Research
Publications
Papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Creating a Personalized Artificial Intelligence Course: WELSA Case Study, International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change, Vol. 2(1), IGI Global, ISSN: 1941-868X, pp. 31-47, 2011. [Abstract] [PDF preprint version]
Elvira Popescu, Adaptation Provisioning with respect to Learning Styles in a Web-Based Educational System: An Experimental Study, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Vol. 26(4), Wiley, ISSN: 0266-4909, pp. 243-257, 2010. [Abstract] [PDF preprint version]
Elvira Popescu, A Unified Learning Style Model for Technology-Enhanced Learning: What, Why and How?, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, Vol. 8(3), IGI Global, ISSN: 1539-3100, pp. 65-81, July – September 2010. [Abstract] [PDF preprint version]
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Lucian Moraret, Accommodating Learning Styles in an Adaptive Educational System, Informatica, Vol. 34(3), ISSN: 0350-5596, pp. 451–462, 2010. [PDF]
Elvira Popescu, From WELSA 1.0 to WELSA 2.0: Accommodating Social Learning Features, Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iasi, published by „Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Automatic Control and Computer Science section, vol. LVI (LX) (4), ISSN: 1220-2169, pp. 147-161, 2010. [Abstract] [PDF]
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Philippe Trigano, Learning Objects' Architecture and Indexing in WELSA Adaptive Educational System, Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, Vol. 9(1), pp. 11-20, ISSN: 1895-1767, 2008. [PDF]
Costin Badica, Amelia Badica, Elvira Popescu, Ajith Abraham, L-Wrappers: Concepts, Properties and Construction: A Declarative Approach to Data Extraction from Web Sources, Soft Computing - A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies and Applications, Vol. 11, No. 8/June, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, pp. 753-772, ISSN: 1433-7479, 2007.
Elena Doicaru, Ileana Nicolae, Elvira Popescu, E-SSAF – A Powerful E-Learning Tool for State-Space OA-RC and Gm-C Continuous Time Filter Synthesis, International Journal of Education and Information Technologies, NAUM, Issue 2, Vol. 1, pp. 79-85, ISSN: 1109-9577, 2007.
Elvira Popescu, Amelia Badica, Costin Badica, Mining Travel Resources on the Web Using L-Wrappers, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 4029, Springer, pp. 1199-1208, ISSN: 0302-9743, 2006.
Philippe Trigano, Elvira Popescu, Ecaterina Giacomini, Creating and Implementing Project-Based E-Learning Scenarios, Annals of the University of Craiova, Automation, Computers, Electronics and Mechatronics Series, Vol. 3 (30), No. 2, Universitaria Press, Craiova, Romania, pp. 195-204, ISSN: 1841-0626, 2006.
Costin Badica, Amelia Badica, Elvira Popescu, Tuples Extraction from HTML Using Logic Wrappers and Inductive Logic Programming, Advances in Web Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 3528, Springer-Verlag, pp.44-50, ISSN: 0302-9743, 2005.
Elvira Popescu, Modelling Units of Learning: A Practical Exploration of IMS Learning Design, ELSE Software Journal, no. 24/XII, Sitech Press, Craiova, Romania, pp. 24-33, ISSN: 1221-4469, 2005.
Razvan Tanasie, Elvira Popescu, Daniel Nistor, An approach to formal specification by concrete examples, ELSE Software Journal, no. 25/XII, Sitech Press, Craiova, Romania, pp. 107-127, ISSN: 1221-4469, 2005.
Edited books
Howard Leung, Elvira Popescu, Yiwei Cao, Rynson Lau, Wolfgang Nejdl (Eds.), Advances in Web-based Learning – ICWL 2011, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7048, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-25812-1, 2011.
Edited special issues
Elvira Popescu, Sabine Graf, Special issue on "Social and Personalized Learning in Web-based Environments", International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change, IGI Global, ISSN: 1941-868X, vol. 2(1), 2011.
Book chapters
Elvira Popescu, Integrating Individual Differences in Adaptive Educational Systems: The Unified Learning Style Model Case, Qun Jin (Ed.): Intelligent Learning Systems and Advancements in Computer-Aided Instruction: Emerging Studies, Information Science Reference, ISBN: 9781613504833, pp. 94-118, 2012.
Elvira Popescu, Diagnosing Students’ Learning Style in an Educational Hypermedia System, Constantinos Mourlas, Nikos Tsianos and Panagiotis Germanakos (Eds): Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-based Education: Integrating Human Factors and Personalization, Advances in Web-Based Learning Book Series, IGI Global, ISBN: 978-1-60566-392-0, pp. 187-208, 2009. [PDF preprint version]
Costin Badica, Amelia Badica, Elvira Popescu, Using Logic Programming and XML Technologies for Data Extraction from Web Pages, Dariusz Król and Ngoc Thanh Nguyen (Eds.): Intelligence Integration in Distributed Knowledge Management, Information Science Reference, ISBN: 978-1-59904-576-4, pp. 17-47, 2008.
Papers in conference proceedings
Elvira Popescu, Dan Cioiu, eMUSE - Integrating Web 2.0 Tools in a Social Learning Environment, Proceedings ICWL 2011, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7048, pp. 41-50, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-25812-1, 2011. [PDF preprint version]
Emmanuel Witrant, Elvira Popescu, A Problem-Based Learning Approach for Green Control and IT in a Master Program, Proceedings ICWL 2011, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7048, pp. 273-282, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-25812-1, 2011.
Elvira Popescu, Laurentiu Manafu, Repurposing a Wiki for Collaborative Learning - Pedagogical and Technical View, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on System Theory, Control, and Computing (ICSTCC 2011), ISBN: 978-973-621-322-9, pp. 452-457, 2011.
Dorin Popescu, Emil Petre, Dorin Sendrescu, Livia Popescu, Elvira Popescu, Romanian experiences in lifelong learning process and e-learning, Proceedings EAEEIE 2011.
Elvira Popescu, Students' Acceptance of Web 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education: Findings from a Survey in a Romanian University, Proceedings DEXA 2010 Workshops, pp. 92-96, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-0-7695-4174-7, 2010. [PDF preprint version]
Elvira Popescu, Adding a Social Dimension to a Learning Style-based Adaptive Educational System, Proceedings of the 14th Joint International Conference on System Theory and Control (ICSTC 2010), ISSN: 2068-0465, pp. 391-396, 2010.
Elvira Popescu, Learning styles in technology enhanced education: latest trends and a case study, Proceedings ICVL 2010 (5th International Conference on Virtual Learning), ISSN: 1844-8933, pp. 206-213, 2010.
Rozemary Scarlat, Liana Stanescu, Elvira Popescu, Dumitru Burdescu, Case-based Medical E-assessment System, Proceedings ICALT 2010, pp. 158-162, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-0-7695-4055-9, 2010.
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Lucian Moraret, WELSA: An Intelligent and Adaptive Web-based Educational System, Proceedings IDC 2009 (3rd International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing), Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, Vol. 237, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-03213-4, 2009. [PDF preprint version]
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Providing Personalized Courses in a Web-Supported Learning Environment, Proceedings WI-IAT 2009 (workshop SPeL), pp. 239-242, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3801-3, 2009.
Elvira Popescu, Addressing Learning Style Criticism: The Unified Learning Style Model Revisited, Proceedings ICWL 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5686, pp. 332-342, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-03425-1, 2009. [PDF preprint version]
Elvira Popescu, Evaluating the Impact of Adaptation to Learning Styles in a Web-Based Educational System, Proceedings ICWL 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5686, pp. 343-352, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-03425-1, 2009.
Elvira Popescu, Learning Styles and Behavioral Differences in Web-based Learning Settings, Proceedings ICALT 2009, pp. 446-450, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3711-5, 2009. [PDF preprint version]
Amelia Badica, Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu, Mihnea Scafes, A Process Algebraic Framework for Service Coordination, Proceedings SACI 2009 (5th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics), pp. 515-520, ISBN: 978-1-4244-4478-6, 2009.
Elvira Popescu, An Artificial Intelligence Course Used to Investigate Students’ Learning Style, Proceedings ICWL 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5145, pp. 122 – 131, Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-85032-8, 2008.
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Philippe Trigano, Analyzing Learners’ Interaction with an Educational Hypermedia System: a Focus on Learning Styles, Proceedings SAINT2008 (workshop SPeL), pp. 321-324, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3297-4, 2008.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, Relations between Learning Style and Learner Behavior in an Educational Hypermedia System: An Exploratory Study, Proceedings ICALT 2008, pp. 725-726, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3167-0, 2008.
Elvira Popescu, Une analyse exploratoire des corrélations entre les traces des apprenants et leurs styles d’apprentissage, Proceedings RJC-EIAH, Lille 15 – 16 May 2008, pp. 119 – 124, 2008.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, Intégrer les styles d’apprentissage dans les EIAHs, Proceedings CIFA 2008, ISBN: 978-2-915913-24-8, 2008.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, Bogdan Butoi, Marius Duica, A Course Authoring Tool for WELSA Adaptive Educational System, Proceedings ICCC 2008, pp. 531-534, ISBN: 978-973-746-897-0, 2008.
Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu, Grzegorz Frackowiak, Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki, Michal Szymczak, Myon-Woong Park, On Human Resource Adaptability in an Agent-Based Virtual Organization, New Challenges in Applied Intelligence Technologies, Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, Vol. 134, pp. 111-120, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-79354-0, 2008.
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Philippe Trigano, Description and Organization of Instructional Resources in an Adaptive Educational System Focused on Learning Styles, Advances in Intelligent and Distributed Computing, Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, Vol. 78, pp. 177-186, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-74929-5, 2008. [PDF preprint version]
Adriana Dobriceanu, Laurentiu Biscu, Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu, Considerations on the Design and Implementation of an Agent-Based Auction Service, Advances in Intelligent and Distributed Computing, Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, Vol. 78, pp. 75-84, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-74929-5, 2008.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Mircea Preda, Data Requirements for Detecting Student Learning Style in an Educational Hypermedia System, Proceedings of the European Computing Conference - Volume 2, Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 28, Springer, ISBN: 978-0-387-84818-1, 2009.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, Towards a Unified Learning Style Model in Adaptive Educational Systems, Proceedings ICALT 2007, pp. 804-808, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-0-7695-2916-5, 2007.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems: A Focus on Learning Styles, Proceedings EUROCON 2007, pp. 2473-2478, IEEE Press, ISBN: 1-4244-0813-X, 2007 (received "Best poster" award).
Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Philippe Trigano, Rules for Learner Modeling and Adaptation Provisioning in an Educational Hypermedia System, Proceedings SYNASC 2007 (workshop RuleApps), pp. 492-499, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 0-7695-3078-8, 2007.
M. Ganzha, M. Paprzycki, M. Gawinecki, M. Szymczak, G. Frackowiak, C. Badica, E. Popescu, M-W. Park, Adaptive Information Provisioning in an Agent-Based Virtual Organization – Preliminary Considerations, Proceedings SYNASC 2007 (workshop ACSys), pp 235-242, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 0-7695-3078-8, 2007.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, Approaches to Adaptivity Provisioning in E-learning Systems, Proceedings ITHET 2007 (the 8th International Conference on Information Technology based Higher Education and Training), Kumamoto, Japan, 10-13 July 2007, pp. 536-540, 2007.
Amelia Badica, Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu, Application of Logic Wrappers to Hierarchical Data Extraction from HTML, EPIA Workshops 2007 (13th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4874, pp. 43-52, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-77000-8, 2007.
Amelia Badica, Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu: Using Logic Wrappers to Extract Hierarchical Data from HTML, In: K.M. Wegrzyn-Wolska and P.S. Szczepaniak (Eds.): Adv. in Intel. Web, Advances in Soft Computing, Vol. 43, pp. 114–119, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-72574-9, 2007.
Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki, Elvira Popescu, Costin Badica, Maciej Gawinecki, Agent-Based Adaptive Learning Provisioning in a Virtual Organization, Proceedings of the 5th Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference – AWIC’2007, Advances in Soft Computing, Springer, Vol. 43, ISBN: 978-3-540-72574-9, 2007.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, Evaluation of a Learning Management System for Adaptivity Purposes, Proceedings ICCGI 2007, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 0-7695-2798-1, pp 9.1-9.6, 2007.
Elvira Popescu, Philippe Trigano, Costin Badica, eDalgo: Designing Personalized Courseware for Teaching Introductory Programming, D. Popescu, O. Bonnaud, M. Hoffmann, J.-M. Thiriet (Eds.): Proceedings EAEEIE 17, Universitaria Press, Craiova, ISBN: 978-973-742-350-4, pp.290-295, 2006.
Amelia Badica, Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu, Implementing Logic Wrappers Using XSLT Stylesheets, P.Dini, C. Poporviciu, C. Dini, G. Van de Velde, E. Borcoci (Eds.): Proceedings ICCGI 2006, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 0-7695-2629-2, 2006.
Costin Badica, Amelia Badica, Elvira Popescu, A New Path Generalization Algorithm for HTML Wrapper Induction, Proceedings AWIC'06, Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, vol. 23, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-540-33879-6, pp. 11-20, 2006.
Ecaterina Giacomini Pacurar, Philippe Trigano, Elvira Popescu, Paul Crubillé, Creating Online Courses Models Conforming to IMS Learning Design, Khaldoun Zreik, Mohammed Ramdani, Mohamed El Adnani, Mostafa Bellafkih (eds): Human System Learning. Who is in control ? (Proceedings ICHSL.5/CAPS.5), Europia - Publishers, Paris, France, pp. 347-360, ISBN: 2-909285-33-2, 2005.
Philippe Trigano, Ecaterina Giacomini, Elvira Popescu, An Approach to Designing Predefined Models of Pedagogical Scenarios for E-learning , Lungu M., Badica C. (eds): Proceedings SINTES 12, Universitaria Press, Craiova, Romania, pp 668-673, ISBN: 973-742-148-5, 2005.
Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu, Amelia Badica, Learning Logic Wrappers for Information Extraction from the Web, Papazoglou M., Yamazaki, K. (eds.) Proceedings SAINT'2005 (Workshop on Computer Intelligence for Exabyte Scale Data Explosion), pp.336-339, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 0-7695-2263-7, 2005.
Other papers and talks
Elvira Popescu, Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems: Student Modelling with Respect to Learning Styles, poster presented at EIAH 2007 (thematic school on learning environments), 7-12 July 2007, Saint Quentin sur Isère, France
Costin Badica, Amelia Badica, Elvira Popescu, Using Logic Programming and XML Technologies for Data Extraction from Web Pages, presented at the DoC research seminar, HEUDIASYC Laboratory, University of Technology of Compiègne, France, 20 November 2007.
Elvira Popescu, User modeling: methods and techniques specific for e-learning, internal research report, University of Craiova, Romania, 29 June 2007.
Elvira Popescu, Adaptive technologies in intelligent web-based educational systems, internal research report, University of Craiova, Romania, 6 November 2007.
A. Benmimoun, A. Ferret, P. Josse, E. Popescu, Rapport Comparatif: Moodle, Dokeos, Claroline, NetUniversité et Scenari, technical report, University of Technology of Compiègne, France, May 2006.
Elvira Popescu, Sisteme hipermedia dinamice adaptive pentru e-learning, presented at the Software Engineering Department research seminar, University of Craiova, Romania, 12 December 2006.
Elvira Popescu, Adaptive educational hypermedia systems for
e-learning, internal research report, University of Craiova, Romania, 31
October 2006.
Research grants
As grant director
Study, design and implementation of an adaptive intelligent web-based system for e-learning, grant CNCSIS TD, code 167, duration: 2007-2008, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research - CNCSIS.
As member in the research team
SCIPA: Collaboration and interoperability semantic software services for adaptive business processes, Partenership program, code 12118, duration: 2008 - 2011, grant director for University of Craiova: Prof. Costin Badica.
eDalgo - eDidactique de l'Algorithmique. Support interactif de cours pour l'apprentissage autonome de l'algorithmique et de la programmation, interuniversity scientific cooperation program (University of Craiova, University of Technology of Compiegne, France, National Informatics Institute, Algeria, High Commercial Studies Institute, Tunisia), ref. 6316PS635, project responsible: Prof. Costin Badica, duration: 2006-2007, financed by AUF (l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie)
C-Facile, UNIT grant (Université Thématique Numérique Ingénierie et Technologie, France), code 2008-01, no. 281/24.04.2009, grant director: Assoc. Prof. Jean-Paul Boufflet (University of Technology of Compiègne, France), duration: 1 year (2009) – project responsible for the University of Craiova
AlgoBank, UNIT grant (Université Thématique Numérique Ingénierie et Technologie, France), code 2008-02, no. 282/24.04.2009, grant director: Prof. Philippe Trigano (University of Technology of Compiègne, France), duration: 1 year (2009).
HIPERPROC: Hypermedia techniques for knowledge based representation of organizational processes, grant CNCSIS 94/2005, grant director: Prof. Costin Badica, duration: 2005-2007, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research - CNCSIS.
Adaptive web recommender systems based on knowledge represented by logical programs, grant CNCSIS AT 102/2007, grant director: Lecturer Mircea Preda, duration: 1 year (2007), financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research - CNCSIS.
Stability and oscillations in the dynamic of human-machine systems, grant IDEI 95/01.10.2007, grant director: Prof. Vladimir Rasvan, duration: 3 years (2007 – 2010), financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research - CNCSIS.
Development of software tools for designing analogue microcircuits, grant CNCSIS A, code 602, grant director: Conf. Elena Doicaru, duration: 2007 – 2008, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research - CNCSIS.
System of analysis and computation of polluted electrical network signals and active filter command for harmonics compensation, grant CEEX 4049/2006, grant director: Scientific Researcher Eng. Ana Iacob, duration: 2006-2008, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research.
Pilot – helicopter coupling prevention in critical manoeuvres at the board of ships and marine platforms - ELICOMNAV, grant CEEX 449/06.11.2006, scientific responsible for University of Craiova: Prof. Dan Popescu, duration: 2006-2008.
Harmonics filtering-compensation equipment for oil-drilling stations, grant RELANSIN no. 2122/11.10.2004, contractor: ICMET, partner: University of Craiova, scientific responsible: Prof. Dan Popescu, duration: 2004-2006, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research.
Nonstandard dynamics in delay systems – Studies and simulated experiments, grant no. 33062/24.06.2004, theme 10, no. 34677/2005, theme 25, CNCSIS code 318, grant director: Prof. Dan Popescu, duration: 2004-2005, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research – CNCSIS.
Professional responsibilities
Conference organization / PC Chair
Program Committee member
Session Chair
9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2009), Riga, Latvia, 15-17 July 2009
8th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2009), Aachen, Germany, 19-2 August 2009
3rd International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing (IDC'2009), Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 12-14 October 2009
SPeL 2009 Workshop, Milan, Italy, 15-18 September 2009
Editorial Board member
International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), IGI Global
Interaction Design and Architecture Journal (IxD&A)
Reviewing activities
Computer Science and Information Systems Journal (ComSIS)
Learning and Individual Differences Journal
Informatica (Special Issue on “E-Service Intelligence”, 2010)
International Journal of Engineering Education (Special Issue on "Applications of Engineering Education Research", 2009)
Information Sciences Journal - Elsevier (Special Issue on "Intelligent Distributed Information Systems", 2009)
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI, 2009)
International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE, 2008)
Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-Based Education: Integrating Human Factors and Personalization (Advances in Web-Based Learning Book Series, IGI Global, 2009)
Intelligent and Adaptive Learning Systems: Technology Enhanced Support for Learners and Teachers (IGI Global, 2011)
SIGCSE 2011, 2012 (ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Technical Symposium)
ICALT 2010 (IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies)
InSITE 2010, 2011 (Informing Science & IT Education)
ICSTCC 2010, 2011(14th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing)
The Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2009)
The First International Conference on Networked Digital Technologies (NDT 2009)
38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2008)
International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC 2007, 2008, 2009)
2nd East European Workshop on Rule-Based Applications (RuleApps’2008)
IEEE Africon 2007