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Razvan Craciunescu

PhD

Associate Professor - UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI

Web of Science ResearcherID: https://publons.com/researcher/1580333/razvan-craciunescu

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AI Attack and Defense for the Smart Healthcare Call name: PNCDI IV, P 5.8 - SP 5.8.1 - Orizont Europa - Premiere Instituții - Competiție 2024
PN-IV-P8-8.1-PRE-HE-ORG-2024-0236 2025 - 2027

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI (RO)

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The project focuses on advancing URLLC technologies for IoT integration within the ANTIDOTE framework, with the aim of developing innovative methods to enhance communication performance and reliability.It addresses key challenges in IoT communication performance and reliability, and fosters international cooperation, contributing to establishing partnerships with foreign institutions and actively participating in scientific and professional events.

The project contributes to strengthening the institutional capacity of POLITEHNICA, enhancing its expertise in beyond-state-of-the-art IoT communication technologies and its ability to successfully implement and manage high-impact international research initiatives. It positions POLITEHNICA at the forefront of URLLC and IoT research and reinforces its role in the European scientific community

Advanced system for Agriculture 4.0 in beef cattle farms Call name: PNCDI IV, SP 5.7.1 - Proiect de transfer la operatorul economic
PN-IV-P7-7.1-PTE-2024-0784 2025 - 2026

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: BEAM INNOVATION SRL

Project partners: BEAM INNOVATION SRL (RO); UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRONOMICE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA (RO)

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The project aims to address sustainability challenges in the beef cattle farm sector, focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and atmospheric pollutants. The goal is to develop and implement an advanced system for sustainable and efficient farm management, using IoT technologies, blockchain, and artificial intelligence to monitor environmental conditions, health, and behavior of animals, ensuring data transparency and security. The technical-scientific objectives include implementing a sensor network for monitoring conditions in barns, using data to optimize cattle growth, developing a web platform with blockchain functionalities for data sharing, creating a framework of smart contracts for sustainable practices, and testing the system in selected farms to assess its impact on emission reduction and efficiency improvement.

IDS/IPS detection and protection system of critical communications infrastructures with early warning and blocking capabilities of DDoS attacks Call name: P 5.6 - SP 5.6.3 - Solutii
PN-IV-P6-6.3-SOL-2024-2-0299 2024 - 2026

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA BRASOV (RO); Academia Tehnică Militară „FERDINAND I” (RO); SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA (RO); BEIA CONSULT INTERNATIONAL S.R.L. (RO)

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Project website: https://futurenetworks.upb.ro/sdpicaddos/

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The project addresses the urgent need to develop advanced solutions for detecting and protecting networks through IDS/IPS systems, as well as blocking DDoS attacks. The identified problems that require innovative solutions are: ● the limited ability to effectively and in real time detect and counter malware network attacks, as well as complex DDoS attacks of existing infrastructures of national security authorities; ● the difficulty of effectively separating legitimate traffic from malicious traffic, an essential problem for maintaining the online availability of public services; ● the need to develop dedicated hardware and software products, based on reconfigurable FPGA-type circuits, for real-time network traffic analysis and to improve the ability to monitor and analyze data traffic to public IT resources.

Arrowhead Flexible Production Value Networks Call name: P 5.8 - SP 5.8.1 - Parteneriate și misiuni europene
PN-IV-P8-8.1-PME-2024-0011 2024 - 2026

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI (RO); Lulea Tekniska Universitet (SE); Leonardo - Societa per azioni (IT); Stora Enso AB (SE); Eurostep AB (SE); Universitet i Oslo (NO); AITIA International Informatikai Zartkoruen Mukodo RT (HU); Budapesti Muszaki Gazdasagtudomanyi Egyetem (HU); Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (FR); Eurotech SPA (IT); Politecnico di Torino (IT)

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Project website: https://futurenetworks.upb.ro/arrowhead-fpvn-7/

Abstract:

The Ambition for Arrowhead fPVN project is Doubling of the European industrial productivity by applying transformative, autonomous and evolvable information interoperability for resilient and adaptive production value networks. Hence, the Arrowhead flexible Production Value Network (fPVN) project will provide autonomous and evolvable interoperability of information through machine-interpretable content for fPVN stakeholders. The resulting technology is projected to substantially impact manufacturing productivity and flexibility.

System for scanning and mapping IP resources in Romania, aimed at the early detection of cyber threats Call name: P 5.6 - SP 5.6.3 - Solutii
PN-IV-P6-6.3-SOL-2024-2-0279 2024 - 2026

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: DIRECTORATUL NATIONAL DE SECURITATE CIBERNETICA

Project partners: DIRECTORATUL NATIONAL DE SECURITATE CIBERNETICA (RO); SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA (RO); CERTSIGN SA (RO); UNIVERSITATEA "ŞTEFAN CEL MARE" DIN SUCEAVA (RO); Academia Tehnică Militară „FERDINAND I” (RO); UNIVERSITATEA NAȚIONALĂ DE ȘTIINȚĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREȘTI (RO)

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Project website: https://dnsc.ro/pagini/proiect-ipradar

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The IPRadar project, which consists in the development of a system for scanning and mapping IP resources in Romania, is an ambitious initiative to strengthen national cyber security, offering a proactive and comprehensive approach to identifying cyber threats, through the use of advanced technologies and intelligent data analysis . . The main objective is the hosting of an IT system, intended for cyber security, which is capable of actively scanning IT resources exposed in the Internet environment, from the territory of Romania, with the aim of early detection of cyber threats. The project provides a detailed picture of the level of existing security of the public cyberspace on the territory of Romania, advanced technologies for scanning ports, identifying services running on these ports, and associating these services with known vulnerabilities, by correlating them with vulnerability databases. The proposed solution responds to specific objectives and challenges. presented, by integrating the most advanced analytics and distributed big data processing technologies into a platform designed to ensure scalability, high availability, fault tolerance and extensibility, and which will contain components that will implement active scanning, data collection , analyzing and reporting IP addresses and related information from public cyberspace. The project will develop a modular, scalable platform capable of supporting integration with various external systems and databases. The platform will include dedicated components for distributed scanning, collection and aggregation, data indexing and querying, vulnerability management and threat intelligence, reporting and alerting, and API interfaces. The project meets the requirements of the beneficiaries and allows further development for applications intended for other beneficiaries

Arrowhead Flexible Production Value Networks Call name: P 5.8 - SP 5.8.1 - Premiere Orizont Europa - Instituții - Competiția 2023
PN-IV-P8-8.1-PRE-HE-ORG-2023-0063 2023 - 2025

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE ŞTIINŢĂ ŞI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREŞTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE ŞTIINŢĂ ŞI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREŞTI (RO)

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Project website: https://futurenetworks.upb.ro/arrowhead_21phe_2023/

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The project's main objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the organization in the field of advanced technologies and communications, in line with the European project Arrowhead FPVN funded by KDT-JU. It focuses on developing new methods for URLLC (Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications) for IoT, active participation in brokerage sessions to promote results, and the development of services for its own research infrastructure. Through these initiatives, NUSTPB aims to gain significant expertise in key areas of advanced technologies.

Furthermore, the project aims to enhance the visibility and positioning of the organization within the scientific and industrial community by facilitating connections with other experts in the field through the organization of scientific events and the establishment of international partnerships. This opens up new opportunities for collaboration and funding for NUSTPB's future projects.

MObility and Training fOR beyond 5G Ecosystems Call name: P 3 - SP 3.6 - Premierea participării în Orizont 2020
PN-III-P3-3.6-H2020-2020-0193 2022 - 2024

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE ŞTIINŢĂ ŞI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREŞTI (RO)

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Project website: https://futurenetworks.upb.ro/motor5gro/

Abstract:

The project focus is on embedding artificial intelligence into 5G communication systems for the smarter use of network-generated data, the automated enabling of network operators and service providers to adapt to changes in traffic patterns, security risks and user behavior and thus paving the way towards safe and reliable next-generation wireless ecosystems.

A Massive MIMO Enabled IoT Platform with Networking Slicing for Beyond 5G IoV/V2X and Maritime Services Call name: EEA Grants - Proiecte Colaborative de Cercetare
RO-NO-2019-0499 2021 - 2024

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE ŞTIINŢĂ ŞI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREŞTI (RO); BEIA CONSULT INTERNATIONAL S.R.L. (RO); BEAM INNOVATION SRL (RO); University of Agder (NO); Telenor Maritime (NO); Universitat Politècnica de València (ES); Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)

Affiliation: BEAM INNOVATION SRL (RO)

Project website: https://solid-b5g.upb.ro

Abstract:

The main goal of the SOLID-B5G project is to perform cutting-edge research and develop breakthrough beyond state-of-the-art solutions in orchestration, management and control (OMC) of resources, in the context of network slicing and edge computing based on massive internet of things (IoT) enabled radio access network (RAN) and core network (CN) for beyond fifth generation (B5G) Internet of vehicles (IoV) and maritime applications.

More specifically, the project has the following sub-objectives:

• To develop ultra-low latency massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) based concurrent transmission mechanisms for data collection in massive IoT;

• To develop advanced 5G slicing solutions with a focus on OMC of resources and dedicated services for IoV and maritime services;

• To develop decentralized decision-making mechanisms by introducing data processing capacity and intelligence to the edge (based on edge computing and machine learning (ML)-to-the-edge);

• To develop 5G network slicing methods, algorithms and protocols and implement a proof-of-concept standalone B5G testbed which showcases the orchestration of RAN and CN based on 5G network slicing and multi-access edge computing (MEC) procedures.

Two use cases, i.e., IoV/vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and satellite based maritime low-latency services will be the target. Extensive experiments will be performed based on the prototype.

The Thematic Area addressed by the project is Area E: ICT. The most relevant key topics to this project are: ICT: Technologies and applications of Big Data and/or the Internet of things (IoT) for public administration, education, agriculture, health, banking etc; and ICT: Technologies, instruments and methods for software development – artificial intelligence (AI) & cloud computing.

The technologies addressed in this project have potential applications mainly to public transportation, maritime services, environment, but also possible to other domains like asset monitoring, energy (smart grid), smart city, smart agriculture, healthcare services and environment. For example, 1) protection of critical infrastructures and services (Area E: ICT); 2) Energy distribution using network slicing for smart grid and Vehicle-to-Grid networks (V2G) (Area A: Energy); and 3) climate change using IoT based data collection and ecosystems monitoring served by dedicated 5G slices (Area B: Environment).

The proposed partnership constitutes five leading research and industrial organizations in Romania and Norway and is enriched by two third-county partners in Spain and Canada, respectively. We will develop innovative research and development (R&D) solutions to foster the uptake of the newest 5G technologies and services in two envisaged use cases and enable upscaling and exploitation of beyond state-of-the-art 5G technologies from theory to reality.

The project scope is in full conformity with the EEA Norway Grants CRP Call, aiming at enhancing research-based knowledge development in Romania through long-term collaborations with two Norwegian partners as well as two other eminent third-country partners.

Research Collaboration and Mobility for Beyond 5G Future Wireless Networks Call name: P 3 - SP 3.6 - Premierea participării în Orizont 2020
PN-III-P3-3.6-H2020-2020-0196 2022 - 2023

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE ŞTIINŢĂ ŞI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCUREŞTI (RO)

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Project website: http://(https://futurenetworks.upb.ro/recombinero/

Abstract:

Future wireless networks (FWNs) will need to provide diversified services efficiently and flexibly, such as mobile broadband access, ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), and massive machine-to-machine communications. RECOMBINE joins the scientific excellence and the expertise of key academic and industry players in a joint collaborative effort to build the framework for designing post-5G FWNs that are capable of supporting multiple operational standards for exploiting the intrinsic heterogeneity of mobile networks; capable of processing information generated from a huge volume of heterogeneous sources and with sufficient intrinsic resilience to counter potential security threats.

Drone Defence System based on Software Defined Radio Platforms Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect experimental - demonstrativ
PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-1951 2020 - 2022

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); CYBERWALL S.R.L. (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: https://www.dronend.ro

Abstract:

The development of small size and low-cost drones has resulted in an ever-larger number of such devices being currently used in several types of different applications. In this context, serious questions can be asked regarding the safety issues that the use of such devices can raise. Several situations of major security problems that were caused by such devices were reported. In order to combat this kind of security problems, defense systems have to be developed in order to identify, localize and take control over a drone that enters a restricted or no-fly area.

The main scope of the DronEnd project is to develop an affordable and effective drone defense system based on software defined radio (SDR) that will be able to detect, survey, localize and take control over multiple drones. The developed drone defense system will consist of a GROUND platform, implemented using host-based high-performance SDR platforms, and an agile FLYING platform, implemented using standalone battery supplied SDR platforms. Improved spectrum sensing algorithms, that were previously proposed by members of the present proposal research team and have better performance than other spectrum sensing algorithms from the literature, will be used for detecting the RF signals transmitted by the drone. Angle of arrival (AoA) algorithms will be implemented on the SDR platforms in order to identify the direction of different drones. By means of RF jamming applied simultaneously to both the control and the GPS signals, the drone defense system will be able to interrupt the operating capacity of the drone and will take control over it by forcing the drone to enter in a fixed mode, planar mode or emergency landing. In order to minimize the generated interference and to maximize the range of the proposed system, directional antennas, oriented towards the target drones by using the information obtained from the AoA algorithms, will be used for performing the jamming functions.

Multiagent intelligent systems platform for the monitoring of water quality on the Romanian sector of the Danube and Danube Delta Call name: P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0637 2018 - 2021

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA LASERILOR, PLASMEI SI RADIATIEI - INFLPR RA

Project partners: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA LASERILOR, PLASMEI SI RADIATIEI - INFLPR RA (RO); Academia Fortelor Aeriene "Henri Coanda" Brasov (RO); Ministerul Apărării Naționale prin Centrul de Cercetare și Inovare pentru Apărare CBRN și Ecologie (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL DE MECANICA SOLIDELOR (RO)

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Project website: https://multimond.wixsite.com/multimond

Abstract:

The MultiMonD2 project proposes the development of a multi-agent platform consisting of micro-laboratories specialized in the monitoring the water quality of the Danube and Danube Delata and the testing of its decontamination capabilities. To this end, robotic vectors will be realized which will integrate systems for the investigation of Danube's water quality and dynamics. The acquired data will be collected and interpreted by a dedicated software system, operated from a control center. The robotic vectors will be equipped with sensors systems and devices for diagnostics organized as micro-labs for the monitoring of water quality, management of floods and sediments. The project (MultiMonD2) is made of 4 interdisciplinary and complementary projects, interconnected through specific objectives aimed at achieving the general objective: development of the MultiMonD2 multifunctional platform. Therefore, the aerial and surface water vectors will be used used as carrier systems for the sensor based detection equipment (developed in project 1). Project 2 proposes the development of a technical solution that allows the optimizing of communication from the different types of sensors mounted on the robotic vectors and includes software modules that will interact with the Control and Command Center developed in project 3. Project 4 constitutes a 'proof-of-concept', which proposes, based on the results obtained and processed in the other projects, a solution for local decontamination. The consortium is made of 5 partner institutions. The institutional consolidation of the partners is achieved by: i) ensuring new positions for young people in the field of research, ii) development of novel/improved technologies and iii) the providing of research and technological services with impact in the economy.

PersOnalized SimulaTion Helping Caregivers to Cope with AlzheimeR Disease Call name: P 3 - SP 3.5 - Programul "Active and Assisted Living"
AAL2017-45-POSTHCARD 2018 - 2021

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: FATHER EQUIPMENT SRL

Project partners: FATHER EQUIPMENT SRL (RO)

Affiliation: FATHER EQUIPMENT SRL (RO)

Project website: https://father.guide/projects/posthcard.html

Abstract:

POSTHCARD project team aim is to develop a platform offering services targeting all types of caregivers to support them in their homecare support of persons with Alzheimer. Educational material and a communication forum will be available to the users, but the core of the platform is a simulation/serious game serving as an innovative educational tool to develop efficient care strategies and reduce the burden associated to this type of homecare, favoring the wellbeing of Alzheimer patients and their family at home. In this game the informal caregivers will be able to reproduce difficult situations in the simulation and explore different caring strategies. To meet the above requirement in terms not only of educational content but also in terms of early and sustained engagement, the simulation will take the form of an interactive narrative, an innovative and emerging medium that derives from computer games and that both immerses the learner in an engaging narrative and enables him/her to feel like an actor in the simulated situations.

Integrated Information System for Management of Activities Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - SOLUȚII - 8 - Sistem informatic integrat pentru managementul activităţilor
PN-III-P2-2.1-SOL-2017-09-0102 2018 - 2021

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE IN INFORMATICA - ICI BUCURESTI

Project partners: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE IN INFORMATICA - ICI BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE APĂRARE "CAROL I" (UM 02545) (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SRL (RO); GREENSOFT SRL (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: https://sima.ici.ro

Abstract:

In the context of the present technology development, the design, analysis and implementation of an integrated system for the activity management is a desideratum for any public or private institution or for any system of organizations that interact.

This proposal identifies modern architectures, based on services/microservices that facilitate the respecting of GDPR regulations, increase the security level and the resilience in the informational field, as well as the inclusion of emergent technologies in the development of informational systems that are integrated in the activity management processes.

The informational system is acting as a reunion of all the informational resources that, at some point, exist in an organization, of all the circuits where the informational resources go through inside the organization or at trans-organizational level, of all the access rules to the resources and the ways of using them, and also of all the actors that interact in any way, with the informational resources in the organization. This system can be considered as the sanguine circulating system of a living organism.

From a non-functional point of view, the informational systems at the level of an organization, regardless of the functional spectrum served, must uniformly be enrolled in all the rules, mechanisms and common informational circuits existing at the level of the organizations and must be able to be connected at the main informational artery of the organization. These desiderates of software platforms, which are more dependent on the background of the problem than its form, can be obtained through respecting of certain rigours in the course of designing their functional and technological structure.

Through this technical proposal, the bidder wishes to particularly highlight, besides the realization of specific functional objectives of the integrated systems of the activity management, the non-functional properties of the platform, derived from its architecture and from the using of instruments, technics and standards, offering the capacity of standardization to the platform, and also the creation of premises of extensibility of software tools palette, offering, as a whole, full support for the processes in the organization.

In concrete terms, this „middleware” type platform can represent the spine of the informational system and can offer the so-called „infrastructure services” for the organization, that serves, in an unitary manner, the constituent entities of the informational system.

Integrated software platform for mobile terminals malware analysis Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - SOLUTII - 5 - Platformă software integrată pentru analiza malware a terminalelor mobile
PN-III-P2-2.1-SOL-2016-05-0070 2017 - 2020

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); BEIA CONSULT INTERNATIONAL S.R.L. (RO); UNIVERSITATEA NAŢIONALĂ DE APĂRARE "CAROL I" (UM 02545) (RO); SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SRL (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: https://tor-sim.pub.ro/

Abstract:

In the modern IT security field it can be identified a general approach based on ways of identifying and handling dangerous threats. This approach can be summarized by the following steps: identifying assets, identifying vulnerabilities, identifying potential threats, the determination of attack scenarios, establishing security policies, recommendations.

Android is perhaps the most exposed to malware, given its open ecosystem. iOS mobile platform, developed by Apple and used on iPhones, presents some specific features that will determine certain advantages in key points such as the distribution of applications and the access of developers (thorough APIs) at key points of the operating system. Although Google, through „Play Store”, follows a similar process, however, Android platform, being open, allows the installation of applications outside the official store by simply activating „Unknown sources” option, which, in the past allowed the infiltration of malware with greater ease on many such devices. Some general approaches of malware detection on mobile devices are: the classical approaches (Anti-Virus, a signature extraction, analysis and disassembly of malware and of used protocols) or modern approaches (Data-Mining and Machine-Learning applications).

Therefore, it is intended to achieve a software platform that integrates malware analysis procedures for most existing devices on the market in order to strengthen the security of networks and terminals.

OFDM system based on fractional FFT demodulation Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect experimental - demonstrativ
PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0855 2017 - 2018

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.fftofdm.ieeia.tuiasi.ro/ro/index.html

Abstract:

The present project proposes the development and validation in laboratory environment of an OFDM system model which can demodulate data in severe conditions of ISI or ICI errors, without influencing the real-time processing. Demodulation will be carried out through oversampling in frequency, using a new DFT algorithm, with non-integer argument. An efficient FFT implementation of this algorithm will allow the oversampling stage to be performed with a reduced number of operations.

THE OUTLINES OF THE PROJECT ARE:

1. OFDM is everywhere. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) was adopted as a modulation method for all the wireless technologies of today. It can be found in Wi-Fi networks, WiMAX, 4G communication, digital subscriber line (DSL), ADSL and VDSL internet access modems, military applications and satellite communications.

2. The most important drawbacks of OFDM are represented by ICI (Inter Carrier Interference) and Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI).

3. A robust method used to reduce related errors is the oversampling in frequency. Several attemps have been reported, most of them making use of zero-padding FFT. All of them dramatically increase the computational demand and consequently the processing time.

4. Project team members have developed (and reported) an efficient alternative to zero-padding DFT that can be used to significantly improve the performances of OFDM based communication systems.

The research infrastructure of the partners together with the expertise of the researchers nominated in the project team guarantee that all the projected activities can be carried out in the budgeted time, at top quality level.

Scalable Radio Transceiver for Instrumental Wireless Sensor Networks Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA-2011 call, Type 2
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.2-1030 2012 - 2016

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); BEIA CONSULT INTERNATIONAL S.R.L. (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA SI INGINERIE NUCLEARA " HORIA HULUBEI " - IFIN - HH (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.sarat-iwsn.pub.ro/

Abstract:

The SaRaT-IWSN project proposes a new generation of a radio transceiver to be used into the IWSN communications node, based on an open source hardware and software platform, but particularized in order to ensure the requirements presented above. The hardware platform is an USRP-type one and the entire radio transceiver is designed starting on GNU-Radio software platform, according to the Software Defined Radio methods. This method of development the communications nodes will ensure easier their scalability as well the reconfigurability of the entire network, which together with the control of some critical communication parameters (transmission delay, variation of this delay, the data rate, etc) in a given narrow range characterize an Instrumental Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSN).

A special attention must be given to the implemented communications protocols, so the SaRaT-IWSN transceiver, which will be mainly a CDMA-type one, will develop a new generation of GOSSIP-type communications protocols able to control the communication delay using a time indication. The entire IWSN is considered as a reconfigurable mesh network, with significant traffic variations, so the entire network must ensure a reliable communication with clear time constraints. Due this structure of the network, the protocols developed during the project will be optimized based on cross-layer methods.

The project intends not only to develop a new generation of radio transceiver for an IWSN, but also to evaluate it at experimental model level and to propose applications for such networks: to interconnect the detectors of cosmic rays into a large array observatory, but also alternative ones.

Investigation of the cosmic radiation in the Universe using advanced techniques Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA-2011 call, Type 1
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.1-1307 2012 - 2016

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA SI INGINERIE NUCLEARA " HORIA HULUBEI " - IFIN - HH

Project partners: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA SI INGINERIE NUCLEARA " HORIA HULUBEI " - IFIN - HH (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL DE STIINTE SPATIALE (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Project website: http://muon1.nipne.ro/~corona

Abstract:

The CORONA project contains interdisciplinary frontier research, belonging to Astroparticle Physics (AP) field, a new field for studying particles coming from the outer space, using methods and instruments developed in Nuclear and Particle Physics laboratories.

Our aim is to develop techniques for the investigation of the high energy charged particles and neutrinos, to obtain priority in the European research, based on a common activity of different institutions forming ROASTROPART consortium.

The main activity is focused on the study of high energy cosmic rays measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) (covering 3000 km2) for clarifying the nature of these particles and their influence on the environment. Our main contribution is the development of techniques for studying their radio emission by using radio antennas, research linked to FP7 ASPERA project, Auger Next. Additionally a study will be performed concerning the reconstruction quality for various observables at the PAO taking into account possible changes in the layout of the detector array and studies on the muon arrival times and production height locus. Another important activity is the participation to the maintenance and extension of the PAO by producing power voltage systems for the PAO.

Another activity foreseen in this project contains investigation of very high energy neutrinos using radio antennas placed in the underground of the salt mine Slanic, which is a unique activity to be developed in Europe. The development of instruments and techniques for the study of cosmic radiation using radio antennas placed in different media constitutes one of the priorities in AP development, specified in the Roadmap.

Based on our results, new information can be obtained about astroparticles, which will increase the visibility of the Romanian research in international large collaborations and will offer the possibility to develop local infrastructure and attract young scientists.

eWall for Active Long Living Call name:
262EU/2013 2013 - 2016

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: Aalborg University

Project partners: Aalborg University (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO)

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