List of Publications

Current h-index

• Web of Science: 2
• Scopus: 3
• Google Scholar: 7

PhD Thesis

Contribuții la creșterea disponibilității, scalabilității și securității sistemelor de comunicație (Romanian), Ph.D. Thesis, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Automation and Computers (slides)

Book

Sharman, R., Das Smith, S., & Gupta, M. (2012). Digital Identity and Access Management: Technologies and Frameworks (pp. 1-498). doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-498-7, Author of Chapter 11.

Journals

• Spătaru, C.R., Bocan, V., & Popescu, C. C. (2025). Artificial Intelligence: The Catalyst For New Industrial Revolution And Economic Development? Theoretical and Applied Economics, Special Issue, Volume XXXII (2025), pp. 145-160, e-ISSN 1844-0029. Indexed in: EconLit, RePEc, DOAJ, EBSCO, ICAAP
• Bocan, V. & Crețu, V. (2006). Threats and Countermeasures in GSM Networks. Journal of Networks, Vol. 1, No. 6, November/December 2006, pp. 18-27, Academy Publishers, ISSN 1796-2056

Conferences

• Bocan, V., Leșeanu, D.-F., & Spătaru, C.-R. (2025). Performance Evaluation of Selected Raspberry Pi Platforms for Portable Audio-Video Surveillance Systems. 13th International BILTEK Congress on Current Developments in Science, Technology and Social Sciences, Paris, France, December 18-21, 2025, p. 1151, ISBN: 979-8-89695-302-9
• Bocan, V., Stângaciu, V., Stângaciu, C., Oprițoiu, F., Petrița, T., Alexa, F., Spătaru, C., & Leșeanu, D. (2025). Development of a Modular Covert Audio-Video Surveillance System for National Security Applications Using 4G/5G Transmission. 18th International Conference on Engineering & Natural Sciences (ISPEC), Kyrenia, TRNC, November 27-29, 2025, p. 245, ISBN: 979-8-89695-279-4
• Spătaru, C.R., Bocan, V., & Popescu, C. C. (2025). Rethinking growth and innovation: The role of artificial intelligence in Europe’s industrial transformation. In F. D. Mobo & A. Ö. Yaşar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International New York Conference on Evolving Trends in Interdisciplinary Research & Practices - Manhattan, New York City, US (pp. 113–126). New York, US: Liberty Academic Publishers. ISBN: 979-8-89695-159-9
• Spătaru, C.R., Bocan, V., & Popescu, C. C. (2025). Artificial Intelligence: The Catalyst For New Industrial Revolution And Economic Development? 22nd International Conference on Economic Convergence in European Union (ECEU 2025), Bucharest, Romania, May 15-16, 2025 (see also Journals section)
• Printing Infrastructure Discovery through Adaptive QR Codes, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering (AISE2014), Phuket, Thailand
• SCADDIC: The Implementation and Performance of a Scalable and Secure Architecture for Digital Content Distribution, Communications 2008 - Bucharest, Romania
• Bocan, V. & Fagadar-Cosma, M. (2006). Scalable and Secure Architecture for Digital Content Distribution. SoftCOM 2006 - 14th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, Split-Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 29 - October 1, 2006, ISBN: 953-6114-87-9
• Bocan, V. & Crețu, V. (2006). Mitigating Denial of Service Threats in GSM Networks. ARES 2006 - The First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Vienna, Austria, April 20-22, 2006, pp. 523-528, ISBN: 0-7695-2567-9, DOI: 10.1109/ARES.2006.81
• Bocan, V. & Făgădar-Cosma, M. (2005). Adaptive Threshold Puzzles. EUROCON 2005 - The International Conference on “Computer as a Tool”, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, November 21-24, 2005, ISBN: 1-4244-0049-X
• Bocan, V. & Făgădar-Cosma, M. (2005). Towards DoS-resistant Single Sign-On Systems. EUROCON 2005 - The International Conference on “Computer as a Tool”, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, November 21-24, 2005, ISBN: 1-4244-0049-X
• Bocan, V. (2004). Developments in DoS Research and Mitigating Technologies. CONTI 2004 - Periodica Politehnica, Transaction on Automatic Control and Computer Science Vol. 49 (63), 2004, ISSN 1224-600X
• Bocan, V. & Crețu, V. (2004). Security and Denial of Service Threats in GSM Networks. CONTI 2004 - Periodica Politehnica, Transaction on Automatic Control and Computer Science Vol. 49 (63), 2004, ISSN 1224-600X
• Bocan, V. (2004). Threshold Puzzles: The Evolution of DoS-Resistant Authentication. CONTI 2004 - Periodica Politehnica, Transaction on Automatic Control and Computer Science Vol. 49 (63), 2004, ISSN 1224-600X

PhD Reports

• Sisteme Single Sign-On sub atacuri Denial-of-Service. Studiu de caz: Proiectul Liberty Alliance, Ph.D. Report no.3, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 2005, (Romanian)
• Studiu asupra nivelului de siguranta oferit de protocoalele de autentificare, Ph.D. Report no.2, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 2004, (Romanian)
• Stadiul actual al dezvoltarii sistemelor de securitate pentru retele de calculatoare de inalta siguranta, Ph.D. Report no.1, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 2002, (Romanian)