Computer vision, Pattern recognition, Image and Video processing, Motion analysis and tracking, Medical imaging, Virtual reality and simulation


Personal Research Funding


• 2003-2006 Discovery Grant - National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSERC : "Real-time unusual event detection in human motion in a surveillance context"
  
• 2004-2007 Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT) : "Image-guided 3-D morphological and topological analysis of the bony structures in the human shoulder complex".
  

  Participation in team grants
  

• 2003-2005 PRECARN University Led Program, Precarn Associates Inc. :“MONNET : Monitoring of Extended Premises : Tracking Pedestrians Using a Network of Loosely Coupled Nodes” (team manager : Denis Laurendeau)
  
• 2002-2005 Strategic programme of the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les technologies (FQRNT) : "Reseau Québecois de recherche en réalité artificielle distribuée" (team manager : Frank Ferrie, Center for Intelligent Machines, McGill University).
  
• 2004-2007 Canada Foundation for innovation (CFI) : " Laboratory of Museology and culture engineering- LAMIC" (team manager - Philippe Dubé).
  

• Ph.D. : Contributions to Pattern Recognition in Medical Imaging
  Polytechnical University of Bucarest, Romania (2000)
• Engineering Diploma in Electronics
  Polytechnical University of Bucarest, Romania (1992)

• Assistant Professor (2005-)

Laval University, Québec, Canada,
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Assistant Professor (2003-2005)
• Postdoctoral fellow (2001-2003)

Ovidius University, Romania,
Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics

• Academic lecturer (1999-2001)
• Research and Teaching Assistant (1993-1999)