Mihai DascaluProfessor, PhD Habil.

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areas of expertise
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • AI in education
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems
education
  • 2018 Habilitation thesis, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
  • 2015 Senior Fulbright Award, Arizona State University, USA
  • 2013 Ph.D. in Computer Science – Excellent rating, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania & Ph.D. in Educational Sciences – “Très Honorable avec Félicitations” rating, University Grenoble Alpes, France
  • 2011 Master, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
  • 2010 M2R Master de Recherche, University of Nantes, France
  • 2009 Engineer – head of class, GPA 10/10, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

Mihai Dascalu is a professor in Computer Science at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest and is responsible for the courses in object-oriented programming, algorithm design, and semantic web. Mihai was head of his class (i.e., GPA 10/10; ranked 1st across specialization and university) at POLITEHNICA Bucharest and holds a double Ph.D. with the highest distinctions in Computer Science (Excellent, POLITEHNICA Bucharest) and Educational Sciences (Très Honorable avec Felicitations, University Grenoble Alpes, France). Mihai has extensive experience in national and international research projects (POC Optimize, POC InsureAI, PTE ATES, PCE INTELLIT, PCE Lib2Life, PCE ROBIN, POC D HUB-TECH, POC G NETIO, H2020 RAGE, ERASMUS+ ENeA-SEA) with more than 300 published papers, including 40 articles at top-tier conferences (AAAI, ACL, CogSci, AIED, COLING), 100+ papers indexed ISI at renowned international conferences (ICALT, ITS, EC-TEL, ICWL, ISPDC, AIMSA), and 10+ Q1 journal papers (Computers & Education, Computers in Human Behavior, Behavior Research Methods, ijCSCL). Complementary to his competencies in ML/NLP, AI in education, and discourse analysis, Mihai holds a multitude of professional certifications (e.g., PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, CISA, C|EH, and CISSP). Moreover, Mihai received the award “Mihai Drăgănescu” from the Romanian Academy in 2023, the distinction “IN TEMPORE OPPORTUNO” in 2013 as the most promising young researcher in POLITEHNICA Bucharest, obtained a Senior Fulbright scholarship in 2015, and holds a US patent. Mihai is also a corresponding member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists.

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