BrainMap

Mr. Alin Moldoveanu

PhD. Engineer

Professor, Vice-Dean - UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI

Researcher | Teaching staff | Scientific reviewer | Manager | Designer

Web of Science ResearcherID: P-6958-2018

Curriculum Vitae (17/05/2024)

Expertise & keywords

Virtual Therapist with Augmented Feedback for Neuromotor Recovery Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect de transfer la operatorul economic
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2021-0634 2022 - 2024

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: INFO WORLD S.R.L.

Project partners: INFO WORLD S.R.L. (RO); UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE ŞTIINŢĂ ŞI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREŞTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE RECUPERARE, MEDICINA FIZICA SI BALNEOCLIMATOLOGIE (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: https://travee.upb.ro/

Abstract:

The project will develop a post-stroke neuromotor recovery system for the upper and lower limbs that can be used in both the early and advanced stages of recovery, low cost and customizable, able to integrate many forms of physical support and automated feedback , including visually enhanced feedback - innovative concept previously introduced, implemented and validated.

The project is designed as a follow-up to the TRAVEE-PNII 1/2014 project (2014-2017), in which innovative approaches (augmented feedback, virtual therapist, haptic feedback) in early post-stroke recovery were implemented and validated in the laboratory and clinic. of the upper limbs. At this time, we want to bring this technology to market in a way that is accessible to all patients, so the focus will be on a customizable low-cost solution to help recover the upper and lower limbs at all stages of recovery.

Integrated Platform for the Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect de transfer la operatorul economic
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2019-0769 2020 - 2022

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: INFO WORLD S.R.L.

Project partners: INFO WORLD S.R.L. (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA DE MEDICINA SI FARMACIE "CAROL DAVILA" (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://prevent-project.eu/ro/pagina-principala/

Abstract:

The project targets the development of an advanced cyber-physical system for the prevention of singular cases of hospital acquired infection, as well as to limit the spread and effects of infection outbreaks. The PREVENT cyber-physical system will consist of a wireless sensor network capable of monitoring the clinical ambient, person's presence as well as their actions in real time. The goal is to target the most common infection sources together with their most well known transmission pathways, which are known from medical literature. The system will include a number of software components that can be installed on a dedicated server or cloud-deployed, as well as a number of hardware devices that can monitor several clinical workflows that are known sources of infection risk. The system will be evaluated within the clinical locations of the specialized partner.

Integrative platform for home care assistance solutions Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect de transfer la operatorul economic
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2019-0756 2020 - 2022

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: INFO WORLD S.R.L.

Project partners: INFO WORLD S.R.L. (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://smartcare-project.eu/ro/pagina-principala/

Abstract:

The SMARTCARE prototype developed within the project will be used for the design, implementation and testing of two home assistance applications, for which distinct monitoring and alert scenarios will be defined. Both applications will integrate devices for telemedicine and monitoring the environmental parameters. The aim is to adapt and integrate the i-Light (A pervasive home monitoring system based on intelligent luminaires) solution for monitoring the environmental parameters and to locate person inside their homes, along with the SIMAPS (Monitoring and assistance systems for people with special needs) and SIACT (Integrated communication and telemonitoring assistance system for people with severe neurodevelopmental disabilities) solutions for monitoring the physiological parameters. Through these applications we aim to test and validate the prototype of the SMARTCARE platform developed within the project. The testing will consist of experiments performed in (real) operational environments under controlled operating conditions.

Natural, accessible and ergonomic audio-haptic sensory substitution for the visually impaired Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect de transfer la operatorul economic
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2019-0810 2020 - 2022

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: INFO WORLD S.R.L.

Project partners: INFO WORLD S.R.L. (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://sovlite.eu/ro/pagina-principala/

Abstract:

SoV Lite will bring the final prototype of the Horizon 2020 Sound of Vision project close to the commercial product - a system that will help the blind dynamically perceive and navigate any interior or exterior environments, thus substantially increasing their mobility and quality of life.

PhoVR – Phobias Immersive Therapy through Adaptive Virtual Reality and Biofeedback Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect de transfer la operatorul economic
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2019-0859 2020 - 2022

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: IPRINT 3D DESIGN & CONSULTING SRL

Project partners: IPRINT 3D DESIGN & CONSULTING SRL (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.pho-vr.com

Abstract:

The system aims to treat various phobias and anxieties with the help of virtual reality through gradual and controlled exposure to stimuli, in 3D environments with a high degree of realism and immersion. The 3D environment will contain complex scenes with terrain, vegetation, buildings and other elements that will allow the simulation of real scenes, in a natural or urban environment. The 3D environment can be adapted automatically or by the patient / therapist, in real time. Another component of the 3D environment adaptation includes the introduction of patient-support elements (music, video, texts, favorite objects or scenes with the purpose of ensuring relaxation or pre-recorded audio containing relaxation and self-control techniques). During the sessions, biophysical data will be acquired from patients (breathing rate and cardiac rhythm, electrodermal activity), which will be visualized in virtual reality (VR) in an intuitive way, providing bio-feedback regarding the current emotional state. The proposed solution will include quests and games that will determine the patient to explore and / or act in the virtual environment. A quest will contain a list of tasks that he must complete. We will design games that will include aspects of interaction that require movement, attention, concentration and speed of reaction, as well as games that require analysis, observation and reasoning. The PhoVR system is designed to be used as a psychotherapeutic tool, used in psychiatric / psychological treatment sessions with patients suffering from severe phobias and for the treatment of mild anxiety, which does not require psychiatric treatment. Here, the human therapist will be replaced by a virtual one, in the form of an avatar. An artificial intelligence algorithm will automatically determine the patient's current level of fear based on physiological signals and adapt the exposure scenario accordingly.

Lib2Life- The revival of libraries and cultural heritage through advanced technologies Call name: P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0689 2018 - 2021

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: BIBLIOTECA CENTRALA UNIVERSITARA "CAROL I"

Project partners: BIBLIOTECA CENTRALA UNIVERSITARA "CAROL I" (RO); BIBLIOTECA CENTRALĂ UNIVERSITARĂ "M. EMINESCU" (RO); BIBLIOTECA CENTRALA UNIVERSITARA LUCIAN BLAGA (RO); BIBLIOTECA CENTRALA UNIVERSITARA EUGEN TODORAN (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE IN INFORMATICA - ICI BUCURESTI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.lib2life.ro

Abstract:

The project Lib2Life – the Revival of libraries and cultural heritage through advanced technologies has the purpose of reviving the role of the libraries as core institutions in the educational process; to give full meaning to a cultural heritage often shaded by the magnetism of the new digital formulas invading the concrete reality; to reinvent reading practices according to the profile of the contemporary user.

The project Lib2Life is developed by a consortium of four Central University Libraries, University Politehnica and the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, bringing together top specialists in the field of restoration of heritage documents, library science and advanced IT technologies.

The project Lib2Life has four sub-components with the following common objectives: developing new solutions for cultural heritage preservation; promoting it through cutting-edge methods and techniques; increasing access to info-documentary resources; improvement of the library services; knowledge and technology transfer to society.

The methods and techniques that will be put into practice will follow the highest standards of scientific innovation, without neglecting practical applicability. Thus, along with the colloquia and scientific publications, much of the Lib2Life project’s results have high socio-economic value: patents, registers and public access databases, software apps, guides for strategies and good practice.

Hospital Acquired Infection and Outbreak Prevention System Call name: P 3 - SP 3.5 - Proiecte EUSTAR
E!9831 2015 - 2018

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: INFO WORLD S.R.L.

Project partners: INFO WORLD S.R.L. (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIV.DE MEDICINA SI FARMACIE - CAROL DAVILA (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://haiops.eu/ro/pagina-principala/

Abstract:

HAI-OPS will handle the prevention of hospital acquired infections (HAI) both as singular cases and outbreaks. The project will create a cyber-physical solution integrating a network of sensors and monitoring software for clinical workflows and ambient conditions, able to provide real-time information & alerts, advanced analytics for cutting down HAI roots and for outbreak prevention, all packed as configurable, standards-compliant plug-in for existing Hospital Information Systems (HIS).

Natural sense of vision through acoustics and haptics Call name: EC - H2020
H2020-194085-643636 2015 - 2017

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: HASKOLI ISLANDS

Project partners: HASKOLI ISLANDS (IS); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA GHEORGHE ASACHI DIN IASI (RO); FUNDACJA INSTYTUT ROZWOJU REGIONALNEGO (PL); BJONUSTU-OG BEKKINGARMIOSTOO FYRIRBLINDA SJONSKERTA OG DAUFBLINDA EINSTAKLINGA (IS); SZECHENYI ISTVAN UNIVERSITY (HU); INFO WORLD SRL (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (PL); ISTITUTO PER L'INTERSCAMBIO SCIENTIFICO (IT)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.soundofvision.net

Abstract:

Natural sense of vision through acoustics and haptics Call name:
Horizon 2020 Grant agreement no. 643636 -

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: Háskóli Islands – University of Iceland

Project partners:

Affiliation:

Project website: http://soundofvision.net/

Abstract:

Sound of Vision designed, implemented and validated an original non-invasive hardware and software system to assist visually impaired people by creating and conveying an auditory representation of the surrounding environment.

This representation is created, updated and delivered to a blind person continuously and in real time.

This system helps visually impaired people in any kind of environment (indoor/outdoor), without the need for predefined tags/sensors located in the surroundings.

Virtual Therapist with Augmented Feedback for Neuromotor Recovery Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA 2013 - call
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1580 2014 - 2017

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE NEUROLOGIE SI BOLI NEUROVASCULARE (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE RECUPERARE, MEDICINA FIZICA SI BALNEOCLIMATOLOGIE (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO); OSF GLOBAL SERVICES SRL (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://travee.upb.ro

Abstract:

TRAVEE (Virtual Therapist with Augmented Feedback for Neuromotor Recovery) will design, implement and validate an original and affordable IT system for recovery of patients with neuromotor impairments following strokes, traumas or brain surgery.

Stroke is the leading cause of long term disability in modern societies, with huge economical and social implications. Growing life expectancy accentuates the issues, leading to impossibility of decent care and rehab based only on human therapists. In this context, IT care and recovery solutions are of utmost importance for core functioning of modern societies.

TRAVEE relies on a brand new idea - recovery through augmented feedback - that creates new, distinct possibilities to overcome block stages typical to early recovery.

Neuromotor recovery relies on neuroplasticity (generic term covering various adaptive modifications of the cortex). The causal chain specific to recovery includes:

- motor act is performed or attempted, by the patient, with or without external help;

- patient observes sensations and results (visually, haptic or proprioceptive);

- patient's cortex associate the motor act with the observations and gradually learns and perfects the motor act.

Most techniques and systems for neuromotor recovery only pay attention to the motor act performance, neglecting the essentiality of observation. We consider that their limited success is due exactly to this conceptual simplification. TRAVEE brings a solution to handle the whole recovery causal chain, in a unified way. Its implementation will improve the number of recovery cases, the average recovery degrees and time, with major socio-economic impact.

To harness the potential of this idea, TRAVEE will employ modern technologies: virtual reality, robotics, BCI, EMG, FES, telemedicine, etc.

A patient's 3D virtual body model (VBM) will aggregate data from sensors for position, movement, central & peripheral nervous activity. VBM will be updated in real time and rendered to the patient on a screen or video glasses.

A therapy session consists in a task being given to the patient, his attempts to perform it and assistance from the system in various ways (augmented feedback, robotic support, functional electric stimulation, etc.) - based on a preconfigured program or under direct therapist's control.

Unlike robotics or FES, which are encountered in many approaches, feedback augmentation is an innovative feature of TRAVEE, consisting in its capacity to alter the representation of the VBM to allow the observation of modifications otherwise unobservable by the patient (e.g. very small moves can be represented enlarged to a degree that makes them perceivable by the patient; detected failed intentions of movement can be represented as small moves). In this way, the causal loop can be closed, avoiding blocking of recovery.

TRAVEE will develop also innovative methods for communicating with the target patients, one being its presentation as a virtual therapist, a concept new in this field, backed up by the medical specialists from the consortium, attractive and stimulating for the patients.

This project will develop a fully functional prototype and a library of training programs dedicated to early stages of recovery and validate them on a large number of patients. The prototype with the library will be submitted to the procedure for medical certification and subsequently commercialized as a package including hardware, software and medical procedures.

TRAVEE will embody in an affordable system, easy to install and use - in dedicated facilities or at homes (independent or through telemedicine).

The Consortium has a multi-disciplinary structure, with all essential complementary competencies required for the conception and development of TRAVEE as IT, medical and commercial system. TRAVEE is an original concept, with potential to turn into an affordable product improving neuromotor rehab, with exceptional socio-economic impact.

AN INTELLIGENT HAPTIC ROBOT GLOVE for the PATIENTS SUFFERING A CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA-2011 call, Type 1
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.1-0291 2012 - 2016

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA (RO); SPITALUL CLINIC DE RECUPERARE (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.ihrg.pub.ro

Abstract:

In the last decade, the scientific community has become increasingly interested in so-called Rehabilitation Robotics, a branch of the areas of Robotics and Mechatronics that addresses to the study of complex robotic systems aimed at the restoration of human functions for those people who haved suffered major trauma as a result of strokes and cerebrovascular diseases. A cerebrovascular stroke occurs when a blood vessel (an artery) that supplies blood to an area of the brain bursts or is clogged by a blood clot. As a result, the part of the body that is controlled by the affected area of the brain cannot function properly.Total loss or loss of range of motion, decreased reaction times and disordered movement organization create deficits in motor control, which affect the patient’s independent living.A key feature of our project is that subjects at any impairment level can repetitively practice and complete stereotyped movement patterns. Active retraining can positively shape the cortical reorganization associated with motor recovery following brain injury. This therapy involves intensive repetitive exercise of the more affected limb coupled with constraint of the opposite limb and results in positive cortical reorganization in the motor cortex.

This project deals with the design and development of an Intelligent Haptic Robot-Glove (IHRG) for the rehabilitation of the patients that have a diagnosis of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA).The IHRG is an exoskeleton that supports human hand and hand activities by using a control and virtual architecture for dexterous grasping and manipulation. This IHRG is a medical device that acts in parallell to a hand in order to compensate some lost function. In this project, a novel mechatronic approach for the development of an exoskeleton assistive hand is considered, integrating the mechanical structure, the sensory , the actuation system and the virtual and control system.

The Maps of Time. Real communities-Virtual worlds-Experimented Pasts Call name: Exploratory Research Projects - PCE-2011 call
PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0245 2011 - 2016

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: Universitatea Nationala de Arte

Project partners: Universitatea Nationala de Arte (RO)

Affiliation: Universitatea Nationala de Arte (RO)

Project website: http://www.timemaps.net

Abstract:

The project proposes to redefine the relationship between art and science for a new, 21st century paradigm.

The project intends to reconstruct the memory of forgotten places, which will be shared with the local community and with virtual communities as well, thus helping preserve and safeguard the material and immaterial heritage.

We propose a new utilization of the mixed reality in urban and rural contexts by creating new mental maps, which will model human perception.

A Map of Time would be the memory of all the invisible places, of objects and gestures forgotten; it would be a Virtual World recovered. For every discovered location we intend to offer overlapped layers of information, to be accessed in the manner of an archaeological stratigraphy. Every user will explore and integrate in the overlapped Virtual Worlds at different reconstructed chronological levels.

The Maps of Time will help first their makers to recover the humane message of the Past, and later will help contemporary communities to redefine their identity.

One of the project’s important benefits and novel aspects is its beneficial social implications for the communities participating in it. A social aspect will be the creation of a cyberculture which will help the invisible rural communities to create their own virtual museums to promote their own identity and to develop a participatory tourism.

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