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Natural Language Processing

Building Intelligent Language Technologies

We design, fine-tune, and evaluate state-of-the-art NLP architectures, including large language models for text understanding, dialogue systems, and generation in multilingual and domain-specific environments.

From Data to Meaning

Our research integrates linguistic theory, neural architectures, and LLM-based representations to create interpretable, data-efficient, and adaptive language processing systems.

Collaborative and Applied Research

We engage in joint projects and applied studies with industrial and academic partners, exploring practical applications of LLMs and NLP technologies in conversational AI, education, and digital transformation.

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Collaboration

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Joint R&D projects

Student thesis supervision (BSc, MSc, PhD)

Industry-academia partnerships for LLM-based NLP solutions and technology transfer

Collaborative research on domain-adapted language models

Latest Research Projects

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ContribIQ
2016 - 2016
METAMORPHOSIS
1970 - 1970

Patents

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Latest Research Publications

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Modern Speech Recognition for Romanian Language
REMUS-DAN UNGUREANU, MIHAI DASCALU, Applied Sciences Switzerland MDPI, 2026, 001699864800001 10.3390/app16041928
Cross-Lingual Speaker Diarization for Romanian Without Fine-Tuning: End-to-End MSDD Versus a Traditional Segmentation-Embedding-Clustering Pipeline
REMUS-DAN UNGUREANU, MIHAI DASCALU, Electronics Switzerland MDPI, 2026, 001700053700001 10.3390/electronics15040778
Code Similarity Detection Using Complexity-Based Birthmarks
Rares FOLEA, MIHAI DASCALU, EMIL IOAN SLUSANSCHI, COMPUTATIONAL COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, ICCCI 2025, PT I SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, 2026, 001717073400021 10.1007/978-3-032-09318-9_21
Assessing the Readability of Russian Textbooks Using Large Language Models
ANDREI PARASCHIV, MIHAI DASCALU, Marina I. Solnyshkina, Information Switzerland MDPI, 2025, 001646696100001 10.3390/info16121071
Who Speaks to Whom? An LLM-Based Social Network Analysis of Tragic Plays
AURA-CRISTINA UDREA, STEFAN RUSETI, LAURENTIU MARIAN NEAGU, Ovio Olaru, Andrei Terian-Dan, MIHAI DASCALU, Electronics Switzerland MDPI, 2025, 001593572100001 10.3390/electronics14193847
UniBERT: adversarial training for language-universal representations
Andrei-marius AVRAM, MARIAN LUPASCU, DUMITRU CLEMENTIN CERCEL, Ionut Mironica, STEFAN TRAUSAN-MATU, Neural Computing and Applications , 2025, 10.1007/s00521-025-11470-5
Multihead Average Pseudo-Margin Learning for Disaster Tweet Classification
IUSTIN SIRBU, Robert-Adrian POPOVICI, TRAIAN EUGEN REBEDEA, STEFAN TRAUSAN-MATU, Information Switzerland MDPI, 2025, 001516020500001 10.3390/info16060434

Top Research Publications

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Combining Click-Stream Data with NLP Tools to Better Understand MOOC Completion
Scott Andrew CROSSLEY, Luc PAQUETTE, MIHAI DASCALU, Ryan S. BAKER, Proceedings of LAK `16 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL LEARNING ANALYTICS KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE, ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, 2016, 000390844700002 10.1145/2883851.2883931
Predicting Text Comprehension, Processing, and Familiarity in Adult Readers: New Approaches to Readability Formulas
Scott Andrew CROSSLEY, Stephen SKALICKY, MIHAI DASCALU, Kristopher KYLE, Discourse Processes ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD, 2017, 000407396000002 10.1080/0163853X.2017.1296264
Participation in virtual academic communities of practice under the influence of technology acceptance and community factors. A learning analytics application
Beate BALTES, MIHAI DASCALU, Dan-Gheorghe Mihaila, George SMEATON, STEFAN TRAUSAN-MATU, Computers in Human Behavior PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2014, 000335630100040 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.051
A comprehensive survey of indoor localization methods based on computer vision
ANCA ANDREEA MORAR, ALIN - DRAGOS - BOGDAN MOLDOVEANU, IRINA GEORGIANA MOCANU, FLORICA MOLDOVEANU, ION EMILIAN RADOI, VICTOR -IOSIF ASAVEI, ALEXANDRU GRADINARU , Alexandru BUTEAN, SENSORS MDPI, 2020, 000537106200205 10.3390/s20092641
The Tool for the Automatic Analysis of Cohesion 2.0: Integrating semantic similarity and text overlap
Scott Andrew CROSSLEY, Kristopher KYLE, MIHAI DASCALU, Behavior Research Methods SPRINGER, 2019, 000461719100002 10.3758/s13428-018-1142-4
PolyCAFe-automatic support for the polyphonic analysis of CSCL chats
STEFAN TRAUSAN-MATU, MIHAI DASCALU, TRAIAN EUGEN REBEDEA, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning SPRINGER, 2014, 000341087500002 10.1007/s11412-014-9190-y
Automated dialog analysis to predict blogger community response to newcomer inquiries
MIHAI DASCALU, Yvonne SERAFIN, STEFAN TRAUSAN-MATU, Computers in Human Behavior PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2018, 000449136900038 10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.034

Our Research Team

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Full Professor, Faculty Council, Department Council

Mihai DASCALU

PR306

Full Professor, Faculty Council

Stefan TRAUSAN-MATU

PR301

Associate Professor

Traian Eugen REBEDEA

Associate Professor

Stefan RUSETI

Associate Professor

Costin-Gabriel CHIRU

PR306

Associate Professor

Ion Emilian RADOI

Associate Professor, Department Council

Vlad-Valentin POSEA

Assistant Professor

Laurentiu Marian NEAGU

PRECIS Research Institute

Assistant Professor

Razvan PAROIU

Assistant Professor

Mihaela Cristina BALINT

Teaching Assistant

Andreea-Nicoleta DUTULESCU

Recent books

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The 22th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Maiga CHANG, MIHAI DASCALU, STEFAN TRAUSAN-MATU, IEEE, 2022,
Ludic, Co-design and Tools Supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education
Oscar MEALHA, Matthias REHM, TRAIAN EUGEN REBEDEA, Springer Singapore, 2022, 10.1007/978-981-16-3930-2
Influence of Repetitions on Discourse and Semantic Analysis
COSTIN GABRIEL CHIRU, MatrixRom, 2021,
Programare orientată pe obiecte în limbajul Java
FLORINA - OANA MITRUT, MIHAI DASCALU, Politehnica Press, 2020,
Circuite combinationale - Exemple si exercitii
COSTIN GABRIEL CHIRU, Politehnica Press, 2017,
Proiectarea algoritmilor. O abordare practică
TRAIAN EUGEN REBEDEA, MIHAI DASCALU, STEFAN TRAUSAN-MATU, , 2016,