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Extended Reality – Real Impact

From imagination to impact, create and develop innovative solutions in e-Health, e-Culture and e-Learning leveraging XR and AI technologies, and gamification.

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Integrated curricula over bachelor (computer graphics, software engineering, game design and gamification) and masters level (advanced computer graphics, VR and AR, gamdev), and the largest Romanian technical summer school - 3DPub.

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We work with leading tech companies for a pragmatic education oriented towards technical skills, ambition and creativity.

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Industrial partnerships for R&D

Joint research projects (european and national)

Consulting / technology transfer

3DPub summer school

Collaborative bachelor and disertation projects

Latest Research Projects

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Patents

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Latest Research Publications

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VIP SpaceNav - smart buildings for people with visual impairments
MARIA-ANCA BALUTOIU, ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, ANDREI LAPUSTEANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, ANA MAGDALENA ANGHEL, Disability and Rehabilitation-Assistive Technology TAYLOR \& FRANCIS INC, 2025, 001445244700001 10.1080/17483107.2025.2478484
MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A SMART HOME AUTOMATION SOFTWARE USING DESIGN PATTERNS
Tudor-Calin CIOT, Stefan-Alexandru BUTACU, COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, FLORIN CATALIN TUDOSE, Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management , 2025,
ONLINE VERSUS IN-PERSON PRODUCTIVITY IN DIFFERENT TEAMWORK CONTEXTS
Alexia CIUCLEA, Andreea Bianca, Matei - Stefan STAN, COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, FLORIN CATALIN TUDOSE, Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management , 2025,
THE IMPACT OF USING AI AND CHATGPT IN ORGANIZATIONS
FLORIN CATALIN TUDOSE, COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, Cristina-Jasmyna ANTAL, Cristiana Banateanu, Laura-Andreea BREAZU, Mihai-Teodor PIELE, UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST SCIENTIFIC BULLETIN SERIES C-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE POLYTECHNIC UNIV BUCHAREST, 2025, 001445507200004
Breast Cancer Detection Analysis Using Different Machine Learning Techniques: South Iraq Case Study
Salma Abdulbaki Mahmood, Myssar Jabbar Hammood AL-BATTBOOTTI, Saad Shaheen Hamadi, IULIANA MARIN , COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, NICOLAE GOGA, International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management PHM SOCIETY, 2025, 001440825800001 10.36001/IJPHM.2025.v16i1.4240
Clarity in complexity: how aggregating explanations resolves the disagreement problem
FLORINA - OANA MITRUT, Gabriela Moise, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, MARIUS DAN LEORDEANU, Livia PETRESCU, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW SPRINGER, 2024, 001336816300001 10.1007/s10462-024-10952-7
A review of sonification solutions in assistive systems for visually impaired people
ANDREI LAPUSTEANU, ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, MARIA-ANCA BALUTOIU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, Disability and Rehabilitation-Assistive Technology TAYLOR \& FRANCIS INC, 2024, 001184022700001 10.1080/17483107.2024.2326590

Top Research Publications

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A recommender agent based on learning styles for better virtual collaborative learning experiences
MARIA IULIANA DASCALU, Constanta-Nicoleta BODEA, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, Anca-Petruta MOHORA, Miltiadis D LYTRAS, Patricia Ordonez De PABLOS, COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2015, 000350081500029 10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.027
A Comprehensive Survey of Indoor Localization Methods Based on Computer Vision
ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, IRINA GEORGIANA MOCANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, ION EMILIAN RADOI, VICTOR -IOSIF ASAVEI, ALEXANDRU GRADINARU, Alexandru BUTEAN, SENSORS MDPI, 2020, 000537106200205 10.3390/s20092641
Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential
Arni Kristjansson, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, Omar Johannesson, Oana BALAN, Simone Spagnol, Vigdis Vala Valgeirsdottir, Runar Unnthorsson, RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE IOS PRESS, 2016, 000385374000008 10.3233/RNN-160647
Computer Vision for the Visually Impaired: the Sound of Vision System
Simona CARAIMAN, ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, Mateusz OWCZAREK, Adrian BURLACU, Dariusz RZESZOTARSKI, Nicolae-Paul BOTEZATU, Paul HERGHELEGIU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, Pawel STRUMILLO, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW) IEEE, 2017, 000425239601059 10.1109/ICCVW.2017.175
Emotion Classification Based on Biophysical Signals and Machine Learning Techniques
Gabriela Moise, Livia Petrescu, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, MARIUS DAN LEORDEANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, SYMMETRY-BASEL MDPI, 2020, 000516823700021 10.3390/sym12010021
Image segmentation based on active contours without edges
ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, 2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing IEEE, 2012, 10.1109/ICCP.2012.6356188
A STUDY ON USING WATERFALL AND AGILE METHODS IN SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management Romanian-American University, Scientific Research Department, 2019,

Our Research Team

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Full Professor, Vicedean, Senator

Alin - Dragos - Bogdan MOLDOVEANU

ED419

Full Professor, Department Council

Anca Andreea MORAR

Associate Professor, Vicedean, Faculty Council

Victor -Iosif ASAVEI

ED419

Assistant Professor, Department Council

Alexandru GRĂDINARU

PR701

Full Professor

Costin Anton BOIANGIU

EG405B

Assistant Professor

Andrei-Cristian LAMBRU

Recent books

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Prelucrarea imaginilor digitale (Îndrumar de laborator pentru cursul de Sisteme de Prelucrare Grafică)
FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, VICTOR -IOSIF ASAVEI, POLITEHNICA Press, 2018,
UML Practic
ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, MARIA IULIANA DASCALU, ANCA DANIELA IONITA, Oana-Maria FERCHE, VICTOR -IOSIF ASAVEI, ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, MATRIX, 2014,
ICT for Visually Impaired
FLORINA - OANA MITRUT, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, Printech, 2014,
Realitatea virtuala
ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, VICTOR -IOSIF ASAVEI, COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, Matrix Rom, 2009,
Realitatea Virtuala. Ed MatrixRom
ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, VICTOR -IOSIF ASAVEI, COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, ISBN 973-755-488-8, 216 pg, 2009,
Teoria Compresiei Datelor, Imaginilor si Fluxurilor Video
COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, Andrei-Iulian DVORNIC, Dan-Cristian CANANAU, Printech, 2009,
Aplicatiile Moderne ale Geometriei Computationale
COSTIN ANTON BOIANGIU, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, Bogdan RADUCANU, Andrei Cristian SPĂTARU, Printech, 2009,