Radu-Emil Precup
PhD in Automatic Systems (1996)
Corresponding member of The Romanian Academy (2018)
Corresponding member of The Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania (2018)
Professor with the Department of Automation and Applied (previously named Industrial)
Informatics, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania (2000)
PhD advisor in Systems Engineering (previously named Automation) (2004)
Senior researcher (CS I) and head of the Data Science and Engineering Laboratory of the Center for Fundamental and Advanced Technical Research, Romanian Academy – Timisoara Branch, Romania (2022)
E-mail: radu.precup@upt.ro, radu.precup@aut.upt.ro
Mail: Romanian Academy – Timisoara Branch, Center for Fundamental and Advanced
Technical Research, Data Science and Engineering Laboratory, Bd. M. Viteazu 24, 300223
Timisoara, Romania
Doctor Honoris Causa of The Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary (2019)
Doctor Honoris Causa of The Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary (2019)
Director of the Automatic Systems Engineering Research Centre with the Politehnica University
of Timisoara, Romania (2011)
Adjunct Professor with the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA,
Australia (2016 – 2022)
Web of Science ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6993-2009
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-7403
SCOPUS Author ID: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=56234853500
Google Scholar Profile: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a43tQMQAAAAJ&hl=en
Personal webpage: https://www.aut.upt.ro/~rprecup/
Research interests:
– Development and analysis of new control structures and algorithms including conventional
control, fuzzy control, data-driven control, model-free control, sliding mode control, neuro-
fuzzy control, etc.
– Theory and applications of soft computing and machine learning.
– Systems modeling, identification and optimization (including nature-inspired algorithms).
– Computer-aided design of control systems.
– Applications to mechatronic systems (including automotive systems and mobile robots),
embedded systems, control of power plants, servo systems, electrical driving systems, etc.
