is a full professor at UPB, responsible for the courses of Object-Oriented Programming, Semantic Web Applications, and Data Mining and Data Warehousing. He was head of the class in 2009 (e.g., GPA 10/10; ranked 1st across specialization and university) at University Politehnica of Bucharest and holds a double Ph.D. with the highest distinctions in Computer Science and Educational Sciences, with his thesis published as a book in Springer, Studies in Computational Intelligence. He has extensive experience in national and international research projects with more than 300 published papers, including 30 articles at top-tier conferences, 100+ papers indexed ISI at renowned international conferences, and 10+ Q1 journal papers.
last update: April 2022
Articles published on IXD&A:
• ‘Selfit v2 – The evaluation of an Intelligent Tutoring System for Psychomotor Development’, N. 67, 2025, pp. 178 – 198, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-067-008), Google Scholar
"An Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) is a computer-based system that produces personalized tutoring through individualized, pedagogically sound, and easy-to-access educational material. Research group..."
"An Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) is a computer-based system that produces personalized tutoring through individualized, pedagogically sound, and easy-to-access educational material. Research group..."
• ‘AIs and Education: Do we really need to worry? Use and perceptions of university students – quasi-global feelings and behaviors’, N. 67, 2025, pp. 24 – 57, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-067-002), Google Scholar
"This study presents findings on university students’ perceptions and usage habits regarding generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), based on questionnaire responses from students of various academ..."
"This study presents findings on university students’ perceptions and usage habits regarding generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), based on questionnaire responses from students of various academ..."
• ‘How has IxD&A Evolved in the Last Decade? A Topic Modeling Approach to Identify Salient Themes and Cultural Shifts’, N. 67, 2025, pp. 269 – 288, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-067-013), Google Scholar
"The volume of published articles has grown exponentially, making research documentation considerably harder, even within a single archive of a scientific journal or a repository of educational resourc..."
"The volume of published articles has grown exponentially, making research documentation considerably harder, even within a single archive of a scientific journal or a repository of educational resourc..."
• ‘Echo: A crowd-sourced Romanian speech dataset’, N. 62, 2024, pp. 141 – 152, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-062-009), Google Scholar
"Romanian is the seventh most popular European language, with around 30 million speakers worldwide. Despite its popularity, the available speech resources are limited. As a result, there are few models..."
"Romanian is the seventh most popular European language, with around 30 million speakers worldwide. Despite its popularity, the available speech resources are limited. As a result, there are few models..."
• ‘Lib2Life – Digital Library Services Empowered with Advanced Natural Language Processing Techniques.’, N. 60, 2024, pp. 147 – 167, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-060-006), Google Scholar
"Educational institutions are struggling to keep up with the accelerated technological advancements; hence, sustainable and supportive tools have become essential to reshape traditional models into int..."
"Educational institutions are struggling to keep up with the accelerated technological advancements; hence, sustainable and supportive tools have become essential to reshape traditional models into int..."
• ‘Natural Language Processing Tools for Romanian – Going Beyond a Low-Resource Language.’, N. 60, 2024, pp. 7 – 26, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-060-001sp), Google Scholar
"Advances in Natural Language Processing bring innovative instruments to the educational field to improve the quality of the didactic process by addressing challenges like language barriers and creatin..."
"Advances in Natural Language Processing bring innovative instruments to the educational field to improve the quality of the didactic process by addressing challenges like language barriers and creatin..."
• ‘OntoStrength: An Ontology for Psychomotor Strength Development’, N. 52, 2022, pp. 101 – 118, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-052-006), Google Scholar
"An ontology is a formal, explicit description of concepts and relations from a domain while considering underlying properties, restrictions, and instances.With the advancement of the Semantic Web, the..."
"An ontology is a formal, explicit description of concepts and relations from a domain while considering underlying properties, restrictions, and instances.With the advancement of the Semantic Web, the..."
• ‘Joining Informal Learning in Online Knowledge Communities and Formal Learning in Higher Education: Instructional Design and Evaluation of a Blended-Learning Seminar with Learning Analytics Support’, N. 43, 2019, pp. 110 – 127, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-043-006), Google Scholar
"The use of online knowledge communities (OKCs) as informal learning environments in connection with formal learning encounters two main issues: the learning guidance issue, and the newcomer integratio..."
"The use of online knowledge communities (OKCs) as informal learning environments in connection with formal learning encounters two main issues: the learning guidance issue, and the newcomer integratio..."
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