Radu Vasiu is currently:

Professor at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies
Director of the Multimedia Research Centre (2003 – present)
Director of the Institute for Digital Transformation (2023 – present)
Former President of the Politehnica University Senate (2016-2023)
PhD supervisor in the field of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies
President of IAFES – International Association for e-Science (2013 – present)
Member of the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Communications Society
EDEN Fellow of the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN)
Member of the European Universities Association (EUA) and of the EUA council for Doctoral Education
Member of the International Association of Science and Technology Engineers for Development (IASTED)
Member of the Commission for European Integration of the Romanian Academy, Timisoara branch
Member of the Romanian Academy for Technical Sciences, section Electronics and Automation (since 2023)

His research interests are in the area of blockchain technologies, AR/VR technologies, open data, smart cities, mobile applications, e-learning, multimedia and web technologies, micro-credentials, Virtual Mobilities. Since 1993 he was involved in more than 45 international research and educational projects, both as coordinator or as contractor.

Radu’s publication list includes 12 books, 5 conference proceedings as editor, 21 book chapters and more than 200 papers published in journals or in conference proceedings.

He acted as invited professor in different universities from UK, Finland, France, Italy, Austria, Greece, Netherlands and USA.

In 2022 professor Vasiu received the “Traian Vuia” Award for Excellence in Research for Engineering Sciences at the Banat Excellence Gala, under the patronage of the Romanian Academy.