Academic Publications – Catalin Buiu

National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest
Research: Modeling and simulation • Computational biology • Bioinformatics
Email: catalin[dot]buiu [at] upb[dot]ro

2025

Photodegradation of psychotropic medications: Impact on efficacy, safety, and drug properties
Udrea, Ana-Maria; Buiu, Catalin; Staicu, Angela; Dabu, Aurelia Nicoleta; Avram, Speranta
Computers in Biology and Medicine

2024

Mean Membrane Potential Estimation for Neural Mass Models in EEG Recordings Using a Linear State Observer
Popescu, Andrei; Buiu, Catalin
IFMBE Proceedings
Therapeutic Potentials of Aconite-like Alkaloids: Bioinformatics and Experimental Approaches
Mares, Catalina; Udrea, Ana-Maria; Buiu, Catalin; Staicu, Angela; Avram, Speranta
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Applications of Machine Learning in Cancer Imaging: A Review of Diagnostic Methods for Six Major Cancer Types
Dumachi, Andreea Ionela; Buiu, Cătălin
Electronics (Switzerland)
A deep learning approach to censored regression
Dănăilă, Vlad-Rareş; Buiu, Cătălin
Pattern Analysis and Applications

2023

Aryl hydrocarbon receptors and their ligands in human health management
Udrea, Ana-Maria; Sogor, Catalina; Buiu, Catalin; Avram, Speranta
QSAR in Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment
Repurposing anti-inflammatory drugs for fighting planktonic and biofilm growth. New carbazole derivatives based on the NSAID carprofen: synthesis, in silico and in vitro bioevaluation
Dumitrascu, Florea; Caira, Mino R.; Avram, Speranta; Buiu, Catalin; Udrea, Ana Maria; Vlad, Ilinca Margareta; Zarafu, Irina; Ioniță, Petre; Nuță, Diana Camelia; Popa, Marcela; Chifiriuc, Mariana-Carmen; Limban, Carmen
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
In Silico Prediction, Characterization and Molecular Docking Studies on New Benzamide Derivatives
Roman, Roxana; Pintilie, Lucia; Nuță, Diana; Avram, Speranța; Buiu, Catalin; Sogor, Catalina; Limban, Carmen
Processes
Robust control and state observer design for neural mass model applications using simulated EEG signals
Popescu, Andrei; Buiu, Catalin
Control Engineering and Applied Informatics

2022

The applications of machine learning in HIV neutralizing antibodies research—A systematic review
Dănăilă, Vlad-Rareş; Avram, Speranţa; Buiu, Cătălin
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
3D Pose Estimation of Custom Objects Using Synthetic Datasets
Florea, Andrei G.; Stoican, Florin; Buiu, Catalin; Oara, Cristian
2022 26th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC 2022 - Proceedings
Prediction of HIV sensitivity to monoclonal antibodies using aminoacid sequences and deep learning
Dǎnǎilǎ, Vlad-Rareş; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Bioinformatics
AN INTEGRATED BREAST CANCER MICROARRAY ANALYSIS APPROACH
Lixandru-Petre, Irina-Oana; Buiu, Catalin
UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series C: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

2021

3d-almond-qsar models to predict the antidepressant effect of some natural compounds
Avram, Speranta; Stan, Miruna Silvia; Udrea, Ana Maria; Buiu, Cătălin; Boboc, Anca Andreea; Mernea, Maria
Pharmaceutics
Synthesis and bioinformatic characterization of new schiff bases with possible applicability in brain disorders
Avram, Speranta; Udrea, Ana Maria; Nuta, Diana Camelia; Limban, Carmen; Balea, Adrian Cosmin; Caproiu, Miron Teodor; Dumitrascu, Florea; Buiu, Cătălin; Bordei, Alexandra Teodora
Molecules

2020

Data science and machine learning techniques for case-based learning in medical bioengineering education
Buiu, Cătălin; Dănăilă, Vlad-Rareș
eLearning and Software for Education Conference
MobileNetV2 ensemble for cervical precancerous lesions classification
Buiu, Cătălin; Dănăilă, Vlad-Rareş; Răduţă, Cristina Nicoleta
Processes
Scutellaria baicalensis flavones as potent drugs against acute respiratory injury during sars-cov-2 infection: Structural biology approaches
Udrea, Ana-Maria; Mernea, Maria; Buiu, Cătălin; Avram, Speranța
Processes

2019

Using a web-based framework to build and experiment with virtual reality worlds
Florea, Andrei George; Buiu, Cătălin
eLearning and Software for Education Conference
Membrane computing models and robot controller design, current results and challenges
Buiu, Cătălin; Florea, Andrei George
Journal of Membrane Computing
Automated diagnosis of cervical lesions using deep learning models
Deaconescu, Irina; Buiu, Catalin
2019 7th E-Health and Bioengineering Conference, EHB 2019
Sensor fusion for autonomous drone waypoint navigation using ros and numerical p systems: A critical analysis of its advantages and limitations
Florea, Andrei George; Buiu, Catalin
Proceedings - 2019 22nd International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science, CSCS 2019

2017

Synchronized dispersion of robotic swarms using XP colonies
Florea, Andrei George; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2016
Software system integration of heterogeneous swarms of robots
Gânsari, Mihai; Buiu, Cătălin
Control Engineering and Applied Informatics
A colon cancer microarray analysis technique
Petre, Irina-Oana; Buiu, Cǎtalin
2017 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference, EHB 2017
Microarray gene expression analysis using R
Petre, I.; Buiu, C.
IFMBE Proceedings
Membrane computing for distributed control of robotic swarms: Emerging research and opportunities
Florea, Andrei George; Buiu, Catalin
Membrane Computing for Distributed Control of Robotic Swarms: Emerging Research and Opportunities
A distributed approach to the control of multi-robot systems using XP colonies
Florea, Andrei George; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering
Modelling multi-robot interactions using a generic controller based on numerical P systems and ROS
Florea, Andrei George; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2017

2016

Development of a software simulator for P colonies—Applications in robotics
Florea, Andrei George; Buiu, Cătălin
International Journal of Unconventional Computing
Learning the relationship between the primary structure of HIV envelope glycoproteins and neutralization activity of particular antibodies by using artificial neural networks
Buiu, Cătălin; Putz, Mihai V.; Avram, Speranta
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
An integrated gene expression analysis approach
Petre, Irina-Oana; Buiu, Catalin
2015 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference, EHB 2015

2015

Automatic Analysis of Radio Meteor Events Using Neural Networks
Roman, Victor Ştefan; Buiu, Cătălin
Earth, Moon and Planets
A self-organizing map-based approach to automatic meteor detection in radio spectrograms
Roman, Victor Stefan; Buiu, Catalin
Proceedings of the 2015 7th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2015
Automatic detection of meteors in spectrograms using artificial neural networks
Roman, Victor Stefan; Buiu, Catalin
SACI 2015 - 10th Jubilee IEEE International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics, Proceedings
A bioinspired mathematical model for a robotic swarm to discriminate between self and nonself robots
Bibic, Simona Mihaela; Cipu, Elena Corina; Buiu, Catalin
2015 19th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC 2015 - Joint Conference SINTES 19, SACCS 15, SIMSIS 19

2014

Structure–biological function relationship extended to mitotic arrest-deficient 2-like protein Mad2 native and mutants-new opportunity for genetic disorder control
Avram, Speranta; Milac, Adina; Mernea, Maria; Mihailescu, Dan; Putz, Mihai V.; Buiu, Catalin
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans: Structure-function relationship with implication in neural development and brain disorders
Avram, Speranta; Shaposhnikov, Sergey; Buiu, Catalin; Mernea, Maria
BioMed Research International
More effective DPP4 inhibitors as antidiabetics based on sitagliptin applied QSAR and clinical methods
Buiu, Cătălin; Avram, Speranta; Duda-Seiman, Daniel; Milac, Adina L.; Duda-Seiman, Corina; Pacureanu, Liliana; Borcan, Florin
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design
A self-organizing map based solution to the automatic detection of meteor echoes in radio recordings
Roman, Victor Stefan; Buiu, Cətəlin
Proceedings of the 2014 6th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2014
Building a SLAM capable heterogeneous multi-robot system with a Kinect sensor
Gânsari, Mihai; Buiu, Cətəlin
Proceedings of the 2014 6th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2014
A new model for interactions between robots in a swarm
Buiu, Cətəlin; Gânsari, Mihai
Proceedings of the 2014 6th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2014
Designing robotic avatars in Second Life - A tool to complement robotics education
Buiu, Cǎtǎlin; Gânsari, Mihai
IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON

2013

Teaching robotics and virtual reality in a synergistic approach
Buiu, Catalin; Buga, Andreea; Coman, Andreea Monica
Proceedings - 2013 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Learning in Industrial Electronics, ICELIE 2013

2012

Evaluation of the pharmacological descriptors related to the induction of antimicrobial activity by using QSAR and computational mutagenesis
Avram, Speranta; Buiu, Catalin; Duda-Seiman, Corina; Borcan, Florin; Duda-Seiman, Daniel; Mihailescu, Dan
Recent Trends on QSAR in the Pharmaeutical Perceptions
Development of membrane controllers for mobile robots
Buiu, Catalin; Vasile, Cristian; Arsene, Octavian
Information Sciences
Using enzymatic numerical P systems for modeling mobile robot controllers
Pavel, Ana Brânduşa; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Natural Computing
More effective antimicrobial mastoparan derivatives, generated by 3D-QSAR-Almond and computational mutagenesis
Avram, Speranta; Buiu, Catalin; Borcan, Florin; Milac, Adina-Luminita
Molecular BioSystems
Evaluation of the pharmacological descriptors related to the induction of antidepressant activity and its prediction by QSAR/QRAR methods
Avram, S.; Buiu, C.; Duda-Seiman, D.; Duda-Seiman, C.; Borcan, F.; Mihailescu, D.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

2011

Development of an embedded artificial vision system for an autonomous robot
Pavel, Ana Brânduşa; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control
SNUPS - a simulator for numerical membrane computing
Arsene, Octavian; Buiu, Catalin; Popescu, Nirvana
International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control
A software tool for modeling and simulation of numerical P systems
Buiu, Catalin; Arsene, Octavian; Cipu, Corina; Patrascu, Monica
BioSystems
A software system for collaborative robotics applications and its application in particle swarm optimization implementations
Vasile, Cristian I.; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Applied Soft Computing Journal
Integrating human swarm interaction in a distributed robotic control system
Vasile, Cristian; Pavel, Ana; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
Aesthetic emotions in human-robot interaction. Implications on interaction design of robotic artists
Buiu, Catalin; Popescu, Nirvana
International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

2010

An integrated framework for emotion recognition and expression using robot artists
Pǎiş, Ana Lucia; Moga, Andreea Sunita; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
ICIC Express Letters, Part B: Applications
A cognitive system for detecting emotions in literary texts and transposing them into drawings
Dichiu, Daniel; Pǎiş, Ana Lucia; Moga, Sunita Andreea; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Enzymatic numerical P systems - A new class of membrane computing systems
Pavel, Ana; Arsene, Octavian; Buiu, Catalin
Proceedings 2010 IEEE 5th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications, BIC-TA 2010
Chidori - A bio-inspired cognitive architecture for collective robotics applications
Vasile, Cristian; Pavel, Ana; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
3D-QSAR design of new escitalopram derivatives for the treatment of major depressive disorders
Avram, Speranta; Buiu, Catalin; Duda-Seiman, Daniel M.; Duda-Seiman, Corina; Mihailescu, Dan
Scientia Pharmaceutica
Human - Swarm interface design and new control techniques for swarms of autonomous mobile robots
Vasile, C.; Pavel, A.; Arsene, O.; Popescu, N.; Buiu, C.
4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, CogSys 2010

2009

Integrated system for stereoscopic cognitive vision, localization, mapping, and communication with a mobile service robot
Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
International Journal of Computers, Communications and Control
Design and evaluation of an integrated online motion control training package
Buiu, Catalin
IEEE Transactions on Education

2008

An integrated internet-based package for teaching motion control: Content and testing results
Buiu, Catalin
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Hybrid educational strategy for a laboratory course on cognitive robotics
Buiu, Catalin
IEEE Transactions on Education
GENESIS - A framework for global engineering of embedded systems
Buiu, Catalin; Ilieva, Sylvia; Zagar, Mario; Salihbegovic, Adrian; Dobrin, Radu; Seceleanu, Tiberiu
Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

2006

Distributed application for mobile robot remote motion control
Buiu, Catalin; Moanta, Nicolae
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
An Online Collaborative Environment for Sharing Visual Culture
Cifuentes, Lauren; Stephen, Carpenter; Buiu, Sanser
Journal of Visual Literacy

2005

A conversational man-robot interface used in robotics education
Buiu, Catalin; Dumitrache, Ioan; Dumitrascu, Alexandru
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

2002

Complex behaviors of teleoperated robotis
Buiu, Catalin; Dumitrache, Ioan; Mihai, Florin
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

1999

Genetic learning of fuzzy controllers
Dumitrache, Ion; Buiu, Cǎtǎlin
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

1998

Hybrid intelligent techniques into autonomous control systems
Dumitrache, I.; Buiu, C.; Ceconvciuc, C.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics