Marius Dumitran

Background

About Marius Dumitran

I am a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Bucharest, where I teach Data Structures, Algorithms, starting this year—AI in Education. Beyond teaching, I serve as President of the National Olympiad in Informatics (2023–2025), mentoring the next generation of problem solvers. My current research explores how large language models can transform education, with a focus on assessment, explainability, and culturally relevant datasets. Over the past 14 months, I have co-authored work presented at ACL and EMNLP workshops, ITS, INISTA, RANLP, and CONSILR conferences. Recent papers span benchmarks for Romanian grammar and multimodal tasks, automated assessment for programming contests, and domain-specific question answering. Previously, I worked as a Software Engineer at Google (Assistant team, Zürich) and Palantir (London), and I remain connected to industry as an Academic Ambassador at Softbinator. These experiences inform my perspective at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research and real-world impact in classrooms. I am passionate about bridging computer science education and AI, whether through research, teaching, or national initiatives. Always happy to connect and discuss opportunities to make education more accessible, effective, and inspiring.