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AIRi@UTCN is pleased to announce that the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute - AIRi@UTCN and the Decision Support Systems Laboratory of the Energy Policy Unit at the National Technical University of Athens - DSS Lab, EPU-NTUA will co-organize the special session “AI for the Future Energy System.”
AIRi@UTCN is pleased to announce that the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute - AIRi@UTCN and the Decision Support Systems Laboratory of the Energy Policy Unit at the National Technical University of Athens - DSS Lab, EPU-NTUA will co-organize the special session “AI for the Future Energy System.”
AIRi@UTCN is pleased to welcome French artist Benoit Challand as a visiting researcher for a week-long research stay starting May 5 2026. The artist and researcher will engage with the AIRi@UTCN research community around the project “Crystallize”, an artistic and technological exploration of how emotions can be translated into data, images, and sculptural forms.
Implementation of the 5G-SHARE project is now underway, with UTCN, UNSTPB, and Vodafone Romania deploying private 5G networks to support new digital applications for education and research. The Romanian partners are contributing to use cases spanning XR Learning, Post-Quantum Cryptography, 5G Sensing, and an AI-Augmented Academic Network.
AIRi@UTCN was honored to welcome Prof. Ladislau “Lotzi” Bölöni, a distinguished researcher in Artificial Intelligence and autonomous systems, and a proud alumnus of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
AIRi@UTCN was recently presented at Shandong Jiaotong University in Jinan, Shandong Province, China. As the world is changing with unprecedented acceleration, we are actively exploring new research opportunities and academic partnerships with colleagues from China. One moment from the visit stayed with me. When students begin a master’s program there, they receive a desk at the university. I had the opportunity to enter one of these “offices for master students.” The room was full of students working with focus and discipline. I asked whether they spend eight hours a day in the office. The Chinese professor smiled and answered: “At least eight hours.” It was a simple answer, but a powerful reminder: research culture is built not only through infrastructure and international collaboration, but also through commitment, persistence, and daily work. Looking forward to building bridges between AIRi@UTCN and our partners in China, and to creating meaningful research opportunities for students and researchers on both sides.
AIRi@UTCN welcomed representatives of clusters and organisations from Emilia-Romagna as part of the Italy-North-West Romania bilateral economic mission held in Cluj-Napoca on 17-18 June 2026.
The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute - AIRi@UTCN congratulates Infineon Technologies for the official inauguration of its new research and development center in Cluj-Napoca.
AIRi@UTCN is pleased to announce our participation in the first in-person meeting of the 5G-SHARE project. Hosted by the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Donegal in Letterkenny, Ireland, this two-day gathering marked a major milestone in our collaborative effort to shape the future of digital connectivity in academia.
AIRi@UTCN is pleased to announce that it will co-organize the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Scientific Computing - ICASC 2026, which will take place between 21-23 October 2026 in Cluj-Napoca.
AIRI@UTCN is pleased to announce the visit of Dr. Ilknur Dönmez from Istanbul Health and Technology University, who is joining the AIRi research community @ TUCN as a visiting professor through the Erasmus programme.
AIRI@UTCN is pleased to welcome Oumaima Majdoubi, PhD student at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, for a three-month research stay supported by the Eugen Ionescu Research Grant.
The visit took place in the context of the long-standing cooperation between TUCN and Tenaris, with the aim of further strengthening connections between the company and our university under the patronage of AIRi@UTCN.
AI Buildathon is a 48-hour sprint where mixed teams — developers, designers, product people, marketers, and more - build functional AI prototypes for real problems in Cluj: mobility, education, local businesses, urban life. It takes place at ClujHub, as part of Zilele Clujului, and is organized by the Romanian Tech Startups Association, in collaboration with ADR Nord-Vest, INNO, and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at UTCN.
The first hackathon in Romania dedicated to the use of technology and artificial intelligence in performance sports.
AlloyGraph is an open-source platform that predicts mechanical properties of nickel-based superalloys, designs new alloy compositions, and answers natural language questions about superalloy data.
AIRi@UTCN was pleased to welcome the delegation of the Committee on European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies, led by Deputy Ovidiu-Vasile Cîmpean, Vice-Chair of the Committee, during its working visit to Cluj-Napoca, held in the context of the public debate on the future EU budget for 2028–2034.
The Orange 5G Lab within AIRi announces two internship opportunities dedicated to students of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Communications specialization.
AIRi is happy to announce the completion of this milestone: UTCN's Center of Immersive Technologies for Education, funded through eUT4ALL (e-PNRR: 1277457265) and hosted by AIRi, is now up and running! More updates to come! https://lnkd.in/d7_-yt4Y
Solar physics offers a uniquely rich and multi-scale environment for data science, combining high-resolution imaging, time-series analysis, and complex physical modelling. Modern missions, such as Solar Dynamics Observatory, continuously produce terabytes of data per day, including multi-wavelength images, Doppler velocity fields, and magnetic maps of the Sun. From a data science perspective, solar datasets are inherently high-dimensional, spatio-temporal, and physics-constrained, making them ideal for machine learning applications such as convolutional neural networks for image recognition, recurrent or transformer models for time-series forecasting, and unsupervised methods for pattern discovery. At the same time, they challenge purely data-driven approaches, as physical interpretability remains essential—for example, linking learned features to magnetic structures, energy transport, or wave dynamics.
One month before building completion, the vision is becoming reality. What once lived on drawings, plans, and discussions is now taking shape day by day. Every milestone reached reflects the dedication, coordination, and hard work of everyone involved. We are now in the final stretch, focused on delivering a space built with quality, purpose, and attention to detail.
The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute - AIRi@UTCN participated in Digital Innovation Summit Bucharest - DISB 2026, represented by Prof. Adrian Groza, Vice-Rector for IT Infrastructure and Digitalization at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute - AIRi@UTCN was pleased to welcome Irineu Darău, Minister of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, for an on-site visit and discussion
AIRi@UTCN was glad to contribute to the strategic dialogue on defence, innovation, and capability held on 25 February 2026, as part of the 8th edition of the Regional Conference Romanian Business Leaders - RBL Cluj 2026.
AIRI@UTCN aims to become an institute where English is the official working language. The first step is to ensure that each of its 33 laboratories includes a researcher from abroad. Alongside partnerships across the EU and Asia, we see the Western Balkans as a strategic region for AI cooperation: strong talent, growing ecosystems, and shared priorities. In this line, on 16 February 2026 we were pleased to welcome representatives of “Aleksandër Moisiu” University of Durrës (Albania): Prof. Dr. Shkelqim Fortuzi, Rector Prof. Dr. Azeta Tartaraj Prof.Dr., Vice-Rector for Internationalization We were also honored by the presence of H.E. Enkeleda Mërkuri, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Romania, who joined the meeting and underlined the importance of academic and scientific bridges in the region. If your institution or lab is interested in AI collaboration across the Western Balkans–EU corridor, let’s connect.