Media coverage




Radio


  • 5th September, 2023
    On Radio channel: Radio Romania International, Romania


    One hour live talk (in Romanian)
    {"Viitorul Real X: La pas către ... civilizația algoritmică", cu Roxana Iorgulescu Bandrabur}



  • 21 October, 2013
    On Radio channel: Radio Romania International, Romania


    One hour live talk (in Romanian)
    {"Invitati la RRI", cu Roxana Iorgulescu Bandrabur}
    (link YouTube)




  • 5 September, 2013
    On Radio channel: Radio Romania 3Net, Romania

    One hour live talk (in Romanian)
    {"Amintiri in buzunarul inimii", cu Madalina Ion}





    • Press conference


  • 12 October, 2017; Nantes, France.
    The 16th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
    Dragos is one of the five industrial experts in the < Industrial Panel > session at ISMAR'17

  • 10 October, 2017; Nantes, France.
    The 16th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
    Dragos gives a pitch about TWNKLS during < Pitch your lab > session at ISMAR'17

  • 28 August, 2013; Mangalia, Romania.
    Speech at Mass-Media Diaspora Symposium 2013




    • Articles in media about me and my work


  • 11 January 2019
    Virtual and Augmented Reality Tech Joins the Fight against Crime

    by Rebecca Pool (SPIE)


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 25 July 2017
    The country taking CSI to the next level

    by William McNamara (Govloop)


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 9 May 2017
    A safer, more secure world with Augmented Reality.

    by Dragos Datcu/Twnkls Blog


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 9 December 2016
    Dutch police use augmented reality to investigate crime scenes.

    by Open Source Enterprise Social Platform - eXo


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 1 December 2016
    It's the new CSI: Nicked by augmented reality...

    by METRO


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 28 November 2016
    Investigators Are Using Advanced Augmented Reality to Help Solve Crimes.

    by Futurism


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 25 November 2016
    Dutch Police discovers an AR system to identify criminals. (Infinityleap).

    by InfinityLeap


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 25 November 2016
    NETHERLANDS: Dutch police use augmented reality to investigate crime scenes

    by Statewatch: News Digest: Round-up of news stories from across the EU


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 24 November 2016
    Netherlands First Responders Use Augmented Reality to Stop Crime Scene Contamination


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 21 November 2016
    Dutch police use augmented reality to investigate crime scenes


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 22 November 2016
    Dutch Police use Augmented Reality to Investigate Crime Scenes


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 22 November 2016
    Dutch police test crime scene augmented reality system


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 23 November 2016
    Politie zet augmented reality in op plaats delict.


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 23 November 2016
    Police turn to AR to investigate crime scenes
    Dutch officers are testing an augmented-reality system that's used to catch criminals instead of Pokemon creatures.


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • August, 2016 (in Romanian)
    Inovatie muzicala: CineCanta.ro o "inginerie" muzicala de succes (Actualitatea Muzicala)


    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 11 July, 2016
    TBM/TUDelft: Augmented reality at the crime scene improves communication between emergency services

    (click to read the article on the publisher's web page)

  • 011 December, 2015
    TBM/TUDelft: 'On the spot' project presented at the Innovation Day of the Dutch Police at the Dutch Police Academy in Apeldoorn

    (click to read the article)

  • 08 December, 2014
    TBM/TUDelft: 'On the spot' project presented during symposium 'Innovatie aan zee'

    (click to read the article)

  • 8 September, 2014
    "Augmented Reality for the European Cultural Patrimony"
    Article (in national coverage Romanian "Romania Libera" newspaper and a local newspaper) mentioning me in relation to the contribution to creatiVE Summer School 2014 (Virtual Heritage Edition), from Ovidius University Constanta.
    (click to read the article - in Romanian)
    Romania libera:
    Ziua de Constanta:



  • 27 September, 2013
    "TPM goes space"
    On the website of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, TU Delft, The Netherlands
    (click to read the article)



  • 24 September, 2013
    "Stephan Lukosch and Dragos Datcu give workshop on Collaboration in Merging Realities"
    on the website of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, TU Delft, The Netherlands
    (click to read the article)



  • 25 March, 2013
    Article in "Gazeta Sporturilor" (the most important Romanian sports gazette)

    Discussion on the facial analysis of the Romanian and Dutch football players, before the qualification game in Amsterdam for world cup 2014. (in Romanian)

    (click to read the article)



  • 14 March, 2013
    Article in "Gazeta Oltului" about OltTv Gala. (in Romanian)


  • 15-21 March, 2013
    Article in "Ziarul de Olt" about OltTv Gala. (in Romanian)


    • (19 march, 2012 - link to my work)

    (16 october, 2010 - article)



    (28 October, 2009)

    (23 October, 2009)



    (24 October, 2009)

    (23 October, 2009)









    (in Romanian)









    type:
    newspaper article
    newspaper:
    fd.weekend
    date:
    16 october 2010

    2009

    FD Weekend article on emotion recongition.



    type:
    newspaper short article
    newspaper:
    De Telegraaf, online and printed versions
    date:
    2009

    2009

    De Telegraaf article on emotion recongition.



    type:
    newspaper short article
    newspaper:
    nrcnext.nl
    date:
    28 october, 2009

    2009

    nrcnext.nl article on emotion recongition.



    type:
    newspaper short article
    newspaper:
    Delft Integraal
    date:
    nr.4, 2009

    2009

    Delft Integraal article on emotion recongition. Here is the digital version in full.



    type:
    newspaper short article
    newspaper:
    de Weekkrant, Delftse Post
    date:
    28 october, 2009

    2009

    deWeekkrant article - page 14, on emotion recongition.



    type:
    newspaper short article
    newspaper:
    nu.nl
    date:
    24 october, 2009

    2009



    type:
    newspaper article
    newspaper:
    Kerk in de Stad
    date:
    nr.262, 2009

    2009

    Point of view. Here is the digital version in full.



    type:
    Short lecture
    event:
    Machine Learning Summer School 2006
    location:
    Taipei, Taiwan
    description:
    The presentation tackles the problem of recognizing the emotions based on video and audio data analysis.

    2006

    MLSS short lecture

    type:
    mention name
    media:
    Peace IT! Using ICTs to prevent, manage and resolve crises 1/2008

    2008

    ISCRAM 2008, Washington, USA

    type:
    video sample
    media:
    Internet,Youtube
    description:
    The video sample has been recorded based on a bimodal emotion recognition system with SONY PTZ IP camera

    2008

    youtube.com




    TV


  • 7 December, 2016
    NFSTC | Forensic Update

    Media exposure on Twnkls' line of R&D products I am responsible with.
    These products use state-of-the art Augmented Reality technology and
    are to be soon used in safety/security domain.





  • 19 November, 2013
    On TV channel: RTL News, The Netherlands

    Augmented Reality system for face recognition and crime scene investigation
    Software: Dragos Datcu, Stephan Lukosch
    Hardware: Studio Raar/ARLab





  • 28 August, 2013
    Press conference; Mangalia, Romania (in Romanian)
    Uniunea ziaristilor profesionisti din Romania

    Mangalia : Simpozionul "HAI ACASA" sub semnul patriotismului si al educatiei.




  • 26 March, 2013
    On TV channel: OltTv, Romania
    Short news on the facial analysis of football players. (in Romanian)
    (click to see the movie)




  • 13 March, 2013
    On TV channel: OltTv, Romania Discussion in a socio-cultural live talk-show (1 hour, in Romanian)
    {"Perfectul simplu", cu Elena Ionescu}




  • 12 March, 2013
    On TV channel: OltTv, Romania Live broadcast of the OltTv Gala 2013 (in Romanian)
    • (YouTube link, min 8-9)



  • 30 January, 2013
    On TV channel: RomaniaTv, Italy Online discussion in a socio-cultural live talk-show (1 hour, in Romanian)