ANIS 2024 Scholarships: 26 finalists entered the final evaluation stage. The winners of the 15 scholarships from this edition will be announced on November 7

ANIS, the Employers’ Association of the Software and Services Industry, today announces the finalists for the seventh edition of the ANIS Scholarships program.

Among the 67 projects registered by university assistants, lecturers and PhD students from most university centers in Romania, an absolute record since the start of the program, 26 are on the list of finalists and have passed the final evaluation stage. The 26 finalist projects compete to win one of the 15 scholarships worth 5,000 euros each, awarded at this edition of the program by ANIS member companies.

The winners will be announced at the ANIS 2024 Scholarship Gala, on November 7, an event that will take place in the Aula Magna of the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest.

Here are the finalist projects from the 7 categories within the program.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

• Ana-Sabina Uban, lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at “Universitatea Bucharest”, who enrolled the “LLMs & cognition (Large models of language and human cognition)” project.
• Adrian-Paul Botezatu, university assistant at the Faculty of Automation and Computers within the Technical University “Gh. Asachi” from Iași for the project “Artificial vision systems”
• Ioana-Florina Coita, lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Oradea, for the “Finance” project
• Horia-Alexandru Modran, Head of Works at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Transilvania University in Brașov, for the project “Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques with Applications in Cyber ​​Security”

Big Data

• Alexandru Dinu, university assistant at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology from the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, who entered the project “Statistical models and methods in information engineering”
• Ciprian-Octavian Truică, head of works at the Faculty of Automation and Computers at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, with the “Data Mining for Financial Informatics” project
• Ciprian-Mihai Ceaușescu, doctoral assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the “Universitatea Bucharest”, for the “Machine Learning Laboratory” project.

Cloud Computing

Radu-Corneliu Marin, head of work at the Faculty of Automation and Computers at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, with the “Development of Decentralized Applications” project

Cybersecurity

• Alexandru Chiș, PhD student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Transilvania University in Brașov, for the “Cybersecurity incident management” project
• Kolumbán Sándor, lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, with the “IT Security” project
• Alin-Bogdan Popa, assistant professor at the Faculty of Automation and Computers at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, with the “Quatum Communications and Cryptography” project
• Lucian-Ștefan Șuteu-Szöllősi, lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, who entered the “Introduction to cryptography” project
• Giorgiana-Violeta Vlăsceanu, lecturer at the Faculty of Automation and Computers at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, with the “Life Protection Technologies” project

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Raluca-Gordana Barb, lecturer at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies of the Politehnica University of Timișoara, with the “Integrated digital networks” project
• Vasile-Dragoș Bartos, assistant professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Robotics and Production Management at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, with the project “Technologies for the Internet of Things in Industry”
• Ana-Maria Drăgulinescu, lecturer at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA BUCHAREST, with the “Smart Embedded Systems for IoT” project.

HealthTech

• Claudiu-Cristian Papasteri, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Bucharest, for the “Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences” project
• Mihaela Marcella Crișan-Vida, head of works at the Faculty of Automation and Computers at the Politehnica University of Timișoara, for the “Databases for medical applications” project
• Mădălina-Andreea Șerban, PhD student at the Faculty of Administration and Business at the University of Bucharest, for the project “Introduction to biostatistics – Public Health Services and Policies Program”
• Octavian Andronic, assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest with the “Innovative Technologies in Medicine” project

Tech for All

• Nicolae Andrei Crișan, Head of Works at the Faculty of Construction at the Politehnica University of Timișoara, who entered the “Applied Informatics” project
• Lăcrămioara-Mihaela Maghiar, PhD student at the Faculty of Geography at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, who entered the “Satellite Image Processing” project
• Voica Pușcașiu, lecturer at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, with the project “Research Methodology in Art History”
• Flavia Țăran, lecturer at the Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, with the project “Analysis of digital data”
• Aura-Elena Amironesei, doctoral assistant at the Faculty of Law of the “Al.I.Cuza” University in Iași for the “Legal Clinic I” project
• Miriam Kenyeres, PhD student at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, with the project “Computer-assisted training – Biology”

335,000 euros – the value of the scholarships awarded in the previous 6 editions In the last six years, through the ANIS Scholarships program, 67 teaching projects have benefited from sponsorships, which have obtained grants with a cumulative value of 335,000 euros. In total, in the previous editions, 211 projects were registered, coming from 51 faculties, from 14 university centers.

At the same time, the program generated several collaborations between companies and academia on R&D projects.

This year’s edition is made with the support of the following companies: Adobe Romania, Bitdefender, Booking Holdings, DB Global Technology Center, Endava, Eviden Romania, GlobalLogic Romania, HARMAN International Romania, Orange Services, Regina Maria, Societe Generale Global Solution Centre, SoftServe Romania . The National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA BUCHAREST is an institutional partner in the ANIS 2024 Scholarships.