• Director Defense Projects Portfolio

b1 Engineering Solutions, (Germany and Romania)

01.2023 - Present

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In charge of the technical solution definition for Image and Intelligence Systems. In this context, I specialize in developing value through the integration of key technologies, with an emphasis on crafting solutions for surveillance applications.

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• STI (Science, Technology, Innovation) Consultant

Vienna, Austria

04.2020 – Present

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In an increasingly dominating global economy, the need of harnessing science, technology and innovation has become quite evident. As an STI Consultant I am providing support to business enterprises looking for ways to innovate their products, services and processes in the industrial and technical domains.

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• Head of Emerging Delivery Projects

NTT DATA Romania, Cluj-Napoca

01.2019 – 03.2020

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Managed the process of productization of a 3D based People Counting application - a modular, highly scalable SaaS solution for Crowd Analysis built on the concept that Surveillance and Privacy can co-exist. As a Product Owner, I successfully pitched and uncovered solutions for potential customers, EU wide.

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• Head of R&D and Innovation Center

NTT DATA Romania, Cluj-Napoca

02.2017 – 12.2018

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Founded the R&D department that consisted of 20 engineers, data scientists and presales managers that (1) contributed to business creation as experts of Smart Tech Innovative Technologies, (2) supported the R&D activities in NTT / NTT DATA HQ and (3) built technological differentiators related to Innovation.

Some representative projects that were initiated and completed during this period include:
(1) A Suite of Crowd Analysis Solutions (People Counting, Queue Length Detection, Semantic Classification of Human Activities) that truly respected the privacy by analyzing only captured 3D point clouds.
(2) AI based Object Detection and Classification in an industrial setup (2D image based).
(3) Mobile and Web-based applications for Big Data Analytics deployed for clients from the Healthcare sector.
(4) VR System for a Realistic (3D + Audio) and Interactive Workplace Safety Training Tool.
(5) Smart Robotic System that employed 2D Vision and Robot Arm Actuation to implement Automatic Touch-Screen Devices Testing.
(6) Autonomous Drones for Smart Maintenance Solutions (with onboard 3D based Navigation and Obstacle Detection as well as 2D based Object Recognition).

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• Senior Research Scientist, Lecturer

University of Applied Sciences Technikum, Vienna

04.2016 – 01.2017

 

(1) Conducted applied research combined with teaching activities in the field of Mobile and Service Robotics.
(2) Built a consortium of academic and industrial EU partners that submitted an R&D proposal to EU call: Effective Industrial Human-Robot Collaboration.
(3) Initiated high-level discussions and organised on-site visits in Japan for establishing working relations and collaborations with prestigious Graduate Schools (NAIST) and Robotics Companies (Kawada Robotics, ATR, SMC)

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• Senior Project Assistant 

Technical University of Vienna, Austria

10.2015 – 03.2016

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Coordinating a team of Master students for implementing an automatic image based reading of measurement instruments (pressure gauges, water level indicator) for autonomous surface robot adapted to oil & gas sites.

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• Project Researcher Specialist

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria

​02.2013 - 09.2015

 

Designed and implemented an intrusion detection system based on 3D vision (1). Involved in industrial applications that required precise volumetric measurements by using depth sensors (2). Analysed the feasibility of flying an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle based on on-board camera feed and satellite imagery of the surveyed area (3).

 

 

• Visual Computing Consultant

Vitheia Norge, Oslo, Norway

09.2012 – 01.2013

 

Analysed the feasibility of a fall detection system based on Kinect sensor. This project was undertaken in collaboration with Norwegian partners (both academic and industrial) in a wider context of home environment monitoring that would help reduce healthcare costs.

 

 

• Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Dept. of Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University, Japan

06.2012 – 09.2012

 

Investigated automatic detection of comfortable level of illumination by using expressive facial expressions generated in response to changes in the visual environment. The research topic belongs to a Smart-House project undertaken in collaboration with Daiwa House (industrial partner).

 

 

• Expert Research Scientist 

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Kyoto, Japan

04.2006 – 05.2012

 

Investigated the maximum displayable angular resolutions in the horizontal and vertical directions of a planar 3-D object displayed by a glasses-free tabletop 3-D display that is using a conic-shaped optical device and an array of projectors. 

 

Performed automatic full 3D reconstruction of real objects from range views. The application aligns unregistered 3D views taken from unknown locations. 

 

 

• Research Scientist 

Wakayama University / Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Japan

04.2002 – 03.2006

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Performed 3D map reconstruction of an unknown environment by using an omni-directional camera. The process involved generating a virtual camera with a cylindrical image plane.