Mircea Lungu
Associate Professor
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolMircea Lungu is an associate professor at the IT University of Copenhagen with 15 years of experience at the intersection of data science, software engineering and human–computer interaction, currently exploring personalized learning environments. He combines a strong academic track record—from a PhD on software ecosystems to senior research roles and multidisciplinary collaborations—with hands-on open-source contributions to backend tooling such as Flask-MonitoringDashboard and DevOps lecture materials. Mircea teaches and mentors across universities while co-founding LED Lifelong Education to promote non-formal learning, reflecting a commitment to education beyond academia. Based in Copenhagen, he pairs empirical software-evolution research with practical system improvements and an unusual side interest in sport and theatre that informs his teaching and outreach.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of LuganoFunny Guy, Level 2, Theatre/Theater, Funny Guy, Level 2, Theatre/Theater at The People's Improvisation TheatreApprentice Programmer at Arms, Informatics, Apprentice Programmer at Arms, Informatics at Vasile Goldis HighschoolDipl. Ing., Automation and Computer Science, Dipl. Ing., Automation and Computer Science at Universitatea „Politehnica” din Timișoara
Romanian, English, Italian, French, German, smalltalk, scheme
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Github Skills (22)
monitoring10
markdown10
dashboard10
python10
flask-ask10
markdown-it10
jupyter-notebook10
flask10
git9
nodejs9
homebrew9
html8
javascript7
css7
pharo6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
flask-dashboard/Flask-MonitoringDashboard
Apr 2017 - Dec 2022
Automatically monitor the evolving performance of Flask/Python web services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 50 reviews, 109 commits in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Mircea contributed to the Flask-MonitoringDashboard project by implementing features and fixing bugs in the backend. Their work included modifying templates and routes related to the dashboard's measurement and version usage functionalities, improving the display of data. Additionally, they were involved in refactoring code related to outlier detection and custom graphs, ensuring the efficient operation of the monitoring system. The user also made minor fixes to the project's documentation.
monitorpythonpython-webflaskweb-services
itu-devops/lecture_notes
Mar 2020 - May 2022
Material for the elective "DevOps, Software Evolution and Software Maintenance" at IT University of Copenhagen, spring 2023
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 125 commits, 62 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mircea added lecture notes related to session 6. The code differences show updates to a Jupyter Notebook file (.ipynb) used for the lecture notes, which contained markdown cells, including markdown for slideshow presentation (nbpresent). The changes include code snippets, and references to external resources.
evolutiondevopsit-university-of-copenhagensoftware-maintenancespring
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