Rustem Popa

Assistant Professor Department of Electronics and Telecommunications “Dunarea de Jos” University in Galati Romania Tel: (0236) 460182

Biography

Dr. Rustem Popa was born in Galati, Romania, in 1960. He received the engineering degree (equivalent to master of science) from the "Politehnica" University, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Bucharest, Romania, in 1984. In 1999, He received the Ph.D. degree from the "Dunarea de Jos" University in Galati, Romania, with a thesis on evolutionary algorithms applied on reconfigurable digital circuits. He worked for two years as a Hardware Engineer in the Shipyard in Galati, and then he spent four years as a Scientific Researcher at the Research and Design Institute for Shipbuilding in Galati. Since 1990, He is with the "Dunarea de Jos" University in Galati. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is author and coauthor of 5 books and 46 journal and conference papers. His research interests include computational intelligence, evolvable hardware, digital signal processing, complexity and optimization techniques. He was the chancellor of the faculty and the editor of journal "The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, fascicle III – ISSN 1221-454X", between 2005 and 2008. In the last five years he was a committee member or only a reviewer for more than 20 journals and International Conferences all over the world.

Research Interest

My research interests include evolutionary computation, evolutionary design of analog and digital electronic circuits, FPGA technology mapping, reconfigurable systems, digital signal processing, medical electronics, complexity and optimization techniques.