Vlad Popescu received his M.Sc. degree in electronics and computer engineering, and his Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, in 1999 and 2006, respectively. In 2000, he worked at Malmö University, Sweden, specializing in multimedia applications for four months. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Research Fellow at Technical University, Aachen, Germany, where he finished the experimental part of his Ph.D. studies on wireless communication in underground environments, from 2004 to 2005. Since 2009, he has been a Visiting Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy. Since 2000, he has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Electronics and Computers, Transilvania University of Brasov. He also collaborates closely with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, both on research and didactical levels. His main research interests include telecommunications, cognitive radio systems, multimedia applications, and data acquisition. He is a member of the IEEE BTS, the IEEE VTS, and the IEEE AES. He is the Chair of the IEEE BTS Chapter in Romania.