{"id":68,"date":"2024-12-12T09:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T09:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/open4cec.ase.ro\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:50:49","slug":"dissemination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/open4cec.ase.ro\/?page_id=68","title":{"rendered":"DISSEMINATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientific journals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Simona-Vasilica Oprea, Adela B\u00e2ra, <em>Charting the course: America&#8217;s energy crossroads and the quest for a sustainable future<\/em>, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, May 2024, doi: 10.1111\/ajes.12576, WOS:001221143700001<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Delcea, C., Oprea, S.-V., Dima, A. M., Domenteanu, A., Bara, A., &amp; Cotfas, L.-A., <em>Energy communities: Insights from scientific publications. <\/em>Oeconomia Copernicana,2024<em>, 15<\/em>(3), 1101\u20131155<em>. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.24136\/oc.3137<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>V\u0103duva, Alin-Gabriel, Simona-Vasilica Oprea, Andreea-Mihaela Niculae, Adela B\u00e2ra, and Anca-Ioana Andreescu, <em>Improving Churn Detection in the Banking Sector: A Machine Learning Approach with Probability Calibration Techniques<\/em>, Electronics 13, no. 22: 4527, 2024, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/electronics13224527<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Oprea, S.-V., &amp; B\u00e2ra, A. (2025), <strong>Economics of utility-scale batteries in Romania under various market conditions<\/strong>, <em>Utilities Policy<\/em>, Volume 95, 2025, 101939, ISSN 0957-1787, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jup.2025.101939. (https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0957178725000542)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>S.V. Oprea, A. B\u00e2ra, I.A. Georgescu, <strong>Exploring the relationship between CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions, economic growth, urbanization, renewables and foreign investment in Iceland<\/strong>, Energy Strategy Reviews, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/energy-strategy-reviews\/vol\/61\/suppl\/C\">Volume 61<\/a>,\u00a0September 2025, 101835, <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.esr.2025.101835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.1016\/j.esr.2025.101835<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>S. -V. Oprea and A. B\u00e2ra, <strong>Graph-Based User-Centric Recommender System Using Neo4j, Cypher, and Jaccard Similarity in the Field of e-Commerce<\/strong>, in\u00a0<em>IEEE Access<\/em>, vol. 13, pp. 135089-135097, 2025, doi: 10.1109\/ACCESS.2025.3591705.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>S. -V. Oprea and A. B\u00e2ra, <strong>Smart Grids, Super Smart Grids, and Microgrids: A Triple Challenge for the Future of Energy Landscape<\/strong>, in\u00a0<em>IEEE Access<\/em>, vol. 13, pp. 162422-162435, 2025, doi: 10.1109\/ACCESS.2025.3609793<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Dobri\u0163a, G., Oprea, S. V., &amp; B\u00e2ra, A. (2025). <strong>An NLP-driven e-learning platform with LLMs and graph databases for personalised guidance<\/strong>. <em>Connection Science<\/em>, <em>37<\/em>(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09540091.2025.2518991<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>St\u0103nescu G, Oprea S-V. <strong>Recent Trends and Insights in Semantic Web and Ontology-Driven Knowledge Representation Across Disciplines Using Topic Modeling<\/strong>.\u00a0<em>Electronics<\/em>. 2025; 14(7):1313. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/electronics14071313<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>B\u00e2ra, A., Oprea, SV. &amp; Murafa, C. <strong>Energy Communities\u2019 Archetypes and Operational Scenarios Using Agents and Embedding Heating and Transportation<\/strong>.\u00a0<em>Environ Model Assess<\/em>\u00a0(2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10666-025-10049-7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>B\u00e2ra, A., Georgescu, I.A. &amp; Oprea, SV. <strong>Assessing Asymmetries Among Economic Growth, Trade, Resources, and Ecological Footprint in the Caspian Regio<\/strong>n.\u00a0<em>Environ Model Assess<\/em>\u00a0(2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10666-025-10068-4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Oprea, SV., B\u00e2ra, A. <strong>Interpreting text corpora from androids-related stories using large language models: \u201cMachines like me\u201d by Ian McEwan in generative AI<\/strong>.\u00a0<em>Humanit Soc Sci Commun<\/em>\u00a0<strong>12<\/strong>, 325 (2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/s41599-025-04633-1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td>B\u00e2ra, A., Georgescu, I. A., &amp; Oprea, S.-V. (2025). <strong>Does Education Make a Difference in Combating Climate Change? Analyzing Its Impact on CO<sub>2<\/sub> Emissions in the South-East European, Nordic, and Baltic Regions<\/strong>. <em>Sustainability<\/em>, <em>17<\/em>(11), 4789. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su17114789<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>S. -V. Oprea and A. B\u00e2ra, <strong>Transforming Education With Large Language Models: Trends, Themes, and Untapped Potential<\/strong>, in <em>IEEE Access<\/em>, vol. 13, pp. 87292-87312, 2025, doi: 10.1109\/ACCESS.2025.3570649<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>Sebasti\u00e1n Madrigal, Ramon\u00a0Gallinad, Jose L. Vicario, Antoni Morell, Ramon Vilanova,\u00a0<br><strong>Improving energy distribution in collective self-consumption via\u00a0XGBoost-based allocation coefficients prediction<\/strong>, Applied Energy, Volume 409, 2026, 127469, ISSN 0306-2619,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apenergy.2026.127469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apenergy.2026.127469<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>Pau Comas, Antoni Morell, Ramon Vilanova, Jose Lopez Vicario,\u00a0<strong>Predicting transfer learning suitability in ANN-based control of FOPDT industrial processes<\/strong>, Journal of\u00a0Process Control, Volume 152, 2025, 103476, ISSN 0959-1524.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jprocont.2025.103476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jprocont.2025.103476<\/a>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>Casella, V., Ferro, G., Parodi, L., &amp; Robba, M. (2025).\u00a0Maximizing shared benefits in renewable energy communities: A Bilevel optimization model.\u202f<em>Applied Energy<\/em>,\u202f<em>386<\/em>, 125562.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apenergy.2025.125562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apenergy.2025.125562<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>International conferences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Cristina Iancu, Simona Vasilica Oprea, Cristian-Eugen Ciurea, <em>Technological Integration in Higher Education<\/em>, The 23rd International Conference on Informatics in Economy (IE 2024), Education, Research &amp; Business Technologies, 23-24 May 2024, Timi\u0219oara, Rom\u00e2nia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Alexandra-Cristina-Daniela Ciuverca, <em>Price Prediction Models for Construction Sector \u2013 Efficiency and Interpretability<\/em>, The 1st edition of the International Conference on Economics &#8211; Challenges and Opportunities, October 10-12, 2024, Predeal, Romania<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Adela B\u00e2ra, Simona Vasilica Oprea\u00a0ECoSIM:\u00a0Decision\u00a0support\u00a0system\u00a0for\u00a0energy\u00a0communities, The 11th International\u00a0Scientific\u00a0Conference\u00a0(SEA-CONF 2025),\u00a0May 15-17, 2025, Constanta, Romania doi: 10.21279\/1454-864X-25-I1-016,\u00a0Scientific\u00a0Bulletin\u00a0of Naval Academy, Vol. XXVIII 2025,\u00a0pg. 174-183, MBNA\u00a0Publishing\u00a0House\u00a0Constanta 2025, ISSN: 2392-8956; ISSN-L: 1454-864X\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Mitroescu\u00a0Drago\u015f, Simona Vasilica Oprea, Adela B\u00e2ra, A Web-Based\u00a0Facial\u00a0Recognition\u00a0Application\u00a0Using\u00a0Convolutional\u00a0Neural\u00a0Networks\u00a0(CNNs), Conferin\u021ba Interna\u021bional\u0103 \u201eGlobal\u00a0Economy\u00a0Under\u00a0Crisis\u201d (GEUC) \u2013 edi\u021bia a XIV-a, 11 &#8211; 12 decembrie 2025, Constanta, Romania, Analele\u00a0Universit\u0103\u0163ii\u00a0Ovidius. Seria:\u00a0\u015etiin\u0163e\u00a0Economice\u202f- Vol. XXV, Nr. 2\/2025, ISSN 2393-3119,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/search\/journals?ref=toc&amp;source=%7B%22query%22%3A+%7B%22bool%22%3A+%7B%22must%22%3A+%5B%7B%22terms%22%3A+%7B%22bibjson.publisher.name.exact%22%3A+%5B%22Ovidius+University+Press%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ovidius University Press<\/a>, Romania, https:\/\/stec.univ-ovidius.ro\/the-international-conference-global-economy-under-crisis-14th-edition-december-11th-12th-2025\/\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Alexandra\u00a0Ciuverc\u0103, Cristina Iancu\u00a0and\u00a0Simona-Vasilica Oprea,\u00a0Key\u00a0Determinants\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Romanian\u00a0Labour\u00a0Market:\u00a0Adaptation\u00a0in an Era of\u00a0Technological\u00a0and\u00a0Demographic\u00a0Change,\u00a0The 24th International\u00a0Conference\u00a0on\u00a0Informatics\u00a0in\u00a0Economy\u00a0(IE 2025),\u00a0May 15-16, 2025,\u00a0Bucharest, Romania,\u00a0published\u00a0in\u00a0Proceedings\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0International\u00a0Conference\u00a0on\u00a0Economics\u00a0and\u00a0Social\u00a0Sciences, Editura ASE, ISSN: 2704-6524\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>S. Madrigal, J. L. Vicario, A. Morell and R. Vilanova, &#8220;Enhancement Review of the Collective Self-Consumption based Energy Communities: Insights from a Spain-based Case&#8221; 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Porto, Portugal, 2025, pp. 1-8,\u00a0doi: 10.1109\/ETFA65518.2025.11205679.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>R.\u00a0Gallinad, S. Madrigal, J. L. Vicario, A.\u00a0Morell\u00a0and R. Vilanova, &#8220;Optimizing Energy Allocation with the CEC-UAB Simulator: Forecasting Comparison,&#8221; 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Porto, Portugal, 2025, pp. 1-7,\u00a0doi: 10.1109\/ETFA65518.2025.11205651.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>A.\u00a0Set\u00f3, J. L. Vicario, R. Vilanova and A. Morell, &#8220;Online Bayesian Inference for Real-Time PV Forecasting and Efficiency Estimation,&#8221; 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Porto, Portugal, 2025, pp. 1-4,\u00a0doi: 10.1109\/ETFA65518.2025.11205575.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>G. G. Gros et al., &#8220;Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation of BSM1 Using\u00a0Speedgoat\u00a0for Evaluating ANN-Based Control Strategies,&#8221; 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Porto, Portugal, 2025, pp. 1-4,\u00a0doi: 10.1109\/ETFA65518.2025.11205564.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>V. Casella, G. Ferro, L. Parodi and M. Robba, &#8220;Energy Community Optimal Management: A Bilevel Approach,&#8221;\u202f<em>2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and\u00a0Engineering (CASE)<\/em>, Bari, Italy, 2024, pp. 2720-2725,\u00a0doi:10.1109\/CASE59546.2024.10711358\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>Casella, V., Farina, L., Ferro, G., Parodi, L., &amp; Robba, M. (2025).\u00a0Operational management of multiple energy communities in the energy market: a bilevel optimization-based approach.\u202f<em>IFAC-PapersOnLine<\/em>,\u202f<em>59<\/em>(9), 133-138.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Morch, A., &amp; Olguin, R. E. T. (2025, October). Implementation of Energy Communities: How to Overcome Barriers with Best\u00a0Practices?.\u00a0In\u00a0<em>2025\u00a0IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)<\/em>\u00a0(pp. 1-6). 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