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

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, 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. She completed her Ph.D. in 2003 at the

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, 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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