Ionut Marian DURBACA

NOTE: Since July 2000, he has moved to Canada and ended his work at the Department.
CONTACT: imdurbaca@yahoo.ca

Assistant
MSc  - Artificial Intelligence Systems for Process Control (1998)
BEng - Automatic Control and Industrial Informatics (1997)


Email:
         Ionut.Durbaca@ugal.ro
Telephone:
        +40 36 460182
        445 (internal)
Fax:
        +40 36 460182
Office:
        Room 507, Y


Teaching

The Fundamentals of Automatic Control, Systems with Microprocessor, Advanced Systems for Process Control.
Previous teaching: C++ and Pascal Programming, Modeling and Optimization in Process Control.
 

Administration

Web pages administrator at the Department of Automatic Control, Industrial Informatics and Electronics.
 

Research

1999 - Present: Artificial Intelligence techniques for real-time process control (neural networks, fuzzy control and expert systems). Self-teaching of Visual C++ (MFC) and Java.

October 1997 - June 1998:  AI techniques for control: neural networks (multi-layered neural networks - direct/inverse models, Hopfield neural networks for pattern recognition, Matlab simulations), project: Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Bioreactors Control, supervisor: Professor Dr. Emil Ceanga, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Department of Automatic Control and Electronics (MSc Disertation)

February - June 1997:  TEMPUS Mobility (M-JEP Companion) at the University of Sheffield, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, project: Condition Monitoring in Furnaces using Neural Networks and Other Techniques, supervisor: Dr. Neil Mort, a multitasking C++ program which combines concepts from Expert Systems and Neural Networks to monitor the functioning of a regenerative furnace belonging to British Steel, Swinden Technology Centre, UK (BEng Project)  [download available - software (ZIP-file, DOS) ]

October 1996 - February 1997:  Real-time C++ software: SICPB (Intelligent System for Biotechnological Processes Control), collaboration with Dr. Sergiu Caraman, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Department of Automatic Control and Electronics

Open to research proposals.
 

Publications

Caraman, S, Ceanga, E, Arinton, E, Durbaca, I (2000) - A Case Study Regarding the Modelling of Enzymes Biosynthesis Processes in Batch Bioreactors, FOODSIM'2000, Nantes, France, June 26-27

Caraman, S, Durbaca, I, Ceanga, E, Frangu, L (2000) - Optimal Control Algorithm for the Enzymes Biosinthesis Processes in Batch Bioreactors, SINTES'10, Craiova, Romania, May 25-26

Caraman, S, Durbaca, I, Ceanga, E, Arinton, E (2000) - Modelling Techniques of a Biomass Producing Process in a Batch Bioreactor, SPC 2000, Ploiesti, Romania, May 18

Caraman, S, Durbaca, I, Nicolau, T (2000) - Advanced Systems for Process Control - Practical Works (Romanian), Academica Publishing House, Galati, Romania, 170 pages
[download available - http://www.ac.ugal.ro/software/sacp.htm ]

Durbaca, I, Caraman, S (1998) - A Software for Fuzzy Logic Controllers Design, The 10th Symposium on Modeling, Simulation and Identification Systems (SIMSIS10 '98), Galati, Romania, October 23-24
[download available - see Software section ]

Dugan, V, Aiordachioaie, D, Durbaca, I (1998), Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks for Power Electronics Control, Intensive Course on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Automation, TEMPUS M-JEP 11467 Companion - Galati, Romania, May 22-26

Caraman, S, Durbaca, I, Carstoiu, D (1998), Knowledge-based Systems Used to Control the Enzymes Biosynthesis Processes in Batch Bioreactors, EURISCON'98, Intelligent Robotics & Automation, Athens, Greece

Caraman, S, Durbaca, I (1996), Software for the Development and Implementation of Fuzzy Logic Controllers in Real-time Applications, The 9th Symposium on Modeling, Simulation and Identification Systems (SIMSIS9 '96), Galati, Romania, October 24-25
 

Software

Personal programs available for download:


Hobbies

Chess, Photography, Fishing, Music.


This information provided by I.Durbaca; July 2000.