2020 ACTIVITY REPORT
I. TRAINING ACTIVITY
CiTi members coordinated students from:
1. Faculty of Applied Sciences;
2. Faculty of Energetics;
3. Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology;
4. Faculty of Electrical Engineering;
5. Master program: Coding and Information Storage Theory.
This activity has resulted in the elaboration of articles and scientific papers presented at various conferences, national and international scientific communication sessions and international workshops.
STUDENT SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS SESSION, May 2020, UPB
1. “Cryptographic key exchange algorithm", students: Lica Robert-Mihai, Oprea Olivia-Maria-Magdalena, year 2, A&C
2. “Current trends using honey-pot mechanisms“students: Nichita Radu, Nedelcu Horia, Banu Miruna, Megelea Diana, Livadaru Alexandru, year 2, A&C
3. “Considerations on numerical convergence of solutions of fractional differential equations with two variables", students: Nitescu George, Marica Octavian Florin, first year, ETTI
4. “Considerations on fractal theory, quantum computing and cryptography", students: Ivanov Andrei, Bordei Valentina, Trifan Antonie Luca, first year, ETTI
5. “The role of applied mathematics in COVID-19 crisis management", students: Vlad Calincu, Lorin Span, 1st year, ETTI
6. “Development of a fractional SEIR model to approximate the number of COVID-19 cases in Wuhan", student: China, Stefan ANTON, 1st year, FSA
7. “Using blockchain technology in the fight against COVID-19", student: Miroiu Alexandru, TCSI 2, FSA
8. “Anonymisation of data stored on the health card", students: Bucur Elena, Dovleac Geanina, Nanu Alina, Oancea Laura, Turcu Alina, TCSI 1, FSA
9. “General techniques and methods for investigating information systems“, student: Daniliuc Cristi Dumitru, TCSI 2, FSA
10. “Wireless network security - WPE, WPS, WPA key cracking“, student: Popa Ionuț-Cătălin, TCSI 2, FSA
11. “Applications of FPE in securing personal data“, student: Balaban Beatrix-May, TCSI 2, FSA
12. “ZOOM app security review in Android environment“, student: Ilisanu Razvan, TCSI 1, FSA
13. “Covid-19 Reporter (application / nurse)“, student: Olteanu Alin, TCSI 1, FSA
14. “Perspectives on data security in financial-banking systems", students: Olteanu Alin, Burcă Raluca, Munteanu Marius, Mihai Alexandru, Gabi Mărăcine, TCSI 1, FSA
15. “Steganography - hiding information in multimedia files“, student: Jianu Cristi Valentin, TCSI 2, FSA
16. “Database security“, student: Jianu Cristina Carmen, TCSI 2, FSA
17. “Security in the cloud", students: Apostu Teodor Valentin; Danilă Mihai; Robescu Mihai; Togan Călin; Frățilă Alexandru, TCSI 1, FSA
18. “Comparative analysis of the computing time of classical and quantum processors"Ganescu Iuliana, Precup Alina, Simion Dan, Voicu Andreea, Zavoianu Georgiana, TCSI 1
19. “Information security from a quantum perspective", students: Mihai-Zicu Mina, SRIC 2, A&C
20. “Auto Pentest for Websites“, student: Stancu Cosmin, TCSI 2, FSA
21. “Terminal vulnerabilities mobile", students: Zamfir Andrei Constantin, Vătu Răzvan Florin, Matei Ion Alexandru, Teodor Cristian Nicolae, TCSI 1, FSA
22. “WannaCry attack execution flow“, student: Panait Andreea, TCSI 2, FSA
23. “A view on Econometrics applied to financial economics", students: Zarafin Vlad Viviana; Vlad Liviu Marian; Alexandru Paula Carmen; Prună Preda Elena; Dură Ciprian Dănuț, TCSI 1, FSA
24. “The future of voice switching equipment“, students: Costescu Andrei, Suhaletca Ioan Adrian, Vlad(Paduraru) Andreea, TCSI 1, FSA
25. “Website security in the context of globalisation“, students: Barbu Cristina Elena, Toma Alexandru Mihai, Sandu Ionuț Daniel, TCSI 1, FSA
26. “A mathematical study on wind power systems", student: Valeria-Alina ANDRONESCU, first year, Faculty of Energy
27. “Applications of time series in electrical engineering", students: Alexandru-Cosmin HRENCIUC, Radu-Andrei GHERASE, 1st year, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
28. “Quantum algorithms for the approximation of the Quantum Fourier Transform used in information theory“, student: Vasile-Laurenţiu DOSAN, year II, FSA
29. “Optimising local energy resources-smart cities", student: Rareș-Mihail ALEXE-ANGHEL, first year TCSI, Faculty of Applied Sciences
30. “Introduction to evolutionary calculus. Genetic algorithms used in information theory", student: Roxana-Ștefania OAJE, first year TCSI, Faculty of Applied Sciences
31. “Covid 19 Sentinels"George Alexandru NEAGU, Ștefan Alexandru MITACHE, Faculty of Energetics, ID year.
32. “A fuzzy sets modeling of a company's pricing policies", students: Andreea ROBU, Claudiu RADU, Faculty of Energetics, ID year.
33. “A multifractal analysis of the evolution of diabetic retinopathy", students: Denisa Cătălina PANĂ, Vasile Valentin SAMSON, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
34. “A multifractal interpretation of tectonic activity in Romania", students: Petruța-Nicoleta PLETEA, Larisa PETRICALĂ, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
35. “COVID-19 attack at micro-macro level"Gabriel Cosmin DINCĂ, Mihai Liviu MORARU , Faculty of Energetics, ID year.
36. “Fuzzy sets pollution monitoring in a smart city context", students: Daniel IURCU, Aurelia-Mihaela VOICAN, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
37. “The role of wind power plants in estimating energy demand in a Microgrid", students: Semion PELESKOV, Ana-Maria-Ruxandra REȘCANU, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
38. “Estimating energy demand in Romania: between Primes and scenarios", students: Bianca-Andreea RUSE, Rodica-Andreea NICHITA, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
39. “Conflict scenarios in the context of ,,Covid 19''. ", student: Iulia ȘTEFAN, Alexandra ROȘCA, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
40. “PID controller with fractional calculation"students: Dorian RĂDUCAN, Constantin ROMAN, Faculty of Energetics , year ID.
41. “Applications of fractional-order Butterworth filter in radar display technology“, students: Florin-Andrei Soare, Horia-Alexandru Alecu, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, year II B
THE 2nd EDITION OF THE WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES, DIVERSITY & CONNECTIVITY (The 21st of May 2020, ONLINE)
1. “Blockchain: The technology that’s changing the world“, student: Miroiu Alexandru, TCSI 2
2. “Privacy and data protection in financial services & banking", students: Olteanu Alin, Burcă Raluca-Iulia, Mărăcine Dragoș, Mihai Alexandru, Munteanu Marius-Ștefan, TCSI 1
3. “A point of view on Econometrics applied in the financial economy“, students: Zarafin Vlad Viviana, Vlad Liviu Marian, Alexandru Paula Carmen, Prună Preda Elena, TCSI 1
4. “A decade of Microsoft Windows Server change“, students: Ilisanu Razvan, Panaghia George, StanciuFlorin, Ion Mihaela, Paraschiv Alexandra, TCSI 1
5. “Android 10 security review“, students: Capra Bogdan Iulian, Alex Rareș, Alin – Gabriel Constantin, Paladă Loredana – Ioana, Popa Nicoleta, TCSI 1
6. “Cloud security“, studenti: Apostu Teodor Valentin, Danila Mihai, Robescu Mihai, Togan Calin, FratilaAlexandru, TCSI 1
7. “General techniques and methods of forensic on computer systems“, student: Daniliuc Cristi Dumitru, TCSI 2
8. “A review on cookies (confidentiality, vulnerabilities, defence techniques)“, students: Jianu Cristi, Lazarescu Gabriela, Mitru Cristina, Voicheci Julieta, TCSI 1
9. “Information Security in the Quantum Era", student: Mihai-Zicu Mina, SRIC 2 (Faculty of Automation and Computers).
10. “The convergence of the approximation of a two variables function in numerical fractional calculus", students: Nitescu George, Marica Octavian Florin, 1st year, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology
11. “Applications of fractals and organic computing as a basis for possible solutions for threats brought by quantum computing to modern day cryptography", students: Ivanov Andrei, Bordei Valentina, Trifan Antonie Luca, year 1, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology
12. “A fractional SEIR model for predicting the number of COVID-19 cases", student: Stefan ANTON, first year, Faculty of Applied Sciences
13. “The role of probabilistic mathematics and statistical methods in the effort against COVID-19.
14.”Quantum algorithms for QFT approximation used in QIT", student: Vasile - Laurențiu DOSAN, 2nd year, Faculty of Applied Sciences
15. “Covid-19 Sentinels“, studenti: George Alexandru NEAGU, Ștefan Alexandru MITACHE, Faculty Of Energetics, year ID
16. “A Modeling With Fuzzy Sets Of Pricing Policies Practiced By A Company", students: Andreea ROBU, Claudiu RADU , Faculty of Energetics, year ID
17. “A Multifractal Analysis Of The Evolution Of Diabetic Retinopathy“, students: Denisa Cătălina PANĂ, Vasile Valentin SAMSON, Faculty Of Energetics, year ID.
18. “A Multifractal Interpretation Of Tectonic Activity In Romania“, students: Petruța-Nicoleta PLETEA, Larisa PETRICALĂ, Faculty Of Energetics, year ID.
19. “COVID 19 attack at the micro macro level“, students: Gabriel Cosmin DINCĂ, Mihai Liviu MORARU , Faculty Of Energetics, year ID.
20. “Fuzzy Sets Supervision Of Pollution Level In The Context Of Smart City“, students: Daniel IURCU, Aurelia-Mihaela VOICAN, Faculty Of Energetics, year ID.
21. “The Role Of Wind Farms In Estimating Energy Demand In A Microgrid“, students: Semion PELESKOV, Ana-Maria-Ruxandra REŞCANU, Faculty Of Energetics, year ID
22. “Estimating energy demand in Romania – between Primes and the scenarios", students: Bianca-Andreea RUSE, Rodica-Andreea NICHITA, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
23. “Conflict Scenarios In Context “Covid-19”.", students: Iulia ȘTEFAN, Alexandra ROȘCA, Faculty of Energetics, year ID.
24. “Pid Controller With Fractional Calculus“, students: Dorian RĂDUCAN, Constantin ROMAN, Faculty Of Energetics, year ID
25. “Applications of fractional-order Butterworth filter in radar display technology“, students: Florin-Andrei Soare, Horia-Alexandru Alecu, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, year II B
26. “A Mathematical Study on energetic wind systems“, student: Valeria-Alina ANDRONESCU, Faculty Of Energetics, year IA
27. “Research on households energy consumption time series“, students: Radu-Andrei GHERASE, Alexandru-Cosmin HRENCIUC, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, year IC
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE "CERC" (06-07 NOVEMBER 2020) organized by the Technical Military Academy "Ferdinand I"
(IITC members were co-organisers of this international event)
The 31st edition of the International Student Conference "CERC" organized in partnership with the following prestigious universities and military academies in the country and abroad:
- "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania;
– IUT “Paul Sabatier” din Toulouse, Franța;
- Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland;
- National Military University "Vasil Levski" Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Participation of UPB students coordinated by CITI members:
1. 1st Prize: Semion Peleskov, Ana-Maria-Ruxandra Reșcanu, A Wind Power Potential Study Applying Three-Parameter Weibull Distribution and Evolutionary Algorithms,Faculty of Energetics , University„Politehnica” Bucharest, Romania;
2. 3rd Prize: Ştefan-Răzvan Anton, A Mathematical Approach to Hostile Intent Identification for Security Systems, FSA, University „Politehnica” Bucharest, Romania.
3. Aurelia-Mihaela Voican ,Ştefan Ştefan , Health Security management using Fuzzy Sets Supervision of a Pollution Level in the Military Context;
4. Cristina Elena Barbu ,Liviu Marian Vlad , Viviana Zarafin Vlad , Risk Management in E-government Projects; FSA
5. George-Alexandru Neagu ,Ştefan-Alexandru Mitache , Andreea-Georgiana Stan , Wardens of Corona-Virus;
6. Valentin-Dorian Răducan , Constantin-Cristian Roman , Applications of Fractional Calculation to Electronic Circuits.
THE 3rd EDITION OF THE WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES, DIVERSITY &CONNECTIVITY (The 19th of November 2020, ONLINE 18:00-21:00)
CiTi members were the organisers of this event and coordinated the presentations:
1. “Approaches Of Securing Iot Using Blockchain“, Authors: Robert Alfred Kecs, ETTI
2. “Internet: the place where cyber criminals are born“, Authors: Razvan Ilisanu, Florin Stanciu and George Panaghia, FSA, TCSI
3. “Security analysis of open source content management systems–Wordpress“, Authors: Constantin Alin-Gabriel, Palada Loredana-Ioana and Popa Georgiana-Nicoleta, FSA
4. “The impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime“, Authors: Raluca-Iulia Burca and Marius-Stefan Munteanu, FSA
5. “Applications of the Quantum Fourier Transform in Data Security“, Authors: Vasile Laurentiu Dosan, Elena Corina Cipu and Emil Simion, FSA
6. “Methods of Investigating Cyber Crime: Payment Card Fraud“, Authors: Alexandru Paula-Carmen and Pruna Elena, FSA
7. “Applications of advanced mathematics in quantum physics”, Authors: Octavian Postavaru and Antonela Toma ,CITI
8. “Generalised Fractional-order Householder’s method“, Authors: Ștefan-Răzvan Anton, Octavian Postavaru and Antonela Toma , CITI
9. “Hybrid Systems for Alternative Energy Production“, Authors: Valeria-Alina Andronescu, Elena Corina Cipu and Simona Mihaela Bibic, CITI
10. “Access to the Dark Web through the TOR network“, Authors: Cristi Valentin Jianu, Elena Gabriela Lazarescu and Cristina Carmen Mitru.FSA
11. “New Fractional Differential and LoG Operator Based Algorithms for Image Edge Detection“, Authors: Carmina Georgescu , CITI
12. “Mathematical Approaches in Health Security“, Authors: Antonela Toma, Mihai Rebenciuc, Emil Simion, Simona Mihaela Bibic, Mihaela Pricop-Jeckstadt and Elena Corina Cipu.CITI
13. “Risk management in e-government projects“, Authors: Cristina Barbu, Viviana ZarafinVlad and Vlad Liviu Marian.FSA
14. “Building management system“, Author: Ionut Lixandru, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, EPA 1
CONFERENCE "CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCES, PERSPECTIVES FOR RESEARCH IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0", EDITION I, 17 December 2020, online
The event was organised by the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering in partnership with CITI and TCSI.
Purpose of the activity: Identify the skills needed for research activities and labour market integration in the context of evolving technology and industrial revolution 4.0.
Activity description: The conference has two components.
In the Component 1 there will be debates, approaches from the perspective of young, future specialists in the fields of study of FSA, FISB on the identification of skills and knowledge needed in research activities and for labour market integration in the context of the evolution of technology and the industrial revolution 4.0.
In the Component 2 Scientific papers/themes for which transdisciplinary knowledge and skills have been used will be presented.
Student practice coordination
Coordinator: Corina CIPU
Temas
Use of HTML and CSS: Use of general site design schemes: for the main page and for secondary pages (page layout, delimitation of header and footer content, etc.)
Bibliography:
HTML, CSS and Javascript for Web Developers(Coursera) [https://github.com/], [https://stackoverflow.com/]
Student FSA: Zaieț Eduard Gabriel,
Redactare Capitol Curs Internațional
Capitolul 2: METHODS FOR ESTIMATING NONLINEARITIES
(Functions approximations by polynomial interpolation, Iterative methods for calculating the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix, Estimation methods of probability densities functions, Esimation methods for solutions of nonlinear ODEs), Corina CIPU.
II. RESEARCH ACTIVITY
PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
1. “Some Applications of Mathematical Modeling of Risk Assessment“, U.P.B Scientific Bulletin,Series A: Applied Mathematics and Physics, Series A, Vol. 82, Iss. 4, 2020, ISSN 1223-7027, 2020, E.C.Cipu, S.M. Bibic, A. Toma
2. “Assessment of Structural Monitoring by Analyzing Some Modal Parameters: An Extended Inventory of Methods and Developments“, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, ARCO, Springer, WOS: 000533173400001 , 2020, Mihai Rebenciuc, Simona Mihaela Bibic, Antonela Toma
3. “Death by SARS-CoV 2 – a Romanian COVID-19 multi-centre comorbidity study“, [https://rdcu.be/cbX2H,www.nature.com/scientificreports],[https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-38098/v1], 2020, Anca Pantea Stoian1,2,14, Mihaela Pricop‑Jeckstadt3,4,14*, Adrian Pana5,14, Bogdan‑Vasile Ileanu5, Ruxandra Schitea6,14, Marius Geanta6, Doina Catrinoiu7, Andra Iulia Suceveanu7, Cristian Serafinceanu1,2, Silviu Pituru1, Catalina Poiana1, Bogdan Timar8, Cornelia Nitipir1, Simona Parvu1, Andreea Arsene1, Laura Mazilu7, Antonela Toma 4,9, Razvan Hainarosie1,10, Antonio Ceriello11,14, Manfredi Rizzo12,13,14 & Viorel Jinga1
4. “COVID-19 pandemic and chaos theory“, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 181, March 2021, Pages 138-149,
[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2020.09.029,2020] O.Postavaru, S.R.Anton, A.Toma
5. “Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications” 12th International Conference, SecITC 2019, Bucharest, Romania, November 14–15, 2019, Revised Selected Papers , , Conference proceedingsSecITC Emil Simion, Rémi Géraud-Stewart , 2020 6. Entropy and Randomness: From Analogic to Quantum World, IEEE DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2988658,2020, EMIL SIMION
7. “A Scalable Simulation of the BB84 Protocol Involving Eavesdropping“, Proc. of the 13th International Conference on Security for Information Technology and Communication, Bucharest, 19-20 november 2020, Springer Verlag, D.-S. Maimut, A. G. Oprina, D. Sauveron, Ed., vol. 12596, Mihai Zicu-Mina and Emil Simion,
♦ The 36th IBIMA Conference , Granada, Spain, 4-5 November, 2020. Online:
8. “Performance Analysis of US Stock Market during the 2020 Market Crash using Recurrent Neural Network“, authored by Stefan-Razvan ANTON , Octavian POSTAVARU, Antonela TOMA
9. “Applications of Fractal Theory and Quantum Computing Regarding Cryptography Infrastructures, Information Security and GDPR Issues“, authored by Valentina BORDEI, Andrei IVANOV, Antonie L. TRIFAN, Antonela TOMA
10. “The Role Of Wind Farms In Estimating Energy Demand In A Microgrid“, Authors: Peleskov Semion, Rescanu Ana-Maria-Ruxandra, Rebenciuc Mihai
11. “Covid19 Sentinels“, Authors: Neagu George Alexandru, Mitache Stefan Alexandru, Rebenciuc Mihai
12. “PID Controller With Fractional Calculus“, Authors: Raducan Valentin-Dorian, Roman Constantin-Cristian, Rebenciuc Mihai
13. “Fuzzy Sets Supervision Of A Pollution Level In The Context Of Smart City“, Authors: Voican Aurelia-Mihaela, Stan Ioana-Simina, Stefan Stefan , Rebenciuc Mihai
14. “Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Fourier Transform Used in Quantum Information Theory” , V.L. Dosan , E.C. Cipu
15. “A Mathematical Study Regarding Wind Turbines“, .A. Andronescu, E.C. Cipu
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS
♦ 21 mai 2020
THE 2nd EDITION OF THE WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES, DIVERSITY &CONNECTIVITY , Bucharest, Romania
♦ 27 -29 Octombrie 2020
BEHEALTH 2020 -INTERNATIONAL ON-LINE EVENT IN HEALTHCARE, Bucharest, Romania
♦ 4-5 Noiembrie 2020
THE 36TH INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IBIMA , Granada, Spain, Online
♦ 19 Noiembrie 2020
THE 3rd EDITION OF THE WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES, DIVERSITY &CONNECTIVITY ONLINE, under SECITC 2020
♦ 18-19 noiembrie 2020
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS, SECITC, 2020, Romania
♦ 5- 6 Decembrie 2020
OCMFCA2020- FIRST ONLINE CONFERENCE ON MODERN FRACTIONAL CALCULUS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey
[https://ntmsci.com/conferences/OCMFCA2020]
Title of Presentation: Generalized fractional-order hybrid of block-pulse functions and Bernoulli polynomials approach for solving fractional delay differential equations, Octavian POSTAVARU
PROJECTS
1. ERASMUS: 11.06.2020-2022
Project title: PROMOTING DEEP AND WIDE THINKING/EARLY DUAL DEGREES IN BASIC SCIENCES (ThinkBS) 2019-1-TR01-KA 203-077194 (CiTi-Partners members)
Cursuri internationale elaborate:
1. INNOVATIVE MATHEMATICAL MODELING TECHNIQUES: FRACTIONAL CALCULUS, WAVELET ANALYSIS, AND ESTIMATING OF NONLINEARITIES
2. INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR DATA SECURITY: A VIEW OF THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
3. INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR DATA SECURITY: APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY IN INFORMATION SECURITY
4. STATISTICAL METHODS WITH APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE
5. ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS AND ALGORITHMS WITH APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE
2. ERASMUS (01.10.2020-30.09.2022)
Project title: ATTRACTING STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN MATHEMATICS AND IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS, COMPREHENSION AND PERFORMANCE WITH THE USE OF A VIRTUAL REALITYEDUCATIONAL PLATFORM (MATHESIS), Grant Agreement number: 2020-1-RO01-KA201-080410, project director A. Toma, participants CITI members.
COST Programme (European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research)
COST is the pan-European body that aims to facilitate innovative scientific advances leading to new concepts and products. It thus contributes to strengthening research and innovation capacities in Europe.
From 2020, CITI is a member of the COST network “Net4Age-Friendly”.
