Technical
Program

Symposium at a Glance

16 July
Time
Room A
Room B
Room C
1900
Welcome Cocktail (Library Hall)
17 July
0900 - 0910
Opening Ceremony (Room A)
0910 - 1000
Sponsors presentations (Room A)
1000 - 1040
Plenary talk: Professor Rui Martins (Room A)
Analog and Mixed-Signal CMOS: A key area in IC Design behind the emergence and leadership of a Lab
excelling at the core of the A/D Interface in the IoE
1040 - 1100
Coffee break
1100 - 1140
Plenary talk: Professor Weisin Lin (Room A)
How to Contain Large Learning-based Models?
1150 - 1350
1350 - 1450
Lunch
1450 - 1650
 
1650 - 1710
Coffee break
1710 - 1750
Plenary talk: Professor Baoxin Li (Room A)
 
1930
Banquet
 
18 July
0900 - 1100
1100 - 1120
Coffee break
1120 - 1320

1320 - 1500
Lunch
1500 - 1540
Plenary talk: Professor Xiaoping Zhang (Room A)
1540 - 1620

Plenary talk: Professor Joos Vandewalle (Room A)
The important role of applied mathematics concepts and algorithms in the engineering education
and research on circuits, signals, systems and data processing

1620 - 1640
Coffee break
1640 - 1840
1900
Farewell Cocktail (Library Hall)
19 July  
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ISSCS 2025 Preliminary Program

Thursday
Room A
Image processing
Chair: Vesna Zeljkovic
1150 - 1210
Quantification of Vaccination Effectiveness in Viral Infectious Diseases Affected Patients
Vesna Zeljkovic, Carla Gallagher
1210 - 1230
Real-Time Firearm Detection in Video Using Enhanced YOLO Models and a Custom Incident Dataset
Constantin Catargiu, Iulian Aurelian Ciocoiu
1230 - 1250
Hyperspectral Imaging for Reversal Film Digitization
Ornella Nobili, Radu-Mihai Coliban, Mihai Ivanovici
1250 - 1310
Overcoming segmentation confusions in PRISMA hyperspectral images
Serban Oprisescu, Andrei Racoviteanu, Mihai Ivanovici
1310 - 1330
Agricultural Crop Classification Using Sentinel-2 Data and Local Features
Artur Kazak, Mihai Ivanovici
1330 - 1350
Experiments on Occluded Palmprint Images Recognition and Retrieval Using Texture and Shape Features
Ioan Păvăloi, Cristina Diana Niţă, Anca Ignat, Camelia Luminiţa Lazăr
Thursday
Room B
Signal Processing I
Chair: George Antoniou
1150 - 1210
5D Moog Ladder Structured Digital Filter: Minimal State-Space Realization
George Antoniou
1210 - 1230
Innovative Monitoring Solution for 3D-ICs: Combining On-Chip Logic Analyzers with Software Stack in More than Moore (MtM) Landscape
Harish Kumar Agasara, Swathi K S, Pankaj Kumar Dubey
1230 - 1250
GPU Performance Analysis for Deep Learning-Based IDS using NAS
Emanuel Trinc, Cristina Stolojescu-Crisan, Cosmin Ancuti, Adrian Savu
1250 - 1310
Analytical Design and Efficient Systolic Polyphase Implementation for 2D Gaussian Circular FIR Filters
Doru Florin Chiper, Radu Matei, Paul Ungureanu, Adrian Popa
1310 - 1330
Neural Grain implemented in monolithic 3D technology
Ionica Pletea, Iolanda Alecsandrescu, Nicolae Lucanu, Cristian Aghion, Constantin Barabasa
Thursday
Room C
Communications I
Chair: Radu Gabriel Bozomitu
1150 - 1210
Leveraging GNS3 and VMware ESXi for Scalable, Hands-on Education
Adrian Savu-Jivanov, Cosmin Ancuti, Cristina Stolojescu-Crisan, Janos Gal
1210 - 1230
Comparative Analysis of IoT Communication Standards: LoRaWAN, NB-IoT/LTE-M, NTN NB-IoT, and 5G RedCap
Emanuel Trinc, Valentin Niță, Răzvan Mihai, Cristian Pațachia Sultănoiu
1230 - 1250
Autonomous Vehicle Traffic Management and Control on the Highway
Andrei-Marius Mazilu, Luminita Scripcariu, Ion Bogdan, Bozomitu Radu Gabriel and Stefan-Corneliu Stoica
1250 - 1310
A New Vehicular Warning Sytem by Using 8-PSK Modulation Scheme within an FM Radio Broadcast
Stefan Corneliu Stoica, Marian Alexandru Corban, Radu Gabriel Bozomitu, Luminita Scripcariu, Andrei Marius Mazilu
1310 - 1330
Performance Comparison of Encryption Algorithms on Nordic Thingy Mesh Networks
Tiberius-George Sorescu, Mario-Alexandru Stoica, Vlad Chiriac, Iustin-Gabriel Soroaga, Alexandru Contac
Thursday
Room A
Machine Learning I
Chair: Abhijit Mahalanobis
1450 - 1520
Joint Classification and Unknown Detection using Class Conditional Probability Calibration (Invited Paper)
Daniel Brignac, Adam Cuellar, Banafsheh Latibari, Abhijit Mahalanobis

1520 - 1540

Learning Optimal Agent Behavior from a Synthetic Reasoning Action Dataset
Adrian Dina, Bogdan Ionescu

1540 - 1600

Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Networks for Image Classification: Challenges and Perspectives
Alexandru Ioniță, Bogdan Ionescu

1600 - 1620

ECG Arrhythmia Classification Using Spatial Representations and Convolutional Neural Networks
Iulia-Petronela Onică, Iulian B. Ciocoiu
1620 - 1640
Efficient Online Trajectory Clustering in Smart Intersections using Medoids
Nicolae Cleju and Constantin Catargiu
Thursday
Room B
Special Session

Chair: Tudor Barbu

1450 - 1510
Deep Learning-based Pedestrian Detection and Tracking Technique using Reaction-diffusion based Multi-scale Analysis
Tudor Barbu, Silviu-Ioan Bejinariu, Ramona Luca

1510 - 1530

Captive animals automatic behavior analysis
Silviu Bejinariu, Florin Rotaru, Hariton Costin, Ramona Luca, Cristina Diana Nita, Mihaela Luca, Bogdan-Ionel Tamba, Ivona Costăchescu, Gabriela-Dumitrita Stanciu

1530 - 1550

Lane Detection using U-Net with Spatiotemporal Feature Extraction for Improved Road Segmentation
Robert-Marian Damoc, Dan Marius Dobrea

1550 - 1610

Visual Description Generation from UAV-Captured Images Using a Large Language Model
Robert-Marian Damoc, Dobrea Dan Marius
1610 - 1630
Comparative Study of Lightweight YOLO Architectures for UAV-Based Detection of Aerial Targets
Valentin-Bogdan Andronic, Dan-Marius Dobrea
1630 - 1650
Automated Estimation of the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score Using OpenPose System
Elena-Claudia Maftei, Otilia Zvoristeanu, Hariton-Nicolae Costin, Silviu-Ioan Bejinariu, Florin Rotaru
Friday
Room A
Machine learning II
Chair: Iulian Aurelian Ciocoiu
0900 - 0920
Benchmarking Lightweight Deep Learning Models for In-Vehicle Face Anti-Spoofing
Michael Ruiz, Soodeh Nikan

0920 - 09 40

Enhancing SSVEP-Based BCIs Through Using Several Preprocessing and Feature Selection Techniques: A Comparative Study
Negin Amirsoleimani, Luis Rueda, Esam Abdel-Raheem

0940 - 1000

Low-Cost Spiking Networks on FPGA for Event-Based Gesture Detection
Aaron Yu, Arash Ahmadi, Leonard MacEachern

1000 - 1020

Synchronization Regimes in Chaotic Spiking-Bursting Neurons: A Map-Based Approach
Farnaz Khani, Yosef Khakipoorpariveh, Arash Ahmadi
1020 - 1040
Pedestrian Intention Prediction Using Uncertainty-Aware Human Pose Estimation
Bardiya Rasekh, Armin Nejadhossein Qasemabadi, Saeed Mozaffari, Shahpour Alirezaee
1040 - 1100
Race Line Optimization with Metaheuristics
Tiberiu-Cristian Negura, Iulian Popa, Alexandra Baicoianu
Friday
Room B
Analog Circuits I
Chair:
0900 - 0920
Linearity Improvement In Vernier Delay Chain Based Time Difference Amplifiers for Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Leonard MacEachern

0920 - 09 40

New Testing Approach for Multiple Memristor Faults in Memristor Circuits
Rasika Joshi, John M Acken

0940 - 1000

Design and Implementation of a H-bridge DC-DC Converter for Li-Ion Battery Charghing
Andrei Armasu, Dorin Neacsu

1000 - 1020

A Performance Overview of GaN, SiC and SJ Transistors Available on the Market
Tudorel Leampăr, Dorin Octavian Neacșu
1020 - 1040
Evaluation of the output voltage riple in the forward converter operating in continuous and discontinuous conduction mode
Cosmina-Elena Onofrei, Nicolae Lucanu, Cristian Aghion, Ovidiu Ursaru
Friday
Room C
Communications II
Chair: Ciprian-Romeo Comșa
0900 - 0920
Problem-Solving Strategies: Algorithmic Paradigms Survey
Khaled Mohamed

0920 - 09 40

Raspberry Pi Pico W as a Web Server
Septimiu Mischie, Crinuta-Georgiana Popa

0940 - 1000

Vulnerability Monitoring in the Source Code of Web Applications
Roxana-Emanuela Ambrozie, Daniela Tarniceriu, Mihaela Gavrila

1000 - 1020

Behavioral Analysis for Internet Bot Detection in Communication Networks
Luminita Scripcariu, Roxana-Emanuela Ambrozie, Andrei-Marius Mazilu
1020 - 1040
Risk analysis for V2X scenarios
Iulius-Stefan Ambros, Roxana Emanuela Ambrozie, Vlad Mihai Chiriac, Tiberius George Sorescu, Tudor-Gabriel Ghețău, Ciprian-Romeo Comșa
1040 - 1100
Privacy Awareness in a Digital World
Cristian Andriesei
Friday
Room A
Signal Processing II
Chair: Majid Ahmadi
1120 - 1140
Blind Channel Equalization using MCMA algorithm with Adam Optimization
Armin Salimikia, Saeed Mozaffari, Majid Ahmadi, Shahpour Alirezaee
1140 - 1200
Optimized Audio Recognition for Elderly Assistance: Feature Selection and Classifier Tuning for High-Accuracy Speech Processing
Lorena Telembici, Corneliu Rusu
1200 - 1220
A Robust RLS-DCD Adaptive Algorithm with Variable Regularization Parameter
Radu-Andrei Otopeleanu, Cristian-Lucian Stanciu, Constantin Paleologu, Jacob Benesty, Laura-Maria Dogariu, Silviu Ciochină
1220 - 1240
Watermarking Techniques for Content Integrity Verification, Tamper Detection and Forensics in Synthetic Media
Eduard Mihăilescu, Doru Florin Chiper
1240 - 1300
Fuzzy Techniques for Formants Emphasis in Emotion Recognition
Marius Dan Zbancioc, Silvia Monica Feraru
1300 - 1320
Drowsiness Detection using Kapur Segmentation Method
Iulian-Constantin Cadare, Marius-Dan Zbancioc, Silvia Monica Feraru
Friday
Room B
Analog Circuits II
Chair: Gheorghe Brezeanu
1120 - 1150
C- and X-Band 0.5 μm GaAs pHEMT Passive Mixers with Optimal Characteristics (Invited Paper)
Olga Golovan, Alexander Korotkov
1150 - 1220
Wide-Range Temperature Sensing Capabilities of Silicon and Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes (Invited Paper)
Gheorghe Brezeanu, Gheorghe Pristavu, Razvan Pascu, Florin Draghici, Florin Mitu
1220 - 1240
Design and Implementation of a Low Power 4:2 Compressor Cell Using VTM-Logic Gates
Farzad Mozafari, Ahmadi Ahmadi
1240 - 1300
Experimental Analysis of Passive Crosstalk Between Power and Analog Signal Paths in Printed Circuit Boards
Sergiu-Leonard Tulbure
Friday
Room A
Machine learning III
Chair: Erchin Serpedin
1640 - 1700
De Bruijn Graph-Enhanced Time Series Models for Electricity Load Forecasting
Mert Cakiroglu, Idil Altun, Shahriar Rahman Fahim, Hasan Kurban, Mehmet Dalkilic, Rachad Atat, Abdulrahman Takiddin, Erchin Serpedin, Khalid Qaraqe
1700 - 1720
Drowsy or Not Drowsy
Tony Xu, Sanah Pallithotungal, Maisie Harrington, Mazen Zahra, Rawan Moghrabi, Nicholas Broeders, Soodeh Nikan
1720 - 1740
A Lightweight MobileNetV3-FPN Framework for Driver Drowsiness Detection
Guanxing Fu, Wenzhe Fang, Junrui Liu and Soodeh Nikan
1740 - 1800
Impact of Adversarial-Cooperative Architecture on Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Confound Regression
Andrea Corradini, Barbara Surowiecka
1800 - 1820
Improving CNN-based Video Violence Detection
Iulian Vlascu, Alexandra Baicoianu, Mihai Ivanovici
1820 - 1840
Comparative Evaluation of Nonlinear Regression Algorithms for Pre-Silicon Verification Methods
Alecsandra Rusu, Emilian David, Marina Țopa, Bianca Cărbunescu, Andi Buzo, Georg Pelz
Friday
Room B
Embedded Systems
Chair: Nicolae Cleju
1640 - 1700
Novel Autonomous Tennis Ball Shooter Robot: Electrical Design and Control
Mohammad Moeen Farhadi Jahroodi, Seyed Mani Mirshabani, Mahan Fallah Pour, Bardia Raissian, Ehsan Maani Miandoab, Saeed Mozaffari, Shahpour Alirezaee
1700 - 1720
Limit Cycle-Based Artificial Fields for Obstacle Avoidance in Robot Path Planning
Ali Mahdian, Ehsan Maani Miandoab, Saeed Mozaffari, Shahpour Alirezaee
1720 - 1740
SWOT Analysis of a Blockchain and IoT-Based System for Alcohol and Health Monitoring in Road Safety
Mihaela Gavrila, Madalina-Giorgiana Murariu, Roxana-Emanuela Ambrozie, Daniela Tarniceriu