I am a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech. I am a member of the Paradise Lab, working with Professor Shuki Bruck.

Before coming to Caltech, I was a grad student in the Bren School of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. I received my M.S. (2003) and Ph.D. (2007) in Information and Computer Science, working with Professor Rina Dechter.

I did my undergrad studies at the University of Bucharest, in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

I enjoy the game of Go. I was a professional player student (insei) at the Japanese Professional Go Association (Nihon Ki-in). I was the European Go Champion in 1998.