Education
- Oct. 2010 - Sept.2013: PhD - Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest; Thesis Title: Secret Sharing-based Group Key Establishment; [PhD Summary (RO)] [PhD Thesis(EN)]
- Oct. 2008 - Jun. 2010: Master Degree - Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest; Thesis Title: Secret Sharing Schemes;
- Oct.2004 - Jun. 2009: Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications (Specialization: Software for Telecommunications Networks) - Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest; Thesis Title: Security of GSM and UMTS Networks;
- Oct. 2004 - Jun. 2008: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science - Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest; Thesis title: Cryptanalysis of Public Key Encryption Systems.
Training & Certificates
(selection)
- Mar. 2012 - May 2012: Innovation Manager - Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection, Romania & Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports, Romania;
- 2005: Cisco Wireless LAN Support Specialist - CISCO;
- 2002: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - CISCO.
Schools/Training/Workshops
- CIVIS Workshop Approaches to Student Supervision (6 March 2024) [website] Senior Lecturer dr.Janis Davidson, Univ.of Glasgow
- Attender: COST Action IC1306 CryptoAction Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (27-28 Mar. 2017) [website]
- Attender: 2016 Winter School on Quantum Security, Technische Universitat, Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany (25 - 29 Jan.2016) [website]
- Student: Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains, Dr. Humayun Zafar, Mr. Andy Green, University System of Georgia, online on Coursera [website]
- Attender: COST Action IC1306 Working Group WG2 Meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria (26 Apr. 2015) [website]
- Student: Cybersecurity Specialization: Usable Security, Cryptography, Software Security, prof.dr.J.Golbeck, prof.dr.J.Katz, prof.dr.M.Hicks, University of Maryland, online on Coursera [website]
- Attender: COST Action IC1306 School on Cryptographic Attacks, Porto, Portugal (13-16 Oct.2014) [website]
- Attender: UbiCrypt Summer School - Crypt@b-it 2014, Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Bochum, Germany (28
Jul. 2013 - 1 Aug.2014) [website] - Student: Securing Digital Democracy, prof. J.Alex Halderman, University of Michigan, online on Coursera [website]
- Attender: Crypt@b-it 2013, B-IT Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology, Bonn, Germany (29 Jul. 2013 - 2 Aug.2013) [wesite]
- Attender: Crypt@b-it 2012, B-IT Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology, Bonn, Germany (16 Jul. 2012 - 20 Jul. 2012 [website]
- Student: Cryptography I, prof. D.Boneh, Standford University, online on Coursera;
- Attender: ECRYPT II - Design and Security of Cryptographic Algorithms and Devices, COSIC (Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography research group), Albena, Bulgaria (29 May 2011 - 3 Jun. 2011) [website]
- Attender: Crypt@b-it 2010, B-IT Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology, Bonn, Germany (2 Aug. 2010 - 6 Aug. 2010) [website]
- Attender: Security Kaleidoscope Design: The Different Colors of Security@IT, Brno University of Technology / BEST Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (28 Jun. 2009 - 11 July 2009) [website]