Events and Milestones
2026
2 days of events scheduled (2 as a speaker).
2026 - January
No public event.
2026 - February
2026 - April
2026 - May
No public event.
2025
25 days of events scheduled (25 as a speaker).
2025 - January
No public event.
2025 - February
ContinualBot is a versatile Conversational Framework leveraging advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms, Semantic Search techniques, Continual Learning Neural Networks and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture.
How is this different from ChatGPT, Claude, etc.?
Here, you can talk directly to me, about my activities, interests, and projects
During this event, I will introduce a major new release: “Talk to a Historical Personality“.
2025 - March
Guest Speaker on Handling Multimedia Content in the Age of GenAI
Hackathon organized by Digital Stack & Google Developers Group Bucharest
Delivering AI enterprise training to 25+ software developers and architects for a corporate client.
More details on GenAI Hands-on Training – Enterprise
32 Hours | 8 Modules
2025 - April
Delivering a talk on Agentic AI & Spring AI at PeakIT 007 Conference in Brasov.
Delivering AI enterprise training to 25+ software developers and architects for a corporate client.
More details on GenAI Hands-on Training – Enterprise
32 Hours | 8 Modules
2025 - May
Delivering AI enterprise training to 25+ software developers and architects for a corporate client.
More details on GenAI Hands-on Training – Enterprise
32 Hours | 8 Modules
2025 - June
Keynote on “Creating Digital Avatars with AI: Tools, Techniques, and Ethics” at UPTEC Porto
2025 - July
Intro to AI world (Data Science, ML, DL and GenAI).
The way we build software is transforming and so must the way we think.
Our first session, “Intro to the AI World (Data Science, ML, DL & GenAI)” sets the stage for developing an AI-first mindset that’s now essential in every role.
Whether you’re an engineer or practitioner, understanding where AI fits in the big picture isn’t just a competitive advantage – it’s becoming a workplace necessity.
Join us for a light, engaging introduction to AI’s strengths, limits, and myths, and see how it’s reshaping the future of work.
We’ll also share practical examples and give you a sneak peek of what’s coming in the rest of the program.
2025 - August
GenAI in the SDLC
Machines are now capable of reading documentation, writing code, and actively participating in development workflows alongside us as software professionals. This challenges us to rethink our role in front of clients and to adopt new work paradigms, disrupting long-established practices that have shaped the industry for decades.
Many organizations are eager to embrace an “AI-first” approach to improve productivity and streamline processes. However, alongside the pressure for rapid adoption, there’s also a fair amount of uncertainty and skepticism.
In this session, we’ll explore how AI is not only transforming work in general but specifically reshaping the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). We’ll go beyond the hype to examine its real capabilities, limitations and common myths.
Expect a hands-on walkthrough of strategies for effective collaboration between human developers and AI agents, along with real-life examples and demos from client projects.
2025 - September
Neural Networks
This is a hands-on deep dive into the technical side of neural networks. The session is designed to help you understand how the “magic” of neural networks actually works in code, without spending tens of hours on lengthy tutorials.
We will cover:
* The building blocks: Neurons, Activations, Weights, Bias, Model
* Quantization and efficiency considerations
* Common NN architectural patterns
* Coding a neural network
* Implementing NNs with popular libraries
* Training, Testing, and Inference workflows
* Using visualizations to better understand learning dynamics
Goal: The purpose of this session is not to turn you into a neural network expert, but to give you a clear understanding of how they work, reveal the ideas that make them function the way they do, and open up new horizons on where to go next if you want to dive deeper.
Panel Speaker & Hands-on Demo Stand on topics such as Agentic AI Architecture and the Transformation of the SDLC.
Hands-on demo of Agentic AI capabilities and the current landscape.
Presenting the latest tech news in the industry to an audience of sales and tech executives in a private corporate tech event as an invited expert.
How AI is transforming the Software Development Life Cycle: The code that codes
Private corporate tech event – coaching development teams on AI adoption and an AI-first mindset for the SDLC
2025 - October
Online Masterclass
A showcase of the latest AI advancements and how entrepreneurs can leverage them to elevate their business.
2025 - November
Attending a round table workshop with world-class experts in AI.
Talk on Build Agentic Architecture with MCP & A2A.
More details here.
2025 - December
No public event.
2024
23 days of events scheduled (20 as a speaker).
2024 - January
Online course on Google’s Digital Workshop
2024 - February
ContinualBot is a versatile Conversational Framework leveraging advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms, Semantic Search techniques, Continual Learning Neural Networks and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture.
How is this different from ChatGPT, Claude, etc.?
Here, you can talk directly to me, about my activities, interests, and projects.
2024 - March
2024 - April
ONLINE @Ciklum Speaker’s Corner
A Live Coding Session
PUBLIC EVENT
AI is the new black, yet it takes skills and proper understanding to convert the buzzword into a working and scalable solution for real-life scenarios. Great news – a solution and main framework can be applied at any scale – from startups to enterprises. All you need is a great team.
Join our live coding session, where you will witness such a solution being created from the ground and adapted to a variety of environments by using different tech stacks
Unlock practical knowledge within 2 hours.
2024 - May
ONLINE @AI Doctoral Academy
Academic Lecture
Course description
Building AI agents capable of lifelong learning represents an ultimate complexity task, closely tied to the breadth of context they can process. This course aims to explore cutting-edge techniques for constructing a full-stack, context-aware system from the ground up. It’s designed to be scalable, suitable for small applications as well as state and enterprise levels. We’ll discuss challenges related to scalability and the implications for data protection and privacy across various contexts, including personal data, financial nuances or military-grade sensitivity. Key concepts covered will include Conversational Agents Architecture, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Architecture, streamlining unstructured data, Large Language Models, Knowledge Representation Techniques, Data Embedding, Retrieval, Semantic Search, and Reasoning.
Host Institutions
- Doctoral School of Electronics, Telecommunications & Information Technology
- National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest
- Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy
- AI4Media
Level
Postgraduate
Course Duration
4 Hours (2 lectures, 2 hrs each)
Meetup in Bucharest
Google Developer Groups
A RAG system essentially correlates a user’s prompt with a relevant data chunk. It does this by identifying the most semantically similar chunk from the database.
This chunk then becomes the context for the prompt.
When passed to the LLM, it enables the system to provide a relevant answer within the given context.
In this workshop we will explore:
- Processing highly complex, unstructured data.
- Extracting meaning from data.
- Practical knowledge representation techniques for handling large-scale context.
- Real-time lexical and semantic search.
DevTalks – Conference in Bucharest
AI chatbots are likely to be key in transforming our current approaches to UX and privacy. They can cover a broad spectrum of use cases, including impersonations, customer support, assistants, and even replacing parts of GUIs.
In this session, we will explore the challenges of coding a Multimodal AI Conversational Agent from the ground up, using RAG Architecture. The focus will be on scalability and managing unstructured data, providing a comprehensive overview of knowledge representation techniques, context understanding and reasoning, machine unlearning and privacy awareness.
2024 - June
No public event.
2024 - July
No public event.
2024 - August
No public event.
2024 - September
Meetup in Bucharest
Google Developer Groups
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) has been one of the most talked-about topics in AI this year, with many organizations pioneering its implementation. While significant advancements have been made in data chunking strategies and retrieval techniques, the traditional RAG architecture still faces limitations due to its reliance on vector stores for knowledge bases.
In this workshop, we’ll explore how integrating Knowledge Graphs into RAG can overcome these limitations and elevate the power of understanding in AI applications.
In this workshop, we will explore:
- Processing highly complex and unstructured data using Gemini API and Vertex AI
- Understanding the significance of entities and relationships in Graph Theory
- Practical tools for generating and working with Knowledge Graphs
- The advantages of using Graph Databases in RAG over traditional relational and vector databases
This session is specifically addressed to developers and data enthusiasts who are eager to explore the next level of innovation with RAG and knowledge-based AI systems.
2024 - October
Expo in Paris.
Academic activity with AIMultimediaLab.
I am presenting a multimodal chatbot interface that is able to talk to video content.
FrancoTech will be held in Paris on 3 and 4 October at STATION F, at the initiative of the General Secretariat of the Francophonie Summit and in partnership with Business France and the Alliance of Francophone Employers. It aims to promote innovation in French, strengthen the Francophone economic space and foster business contacts.
Public Speaking Event at My High School
I was invited by my math teacher from high school to speak to the students about my career path and the emergence of AI technologies. It’s a great opportunity to share my journey and insights at the place where it all started!
Medical Conference in Bucharest, Palace of Parliament
Academic activity – Doctoral Poster Presentation
Using Knowledge Graphs and Neural Networks for Enhanced Medical Research and Discovery
Online Masterclass
A showcase of the latest AI advancements and how entrepreneurs can leverage them to elevate their business.
2024 - November
Doctoral Year in Review: I will be presenting my research from the past year to our team.
Intelligent agents are changing modern software architecture, introducing new development and communications paradigms. Join this session to explore the convergence of microservices and agentic workflows, and discover the key design patterns driving this transformation.
I’ll be speaking to 2nd-year Master’s students enrolled in the Advanced Intelligent Systems on the Web course. I’ve been invited to present part of my research on Conversational AI and Multimedia Processing.
Online Masterclass
A showcase of the latest AI advancements and how entrepreneurs can leverage them to elevate their business.
2024 - December
No public event.