Curriculum vitae

Positions

1. 2022–Senior Researcher I (CS I)Institute for Economic Forecasting (IPE), Romanian AcademyHead of the Department of Computer-Assisted Economic Research.
2. 2020–ProfessorBucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE), Department of Statistics and EconometricsCourses: Statistics, Econometrics, Time Series, Financial Markets Statistics, Advanced Time-Series Modelling, Financial Markets Modelling; supervision of bachelor and master theses.
3. 2019–PhD supervisorDoctoral School of Cybernetics and Economic Statistics, ASE
4. 2018–2019Researcher, IRTG 1792 “High Dimensional Nonstationary Time Series”Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, with Prof. Wolfgang Karl Härdle
5. 2016–2020Statistical expertEuropean Investment Bank, European Commission, National School of Political and Administrative StudiesSampling methodology for the ex-ante control of public procurement (EIB); minimum-wage setting mechanism for Romania (European Commission, INCSMPS); cost standards for local public services (SIPOCA 9).
6. 2014Visiting researcherResearch Data Center, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, with Prof. Wolfgang Karl Härdle (Quantlet platform)Development of the Quantlet platform in SAS for Statistics of Financial Markets.
7. 2014–2024Statistical expertThe World Bank: tax framework, public procurement, disaster-risk financing, governance scorecardsTax framework under Romania’s Recovery and Resilience Plan; public procurement strategy; disaster-risk financing and the Bucharest seismic-risk tool; Country Climate and Development Report for Azerbaijan; Moldova Governance Scorecard; Romania Strategy Unit; sampling methodology for the Human Capital Operational Programme.
8. 2014–2015Statistical expert, Delivery UnitPrime Minister’s Chancellery, Romania (World Bank project)Statistical analysis, monitoring and evaluation, government dashboard, risk model for VAT refunds; analyses of public procurement, youth employment, tax administration and energy.
9. 2007–2021StatisticianIpsos Interactive Services, Bucharest: statistical modelling
10. 2007Senior adviserNational Institute of Statistics, Bucharest: statistical analysis and sampling
11. 2004–2005Risk analystCredisson International, Bucharest: scoring models
12. 2001–2020Teaching assistant (2001), assistant (2003), lecturer (2007), associate professor (2013)ASE, Department of Statistics and Econometrics

Education

1. 2019Habilitation, Cybernetics and StatisticsASE. Thesis: Statistical methods for financial markets
2. 2011Postdoctoral fellowshipICMA Centre, University of Reading, with Emese Lazar: uncertainty in capital markets via information entropy
3. 2010–2013Postdoctoral researcherASE: predictability of financial crises
4. 2007PhD in Economics (Cybernetics and Statistics)ASE. Advisor: Vergil Voineagu
5. 2002MSc in Statistics (Stochastic Processes and Theoretical Statistics)University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics. Advisor: Monica Dumitrescu
6. 2000BSc in Mathematics (Advanced Studies)University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics. Advisor: Anton Ștefănescu
7. 1992–1996High schoolAlexandru Ioan Cuza National College (then Theoretical High School), Corabia, Olt County

Editorial and professional service

• Associate Editor, Digital Finance (Springer)
• Member, Romanian National Statistical Council (2023–)
• Board member for Romania, European Courses in Advanced Statistics (ECAS, 2020–)
• Management Committee member, COST Action CA19130 (2020–2024)
• Minitrack chair, International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE 2023, “Applying ML and AI to Finance, Business and Society”; ICBE 2025, IDA minitrack)

Awards

• Editor of Distinction Award (Author Service Award 2026), Springer Nature, for editorial work at Digital Finance
• Best Paper Award, International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE) 2026, for “A Multimodal Vision-Language Framework for Financial Anomaly Detection”, with S.-L. Jheng, R. Tak and Ș. Găman
• Honorary Citizen of Gura Padinii commune, Olt County (2024)
• Best Paper Award, International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE) 2019 (Journal of Economic Forecasting Award), with W. K. Härdle and N. Wesselhöfft
• "Bologna Professor" diploma (2010)
• Diplomas of excellence, Romanian Statistical Society (2009, 2010, 2012)