AI4MultiGis - AI integrated framework for intelligent geospatial handling and robust operation in MultiGIS applications, CHIST-ERA funded by UEFISCDI (2025-2028), 200,000 EUR for UVT (750,000 EUR total)
Smart Rural Heritage: Digital Tools for Sustainable Revitalization, UNITA University Alliance Starting Grant (2024-2025), 5,000 EUR for UVT (20,000 EUR total)
Principal investigator
ROTLA - 19th Century Romanian Transitional Alphabet Transliteration - PED funded by UEFISCDI Romania (2022-2024), 121,000 EUR
CERES - Software module to classify asteroids from astronomical images using machine learning - PED funded by UEFSICDI (2020-2022), 30,500 EUR for UVT (121,700 EUR total)
Cloud2Energy - Cloud Dynamics on Distributed Systems for Predicting Photovoltaic Energy - TE funded by UEFISCDI (2020-2022), 72,800 EUR total
BISMART - Business Intelligence KPI Application Suite for SmartMetering MDM - PTE funded by UEFISCDI (2016-2017), 33,000 EUR for UVT (81,500 EUR total)
Matlib4Space: Pre-Qualification of a Mathematical Library for FSW - funded by ESA (2016-2018), 85,000 EUR for UVT, 300,000 EUR total
Co Principal Investigator
Immersive Experiences to Communicate Sky Heritage & Dark Skies - funded by NTU IKEP (2021-2022), 20,000 GBP
Exploring Skyscapes at Heritage Sites through AR - funded by NTU Strategic Research Theme Seed Corn (2021-2022), 5,000 GBP
Distinguished Speaker Series on Innovation in Informatics to address Smart Energy Challenges - funded by USC Ming Hsieh Institute grant for seminar series (2014-2016)
Manager
ArchaeoAstroExploratorium - funded by Stiintescu Timisoara (2020), 10,000 RON (about 2,000 EUR)
Do Astronomy Yourself - Astronomy Workshops - funded by Stiintescu Timisoara (2019), 11,465 RON (about 2,200 EUR)
Cultural astronomy summer camp - funded by AFCN (2018), 10,400 RON (about 2,000 EUR)
Andrei Ancuța - assistant researcher and GIS programmer
Helga Hochbauer - intern student working on generative AI, synthetic data
Dr. Maitane Urrutia-Aparicio - researcher working on archaeoastronomy topics
+ PhD students below
Eng. Gheorghe Bran
Dr. Oana Brandiburu (teaching assistant, West University of Timisoara)
Dr. Simina Frîncu - (research assistant, ICAM)
Dr. Adrian Spătaru (lecturer, West University of Timisoara)
Dr. Teodora Selea (research assistant, West University of Timisoara Romania)
Dr. Maitane Urrutia-Aparicio - visiting scholar with a university scholarship (Sep - Dec 2024) working on archaeoastronomy
Dr. Marius Penteliuc - computer science, AI/ML, software development
Anca Vulpe (software developer, Amazon UK)
Dr. Manuela Zănescu - (deputy director, Central University Library Timisoara)
Roberta Barba - computer science, VR well-being (2025 - present)
Codruț Chiș - computer science, computer graphics (2021 - present)
Dacian Goina - computer science, AI, anomaly detection (2024 - present)
Vicky Lianou - computer science, applied AI, heritage (2025 - present)
Erik Varga - computer science, VR, OCR (2025 - present)
Alexandru Vlasiu - computer science, applied AI, well-being, psychology (2021 - present)
Marius Penteliuc (2018-2021) - thesis title Cloud Movement Forecasting based on Wind Modeled from Satellite Imagery and a Modified Flocking Algorithm
Raul Urechiatu (2021-2025) - thesis title Novel AI models for improving asteroid and galaxy classification
Elena Flondor (2021-2025) - thesis title Machine Learning Methods for Identifying Mislabeled Applications and Android App Classification
Andrei Ancuța (GIS programmer)
Darian Crăciun (software developer)
Mara Sferdian (software developer IBM Romania)
Larisa Tranca (software developer)
Maria Vonica (software developer)