Viorel Nicolae Mînzu

Viorel Nicolae Mînzu is a Professor at the Control and Electrical Engineering Department of Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania. He holds a BE in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest (1981), a PhD in Automation Systems from University of Galati (1993), and an MS/PhD in Computer Science and Automation from University Franche-Comté, France (1995). He received an honorary Doctor Honoris Causa from Le Havre University in 2009.

• Affiliations: Vice-Chair of IFAC Technical Committee 5.2, member of IEEE Control Systems Society, and Steering Committee of the Romanian Society for Control Engineering and Technical Informatics (SRAIT).
• Editorial Roles: Associate Editor of the Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, and Topics Board Editor of Automation Journal (MDPI).

Research Interests: Focuses on dynamic systems modeling, control-loop implementation, assembly system design, multiagent systems, optimization via metaheuristics, and computational intelligence in optimal control. His recent work emphasizes advanced methodologies for complex system control and optimization.

Awards: Honorary Doctorate from Le Havre University (2009).