I'm a 4th-year PhD student supervised by Prof. Pietro Liò and Dr. Ferenc Huszár at the University of Cambridge, Department of Computer Science and Technology, funded by a scholarship from Twitter.
Previously, I spent 5 great years as a Machine Learning Researcher at Bitdefender. I've graduated with valedictorian distinction the BSc in Computer Science from the University of Bucharest in 2016 and the MSc in Artificial Intelligence also from the University of Bucharest in 2018.
My research focuses on Hypergraph Neural Networks. I am particularly interested in developing techniques to better model implicit and explicit higher-order interactions. Additionally, I am interested in exploring the advantages of sheaf theory in machine learning.
Selected Publications







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News
- 06/2025: Invited speaker at NetSCI HONAI Satellite, talking about our recent work SPHINX: Structural Prediction using Hypergraph Inference Network link
- 03/2025: Present a lecture on Hypergraph Representation Learning as part of the L65 Graph Representation Learning Course at University of Cambridge link
- 07/2024: Present a tutorial on Graph Neural Networks as part of the Eastern European Machine Learning Summer School 2024, Novi Sad link
- 09/2023: Give a lecture on Graph Neural Networks at the Mediterranean Machine Learning Summer School 2023, Thessaloniki link
- 12/2022: Co-organise the first Learning on Graph Conference (LOG 2022). link
- 07/2022: Design a practical tutorial on graph neural networks and structural prediction for astern European Machine Learning Summer School 2022 link
Teaching
University of Cambridge 2022-2025
Teaching Assistant
University of Bucharest 2022
Invited speaker
University of Bucharest 2019-2021
Lecturer/Tutor
University of Bucharest 2021
Lecturer/Tutor
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University of Bucharest 2017-2019
Teaching Assistant
Bitdefender 2019
Lecturer/Tutor