Prof. Cristiana Sebu

Prof. Cristiana Sebu

Prof. Cristiana Sebu

 B.Sc.,M.Sc.,Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Room 301
Maths & Physics Building
University of Malta
Msida
  +356 2340 2466
Prof Cristiana Sebu has been with the University since September 2015 as Associate Professor in Biomathematics. She received a BSc (Hons) First Class and an MSc (Distinction) in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bucharest, Romania, in 2000 and 2002, respectively. In 2004, she obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Montpellier II, France, with a thesis entitled Problemes Inverses dans la Physique Classique et Quantique under the supervision of Professors Sorin Ciulli and Andre Neveu. After finishing her doctoral studies, Prof Sebu was employed by Oxford Brookes University (OBU), UK, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She continued her academic career at OBU where she became Lecturer in 2005, Senior Lecturer in 2006 and Reader in Mathematics in 2013.

For almost 21 years Prof Sebu has produced internationally recognised research in two main fields of Applied Mathematics: Inverse Problems and Mathematical Modelling.

In her main focus area, Inverse Problems, Prof Sebu’s published research brought her regular invitations to give talks at the most important international conferences in Europe, Russia, China, Turkey and the US. Prof Sebu made key contributions to the theoretical developments of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) for medical applications, including the design of a ground-breaking portable EIT device for breast cancer screening, and the development of an image reconstruction algorithm for use in such screening. This work is carried out in collaboration with University of Mainz (Germany) and OBU, UK. Major funding bodies acknowledged the pioneering nature and the impact of this research (German Ministry of Education, HEIF 5 Business Enterprise Funding UK, MCST).

Research in her second area of expertise, Mathematical Modelling, has led to pioneering work in other disciplines (Physics, Biology, Engineering and Chemistry).

In recognition of her research at an international level, in July 2014 Prof Sebu became Associate Editor of the Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering journal. Since 2018 she has been the Editor-in-Chief of Xjenza Online (the Science Journal of Malta Chamber of Scientists), country coordinator for Malta of European Women in Mathematics and Co-Chair of the International Conference “Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation”.
  • Inverse Problems
  • Medical imaging
  • Electrical Impedance Tomography
  • Biomedical instrumentation
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Systems biology
  • Mathematical biology

SEBU, C., 2020. Identification of a space-and time-dependent source in a variable coefficient advection-diffusion equation from Dirichlet and Neumann boundary measured outputs. Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems, 1(-),.

HASANOV, A., BAYSAL, O. and SEBU, C., 2019. Identification of an unknown shear force in the Euler–Bernoulli cantilever beam from measured boundary deflection. Inverse Problems, 35(11), pp. 115008.

SEBU, C., 2019. Learning to Invert Pseudo-Spectral Data for Seismic Waveforms. Xjenza Online, 7(1), pp. 3-17.

KULBAY, M., MUKANOVA, B. and SEBU, C., 2017. Identification of separable sources for advection-diffusion equations with variable diffusion coefficient from boundary measured data. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 25(2), pp. 279-308.

PEREZ, H., PIDCOCK, M. and SEBU, C., 2017. A three-dimensional image reconstruction algorithm for electrical impedance tomography using planar electrode arrays. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 25(4), pp. 471-491.

SEBU, C., 2017. Electrical Impedance Mammography: the key to low-cost, portable and non-invasive breast cancer screening? Xjenza Online, 5(2), pp. 154-157.

FONSECA, H., HAYATLEH, K., TERZOPOULOS, N., LIDGEY, F.J. and SEBU, C., 2014. An investigation of the discrete-time nature of excess phase and jitter. International Journal of Electronics, 101(6), pp. 856-864.

GEHRE, M., KLUTH, T., SEBU, C. and MAASS, P., 2014. Sparse 3D reconstructions in electrical impedance tomography using real data. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 22(1), pp. 31-44.

HERAVI, M.A., MARIN, L. and SEBU, C., 2014. The method of fundamental solutions for complex electrical impedance tomography. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 46, pp. 126-139.

TAMMAM, A., HAYATLEH, K., SEBU, C., LIDGEY, F.J., TERZOPOULOS, N. and BEN-ESMAEL, M., 2014. Wide-bandwidth CFOA with high CMRR performance. Aeu-International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 68(4), pp. 329-335.

TAMMAM, A.A., HAYATLEH, K., BEN-ESMAEL, M., TERZOPOULOS, N. and SEBU, C., 2014. Critical review of the circuit architecture of CFOA. International Journal of Electronics, 101(4), pp. 441-451.

TERZOPOULOS, N., HAYATLEH, K., SEBU, C., LIDGEY, F.J., BEN-ESMAEL, M., TAMMAM, A.A. and BARKER, S., 2014. Analysis and Design of a High Precision-High Output Impedance Tissue Current Driver for Medical Applications. Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers, 23(8), pp. 1450114.

GEORGI, K.-., HAEHNLEIN, C., SCHILCHER, K., SEBU, C. and SPIESBERGER, H., 2013. Conductivity reconstructions using real data from a new planar electrical impedance tomography device. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 21(5), pp. 801-822.

TRUESDALE, V.W. and SEBU, C., 2013. A New Analytic Integration of the Rate Equation for Batch Dissolution of Salts in the Presence of Common Ion. Aquatic Geochemistry, 19(1), pp. 39-56.

HAEHNLEIN, C., SCHILCHER, K., SEBU, C. and SPIESBERGER, H., 2011. Conductivity imaging with interior potential measurements. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 19(5), pp. 729-750.

SEBU, C., 2011. Conductivity reconstructions using real data from a new planar electrical Impedance Tomography device, 2011.

SEBU, C., 2011. Integral equation methods for inverse problems in Electrical Impedance Tomography. In: L. MARIN, L. MUNTEANU and V. CHIROIU, eds, Inverse Problems and Computational Mechanics. Bucharest: Editura Academiei, pp. 295-313.

MAASS, P., PIDCOCK, M. and SEBU, C., 2010. A regularized solution for the inverse conductivity problem using mollifiers. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 18(1), pp. 145-161.

JOHANSSON, T. and SEBU, C., 2009. A uniqueness result for the inverse conductivity problem, 2009.

LUKASCHEWITSCH, M., MAASS, P., PIDCOCK, M. and SEBU, C., 2009. The asymptotic behaviour of weak solutions to the forward problem of electrical impedance tomography on unbounded three-dimensional domains. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 32(2), pp. 206-222.

CIULLI, S. and SEBU, C., 2008. Stable Lagrange points of large planets as possible regions where WIMPs could be sought. Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and Theoretical, 41(33), pp. 335201.

MAASS, P., PIDCOCK, M.K. and SEBU, C., 2008. A mollifier method for the inverse conductivity problem. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 135.

POOLMAN, M.G., SEBU, C., PLDCOCK, M.K. and FELL, D.A., 2007. Modular decomposition of metabolic systems via null-space analysis. Journal of theoretical biology, 249(4), pp. 691-705.

SABATIER, P.C. and SEBU, C., 2007. On the resolving power of electrical impedance tomography. Inverse Problems, 23(5), pp. 1895-1913.

CIULLI, S., PIDCOCK, M.K. and SEBU, C., 2004. An integral equation method for the inverse conductivity problem. Physics Letters A, 325(3-4), pp. 253-267.

CIULLI, S., SEBU, C., SCHILCHER, K. and SPIESBERGER, H., 2004. QCD condensates from tau-decay data: a functional approach. Physics Letters B, 595, pp. 359-367.

SEBU, C., 2004. Inverse Problems in Classical and Quantum Physics. PhD edn. University of Montpellier II.

CIULLI, S., PIDCOCK, M.K. and SEBU, C., 2003. An analytical solution for the inverse conductivity problem, 2003, pp. 50-61.

CIULLI, S., PIDCOCK, M.K. and SEBU, C., 2003. On the inverse conductivity problem in the half space. Zeitschrift Fur Angewandte Mathematik Und Mechanik, 83(11), pp. 755-765.

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Editor-in-Chief of Xjenza Online - Science Journal of the Malta Chamber of Scientists
http://www.xjenza.org

Associate Editor, Inverse Problems in Science & Engineering
http://www.tandfonline.co.uk/gipe

Research Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, UK

Member of Malta Neuroscience Network Programme

Country Coordinator of the European Women in Mathematics for Malta

Full list of publications:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KQsEKnQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=1

Co-Chair of IMA Conference on Inverse Problems from Theory to Application, September 19-21, 2017, Isaac Newton
Institute, UK

Co-Chair of the 9th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation
(IP:MS 2018), May 21-25, 2018, Malta

Co-Chair of the 10th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation
(IP:MS 2022), May 22-28, 2022, Malta.


Member of the International Programme Committee of International Conferences:

The 8th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2016), May 23-28, 2016, Fethiye,
Turkey.

The 9th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2018), May 21-25, 2018, Malta.


Member of the International Organizing Committee of International Conferences:

Challenges in Inverse Problems (CiIP 2015), workshop in honour of Professor Sabatier's 80th anniversary, Montpellier,
May 5-7, 2015.

The 5th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2010), May 24-29, 2010, Antalya,
Turkey.

The 6th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2012), May 21-26, 2012, Antalya,
Turkey.

The 7th International Conference Inverse Problems: Modelling and Simulation (IP:MS 2014), May 26-31, 2014, Fethiye,
Turkey.


Mini-symposium Organizer at International Conferences:

Inverse Problems for Time-dependent Maxwell Equations, 9th AIP Conference 2017, May 29-June 2, 2017, Hangzhou,
China,

Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 9th International Conference “Inverse Problems: Modelling and
Simulation” (IP:MS 2018), May 21-25, 2018, Malta.

Hybrid Approaches that Combine Deterministic and Statistical Regularization for Applied Inverse Problems, SIAM
Conference on Imaging Science, June 5-8, 2018, Bologna, Italy.

Imaging Modalities: Recent Advances and Beyond, 10th International Conference “Inverse Problems: Modelling and
Simulation” (IP:MS 2022), May 22-28, 2022, Malta.

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