Daniel is a passionate solutions architect and Java software engineer with over 15 years of industry experience, specializing in logistics, e-commerce, e-learning, and finance. He has coordinated many complex projects while driving innovation and delivering state-of-the-art solutions. His expertise spans cloud-native development, tech stack migrations, APIs and microservices, as well as machine learning.

Andrei is a final-year Computer Science master's student specializing in Applied Computational Intelligence. His primary interests are in Computer Vision for autonomous driving systems and Active Learning for reducing data annotation costs. He has published several articles on these topics and presented at international conferences such as VISAPP and YTIC, with an upcoming presentation at KES 2024.

Andrei's professional experience is diverse, encompassing research with Bosch on autonomous trains and software engineering/developer internships at Google, Amazon, and RebelDot. He is also an active community member, serving as a co-lead for the Google Developer Student Clubs @ Babeș-Bolyai University. In this role, Andrei organizes and hosts technical events for students on various Google technologies. Additionally, he has delivered numerous presentations on both technical and non-technical subjects at various events.

Andrei Rusu, with a rich background in engineering and project management, currently serves as the Institutional Relations Manager at NTT DATA Romania, based in Cluj-Napoca. His role involves strategizing and executing plans to secure financial support from various sectors and establishing key relationships within the research community. Andrei's expertise spans across securing European and national funding, including Horizon and Norway and EEA grants, and leading consortia for technology-focused project proposals.

Ecaterina Nastas is a senior designer with over six years of experience in the dynamic fields of app design, e-commerce, product design, and UI/UX. She combines the passion for design with her psychology education to create intuitive and user-centric designs that enhance user experiences and drive engagement.

He has contributed to: Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, (Oxford University Press, 2014), Theorizing Visual Studies: Writing Through the Discipline (New York: Routledge, 2013), Encyclopedia of the imaginaries in Romania. (Iaşi: Polirom, 2020). He is the author of Negotiable perspective. Essays and Commentaries on Contemporary Artistic Practices. Bucharest: Eikon Press, 2021.

He was research fellow of the New Europe College Institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences, 2017-2018.

Member of various professional associations such as: NECS - European Network for Cinema and Media Studies, International Society for Intermedial Studies (ISIS), The Union of Visual Artists (UAP), Romania. Member and past president of the AFCN Council – Administration of the National Cultural Fund, Romania. President of the International Association of Art Critics - AICA Romania.

Independent curator since 1996. Curator for Romania at the Venice Biennale 1999.

Currently, a full professor in intelligent robotics and innovation management at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Stelian Brad comes up with a complex background of about 22 years in the software industry, as CEO, product or project manager, innovation manager, entrepreneur, and mentor. Stelian holds a Ph.D. in robotics and a Ph.D. in economics. Till now, he had the chance to lead or to be involved in 150+ research and innovation projects, as well as many institutional development initiatives. Stelian Brad is president of the Cluj IT cluster and coordinator of the European Digital Innovation Hub DIH4Society. He teaches artificial intelligence, and programming languages with applications in robotics, social and cognitive robotics, and innovation engineering. His research focus is on artificial intelligence for creative engineering and robotics, autonomous mobile robots, industry 4.0, and various dimensions of digital innovation.

Andrei Budescu: visual artist, associated professor Ph.D., head of the Photo-Video Department (FV) at the University of Art and Design (UAD) Cluj-Napoca (October 2018 – February 2023), dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts (since March 2023), member of the Union of Visual Artists of Romania (UAP), Cluj Branch. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree (2005 – magna cum laude) and a master’s degree (2007) from the Faculty of Fine Arts at UAD, specializing in alternative/experimental photography, animation, multimedia, and audio-video productions. In 2011, he obtained a doctoral degree in visual arts from the same institution of higher artistic education, with a thesis titled “The Relevance of Old and New Photography in Contemporary Fine Arts”.

His artistic achievements include numerous solo exhibitions and participation in national and international group exhibitions, accompanied by several notable awards: 2007 – 2nd Prize at the Chivas Regal Contest, Photo Magazine, Bucharest; 2004 – 1st Prize at the “Playboy” Art Photography Contest, “Artistic Nude” section, Bucharest; 1st Prize at the Photography Salon organized by the Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia, Prato, Italy, in collaboration with the Student’s House of Culture, Cluj-Napoca; 2003 – Honorable Mention and Special Prize at the Photography Salon organized by the Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia, Prato, Italy, in collaboration with the Student’s House of Culture, Cluj-Napoca.