15 university educational projects were rewarded with a 5000 euro scholarship at the ANIS Scholarships 2024

ANIS, the Employers’ Association of the Software and Services Industry, announced last night, at the ANIS 2024 Scholarship Gala, the winners of the seventh edition of the educational program dedicated to university teachers who innovate in the teaching process.

This year, a record number of 67 projects were enrolled in the “ANIS Scholarships”. The applications were submitted by academics from 48 different faculties, from 20 universities in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Timișoara, Sibiu, Galați, Brașov, Oradea, Constanța and Ploiesti. The most programs – 21 – were listed in the “Tech For All” category, by professors who introduced technology and innovated in the courses and labs they teach in non-technical faculty. 15 innovative courses out of the 67 proposed for judging received scholarships from ANIS member companies.

The applications were evaluated by an independent jury based on the four evaluation criteria: innovation, structure, method and continuity. In the 7 editions of the ANIS Scholarships program, more than 270 projects were registered, and the total value of the 82 scholarships awarded amounts to 410,000 euros.

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.

“The fact that year after year we have more and more applications in the ANIS Scholarships program, with an increasingly high quality, proves that the university environment has understood that innovation is the only way to transform Romania. In these seven years since the inauguration of the Scholarships, we have managed to place the industry and the university environment at the same table, but also to support the alignment of the curriculum taught in universities with what is required in the labor market, not only in the IT industry because, we know very well , technology is present in every field”, says Corina Vasile, Executive Director of ANIS.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning category

• 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”
• 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. The two scholarships were awarded by Adobe Romania and Endava Romania. Finalists in the same category were also:
• 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 category

• 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.

Finalist in the same category was also:

Alexandru Dinu, university assistant at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, who entered the project “Statistical models and methods in information engineering”

The two scholarships were awarded by Adobe Romania and SoftServe Romania.

Cloud Computing category

• 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 The scholarship was awarded by the Deutsche Bank Global Technology Center. Cybersecurity category

• Sándor Kolumbán, lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, with the “IT Security” project

• Lucian-Ștefan Șuteu-Szöllősi, lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, who signed up 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 project “Privacy protection technologies”

Finalists in the same category were also:

• Alexandru Chiș, PhD student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Transilvania University in Brașov, for the project “Cybersecurity incident management”
• Alin-Bogdan Popa, assistant professor at the Faculty of Automation and Computers at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, with the “Quantum Communications and Cryptography” project Two of the scholarships in this category were awarded by Bitdefender and one by HARMAN International Romania. HealthTech category
• 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 Finalists in the same category were also:
• 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 work at the Faculty of Automation and Computers at the Politehnica University of Timișoara, for the “Databases for medical applications” project The two scholarships in this category were awarded by Endava Romania and GlobalLogic Romania.

Internet of Things (IoT) category

• 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 Finalists in the same category were also:
• 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.

The scholarship in this category was awarded by Eviden Technologies.

Tech for All category

• 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
• 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 Iasi for the “Legal Clinic I” project Finalists in the same category were also:
• Voica Pușcașiu, lecturer at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, with the project “Research methodology in art history”
• 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” The 4 scholarships in this category were awarded by Booking Holdings, Eviden Technologies, Orange Services and Societe Generale Global Solution Centre.