2009-1-FR-ERA MUNDUS-EMMC, 2009-2014