SD-AC Council

The leadership, representation, and support structure of the Doctoral School of Automatic Control and Computers.

Doctoral School Council

The members responsible for the leadership and coordination of SD-AC activities.

Florin Pop
SD-AC Director

Prof. Dr. Eng. Florin POP

SD-AC Director · CTI Field · SD-AC Representative in CSUD

Anca Ioniță
Council Member

Prof. Dr. Eng. Anca IONIȚĂ

Doctoral School Council of Automatic Control and Computers

Nirvana Popescu
Council Member

Prof. Dr. Eng. Nirvana POPESCU

Doctoral School Council of Automatic Control and Computers

Florin Stoican
Council Member

Prof. Dr. Eng. Florin STOICAN

Doctoral School Council of Automatic Control and Computers

Council Representatives

External representation and doctoral student representation.

Vasile Manta

External Representative

Prof. Dr. Eng. Vasile MANTA

External representative on the Doctoral School Council.

Andreea-Nicoleta Dutulescu

Student Representative

Andreea-Nicoleta DUTULESCU

Representative of doctoral students on the Doctoral School Council.

Vlad Andrei Badoiu

Student Representative

Vlad Andrei BADOIU

Representative of doctoral students on the Doctoral School Council.

Honorary Members

International specialists who support the activities and development of SD-AC.

Ion Stoica

Ion Stoica

UC Berkeley, USA. Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Databricks, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anyscale, Co-founder of LMArena, and Co-founder of Conviva.

UC Berkeley

Gabriel Antoniu

Gabriel Antoniu

Inria Rennes Bretagne – Atlantique, France.

Inria
Marin Litoiu

Marin Litoiu

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Canada.

York University
Sorin Olaru

Sorin Olaru

Laboratory of Signals and Systems, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Université Paris-Saclay

Permanent Invited Members

Academic staff who participate permanently in the Council’s activities.

Irina Mocanu
Permanent Invited Member

Prof. Dr. Eng. Irina Mocanu

Mihai Dascălu
Permanent Invited Member

Prof. Dr. Eng. Mihai Dascălu

Ion Necoară
Permanent Invited Member

Prof. Dr. Eng. Ion Necoară

Grigore Stamatescu
Permanent Invited Member

Prof. Dr. Eng. Grigore Stamatescu

Quality Assurance, Secretariat, and Representation in CSUD

The persons responsible for quality assurance, secretariat activities, and SD-AC representation in CSUD.

Quality Assurance Officer on behalf of the Doctoral School Council

Prof. Dr. Eng. Anca Andreea MORARanca.morar@upb.ro

CTI Field

Doctoral School Secretariat

Dana-Mădălina IONASCUmadalina.ionascu@upb.ro

Cătălina-Manuela DARABANcatalina.daraban@upb.ro

Doctoral School Representative in CSUD

Prof. Dr. Eng. Florin POPflorin.pop@upb.ro

SD-AC Director · CTI Field

Responsibilities of the Doctoral School Council

The responsibilities of the Doctoral School Council are those provided for by the legislation in force. In addition, SD-AC defines the following specific responsibilities:

Governance, Regulations, and Strategy

  • develops and updates the regulations and rules specific to the doctoral school through consultation with all doctoral supervisors and the academic community, in compliance with the legislation in force;
  • develops and coordinates SD-AC’s doctoral research strategy in accordance with current research directions in the fields organized by SD-AC, aligned with the scientific research strategy of the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers and with national research-development-innovation plans;
  • endorses the SD-AC staffing plan after consulting the doctoral supervisors;
  • establishes the schedule of doctoral activities in coordination with the institutional calendar;
  • performs other specific responsibilities established by national legislation, POLITEHNICA Bucharest internal methodologies and regulations, the university charter, or other normative acts.

Research, Affiliation, and Quality

  • monitors research activities within SD-AC;
  • proposes granting or revoking doctoral supervisor status within SD-AC, proposes minimum scientific performance standards for the affiliation of doctoral supervisors with SD-AC, and monitors compliance with the habilitation and affiliation procedures;
  • provides assistance in the habilitation process for new doctoral supervisors, in accordance with the legislation in force and the regulations of the POLITEHNICA Bucharest Senate;
  • proposes quality standards to be observed by doctoral supervisors when nominating members of advisory and academic integrity committees;
  • adopts the measures necessary to ensure the quality of doctoral studies, the proper conduct of periodic evaluations of the doctoral school and doctoral supervisors, compliance with ethics and professional conduct standards, and the external evaluation process for accreditation/reaccreditation or provisional authorization of the doctoral school;

Admission, Places, and Doctoral Progress

  • is responsible for the proper conduct of the admission competition within the doctoral school by field, according to the methodology approved by the POLITEHNICA Bucharest Senate;
  • proposes the doctoral admission committees by field within the doctoral school for each admission session;
  • endorses doctoral admission results and decides on the enrollment and expulsion of doctoral students upon the proposal of doctoral supervisors who are members of SD-AC;
  • establishes the distribution of places funded from the state budget, with or without scholarships, and tuition-paying places, by field and doctoral supervisor, following admission results and ranking;
  • carries out the evaluation process for doctoral students and the reallocation of doctoral scholarships, where applicable, in accordance with POLITEHNICA Bucharest internal regulations;
  • validates requests for interruption and extension submitted by doctoral students, in accordance with legal regulations;

Programs, Committees, and Theses

  • prepares and proposes the content of doctoral study programs approved by CSUD through consultation with doctoral supervisors (proposal of courses within the advanced university studies training program);
  • approves the advisory and academic integrity committees for doctoral students upon the proposal of doctoral supervisors;
  • endorses the review and public defense committees for doctoral theses;
  • contributes to mediating conflicts between doctoral students and doctoral supervisors and decides on transferring the supervision of a doctoral student in training to another doctoral supervisor, under the conditions provided by law;
  • establishes, together with the doctoral supervisor, the intellectual property rights regime for the doctoral thesis;

Internationalization and Resources

  • supervises European and jointly supervised doctoral programs, company-supported programs, and internships undertaken by doctoral students abroad;
  • manages the SD-AC budget as part of the budget of the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers within POLITEHNICA Bucharest or IOSUD, based on state budget funding, doctoral tuition fees, and revenues obtained from research projects or sponsorships from relevant companies;


SD-AC Council Decisions


Decisions of the Doctoral School Council of Automatic Control and Computers, organized by year.

Decisions 2026

01
Decision 1 – Approval of the composition of the advisory and academic integrity committee for doctoral students

02
Decision 2 – Approval of the schedule of academic and administrative activities of the Doctoral School

03
Decision 3 – Endorsement of proposals regarding the organization and implementation of doctoral training programs

Decisions 2025

01
Decision 1 – Validation of the results of the admission process for doctoral studies

02
Decision 2 – Approval of requests regarding the interruption and extension of doctoral studies

Decisions 2024

01
Decision 1 – Endorsement of committees for the public defense of doctoral theses

02
Decision 2 – Approval of measures regarding quality assurance within doctoral programs

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