Academic background
Apr 2017 · Preston, UK
BigSkyEarth Training School 2017
Preston, United Kingdom
Topics: data storage for visualisation, processing for visualisation, virtual reality.
Apr 2016 · Oberpfaffenhofen, DE
BigSkyEarth Training School 2016
DLR – German Aerospace Centre · Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Topics: signal processing, statistical learning algorithms, classification, clustering and indexing, optimisation and visualisation.
2014 – 2018
Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences
NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest · Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and IT · CEOSpaceTech
Thesis: Visual Data Mining for Image Data Sets (Explorarea vizuală a seturilor de imagini)
Key research areas: image feature extraction, feature selection, dimensionality reduction, visual data exploration, image classification and clustering.
Key research areas: image feature extraction, feature selection, dimensionality reduction, visual data exploration, image classification and clustering.
2015 – 2016
Psychopedagogical Training Certificate — Level I & II
NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest
Pedagogical training programme — Level I (Sept 2015 – Feb 2016) and Level II (Mar 2016 – Jul 2016).
2012 – 2014
M.Sc. Information Engineering — Multimedia Technologies in Biometrics and Information Security
NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest · Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and IT
Thesis: Image feature extraction algorithms for image classification.
Key areas: learning algorithms, image and video processing (watermarking, face recognition), audio processing (speech recognition), multimedia forgery detection.
Key areas: learning algorithms, image and video processing (watermarking, face recognition), audio processing (speech recognition), multimedia forgery detection.
2008 – 2012
B.Sc. Computers and Information Technology
NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest · Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and IT
Thesis: Exploration and visualisation of information from satellite image databases.
Key areas: image processing, learning algorithms, databases, programming (Matlab, SQL, C).
Key areas: image processing, learning algorithms, databases, programming (Matlab, SQL, C).
Professional experience
Mar 2019 – presentActive
Lecturer (Șef de Lucrări)
NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest · Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and IT
Teaching activities in the following disciplines:
- Human-Machine Interfaces
- Natural Language Processing in Assistive Technologies
- Computer Vision
2025 – presentActive
Post-doc Researcher
Geosense Lab – GEOspatial and Smart SENSors for Environmental Applications · Campus Research Institute · NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest
Research in AI-driven methods for Earth Observation, visual data mining and satellite imagery analysis for environmental applications.
Mar 2018 – presentActive
Post-doc Researcher
CEOSpaceTech – Research Centre for Spatial Information · NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest
Research activities in:
- Image feature extraction and selection
- Dimensionality reduction
- Visual exploration of satellite imagery
- Image classification
Sep 2014 – Mar 2018
Ph.D. Researcher
CEOSpaceTech – Research Centre for Spatial Information · NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest
Research on image feature extraction algorithms, dimensionality reduction, visual data exploration and image classification in the context of Earth Observation.
Feb 2014 – Sep 2015
Software Developer
Business Smart Management · Bucharest
- Maintenance and support for C# software solutions (taxes, population records).
- Report development in C#.
- Maintenance and development of SQL procedures.
- Client support and issue resolution.
Sep – Dec 2013
Junior Software Developer
Libra Bank SA · Bucharest
Maintenance and development of SQL procedures used in reporting.
Awards & distinctions
2018 · UEFISCDI
Rewarding Outcomes in Research — PRECISI-2018-21843
Authors: Andreea Griparis, Daniela Faur, Mihai Datcu
Paper: Quantitative Evaluation of the Feature Space Transformation Methods Used for Applications of Visual Semantic Clustering of EO Images
Paper: Quantitative Evaluation of the Feature Space Transformation Methods Used for Applications of Visual Semantic Clustering of EO Images
2016 · UEFISCDI
Rewarding Outcomes in Research — PRECISI-2016-13285
Authors: Andreea Griparis, Daniela Faur, Mihai Datcu
Paper: Dimensionality Reduction for Visual Data Mining of Earth Observation Archives
Paper: Dimensionality Reduction for Visual Data Mining of Earth Observation Archives