Summary
Paul Irofti is a Full Professor and seasoned systems engineer based in Bucharest with 17+ years of experience spanning kernel hacking, reverse engineering, antivirus engines, parallel algorithms and VoIP systems. He combines deep academic expertise in dictionary learning and signal processing (PhD) with hands-on work on OpenBSD internals and low-level C/assembly at companies like BitDefender. As an academic leader and entrepreneur he cofounded research and AI startups, served as Vice Dean, and maintains active OpenBSD development—bridging research in CyberAI and anomaly detection with production-grade security and embedded systems. Notably, his profile blends work on operating systems and security with practical telephony and IVR deployments, reflecting a rare mix of theory-driven research and embedded/industry-focused implementation.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Colegiul National "Sfantul Sava"
Waldorf
POLITEHNICA București National University for Science and Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering, Parallel Dictionary Learning Algorithms for Sparse Representations, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering, Parallel Dictionary Learning Algorithms for Sparse Representations at Universitatea „Politehnica” din București
Romanian, English, German, French