Image Analysis/Computer Vision

2020-2022: researcher, PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-0543, proiect UEFISCDI, Young Research Teams, "Transfer Learning for Image Aesthetic Assessment", [link]

2017-2020: researcher, PN-III-P2-2.1-SOL-2016-02, proiect UEFISCDI - Solutions, "Intelligent Systems for Video and Audio Analysis — Technologies and Innovative Video Systems for Person Re-identification and Analysis of Dissimulated Behavior", grant UEFISCDI 2SOL/2017 [link]

2017-2019: director, Bilateral Cooperation Romania-Valonia, Belgium, "Analysis of the EnvironMent Influence over paintings visual Saliency (ArtEMIS)", contract nr. 96 BM, [link]

2016-2017: director, Internal Research Grant from Politehnica University of Bucharest, "Facial Analysis for Driver's Assistance (aFast)", contract nr. 95/2016.

2015-2017: researcher, PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-0733, Young Research Teams, "Perceptual ANalysis and DescriptiOn of Romanian visual Art (Pandora)" contract 253/2015 [link]

2014-2017: researcher, PNCDI2 Partnerships, "Stabilization Technology for Elimination of Absolute and DYnamic blur due to Camera Acquisition Motion (SteadyCam)" contract 18/2014 [link]

2010-2013: post-doctoral researcher, at University “Politehnica” of Bucharest; scholarship under FSE - European Structural Funds POS-DRU project EXCEL, ID62557. Theme: "Recognizing the affective state of persons by merging the multimodal visual information and automatic analizing of facial features". More details about our work on Face Analysis Tools.

2006: coordinator, "Color Representation Models for Detecting Significant Objects in color photographs", contract between Fotonation Romania and University Politehnica of Bucharest, UPB EL10-06-03

2005: researcher, "Research for reducing motion blur effect in digital photographs", contract between Fotonation Romania and University Politehnica of Bucharest, UPB EL10-05-10

Medical Imaging

2014-2017: researcher, PNCDI2 Partnerships "Burn Assessment by MultiSpectral Imaging (Bamsi)" contract 135/2014 (PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-0357)[link]

2008-2011: researcher, CNMP research grant “Integrated System for Real-Time Assistance During the Surgical Act Through 3D Image Reconstruction and Visual Synchronization with Voice Commands”, SIATRACH, owner University of Medicine and Pharmaceuticals “Carol Davila” from Bucharest.

2007-2010: researcher, research grant „Using Dog Cancer Model as Clinical Pretrial for Human Oncology”, PRECLIN, PNCDI2, owner The Oncologic Institute from Bucharest-Romania, 51-021.2/2007, UPB EL10-07-15.

2006-2009: researcher, research grant "Orthopedic Prothesis Monitoring by Analysis of Digital X-ray Images", SADIRUPO, CEEX 69/2006 VIASAN, owner University Politehnica of Bucharest, UPB 17-06-14.