| Professor Paul Cristea | |
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Name: Paul Dan CRISTEA Birth date: February 13th, 1941 |
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evaluation of European research and teaching/human resource
development projects]
[Experience in the
management of European cooperation projects]
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Main Profession: ( jump to the top)
Electronics Engineer, Physicist (Theoretical Physics)
Present Jobs:
• Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Faculty
of Control Systems and Computer Science, "Politehnica"
University of Bucharest.
• Director of Studies, Division of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science Department of Engineering Sciences, with all
the courses given in English.
Former Jobs:
• Vice-Rector of the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest
(1990-1992),
• Adviser to the Secretary of State at the Department of
Science, Ministry of Education and Science (1990 - 1992).
Training: (
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• Graduate of both the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest,
Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Physics
Engineering Division (as head of the series 1962), and of the
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics (1969).
• PhD in Technical Physics, Polytechnic Institute of
Bucharest (1970).
• Ten months research stage at the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois, USA (1974-75).
Foreign Languages: ( jump to the top)
• English
• French
Professional Activity: ( jump to the top)
• Teaching activity at the Polytechnic Institute of
Bucharest, sequentially holding all the academic positions, from
Assistant (1962) to full Professor (1990).
• Courses, tutorials and laboratory works on Fundamentals of
Electrical engineering, Industrial Electronics, Circuit Theory,
Signals, Circuits & Systems, Digital Signal Processing,
Neural Networks, Electronic Measurements and others.
• Scientific adviser for Master and Ph.D theses in the
fields of Electrical Engineering and Electronics.
• Teaching assignments at Joensuu University, SF (Wavelet
Image Processing, 1996), Patras University, GR (Neural Networks,
1997-98), etc.
• Research stages at Vrie Universiteit Brussel, ETRO
Department, Belgium (1997-98), Tampere University of Technology,
Finland (1996-97), Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA (1993),
Eindhoven University of Technology, NL (1995, 97), etc.
Research Activity : ( jump to the top)
• Author or co-author of more then 125 papers in the fields
of Circuit Theory, Advanced Electrical Batteries, Signal and
Image Processing, Neural Networks, Computerized Medical
Equipment, published in Romanian and international scientific
journals, and 11 patents.
• Co-author of more then 20 books related to the teaching
activity, and two treatises (in Romanian), primarily in fields
related to Electrical Engineering.
• Head of research teams working on more than 60 research
contracts.
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Scientific Awards: ( jump to the top)
• “Constantin Miculescu” - Romanian Academy Award
for Scientific Research in Experimental Physics, for the work on
the Photo voltaic Effects in Semiconductor Thin Films (1981),
• “Traian Vuia” - Romanian Academy Award for
Research in Technical Sciences, for the work on the
Electrochemical Batteries with Thermal Triggering (1989),
• Ministry of Education Award for Scientific Research (1966,
1979).
Scientific Affiliations: ( jump to the top)
• Member of the American Physical Society (1975),
• Senior Member of IEEE (1992),
• Founding Member of the Black Sea Union for Applied
Electromagnetism (1993), head of the Romanian Section,
• Member of the Romanian Scientists Association (1983),
• Deputy national representative of Romania to RARE- Reseaux
Associees pour la Recherche Europeenne and TERENA-Trans European
Research & Education Networking Association (1991-1993).
Main Fields of Expertise: ( jump to the top)
• Signal and Image Digital Processing,
• Neural Networks,
• Discrete Event Dynamic Systems,
• Circuit and Signal Theory,
• Computerized Medical Equipment,
• Industrial Measurement Equipment,
• Advanced Electrical Batteries.
Experience in evaluation of European research and teaching/human resource development projects: ( jump to the top)
Evaluation of: PECO Programme, Brussels,
1993
Evaluation of European projects: TEMPUS (1997), Fulbright (1994 -
98), Soros (1996 - 97), etc.
Academic evaluation:
• Expert in the frame of Phare Multi – Country
Programme in Higher Education, ZZ–95.20 Quality Assurance in
Higher Education, • Warsaw, May 1998
• Member in the external evaluation panel: Czech Technical
University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, June
1998
• Member in the external evaluation panel: Kaunas University
of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Control
Systems, • 1–3 October 1998
• Member in the external evaluation panel: University of
Skopje, Macedonia, Electrical Engineering Programme, 12 - 14
October 1998
Experience in the management of European cooperation projects: ( jump to the top)
• Coordinator of TEMPUS M_JEP 9637-95,
ELET -English Language Engineering Training, 1995 - 98. Partners:
Eindhoven University of Technology, NL, Technical University of
Denmark, Lyngby, Tampere University of Technology, SF, Darlington
College of Technology, University of Manchester, UK, Technical
University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, IPA - S.A. - RO.
• Contractor of TEMPUS S_JEP 9149-95, CNTP - Computer
Network Training Programme, 1995 - 98. Partners: University of
Bucharest, Technical Universities of Cluj-Napoca, Iasi,
Timisoara, Tārgoviste, Global-One, RO, IPA, Research Institute
for Automation, Bucharest, RO, Universitad Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal, National Technical University of Athens, GR, Eindhoven
University of Technology, NL, Technical University of Denmark,
Lyngby, DK, Tampere University of Technology, SF, Darlington
College of Technology, UK.
• Contact person for TEMPUS S_JEP 7817-94, Structuring
University Centers for Medical Physics and Medical Engineering in
Romania, coordinated by the University of Patras, GR, 1994 - 97.
Partners: 6 Romanian and 24 EU universities.
Coordinator of TEMPUS S_JEP 2749-91, Development of the English
Section of the Department of Engineering Science (DES) at
"Politehnica" University of Bucharest, 1991-1994.
Partners: Eindhoven University of Technology - NL, Technical
University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, University of
Bucharest, Darlington College of Technology, UK.
• Contact person for TEMPUS S_JEP 2756-91, Development of
Graduated and Postgraduate Education in Signals, Circuits &
Systems at PUB, coordinated by the Tampere University of
Technology, SF, 1991 - 94. Partners: Tampere University of
Technology, SF, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby,
University of Patras, GR
• Contact person for the INSIGHT project on Computer
Networks, coordinated by Dante, UK, 1995 - 98.
• Coordinator of the Romanian team in EUROMED project, HPC
in medical research and clinical activity, coordinator NTUA, GR,
1995 - 98.
• Coordinator of the Romanian consortium in the Copernicus
project EC concerted Action on Near Infrared Spectroscopy and
Imaging, coordinated by Keele University, UK, 1993 - 96.
• Coordinator of the Romanian team in the Belgium - Romania
bilateral research project, Wavelet Compression of Images,
partners ETRO Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, IMEC,
Leuven, Belgium, 1997 - 99.
• Coordinator of the Romanian team in the Greece - Romania
bilateral research project, Study of Rhythmical Phenomena and
Epileptic Activity in EEG Signals, partner University of Patras,
GR, 1997 – 98.
• Coordinator of Romanian team in the Greece - Romania
bilateral research project, Integrated Systems for Angiographic
Image Processing using Wavelet Transformation, partner University
of Patras, GR, 1995 - 96,
• Coordinator of Romanian team in the Greece - Romania
bilateral research project, Wavelet Transform Applications for
Biomedical Signal Processing, partner University of Patras, GR,
1997 -.
• Coordinator of Romanian team in the Japan - Romania
bilateral research project, Neural Network Knowledge Eliciting,
partner University of Electrocommunications, Graduate School of
Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge
Computing Laboratory, Tokyo, JP, 1998 -.