Mihaela Cardei is a Romanian-American computer scientist known for her research on

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s. She is a professor in the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The university is a member of the State University System of Florida and has s ...

, where she is also associate dean for graduate studies.

Education and career

Cardei earned bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science in 1995 and 1996, respectively, at the

Politehnica University of Bucharest Politehnica University of Bucharest () is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania founded in 1818.University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, under the supervision of

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. She joined Florida Atlantic University as an assistant professor in 2003, was promoted to professor in 2014, and became associate dean in 2018.

Recognition

Florida Atlantic University named Cardei their researcher of the year at the assistant professor level for 2006–2007.

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