Nirvana Popescu is full professor at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (UPB), Computer Science Department, since 2014. She received her Bachelor of Engineering in 1998 at UPB, Computer Science Department, followed by M.Sc at the same department. In 2003, she became PhD in Computer Science with a thesis called “Self-organizing intelligent fuzzy systems”, at UPB. Meanwhile she worked and studied as PhD guest student at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. Her main research interests are neural networks, intelligent systems, fuzzy logic and control, eHealth systems, cognitive and autonomous robots, reconfigurable computers. At UPB, she is the leader of the Laboratory for “Reconfigurable high-confidence medical devices” and she coordinated research projects in the field of Medical Rehabilitation Robotics and Medical Wearable Sensors.
Grant Agreement ANSYS
2026 - 2026
Young Green Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
2024 - 2026
Creation, Operational and Development of the National Center of Competence in the field of Cancer
2023 - 2025
A network for dynamic WEarable Applications with pRivacy constraints
2019 - 2023
A-Wear - A network for dynamic WEarable Applications with pRivacy constraints
2019 - 2022
Wearable Solutions for Patients with Parkinson's Disease and Neurocognitive Disorder: A Systematic Review Asma CHANNA, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, VLAD CIOBANU, SENSORS MDPI, 2020, 000537106200277 10.3390/s20092713
The Rise of Wearable Devices during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review ASMA CHANNA, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Justyna Skibinska, Radim Burget, MDPI, 2021, 000694550300001 10.3390/s21175787
Reading into the mind’s eye: Boosting automatic visual recognition with EEG signals Nicolae CUDLENCO, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, MARIUS DAN LEORDEANU, Neurocomputing Elsevier BV, 2020, 000528861400023 10.1016/j.neucom.2019.12.076
A Variable Length Tentacle Manipulator Control System ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, GHEORGHE DECEBAL POPESCU, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation IEEE, 2005, 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570615
A-WEAR Bracelet for Detection of Hand Tremor and Bradykinesia in Parkinson's Patients RARES-CRISTIAN IFRIM, GHEORGHE DECEBAL POPESCU, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, SENSORS MDPI, 2021, 000615495300001 10.3390/s21030981
From Dataset to Model: A Romanian–English Corpus and Fine-Tuned Cross-Lingual Embeddings for Text and Tabular Retrieval Bogdan-Mihai GUTU, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Applied Sciences Switzerland MDPI, 2025, 001623477600001 10.3390/app152212219
AI-Based Solutions for Security and Resource Optimization in IoT Environments: A Systematic Review Cosmin ALIOANEI, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Information Switzerland MDPI, 2025, 001601635200001 10.3390/info16100841
Exploring Sign Language Dataset Augmentation with Generative Artificial Intelligence Videos: A Case Study Using Adobe Firefly-Generated American Sign Language Data VALENTIN BERCARU, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Information Switzerland MDPI, 2025, 001580092300001 10.3390/info16090799
Predictive Analytics in Human Resources Management: Evaluating AIHR’s Role in Talent Retention Ana Maria Cavescu, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Appliedmath MDPI, 2025, 001579438500001 10.3390/appliedmath5030099
The Development of an OpenAI-Based Solution for Decision-Making Sergiu MANOLACHE, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Applied Sciences Switzerland MDPI, 2025, 001453596700001 10.3390/app15063408
Programarea calculatoarelor şi limbaje de programare: aplicaţii de laborator BOGDAN-DUMITRU TIGANOAIA, ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Chircu F. A. Tudor N. L., Şchiopu D., Elia Georgiana DRAGOMIR, NICOLETA LIVIANA TUDOR, Editura Universitară, 2013,
Electronic Commerce: Basics and More ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Editura Universitară, 2012,
Electronic commerce ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Editura Universitara, 2012,
Data structures and algorithms using Java ALINA NIRVANA POPESCU, Politehnica Press, 2008,