NIRVANA POPESCU

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Computer Science Department

nirvana.popescu@cs.pub.ro

office: EF204

labs: ED220, EF001

Education and employment:

• Engineer title (1998) University Politehnica of Bucharest, Computer Science Department;
• M. Sc. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Computer Science Department (1999);
• Ph.D in Computer Science (cum laude distinction), Univ. Politehnica Bucharest (2003); Title of thesis: Selforganizing intelligent fuzzy systems.

• Teaching assistant, UPB, Computer Science Department (1998 - 2004)
• Lecturer, UPB, Computer Science Department (2004-2008)
• Associated professor, UPB, Computer Science Department (2008-now)

Research interests:

• fuzzy logic and control
• neural networks
• reconfigurable computers
• intelligent systems
• cognitive and autonomous robots

Current courses:

• Digital Computers I
• E-commerce
• Data Structures and Algorithms

Affiliations and membership to professional societies:

• Member of EUCogII - European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics
• SRAIT member

Published activity (selection):

• Nirvana Popescu, Data Structures and Algorithms using Java, Politehnica Press, ISBN 978-973-7838-62-9, 2008.

• Adrian Petrescu, Nirvana Popescu, Cornel Popescu, Calculatoare numerice I, Printech, Bucharest, ISBN 978-973-718-730-7, 2007.

• Decebal Popescu, Nirvana Popescu, Proiectarea aplicatiilor Internet utilizand HTML, JavaScript si Perl, Cartea universitara, Bucharest, ISBN 973-7956-07-6, 2004.

• Adrian Petrescu, Decebal Popescu, Nirvana Popescu, Cornel Popescu, Calculatoare Numerice – Indrumar de laborator, Printech, Bucharest, ISBN 973-652-845-6, 2003

• Nirvana Popescu, D. Popescu, M. Ivanescu, M. Florescu, The Control of the Hyper-redundant Manipulators by Frequency Criteria, Studies in Informatics and Control, vol.18, no. 3, pp. 279, (ISI Thompson Scientific Master Jurnal List), september 2009.

• M. Ivanescu, M. Florescu, Nirvana Popescu, D. Popescu, Grasping Control of a Tentacle Arm, Proc. of the European Control Conference 2009, Budapesta, pp. 3076 – 3081, August 2009

• Nirvana Popescu, Digital System for Wave Generators Implemented in Complex Programmable Logic Devices, Buletinul Institutului Politehnic Iasi, fasc.1, 2009.

• Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, M. Florescu, A Compliance Control of a Hyperredundant Robot, Studies in Informatics and Control, vol.17, no. 2, pp. 189 – 200, June 2008.

• Nirvana Popescu, D. Popescu, M. Florescu, A Distributed Force and Position Control for a Tentacle Manipulator, the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Corea, 6-11 July 2008.

• Nirvana Popescu, D. Popescu, M. Florescu, A ditributed Control for a Grasping Function of a Hyperredundant Arm, Jurnal of Vibroengineering (ISI Thompson Scientific Master Jurnal List), vol. 9, no. 4, ISSN 1392-8716, pp.9-13, oct./dec. 2007.

• Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, Cornel Popescu, Gabriel Verzea, Virtual Courses & Lab Portal, Annals of the University of Craiova – Series: Automation, Computers, Electronics and Mechatronics, Editura UNIVERSITARIA Craiova, ISSN: 1841-0626, oct.2007.

• Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, Cornel Popescu, Gabriel Verzea, Virtual Courses & Lab Portal, Proceedings of SINTES 13, vol 2, Craiova, 2007.

• Dorian Cojocaru, Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, Razvan Tudor Tanasie, Visual Servoing for a Hyperredundant Robot, Proceedings of the 5^th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Signal Processing, Robotics and Automation, ISBN 960-8457-41-6, pp.113-118, Madrid, Spania, feb 2006.

• D. Cojocaru, N. Popescu, D. Popescu, R.T. Tanasie, 3D Visual Servoing for a Tentacle Manipulator, The 6th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2006), ISBN 979-15017-0 (ISI Proc.), pp. 886-893, 18-21 July, Bali, Indonesia, 2006.

• Mircea Ivanescu, Dorian Cojocaru, Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, Razvan Tudor Tanasie, Visual Based Control System for a Tentacle Manipulator, Studies in Informatics and Control, vol.15, no. 1, pp. 93 – 102, 2006.

• D. Cojocaru, D.Popescu, Nirvana Popescu, R.T. Tanasie., A 3D Visual Servoing System, Annals of the University of Craiova, Serie Automation, Computers, Electr. and Mechatronics, Vol. 3 (30), No. 1, pp. 36-41, ISSN 1841-0626, 2006.

• D. Cojocaru, N. Popescu, D. Popescu, R.T. Tanasie, 3D Visual Servoing for a Tentacle Manipulator, The 6th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2006), ISBN 979-15017-0, pag. 886-893, 18-21 July, Bali, Indonesia, 2006.

• Mircea Ivanescu, Dorian Cojocaru, Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, Razvan Tudor Tanasie, Visual Servoing for a Hyperredundant Robot, Proceedings of the 5^th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Signal Processing, Robotics and Automation, ISBN 960-8457-41-6, pag.113-118, Madrid, 2006.

• Nirvana Popescu, Cornel Popescu, Neuro-fuzzy System for Fingerprint Recognition, 15^th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science, vol 1, Bucuharest, 2005.

• Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, A Variable Length Tentacle Manipulator Control System, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ISI Web of Knowledge), pp 3285-3290, Barcelona, 2005.

• Mircea Ivanescu, Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, A Variable Length Hyperreddundant Arm Control System, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ISI Web of Knowledge), pag 1998-2003, Niagara Falls, Canada, 2005.

• Nirvana Popescu, Jianwei Zhang, Parallel Pipeline Floating-Point Fuzzy Processor, the 6^th International FLINS Conference on Computational Intelligent Systems for Applied Research, Gent, Belgia, 2004.

• Nirvana Popescu, Robust Self-Localization of a Robot by Intelligent Fuzzy System, 14th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science, vol. 1, pag. 175-179, Bucharest, 2003.

• Nirvana Popescu, Jianwei Zhang, Image Feature Extraction for a Robust Vision-Based Localization of a Mobile Robot, Studies in Informatics and Control, vol.12, no. 2, pp 129-136, 2003.

• Nirvana Popescu, Jianwei Zhang, Self-localization system based on incremental lerning of an indoor environment, 6^th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (ISI Web of Konwledge), pp. 991-998, Italy, 2003.

• Nirvana Popescu, Jianwei Zhang, Self-organizing fuzzy system for vision-based position estimation, The 4th International FLINS Conference on Computational Intelligent Systems for Applied Research, Gent, Belgia, 2002.

• Nirvana Popescu, Viorel Stoian, Bazdoaca Nicu, Decebal Popescu, Non Conventional Controller for Electroheological Fluid Actuated Walking Robot, The 5th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots, pp. 203 – 210, Paris, 2002.

• Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, Moving Target Interception for a Walking Robot by Fuzzy Observer and Fuzzy Controller, The 4th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (ISI Web of Knowledge), pp. 363 – 376, Germania, Karlsruhe, 2001.

• Adrian Petrescu, Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu, Cornel Popescu, A Comparison Between Classical Neural Networks and Fuzzy Neural Networks, 13th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science, Bucuresti, pp. 433-437, 2001.