Catalin BUIU – Brief Academic CV

Prof. Dr. Eng. – Dr. Sc. Nat. Catalin BUIU

Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest

Email: catalin.buiu [at] upb.ro | Web: catalin.buiu.eu

Research Interests

Biological information processing, cognitive robotics, intelligent systems, automatic control systems, modeling of biological processes, educational technologies.

Current Position

Full Professor and Head of the Natural Computing and Robotics Lab and the Cognitive Robotics in Assistive Medicine Lab.

Education

• 2015 – Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (Biology), University of Bucharest
• 1997 – Ph.D. in Control Systems, Politehnica University of Bucharest
• 1992 – M.Sc. in Control and Computer Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest

Professional Experience

• Teaching Assistant (1992–1998)
• Assistant Professor (1998–2001)
• Associate Professor (2001–2004)
• Professor (2004–present)

Publications

• Over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers
• Author/co-author of 17 books and book chapters
• Over 1200 citations

Research Grants

Principal investigator or co-investigator in more than 15 national and international research projects.

Community Service

• Expert evaluator: European Commission, NRCD Poland, CINECA Italy
• Scientific committee member and conference organizer

Visiting Appointments

• University of St. Louis, USA
• University of Glasgow, UK
• Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Professional Memberships

• IEEE (incl. Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics Technical Committee)
• ACM
• IFAC TC on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles
• SRAIT Romania

Languages

English (fluent), French (intermediate), Italian (intermediate), Chinese (HSK2)