Professor · Research leader · IEEE Fellow

Radu-Emil
Precup

Intelligent, fuzzy, and data-driven control—from rigorous methods to experimentally validated systems.

IEEE Fellow · 2025Romanian Academy · Corresponding MemberNAAI MemberAAIS FellowUPT Professor & Doctoral Supervisor

Research impact · 29 August 2026

Citation overview

15843Google Scholar citations

77Google Scholar h-index

12325Scopus citations

70Scopus h-index

9536Web of Science citations

63Web of Science h-index

Coverage481 Scopus · 386 WoS articles

Independent influence10000+ independent citations

Scholar Scopus Web of Science ORCID IEEE Xplore DBLP

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Research

Three connected directions

Intelligent & data-driven control

Fuzzy, model-free, sliding-mode, neuro-fuzzy, and learning-based methods.

Optimization & computational intelligence

Nature-inspired optimization, reinforcement learning, and control design.

Experimental systems

Mechatronics, robots, automotive and servo systems, and power plants.

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Selected honours

Recognition

2025IEEE Fellow

2025IEEE SMC Best Associate Editor Award

2024Henri Coandă Prize

2020Tudor Tănăsescu Prize

2019Doctor Honoris Causa, two universities

2017Elsevier Scopus Award

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Academic leadership

Editorial boards, conferences, collaboration, project

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Erdős numberPrecup → Kóczy → Joó → Erdős

Session chairman / co-chairman

IFAC COSY, MED, ECAI, IEEE EAIS, IEEE MSC, IFAC World Congresses, and other international conferences.

e-MATS · 2024—2026Electric multimodal transport systems for urban accessibility and connectivity.

Current editorial leadership

Editor-in-Chief · ROMJIST | Associate Editor · IEEE TNNLS, IEEE TCYB, IEEE Open JCS, JCAES | Area Editor · Evolving Systems

Editorial boards ↗Erdős proof ↗Conference roles ↗e-MATS ↗

Community

Task Force

IEEE Task Force on Autonomous Learning Systems

Adaptive systems for evolving environments, joining fuzzy systems, neural networks, modelling, control, prediction, classification, and data processing.

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Email · Phoneradu.precup [at] upt.ro
+40 256 403 226

OfficeA-212 · Bd. V. Pârvan 2
300223 Timișoara, Romania

University appointmentProfessor · Department of Automation and Applied Informatics
Politehnica University Timișoara, Romania

Romanian Academy appointmentSenior Researcher (CS I) · Head, Data Science and Engineering Laboratory
Center for Fundamental and Advanced Technical Research · Romanian Academy—Timișoara Branch

Profile information reviewed August 2026