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Bucharest University - Physics Department
Prof. Dr. Radu MUTIHAC

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Radu Mutihac

Name:	MUTIHAC
First name:	RADU
Place and date of birth:	Bucharest, Romania, March 29, 1952.
Nationality:	Romanian.
Citizenship:	Romanian.

Social status:	married, 2 children, - spouse: Lucia born on April 15, 1951 - son: Radu-Cristian, born on October 3, 1978 - daughter: Ruxandra, born on April 13, 1986
Full home address:	64, Ion Mihalache Blvd., bloc 41, apt. 12, sector 1, Bucharest 011196, Romania,
Tel.:	+(40-21)-650-3168
Fax-modem:	+(40-21)-650-3168
E-mail:	mutihac@gmail.com, mutihac@netscape.net
Full address of permanent institution:	Department of Electricity and Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 405 Atomistilor Str, PO Box MG-11, Bucharest-Mãgurele 077125, Romania, Tel.: +(40-21)-457-4418, (40-21)-457-4419, Fax: +(40-21)-315-9249, URL: http://www.fizica.unibuc.ro/mutihac, http://www.fizica.net/mutihac E-mail: mutihac@netscape.net, mutihac@gmail.com

Studies:

       1. Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 1971-1974; B.Sc. in Physics;
       2. Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 1974-1976, M.Sc. in Electronic Physics with the thesis: "Minimizing Algorithms in Integrated Circuit Design," supervisor Prof. Dr. Radu Pârvan;
       3. Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 1994, Ph.D. in Physics with the thesis "Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulations of Neural Networks," supervisor Prof. Dr. Victor Gheorghe;
       4. Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, 1977-1980, B.Sc. in Informatics.

Scientific training:

       1. College on Neurophysics: "Object Recognition by Man and Machine," International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, March 2-27, 1992;
       2. Forum des Recherches en Informatique, Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de Physique Théorique, Palaiseau, France, June 2-3, 1993;
       3. Microprocessor Laboratory: "Third Course on Basic VLSI Design Techniques," International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, November 21 - December 16, 1994;
       4. NATO Advanced Study Institute: International School of Biophysics "Antonio Borsellino", 23rd Course: "Neurobiology," Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicilia, Italy, May 2-12, 1995;
       5. Workshop on "Information Processing in Biological and Artificial Systems," Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, Italy, May 12-13, 1995;
       6. College on Neurophysics (Antonio Borsellino): "The Processing and Use of Sensory Information in Biological Systems," International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, May 15 - June 9, 1995;
       7. Workshop on "Dynamic Properties of Receptive Fields and Plasticity of Processing Systems," International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, May 16-18, 1995.
       8. NATO Advanced Study Institute, International School of Biophysics "Antonio Borsellino," 26th Course: "Neural Circuits and Networks," Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, Italy, June 15-27, 1997;
       9. Joint Israeli-Italian Workshop on "Transduction Mechanism and Synaptic Function", Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy June 23-26, 1997;
       10. Colloque Internationale sur "Traitement de l'information dans l'arborisation axonale: Nouvelles questions," Université René Descartes, URA CNRS 1448, Paris, France, April 2-3, 1998;
       11. Workshop on Optical Properties of Microcavities, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 6-12, 1998;
       12. Workshop on Dynamical Systems, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 13-September 18, 1998;
       13. Extended research workshop on "Disorder, Chaos, and Interactions in Mesoscopic Systems", International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July 27-September 18, 1998.
       14. International Summer School on Statistical Physics and Probabilistic Methods in Computer Science, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 23-September 3, 1999;
       15. The EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 23-September 17, 1999;
       16. The School on Modern Statistical Methods in Medical Research, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, September 6-24, 1999;
       17. College on Medical Physics and Workshop on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology: Medical Applications, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, September 20-October 15, 1999.
       18. The EU Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July 30 - August 23, 2001;
       19. The Adriatico Research Conference on Interaction and Assembly of Biomolecules, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 27-31; 2001;
       20. Summer School on Mathematical Control Theory, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, September 3-28, 2001.
       21. Workshop on Random Matrix Theory: Condensed Matter, Statistical Physics, and Combinatorics; The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, June 28 - July 2, 2004.
       22. Summer School and Conference on Dynamical Systems; The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July 19-August 6, 2004.

National and international research projects and grants:

       1. Retraining and Updating in Biophysics, TEMPUS Individual Mobility Grant IMG-92-RO-2084, Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de Physique Théorique, Palaiseau, France, 4 april - 5 julliet, 1993.
       2. Graduate Module in Artificial Intelligence: Mathematical Methods for Neural Networks, COMETT-Matari Programme, Telecom-Bretagne, Brest-Iroise, France, juin 21-25, 1993.
       3. Pilot Project on Regional Co-operation in Reforming Higher Education, jointly supported by the OECD and EC-PHARE, 1994-1995.
       4. PHARE Multi-Country Programme in Higher Education, funded by PHARE supervised by the ETF (European Training Foundation), 1996.
       5. Modeling and Simulation of Neural Networks as Coupled Oscillators, Project 3009/1993, item B1, funded by the Ministry of Education and C.N.S.C.U. (National Council of University Scientific Research), 1994-1995.
       6. Implementation of a Design Center of Artificial Intelligence Programs with Applications in Higher Education, Project 4009/1995, item B 36, funded by the Ministry of Education and C.N.S.C.U. (National Council of University Scientific Research), 1996.
       7. Interactions between Unprotonated Amines and Polyethers, Crown Ethers, and Cryptands, NATO Collaborative Research Grant SRG 941403, 1995-1997.
       8. Questions Mathématiques en Traitement du Signal et de l'Image, Trimestre de Mathématiques, Institut Henri Poincaré, Centre Emile Borel, Paris, FRANCE, 14 septembre - 18 décembre, 1998.
       9. Modeling and simulation of a mitral cell of the olfactory bulb, Research in Neurophysics FULBRIGHT Grant #6, 2000, Yale University, School of Medicine, Section of Neurobiology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, October 2000 - March 2001.
       10. Independent component analysis of functional neuroimaging data, MAPAWAMO European Project, FP5 Programme, QLG3-CT-2000-30161, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, School of Medicine, Labo voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, BELGIUM; October 2001 - September 2002.
       11. Exploratory analysis of fMRI data, NIH Grant P41 RR15241, F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and MR Research Division, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, May 2003 - March 2005.
       12. Wavelet-based statistical analysis of fMRI activation images, Zavoisky Award, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Seattle, WA, USA, May, 2006.

Governmental employment:

1. Deputy General Director, Department of Higher Education, Romanian Ministry of Education, Bucharest, 1993-1994.

Scientific employment:

       1. Physicist, Head of Electronic Devices Layout Design Section, Department of Integrated Circuits, Enterprise of Radio Components and Semiconductors, Bucharest-Bãneasa, 1976-1981;
       2. Professor assistant, Department of Electricity and Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 1981-1991;
       3. Lecturer, Department of Electricity and Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 1991-1997;
       4. Research Associate, Microprocessor Laboratory, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), P.O. Box 586, Trieste, 34100, ITALY; X-Ray Project 95A2MC02C jointly funded by the Abdus Salam ICTP and United Nations University (UNU), Trieste, Italy, 1995-1997.
       5. Associate Professor, Department of Electricity and Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 1997-1999;
       6. Professor, Department of Electricity and Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 2000-on;
       7. Research Associate, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, School of Medicine, Labo voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, BELGIUM; MAPAWAMO European Project, FP5 Programme, QLG3-CT-2000-30161, 2001-2002;
       8. Faculty and Research Associate, F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, 2003-2005.

Main fields of research:

1. Exploratory multivariate data analysis and data mining methods (such as spatio-temporal complex independent component analysis - ICA, fuzzy clustering analysis - FCA, and wavelet analysis) of time series with applications in:

Neuroimaging (EEG/MEG, PET, SPECT, and fMRI data);
Natural image analysis (feature extraction, image denoising, and image compression);

2. Compartmental modeling and computer simulation of various nervous cells and simple neural networks using the simulation environment NEURON (http://www.neuron.yale.edu/);
3. CAD techniques in VLSI analog and digital integrated circuits using advanced hardware description languages (VHDL, PSpice, ALLIANCE, …).

Lectures given in the Department of Electricty and Biophysics:

       1. Analysis and design of analog and digital VLSI circuits;
       2. Microelectronics;
       3. Elements of Automatics;
       4. Technologies for Silicon Integrated Electronic Devices;
       5. Digital image processing;
       6. Medical imaging;
       7. System Theory;
       8. Modeling and simulation of biophysical systems and processes.

Member of the following organizations:

       1. Romanian Society of Physics;
       2. Romanian Association of Medical Physicists (ARFM);
       3. IEEE Member of Signal Processing Society and Neural Networks Society (ID #41617054);
       4. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, New York, USA (ID #8632);
       5. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, New York, USA (ISMRM);
       6. European Association for International Education (EAIE);
       7. International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP);
       8. Alfred Kastler Foundation, France;
       9. Regular Associate of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

Language competencies:

       1. English,
       2. French,
       3. Italian.

Temporary scientific referee for the journals:

       1. Revue Roumaine de Chimie (Roumanian Academy);
       2. Roumanian Journal of Physics (Roumanian Academy);
       3. Roumanian Quarterly Chemical Reviews (Roumanian Academy) - discontinued;
       4. Roumanian Reports in Physics (Roumanian Academy);
       5. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Molecular Recognition in Chemistry (Kluwer Academic Publisher, USA);
       6. Biotechnology Progress (Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburg, USA);
       7. International Journal of Chaos Theory and Applications (Joint publication by the University "Alexandru Ion Cuza", Jassy, Romania, and the Advanced and Applied Intelligent Technologies Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland) - discontinued;
       8. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (IEEE, USA);
       9. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (IEEE, USA);
       10. Journal of Neural Engineering, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd., London, UK;
       11. Physiological Measurement, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd., London, UK;
       12. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, New York, Weinheim, Brisbane, Singapore, and Toronto).

Scientific evaluator/expert/referee

       1. CORDIS (The European Commission's Research and Development Information Service);
       2. OHBM (Organization for Human Brain Mapping, New York, USA);
       3. ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, USA);
       4. WSEAS (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society);
       5. MEC (Ministry of Education and Research, Bucharest, Romania);
       6. CNCSIS (National Council for Scientific Research in Higher Education, Bucharest, Romania).

Publications and contributions to international conferences (please see my web page):

Scientific books: 9;
Scientific papers: 67;
Participations in conferences with peer reviewed contributions: 91;

References from:

       1. Prof. Aurel Popescu, Head, Department of Electricity and Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, P.O. Box MG-11, Bucuresti-Mãgurele, 76900 Bucharest, ROMANIA,
Tel: +(40-21)-653.3598, Fax: +(40-21)-480.8625, E-mail: p.aurel@mailbox.ro
URL: http://fpce4.fizica.unibuc.ro
       2. Prof. Gheorghe D. Mateescu, Department of Chemistry, Clapp Hall 205, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA, Phone: (216)-368-2589, Fax: (216)-368-3006,
E-mail: gdm2@cwru.edu
       3. Prof. Julian Chela-Flores, Staff Associate, Abdus Salam Centro Internazionale di Fisica Teorica (ICTP), Main Building, Strada Costiera 11, P.O. Box 586, 34014 Trieste, ITALY (http://www.ictp.it),
Tel: +(39-040)-2240392, Fax: +(39-040)-224.163,
E-mail: chelaf@ictp.trieste.it, URL: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~chelaf
       4. Prof. Gordon Shepherd, Yale University, School of Medicine, Section of Neurobiology, C303 SHM, 333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208001, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA,
Tel: (203)-785-4336 / 4334, Fax: (203)-785-6690, E-mail: gordon.shepherd@yale.edu
       5. Prof. Peter C.M. Van Zijl, Director, F. M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute and Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Radiology,
707 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, Tel: +(443)-923-9510, Fax: +(443)-923-9505,
E-mail: pvanzijl@jhu.edu, URL: http://mri.kennedykrieger.org/sitemap/pvanzijl.html
       6. Prof. Marc M. Van Hulle, Catholic University of Leuven, School of Medicine, Laboratory of Neuro- and Psychophysiology, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, BELGIUM,
Tel: +(32-016)-345960, Fax: +(32-016)-345960
E-mail: marc.vanhulle@med.kuleuven.ac.be, URL: http://simone.neuro.kuleuven.ac.be