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Persoonlijk profiel
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"Increases in data and computational power mean Artificial Intelligence (AI) has considerable societal impact. Although impactful, the AI theory is extremely far from creating true intelligence. Thus, the question is not what AI will do to humans, but how humans will improve AI and what they will do with it?"
Research profile
Decebal Mocanu is Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning within the DMB group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science at University of Twente and Guest Assistant Professor within the Data Mining group, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Eindhoven University of Technology. From September 2017 until February 2020, Decebal was Assistant Professor at TU/e, and a member of TU/e Young Academy of Engineering. His short-term research interest is to conceive scalable deep artificial neural network models and their corresponding learning algorithms using principles from network science, evolutionary computing, optimization and neuroscience. Such models shall have sparse and evolutionary connectivity, make use of previous knowledge, and have strong generalization capabilities to be able to learn, and to reason, using few examples in a continuous and adaptive manner.
Most science carried out throughout human evolution uses the traditional reductionism paradigm, which even if it is very successful, still has some limitations. Aristotle wrote in Metaphysics “The whole is more than the sum of its parts”. Inspired by this quote, in long term, Decebal would like to follow the alternative complex systems paradigm and study the synergy between artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and network science for the benefits of science and society.
Academic background
In 2017, Decebal received his PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Network Science from TU/e. During his doctoral studies, Decebal undertook three research visits: the University of Pennsylvania (2014), Julius Maximilian University of Wurzburg (2015), and University of Texas, Austin (2016).
Prior to this, in 2013, he obtained his MSc in Artificial Intelligence from Maastricht University . During his master studies, Decebal also worked as a part time software developer at We Focus BV in Maastricht. In the last year of his master studies, he also worked as an intern at Philips Research in Eindhoven, where he prepared his internship and master thesis projects. Decebal obtained his Licensed Engineer degree from University Politehnica of Bucharest. While in Bucharest, between 2001 and 2010, Decebal started MDC Artdesign SRL (a software house specialized in web development), worked as a computer laboratory assistant at the University Nicolae Titulescu, and as a software engineer at Namedrive LLC.
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For an updated webpage, please see https://people.utwente.nl/d.c.mocanu
Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
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Interoperability of Heterogeneous IoT Platforms
Exarchakos, G., Mocanu, D. C. & Exarchakos, G.
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Onderzoek direct
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Scalable training of artificial neural networks with adaptive sparse connectivity inspired by network science
Mocanu, D. C., Mocanu, E., Stone, P., Nguyen, H. P., Gibescu, M. & Liotta, A., 19 jun. 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1, 12 blz., 2383.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand127 Citaten (Scopus)531 Downloads (Pure) -
Decentralized dynamic understanding of hidden relations in complex networks
Mocanu, D. C., Exarchakos, G. & Liotta, A., 1 dec. 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 15 blz., 1571.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand11 Citaten (Scopus)105 Downloads (Pure) -
Online contrastive divergence with generative replay: experience replay without storing data
Mocanu, D. C., Torres Vega, M., Eaton, E., Stone, P. & Liotta, A., 18 okt. 2016, In: arXiv. 16 blz., 1610.05555.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic
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On the synergy of network science and artificial intelligence
Mocanu, D. C., 2016, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2016). Palo Alto: AAAI PressOnderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Conferentiebijdrage › Academic › peer review
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Factored four way conditional restricted Boltzmann machines for activity recognition
Mocanu, D. C., Bou Ammar, H., Lowet, D. J. C., Driessens, K., Liotta, A., Weiss, G. & Tuyls, K. P., 2015, In: Pattern Recognition Letters. 66, blz. 100-108Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand33 Citaten (Scopus)214 Downloads (Pure)
Prijzen
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Highly Commended Paper Award - International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications
Mocanu, Decebal C. (Ontvanger), 2017
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Travel Award at IJCAI 2016
Mocanu, Decebal C. (Ontvanger), 11 jul. 2016
Prijs: Anders › Beurzen › Wetenschappelijk
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Master AI Thesis Award, 1st prize, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Mocanu, Decebal C. (Ontvanger), 12 jul. 2013
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Best Paper Award MoMM2015
Mocanu, Decebal C. (Ontvanger), 13 dec. 2015
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Certificate of appreciation from the Journal of Electronic Imaging for serving as a reviewer.
Mocanu, Decebal C. (Ontvanger), 1 jan. 2015
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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University of Texas at Austin
Decebal Mocanu (Bezoekende onderzoeker)
16 jan. 2016 → 16 apr. 2016Activiteit: Types bezoeken aan een externe instelling › Bezoek externe academische instelling › Wetenschappelijk
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"Deep Learning and its applicability" at University of Würzburg, Germany.
Decebal Mocanu (Spreker)
24 aug. 2015 → 28 aug. 2015Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Aangemelde presentatie › Wetenschappelijk
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University of Pennsylvania
Decebal Mocanu (Bezoekende onderzoeker)
15 sep. 2014 → 15 dec. 2014Activiteit: Types bezoeken aan een externe instelling › Bezoek externe academische instelling › Wetenschappelijk
Knipsels
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-The University of Oslo: New AI method increases the power of artificial neural networks
20/06/18
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New AI method increases the power of artificial neural networks
20/06/18
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