Cristina Garbacea
Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolCristina Garbacea is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago's Data Science Institute with a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and over a decade of experience bridging research and engineering. Her work centers on machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing, informed by internships at DeepMind and Microsoft Research and extensive graduate research roles in the US and Europe. She combines rigorous academic training with practical software development experience from earlier industry work, enabling her to translate cutting‑edge research into reproducible systems. Based in Chicago, she brings a global perspective shaped by studies in Romania and the Netherlands and a track record of mentorship as a graduate instructor.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at University of MichiganMaster's Degree Artificial Intelligence, Master's Degree Artificial Intelligence at University of AmsterdamBachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering and Computers, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering and Computers at Transilvania University of Brasov
Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, French, English
Github Skills (126)
python10
deep-learning10
ml10
neural-network10
nlp10
data-science10
tensorflow10
machine-learning10
deep-neural-networks10
transformer9
benchmark9
summarizer9
pytorch9
bert9
speech-recognition9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
anoukv/disambiguateCWSPR
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:30 commits in 14 days
nlprnnrepresentationsbertword-representations
Crista23/MachineTranslation
Apr 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:89 commits in 2 months
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