ACSA Lab:

Advanced Computing Systems and Architectures Laboratory

Building on the legacy of digital computing architectures, our research approaches topics in unconventional computing in an attempt to further the borders of known principles and mechanisms of information processing.

We develop algorithms that are more efficient and map them to novel architectures in order to accommodate more complex computational phenomena and to achieve new levels of reliability and fault-tolerance. We search to uncover and exploit new computing architectures by observing biological processes and importing them into digital silicon. We strive to understand the intricate science of the new paradigm of quantum computing as a cross-breed of computer science and engineering, physics, and mathematics in order to devise new algorithms and deliver fast and accurate performance assessments.

Finally, we approach real-life issues, aiming at improving and expanding their current solutions. Digital devices and algorithms can be of assistance in sleep apnea disorders and cognitive disabilities, to name a few. And they can help to better understand the complex interactions that make up the common urban traffic for the purpose of maximizing its flow and providing improved management.

Research Areas

Research Fields:

Computing architectures

Hardware-software systems

Bio-inspired computing systems

Cyber-physical systems

Distributed and multiprocessor systems

Embedded systems

Emerging systems

Intelligent robotic environments

Operating systems

Parallel computing

Quantum computing

Real-time systems

Reconfigurable systems

System design and co-design

System reliability

System testing

Ubiquitous computing

Current Members

Director:

Mircea VLĂDUŢIU

Research Team:

Mihai UDRESCU-MILOSAV

Selected Research Projects

RoNaQCI: Romanian National Quantum Communication Infrastructure

PollStream: Agent-based interaction models with temporal attenuation for opinion poll prediction

IMPRESS: IMproving the PREdiction of opinion dynamics in temporal Social networks: mathematical modeling and Simulation framework

INCEPTION: Internet of Things meets Complex Networks or early prediction and management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Supervised PhD Theses

Sebastian-Mihai ARDELEAN: Development of heuristic methods on reversible and quantum computers, Supervisor: Mihai UDRESCU-MILOSAV, 2024
Sorin Liviu JURJ: Powering and evaluating deep learning-based systems using green energy, Supervisor: Mircea VLĂDUŢIU, 2020
Gabriel BARINA: Computational Analysis of Emergent Behaviour in Collaboration Networks, Supervisor: Mircea VLĂDUŢIU, 2020
Alexandru TOPÎRCEANU: Structural and Behavioral Analysis and Modeling of the Society, Supervisor: Mircea VLĂDUŢIU, 2016
Flavius OPRIŢOIU: Reliable Implementations for Cryptographic Systems with Testability Facilities, Supervisor: Mircea VLĂDUŢIU, 2010
Mihai UDRESCU-MILOSAV: Quantum Circuits Engineering: Efficient Simulation and Reconfigurable Quantum Hardware, Supervisor: Mircea VLĂDUŢIU, 2005

Affiliated Rooms

B517
B520
B521

Description, History and Other Info

Website

http://www.acsa.upt.ro/index.html

Contact

ACSA Lab: Advanced Computing Systems and Architectures Laboratory
Department of Computer and Information Technology
Politehnica University of Timisoara

2, Vasile Pârvan Bvd., 300223, Timisoara, Romania

Room B520

(256 40) 3278