Radu-Emil Precup

Radu-Emil Precup

Radu-Emil Precup (M IEEE '03 - SM IEEE '07 - F IEEE '25) was born in Lugoj, Romania, in 1963. He received the Dipl.Ing. (Hons.) degree in automation and computers from the "Traian Vuia" Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1987, the Diploma in mathematics from the West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree in automatic systems from the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Timisoara, in 1996.

From 1987 to 1991, he was with Infoservice S.A., Timisoara. He is currently with the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, where he became a Professor in the Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, in 2000, and he is currently a Doctoral Supervisor of automation and systems engineering. From 2022, he is also a senior researcher (CS I) and the head of the Data Science and Engineering Laboratory of the Center for Fundamental and Advanced Technical Research, Romanian Academy – Timisoara Branch, Romania. From 2016 to 2022, he was an Adjunct Professor within the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia. He is currently the Director of the Automatic Systems Engineering Research Centre with the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania. From 1999 to 2009, he held research and teaching positions with the Université de Savoie, Chambéry and Annecy, France, Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution, Budapest, Hungary, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary. He has been an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (2018-2022), Information Sciences (Elsevier, 2021-2024), Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier, 2021-2024), Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier, 2014-2024), Expert Systems with Applications (Elsevier, 2021-2024), Applied Artificial Intelligence (Taylor & Francis, 2022-2024), and Healthcare Analytics (Elsevier, 2021-2024), is the Editor-in-Chief of Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, and is an editorial board member of several prestigious journals including IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, Evolving Systems (Springer), Communications in Transportation Research (Elsevier), and Journal of Engineering-JOE (IET and Wiley).