The first edition of AI Forum @ UTCN took place on March 28th, 2025 at HUB UTCN.
67 company delegates and 83 UTCN researchers gathered over a full day of presentations, discussions and networking.
Check out some photos from the event [HERE] and below you can find the complete agenda along with the slides made available by the presenters.
The first edition was possible with the support of our GOLD Sponsors
Time | Speaker | Title |
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9:00 - 10:00 — Registration & Opening notes | ||
9:30 - 9:40 | prof. Daniela Popescu | Welcome |
9:40 - 9:50 | prof. Adrian Groza | Prezentarea Institutului de Cercetare în Inteligență Artificială |
9:50 - 10:00 | prof. Sergiu Nedevschi | Prezentarea HUB-ului Român de Inteligență Artificială |
10:00 - 11:30 — AI Synergy! | ||
10:00 - 10:10 | Vencsel Biro (Global Logic) | GlobalLogic Romania @ AIForum UTCN |
10:10 - 10:20 | Octavian Popoviciu (Multibit Solutions) | Developing an English Learning Game using AI Tools |
10:20 - 10:30 | Eduard Cîmpean (Rose AI) | ROSE AI: your personal assistant |
10:30 - 10:40 | Bogdan Surdea-Blaga (Vucamix) | Who drives AI adoption? |
10:40 - 10:48 | Adriana Stan | AI for and against speech generation |
10:48 - 10:56 | Camelia Lemnaru | Main research topics @ KEG - Natural Language Processing (NLP) |
10:56 - 11:04 | Tudor Cioară | Next-Gen AI Solutions for Companies: Predictive Modeling, Digital Twins & Federated AI |
11:04 - 11:12 | Radu Dănescu | Intelligent space surveillance |
11:12 - 11:20 | Anca Mărginean | An Agentic Approach to Explaining AI-based Decisions |
11:20 - 11:30 | Q&A | |
11:30 - 12:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
12:00 - 13:30 — AI Synergy! | ||
12:00 - 12:10 | Cătălin Golban (Bosch) | AI for self-driving cars perception |
12:10 - 12:20 | Horațiu Cacovean (Brinel) | Excellence through Data and AI |
12:20 - 12:30 | Georgiana Copil (Adobe) | AI Assistant @Adobe DX |
12:30 - 12:38 | Tiberiu Marita | Medical Image Processing @ IPPRRG |
12:38 - 12:46 | Romulus TEREBEȘ | Machine and Deep Learning Methods for Texture Image Classification |
12:46 - 12:54 | Mihaela Dînșoreanu | Main research topics @ KEG Neuroscience (NS) |
12:54 - 13:02 | Daniel Zinca | AI in Cybersecurity and in Network Traffic Prediction |
13:02 - 13:10 | Mihai NEDELCU | AI for Structural Health Monitoring |
13:10 - 13:18 | Liviu Miclea | Dependable Systems |
13:18 - 13:30 | Q&A | |
13:30 - 14:30 | LIGHT LUNCH ONSITE | |
14:30 - 14:45 | Alexandru Lazarec | Funding opportunities for joint AI projects |
14:45 - 16:00 — AI Synergy! | ||
14:45 - 14:55 | Cristian Cristea (Porsche) | AI-Based Trace Analysis |
14:55 - 15:05 | Horia Hedeșiu (Emerson) | AI over NI Lifecycle Solutions |
15:05 - 15:15 | Alexandru Mureșan (Renergia) | The AI Energy Expert You’ve Been Waiting For |
15:15 - 15:23 | Raluca Portase | Main research topics @ KEG Data Engineering (DE) |
15:23 - 15:31 | Vlad Miclea | Supervised Monocular Depth Estimation and 3D Detection in Aerial Scenarios |
15:31 - 15:39 | Ștefan Ungureanu | Energy needs AI and AI needs a lot of energy |
15:39 - 15:47 | Diana-Alexandra Sas | Monocular 3D Object Detection by using Attention |
15:47 - 15:55 | Eva-Henrietta DULF | Breaking Boundaries Key Findings from the ADAPTED Research Group |
15:55 - 16:00 | Q&A | |
16:00 - 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
16:30 - 17:45 — AI Synergy! + AI Help? | ||
16:30 - 16:38 | Alexandru Lecu | Knowledge Graph-Driven RAG for Biomedical Chatbots |
16:38 - 16:46 | Horațiu Florea | 3D Metric Perception for UAVs using Depth Foundation Models and Digital Terrain Maps |
16:54 - 17:02 | Vivian Chiciudean | Localization and Change Detection in Aerial Scenarios |
17:02 - 17:10 | Virgil Puiac | Revolutionary refurbishment for an efficient and eco-friendly hydropower |
17:10 - 17:18 | Adrian Pop | HPC Infrastructure Overview - Development and Training Phase |
17:18 - 17:26 | [AI HELP?] Buidin Thomas Imre Cyrille | AI in Electric Vehicles’ Thermal Management |
17:26 - 17:34 | [AI HELP?] Alexandru Ianoși | Feeding robot for people with upper-limb disabilities |
17:34 - 17:45 | Q&A | |
17:45 - 20:00 | CLOSING NOTES. RECEPTION (ground floor) |