1997-2000: Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland Dr. Tech. (with honors) in Signal and Image Processing, Signal Processing Laboratory

1990-1996: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Ph. D. in Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications

1986-1990: "Babes-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania M.Sc. in Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

1980-1985: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania M.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications