Doctoral Student
Stefan Balauca
Email: [email protected]
About me
I am Stefan Balauca, a first year doctoral student at the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology, Sofia University from October 2023, working in the field of machine learning. I am supervised by Prof. Martin Vechev.
My interests include Deep Learning, robust and reliable ML systems, adversarial learning, bioinformatics, and Quantum Computing.
Education
- Al. I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania, October 2021 – July 2023
Research M.Sc. – Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing - Al. I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania, October 2018 – July 2021
B.Sc. in Computer Science - Al. I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania, October 2018 – July 2022
B.Sc. in Technological Physics
Awards
- International Mathematics Competition for University Students, 2021 – Silver Medal
- South-Eastern Europe Mathematical Olympiad for University Students, 2020 – Gold Medal
- South Eastern Europe Mathematical Olympiad for University Students 2019 – Silver Medal
- International Ariel Mathematical Olympiad, 2019, 2020 – Gold Medals
- Asiatic Physics Olympiad, 2018 – Gold Medal
- International Earth Sciences Olympiad, 2017 – Gold Medal
- International Linguistics Olympiad, 2017 – Bronze Medal
- Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, 2015 – Silver Medal
- International Junior Sciences Olympiad, 2014, 2015 – Silver Medals
Publications
Efficient Constructions for Simulating Multi Controlled Quantum Gates
Stefan Balauca, Andreea Arusoaie
International Conference on Computational Science 2022, London, UK
Relevant Experience
- Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK 05/2023 – 09/2023
Research Intern – Machine Learning in Bioinformatics - Al. I. Cuza University of Iași, Romania, 10/2021 – 07/2023
Teaching Assistant, Machine Learning, Numerical Methods and Quantum Computing - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, US, 07/2021 – 10/2021
Research Intern – Machine Learning in Malware Detection
