Center for Education and Research CERFS

1. Center for Education and Research CERFS Technical University Gh. Asachi Iasi Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications B-dul Copou nr. 11, Iasi

2. Main directions of research activity • neuro-fuzzy systems • bio-informatics • bio-medical engineering • nonlinear dynamics • speech technology • space science and technology • virtual reality

3. Personnel structure • Total (2003): 25 • Senior researchers (5) • Ph. D. Students (12) • Master students (8)

4. International Partners • Japan Fuzzy Logic System Institute Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association • R. Moldova Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Chisinau • Germany • Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Electric Engineering Department • Bulgaria Centre for Biomedical Engineering • France Grenoble University • India Department Applied Electronics, Gulbarya University • Portugal University of Vila Real, Tras Montes

5. 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

6. 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)

7. Number of grants

8. Number of publications

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Research topics: • Reader Dr.: Adrian Brezulianu • fuzzy systems and neural networks • time series forecasting • image processing • industrial optimization using genetic algorithm

13. Thesis: Contributions in systems based on Virtual Reality techniques used in biomedical applications Lecturer: Ph.D. Marius Dan Dobrea Supervisor: 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

14. Thesis: Contributions at the signal analysis and prediction by neuro-fuzzy methods • Ph.D. Student: Lucian Iulian Fira • Supervisor: 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

15. Thesis: Contributions to the modelling hydrodynamic and reological flow in blood vessels and applications • Ph.D. Student: Liviu Amariei • Supervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu • Research topics: • cardiovascular hemodynamic • cardiac valves • modeling hydrodynamic in blood vessels

16. Thesis: Contributions to the analysis and applications of the nonlinear dynamic systems Ph.D. Student: Ciprian Giani Zamfir Supervisor: 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

17. Thesis: Contributions to the usefulness of nonlinear parameters and methods in Knowledge-based Systems, with application in Medicine • Ph.D. Student: Oana Voroneanu • Supervisor: 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

18. Thesis: Contributions to the development systems of virtual reality in combination with method A-life for diagnosis and treatment • Ph.D. Student: Jan Catalin Iov • Supervisor: 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

19. Thesis: Contributions to the utilization neuro-fuzzy systems for Knowledge Discovery Data Ph.D. Student: Bogdan Ciprian Branzila Supervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu Research topics: • Continued Fractions • Neural Networks • Soft Implementation of T-Ganglions • Data Mining • Knowledge Discovery Data

20. Thesis: Contributions to the usefulness with nonlinear dynamics in Intelligent System of medical ordinariness Ph.D. Student: Maria Babii Supervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu Research topics: nonlinear dynamics with application in Biology and Medicine Intelligent Systems models for cellular systems

21. Thesis: Contributions to the utilization microsystem based devices specialized in medical applications Ph.D. Student: Mihaela Hnatiuc Supervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu Research topics: • nonlinear dynamics • Intelligent Systems • hardware medical applications (training in France)

22. Thesis: CML Networks with application in medicine Ph.D. Student: Constantin Nita Supervisor: Prof. Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu Research topics: • models of processes • nonlinear dynamics (training in Germany)

23. Master Degree Thesis:Intelligent System for Modeling the Bank’s Client Behavior Master Student: Sidor Ionasanu Supervisor: Reader Dr. Adrian Brezulianu Research topics: • neural network • fuzzy logic • classification problem • Web development

24. International cooperationEng. Frederic Mayer (visitor from France), project co-managerSupervisor: 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

25. Master Student • Alin Ceausu - asistent cercetator • Eng. Sidor Ionasanu - master IB • Eng. Ionut Ieremie - master IB • Eng. Marius Muraru - I.I.T. (master IB) • Eng. Adrian Verbuta - master IB

26. Books: Computational Intelligence Processing in Medical Diagnosis Intelligent Systems and InterfacesKluwer Academic Publishers, Pub. Date: April 2000 Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu Hans Jurgen Zimmermann Daniel Mlynek (Editor) Abraham Kandel (Editor) Hardcover, 480pp., ISBN: 079237763X (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

27. 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

28. Hardware Implementation of Intelligent (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

29. 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)

30. 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

31. 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 engineering • computational linguistic • (fuzzy) optimization

32. 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

33. 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