Claudia Pop

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Claudia Pop is a leading researcher at the intersection of ambient assisted living, social robotics, and intelligent healthcare systems. Her work addresses one of the most pressing societal challenges of our time: supporting an aging population with sustainable, technology-driven care solutions. Pop’s most cited paper, “Smart Environments and Social Robots for Age-Friendly Integrated Care Services” (2020, 70 citations), presents a groundbreaking framework that seamlessly integrates Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, smart home environments, and socially assistive robots into a unified care ecosystem. This pioneering work demonstrates how intelligent environments can proactively monitor health, detect emergencies, and facilitate social interaction, thereby reducing the burden on human caregivers while enhancing the quality of life for older adults. Beyond this flagship study, Pop has made significant contributions to human-robot interaction and context-aware computing, developing algorithms that allow robots to adapt their behavior based on real-time environmental data and user needs. Her research has been instrumental in shaping the European Union’s agenda for age-friendly smart cities and has influenced the design of several commercial assistive technologies. With a growing citation impact and numerous collaborative projects with healthcare providers, Claudia Pop continues to be a driving force in creating dignified, technology-empowered care for our aging society.