Curriculum Vitae (CV)
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Last Name

Bâsceanu

First Name

Vlad – Andrei

Citizenship

Romanian

Birth Date

March 12, 1996

University Stages

2021 – 2024 Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest – PhD (FANPEAA)

o       Implementing Neural Network algorithms on space-ready hardware for inference acceleration.

 

                         2019 – 2021 Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest – MSc (FANPEAA)

o       The MSc program I studied was completed by presenting the MSc Thesis called “Generation of synthetic images for the analysis of the centroiding algorithms used in the operational activities of the LISA Constellation Acquisition Sensor”. During the MSc programm I gained expertise in data processing, in simulation of noise and in simulation of synthetic images based on experimental parameters.

 

2016 – 2019 Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest – BSc (Biophysics)

o       I completed my BSc studies by presenting the paper “The influence of anode modification with polypyrrole and carbon nanotubes on the performance of microbial fuel cells”. During my BSc studies I earned valuable experience in polymer physics but also, I became accustomed with working in a laboratory.

Professional Background

Jul 2021 - Present Member of Ro – LISASci Group

Jul 2021 - Present Member of LISA, WP4 Low Latency Pipelines international Consortium

Mar 2020 - Present Research Assistant, Institute of Space Science (ISS), Măgurele, România

Sep 2019 - Jul 2021 Member of LISA Hardware Group

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 Research Assistant Intern, Institute of Space Science (ISS), Măgurele, România

Conferences

18 Jun 2021 Vlad – Andrei Bâsceanu*, A. Jipa, F. Popescu, G. Chirițoi, E. M. Popescu: Generation of synthetic images for the analysis of the centroiding algorithms used in the operational activities of the LISA Constellation Acquisition Sensor, Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2019 Meeting, Atomic and Molecular Physics. Astrophysics. Applications.

 

o       At first, gravitational waves were a prediction of Einstein’s general relativity theory, but as of 2017 when the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) reported the first detection of such waves they became reality. Because the gravitational wave spectrum covers a large span of frequencies, the need for complementary observations arose. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is the first space-based gravitational wave observatory that operates at frequencies between 0.1 mHz and 1 Hz. As of 2017, LISA was selected as the third large mission of the European Space Agency. This paper addresses the need and the preliminary results of the simulation of synthetic images. The purpose of these images is to evaluate different centroiding algorithms that will be used by the Constellation Acquisition Sensor (CAS) aboard the three spacecrafts in order for the three satellites of the mission to get precisely aligned into the triangular formation which will allow for the interferometric detection of gravitational waves.

 

16 - 19 Iul 2019 Anca Dumitru*, V. Bâsceanu, R. Maaz, C. Locovei, S. Avramescu, S. Iftimie: Relation between the morphology and nitrogen enviroment of nitrogen-containing carbon nanostructures and their performance as anode modifier in microbial fuel cell, International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics (IBWAP 2019) (Poster)

 

8 - 14 Aug 2018 Vlad – Andrei Bâsceanu*, R. Maaz, A. Dumitru: Enhancing the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with nitrogen containing carbon nanostructures modified anodes, International Conference of Physics Students (ICPS 2018) (Poster)