OUR EXPERTISE
The Research Centre for Computer Science provides and promotes an interdisciplinary framework challenging research topics in the area of innovative information systems and advancing computer science.
HEAD OF CENTER Senior lecturer Gabriel STOIAN, PhD Email: gabi.stoian@incesa.ro
WHAT WE HAVE
Laboratory of Formal Intelligence Integration in Analysis, Simulation, Development, Testing and Certification of Computation Infrastructures
”We seek to identify innovative and intelligent solutions to solve specific challenges of communication networks”
HEAD OF LABORATORY: Associate Professor Claudiu Ionut Popirlan, PhD E-mail: office@incesa.ro
SERVICES:
Develop and encourage innovation in computer science and digital communication;
Promote members both nationally and especially internationally and not least to achieve scientific and technological results, competitive nationally and globally.
Testing and validation of network devices;
Testing and performance measurements of network infrastructures;
Optimisation of communication infrastructures;
Modelling and simulation
RESEARCH TOPICS:
Analytical characterisation of the behaviour of communications network traffic
Identification of IT attacks based on traffic characteristics
Determining the intrinsic characteristics of the carried information (correlation, coherency, consistency, etc.)
Design of formal methods for automatic testing of protocol implementation compliance
Use of intelligent agents in testing, diagnosis, and certification of communications networks
Exploiting the advantages of mobile agents systems (cooperation, mobility, negotiation) in solving communication issues: web applications reliability, modelling of collective customer behavior
Iot challenges: connectivity, security, complexity, adaptability, precision in terms of latency and determinism, scalability, maintenance, updates, and cloud services
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:
Establishing analysis methodologies in order to facilitate the diagnosis of capacities;
Design of metrics used to measure the performances of a service or a services bundle;
Solving communication network challenges by the development of mobile agents systems;
Improvement of the communication network defense capacity.
RESEARCH APPROACHES:
Develop and encourage innovation in computer science and digital communication;
Promote members both nationally and especially internationally and not least to achieve scientific and technological results, competitive nationally and globally.
Testing and validation of network devices;
Testing and performance measurements of network infrastructures;
Optimisation of communication infrastructures;
Modelling and simulation.
Research Facilities and Tools:
Ixia IxLoad
Seeks test objective goals automatically, including concurrent connections, connection rate, simulated users, and
throughput
Real-world network configurations, including multiple sub-networks, unique MAC addresses, 802.1q, 802.1p, and emulated router support
Troubleshooting and analysis
Real-time packet captures with filtering and ladder diagrams analysis
Network diagnostics of network-layer statistics in real-time for complete insight into test operation, allowing debugging and troubleshooting of complex network configurations
VoIP
SIP user agent, trunk and server emulation, multiple Audio CODEC supported
Real time Quality of Voice analysis using E-Model or PESQ
IPTV, Over The Top (OTT) Video
Emulate broadcast TV and video on demand (VOD) subscriber traffic
Support for IGMP, MLD and multicast server source
Perform real-time video quality analysis performed on all streams to calculate perceptual MOS on hundreds of streams
Storage
Comprehensive NAS/SAN protocol emulation, including SMB, NFS, iSCSI, and DCBx
Wireless core
Supports 3GPP UMTS Gn interfaces
Ixia IxVeriWave
L1-7 802.11ac testing
Used by Wi-Fi chipset, access point (AP), wireless LAN (WLAN) controller manufacturers, service providers, and enterprises worldwide
Large-scale testing of wireless LAN
Highly realistic client and application traffic generation enables testing of BYOD, DPI, and policy engines at scale
Comprehensive testing of Wi-Fi-enabled devices
Performance: End-user QoE by application: voice, video, unified communications (UC), specialized (medical, retail, financial)
Ixia IxChariot
Pre-Deployment and Live Network and Application Assessment Tool
Run Endpoints Anywhere – LAN, Cloud, Public
Performance Endpoints run on “Everything”
Centrally Manage Endpoints
Assess Performance of NFV/Virtual Infrastructure
Securely Access and Run Tests from Any Browser
Application Emulation
Voice over IP Call Emulation and Quality Assessment
Interactive Real-Time Statistics
100% Software Performance Endpoints
Projects
| As partner: an intelligent system for monitoring and management of power quality at the interface between the electricity distribution network and its users (PN-III-P2-2.1-BG-2016-0269) | As coordinator: analysis, design, and development of a solution for creating and management of the performance of the shows – part of the European project EUROPEAN THEATRE LAB „Drama Goes Digital/DUB IT |
Laboratory of Computer Engineering
“Intelligent Distributed Systems, Multimedia applications, and High Performance Computing”
HEAD OF LABORATORY: Prof. Dan Mancas, PhD E-mail: office@incesa.ro
SERVICES:
Develop and encourage innovation in computer science and digital communication;
Promote members both nationally and especially internationally and not least to achieve scientific and technological results, competitive nationally and globally.
Testing and validation of network devices;
Testing and performance measurements of network infrastructures;
Optimisation of communication infrastructures;
Modelling and simulation
RESEARCH TOPICS:
Intelligent Distributed Systems
Multimedia Applications
High Performance Computing
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:
To contribute to the advancement of theoretical foundations, principles and technologies within computer engineering, as well as to more pragmatic issues concerning their everyday application by developing real systems and solving real-world problems
To ensure a high performance infrastructure for the activities carried out by the research groups of the Computer and Information Technology Department of the Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics, University of Craiova
Research Facilities and Tools:
Servers Dell PowerEdge R720
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690, 2.90GHz, 20M Cache, 8.0GT/s QPI, Turbo, 8C, 135W, Max Mem 1600MHz
256GB RAM, DIMM min 1600 MHz RDIMMS
16×1.2TB HDD, 10K RPM, SAS 6Gbps, 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive
RAID H710p, RAID5, 3-16 HDDs
Integrated RAID Controller, 1GB NV
Network interfaces Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card
Adaptor de retea Add-in: Broadcom 5719 QP 1Gb Card
Window s Server® 2012,Standard Ed
Blade Servers Dell Power Edge M620
2 x Intel Xenon E5-2670, 2.6 GHz, 8 cores
32 GB RAM RDIMM 1600 MHz
RAID controller, 6 Gbps, NV cache
Hot Plug disks support
Network interfaces: quad port 1 Gbps + dual port 10 Gbps
Operating system: Windows Server 2012 R2
Smart IC Card Reader/Writer
5-7 cm Proximity Sensor Distance Reader
Low frequency 125/134.2 kHz
Connectivity: USB, RS232
Supporting various operating systems
Laboratory of Advance Research in Applied Mathematics
“Intelligent Distributed Systems, Multimedia applications, and High Performance Computing”
HEAD OF LABORATORY: Prof.univ. Mihaela Sterpu, PhD E-mail: office@incesa.ro
SERVICES:
Develop and encourage innovation in computer science and digital communication;
Promote members both nationally and especially internationally and not least to achieve scientific and technological results, competitive nationally and globally.
Testing and validation of network devices;
Testing and performance measurements of network infrastructures;
Optimisation of communication infrastructures;
Modelling and simulation
RESEARCH TOPICS:
Applications of the theory of categories in the study of algebras of fuzzy logic
Nonsupersingular elliptic curves subspaces study with applications on digital declaration
Nonlinearities on elliptic curves with application in cryptanalysis
Nonlinear models on encoding systems
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:
Dynamics and bifurcation in dynamic systems with applications in economy and biology
Optimisation of projection algorithms used for data analysis
Parallelisation techniques applied for optimised iterative methods
Fuzzy models with applications in reasoning and pattern recognition
Nonlinear analysis with applications in mechanical engineering
Calculus of variations with applications in non-smooth mechanics
Applications of convex analysis in elasticity
Optimisations problems in convex analysis
Controllability and stability properties of partial differential equations
Optimal and approximate control of finite-difference approximation schemes for partial differential equations
PROJECTS AND GRANTS:
| Partnerships for knowledge transfer, technological and applied research for innovative solutions of intelligent systems designated for the energy efficiency increase | Intelligent system for monitoring and management of power quality at the interface between the electricity distribution network and its users | Intelligent solutions for increase of security and competitiveness of generation and industrial consumers by monitoring, diagnosis, reducing the effects of energy losses and increasing energy efficiency | Smart solutions for neutral grounding in 110 kV/ MV electrical substations for increasing of the energy efficiency, personnel security and reliability of the consumers’ supply | Efficient smart system of traction for new generation of light railway vehicles | Origin-destination surveys on the main arterials in the city—urban mobility plans for Craiova growth pole |