George Alex Stelea

Research and Development

Multimedia Publications

Digital Transformation

Project Management

Content Management Systems

Search Engine Optimization

Web Accessibility

Web Development / Web Design

About Me

I am an ICT professional with a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies, a Master's degree in Computer Science, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Management. This interdisciplinary background equips me with a solid foundation to focus on emerging technologies and digital solutions to bridge the gap between theory and real-world application.

My work focuses on digital transformation, where I specialize in web technologies, content management systems (CMS), accessible interfaces, user experience and the optimization of digital content within inclusive digital infrastructures. I have extensive experience in creating responsive, multi-device designs, optimizing websites for search engines, and ensuring that digital content is accessible and user-friendly.

My academic contributions include co-authoring three books and seventeen scientific papers, which have collectively garnered over 150 citations. I am particularly keen to continue researching how technologies like Blockchain, AI, and IoT can be applied in socially beneficial ways, enhancing transparency, security, and efficiency across sectors. Fluent in English, Italian, and Romanian, with conversational skills in German and French, I bring a multilingual and multicultural approach to my work.

My Skills
  • Digital Transformation
  • Multimedia Publications
  • Research and Development (R&D)
  • Responsive Design Development
  • Web Design / Development
  • Web Accessibility
  • Project Management
  • Rich Internet Applications
  • Content Management Systems
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Semantic Web Metadata
  • Graphic and Digital Design
Professional Experience
September 2022 - Present
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION OFFICER

European Commission - Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg

February 2020 – August 2022
ICT DEVELOPER / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

GreenShare - Cagliari, Italy

September 2019 – February 2020
DIGITAL SERVICES TRAINEESHIP

Council of the European Union - General Secretariat of the EU SMART.1.D, Digital Solutions - Development & Architecture, Bruxelles, Belgium

November 2017 – September 2019
RESEARCH GRANT & Erasmus+ Practical Placement

University of Cagliari, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sardinia, Italy

October 2014 - July 2015
LECTURER / TRAINER (Part Time)

Abeona Consulting, Brasov, Romania

July 2011 - November 2017
WEB DEVELOPER / WEB DESIGNER

Expert Online - Euro Webmaster – Aristocratic Vision, Brasov, Romania

Education & Certifications
2016 — 2019
PhD in Information Technologies Engineering and Telecommunications

Transilvania University of Brașov in Romania, with 2 years research grant at the University of Cagliari in Italy.

2014 — 2016
Master’s degree in Computer Science

Transilvania University of Brașov in Romania
(DAAD International Program with the Technical University Ilmenau, Germany)

2006 — 2009
Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Management

“Spiru Haret” University of Brașov in Romania

2024
Accessibility — First UX Design

European Commission, Luxembourg

2022
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialization

Coursera

2019
Adobe Photoshop — Advanced Course

Udemy

2014
Web Design Certification

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Romania

2014
CISCO Networking CCNA1: Routing & Switching

Cisco Tech Adviser Academy

2011
Web Programming & MYSQL

Advantage Consulting School Bucharest

2012
Project Manager Certification

Ministry of Education, Romania

2011
Trainer Certification

Pro Expert, Brașov Romania

Scientific publications, conference proceedings, book chapters
- „From Things to Services: A Social IoT Approach for Tourist Service Management”,

G.A. Stelea, V. Popescu, F. Sandu, L. Jalal, M. Farina, M. Murroni, 2020 | IEEE Access Journal - Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3018331;

- "When Social Networks Meet D2D Communications: A Survey"

Nitti, M.; Stelea, G.A.; Popescu, V.; Fadda, M. Sensors. 2019; 19(2):396. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19020396;

- „Enhanced Resource Management for Web Based Thin Clients Using Cross-Platform Progressive Offline Capabilities”

G.A. Stelea, V. Popescu, M. Murroni, T. Balan and V. Fernoaga, In: Kliks, A., et al. Cognitive Radio-Oriented Wireless Networks. CrownCom 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 291. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25748-4_27

- “Intelligent Education Assistant Powered by Chatbots"

V Fernoagă, GA Stelea, C Gavrilă, F Sandu, The International Scientific Conference eLearning and Software for Education, Volume 2, pp. 376-383, Carol I" National Defence University; doi:10.12753/2066-026X-18-122

- "Blockchain-Based Recommendation and Advertisement System for the TV Ecosystem"

V. Popescu, C. Gavrilă, G. A. Stelea, A. Cataron, M. Murroni and D. Giusto, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), Bilbao, Spain, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/BMSB55706.2022.9828751.

- "OCR-based Solution for The Integration of Legacy And-Or Non-Electric Counters in Cloud Smart Grids"

Vlad Paul Fernoaga, George-Alex Stelea, Alexandra Balan, Florin Sandu - 2018 IEEE 24th International Symposium for Design and Technology in Electronic Packaging (SIITME), Iasi, Romania, 2018, pp. 398-403, doi: 10.1109/SIITME.2018.8599200.

- “Mobile Accessible Rich Internet Web Application enhanced with AMP publishing technology”

G.A. Stelea, V. Fernoaga, C. Gavrila, V. Popescu, M. Murroni. Review of the "Henri Coandă" Air Force Academy No.1 (39)/2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.19062/1842-9238.2019.17.1.9

- “Communication Solutions for Power Measurement in the Cloud”

V. Fernoaga, G.A. Stelea, D. Robu, F. Sandu | The 12th International Conference on Communications – COMM 2018, Bucharest, Romania; doi: 10.1109/ICComm.2018.8484758.

- “Web-Service Based Thin Client for Tele Measurement”

GA Stelea, V Fernoaga, C Gavrila, D Robu, The International Scientific Conference eLearning and Software for Education, Volume 2, pp. 128-134, Carol I" National Defence University; DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-18-088, 2018.

- "Face Recognition for Education in the Cloud"

GA Stelea, C Gavrila, S Zamfir, R Curpen, eLSE: International Scientific Conference - eLearning and Software for Education - 2017, Vol. 2, p181-188. 8p. - doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-17-111 – Bucharest - April 2017;

- "Real-Time Data Analytics with Semantic Web Metadata and Web Services"

Stelea, G.A., Gavrila, C., Fernoaga, V.P., Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov - VOL. 10 (59) No.2 - 2017 Series I – Engineering Sciences, ISSN 2065-2119 (Print), ISSN 2065-2127 (CD-ROM);

- “Data Analysys – Between Theory and Practice”

N. Enache-David, L. Sangeorzan, G.A. Stelea, October 2017 DOI: 10.19062/1842-9238.2017.15.2.11, Review of the Air Force Academy No. 2. Pp. 85-92, Henri Coanda Air Force Academy;

- "Web Development Techniques for Applications and Websites"

L.Sangeorzan, G.A.Stelea, N.David-Enache, Book - 117 Pages, Publisher: Transilvania University of Brașov Publishing House, ISBN: 978-606-19-0782-3

- „AMP versus Boostrap”
L. Sangeorzan, N. Enache-David, G.A Stelea, 32nd IBIMA Conference:15-16 November 2018, Seville, Spain Vol. 32, ISBN: 978-0-9998551-1-9

- “Peer-to-peer Real Time Cloud Communication Solutions"

GA Stelea, R Curpen, S Surariu, A Papoi, Review of the "Henri Coandă" Air Force Academy - No 2 (32) 2016 - DOI: 10.19062/1842-9238.2016.14.2.12;

- “Some Considerations about Text Classification Systems using Weka"

N.Enache-David, G.A. Stelea, D. Streitferdt, E. Rozova and L. Sangeorzan, "30th International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA), pp. 1129 - 1131, 8.-9. Nov. 2017, ISBN: 978-0-9860419-9-0, Madrid, Spain, 2017.

- "Programarea in Internet, mediu distribuit si Cloud" (En: Distributed, Cloud and Internet programming)

GA Stelea, F.Sandu, L.Sangeorzan - Book Monograph, Romanian, 437 Pages - October 2017 Publisher: Transilvania University Publishing House in Brasov, ISBN: 978-606-19-0949-0;

- “Tele-measurement with virtual instrumentation using web-services”

D.N.Robu, P.V.Fernoagă, G.A.Stelea, F.Sandu | October 2017 DOI: 10.1109/SIITME.2017.8259932 Conference: 2017 IEEE 23rd International Symposium for Design and Technology in Electronic Packaging (SIITME);

- "Machine Learning: Text Classification Systems: JavaScript versus WEKA implementation approach"

L. Sangeorzan, N.Enache-David, G.A. Stelea, D. Streitferdt, E. Rozova, 13th Workshop on Stochastic Models, Statistics and Their Applications - Berlin - February 2017;

- “WebRTC - Comunicații prin web în timp real”, (En: WebRTC - Web Real-Time Communication)

G.Stelea, Ș.Șurariu, T.Bălan - Chapter, pp. 314-363, Book – Monograph - Romanian, 2016, Publisher: Transilvania University Publishing House in Brasov, ISBN: 978-606-19-0820-2;

- “Comunicații Cloud - Abordarea orientată pe servicii”, (En: Cloud Communications - Service-Oriented Approach)

C.Costache, G.Stelea, D.Robu - Chapter, pp. 266-313, Book – Monograph - Romanian, 2016, Transilvania University Publishing House, ISBN: 978-606-19-0820-2;

- “Software pentru Crearea de Servicii”, (En: Software for Creation of Services)

C.Costache, V.Cazacu, G.Stelea - Chapter, pp. 127-135, Book – Monograph - Romanian, 2016, Publisher: Transilvania University Publishing House in Brasov, ISBN: 978-606-19-0820-2;

- “The Next Generation of Blockchain: Machine-to-Machine Economy"

Workshop Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy – 2019;

- “Development and Management System for Web Applications and Websites"

G.A. Stelea, C. Gavrila, IPC: 3rd International Ph.D Conference – Brasov, Romania, June 2017 - CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION JOURNAL, ISSN 2537-5997;

- “Extending Linux controllability of Bluetooth Low Energy devices in the IoT”

S Zamfir, BA Lupu, GA Stelea, DN Robu, May 2017, DOI: 10.1109/OPTIM.2017.7975080 Conference: 2017 International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM) & 2017 Intl Aegean Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (ACEMP);