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I am excited to share with you the success of being one of the laureates of the L'Oréal - UNESCO private scholarship program "For Women in Science", now in its 14th edition, and to be the first historical winner of the Computer Science category, a premiere of the 2023 program, with the project "Human-centric Artificial Intelligence for Internet of Things Applications in Search and Rescue Operations". I am very grateful to L'Oréal and UNESCO for its commitment in supporting women in science and to L’Oréal Romania team for all this gripping journey since the application until now, a trip revealing the important role of women in Computer, Earth and Life Sciences. I thank to Salvamont Romania-Dispeceratul National Salvamont team and, in particular, to Mr. Cornoiu Sabin for the support during my applications and, of, course, for all the activities we will perform together from now on. Last but not least, I thank to my AIMultimediaLab colleagues and to those valuable people - sorry for not being able to tag all of them - that helped me develop this wonderful career in science and technology.
In the context of numerous natural and anthropogenic disasters and given the current conflictual situations, the winning project aims to develop and implement human-centric Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things technologies (Artificial Intelligence of Things, AIoT) focusing in particular on removing gender and age-related barriers and biases in searching, detecting and rescuing affected individuals.
At the core of the project lies an AIoT platform that will collect telemetry and image data, creating datasets and algorithms for real Search and Rescue (SAR) scenarios, such as operations in mountains, floods, drownings, earthquakes or fires, with the ultimate goal of improving SAR operations, helping to minimize delays and accelerate rescue efforts.
Last week I spoke passionately about #AIoT and #SAR #ArtificialIntelligence on International Women in Science Day during #WomenInScience: Get Inspired by Leaders in Science Conference.
I was very honoured to hear the touching confession of Prof. Anne L'Huillier, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023 and of the L'Oréal-UNESCO International Program "For Women in Science" 2011 edition and mother of two children, like me. Through her statement, Prof. L'Huillier inspires young women to courageously follow their passion for research and science and meet the challenge of combining dedication to scientific knowledge with roles in the family and society.
I carry forward in my communities the message that women still need support to be equal voices with men in advancing scientific knowledge, in patiently and persistently dedicating themselves to meeting the unknown, in serving societies innovation, while also taking care of them and of their loved ones.
My success is the bearer of gratitude to those who have supported and guided me on the path of research to which I have dedicated myself in recent years.

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Between 2019 and 2020, I was a member of the target group of the project "Developing the entrepreneurial skills of PhD students and postdoctoral fellowship - the key to career success (A-Succes)”, mySMIS 125125, based on the financing contract no. 51675 / 09.07.2019 (Project Manager Prof. Horia Iovu).

At the end of the project, following the Business Plans Competition, I was awarded with the 2nd prize (out of 35 participants) for the Business Plan entitled: "Wearable systems and IoT platforms for physical safety and security".                

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The project on the assistance system for people who need motor rehabilitation or who work in environments with a high risk of accidents presented in the Techallenge competition received the special prize Eliza Leonida Zamfirescu.

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16-20th of July 2018, Toulouse, France

The poster presented at CPS2018 Summer School, “Cellular and Long Rang Wide Area Wireless
Technologies for the Internet of Things ”, was evaluated and awarded during the poster session.

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At the "IoT meets AI" Summer School, September 2-5, 2019, following the hackaton organized by
Siemens and Munich Technical University and the successful implementation of the challenge proposed by
coordinators (Using the SIMATIC open controller to control a robotic arm which gets the target
position by an AI component combined with a vision sensor), along with the team, I received the Best Challenge Implementation Award.

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