Full professor in intelligent robotics and innovation engineering at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Stelian is also president of Cluj IT (clujit.ro) and Digital Innovatio Hub for Society (dih4society.ro). He has 20+ years experience as entrepreneur and executive in the IT industry. Stelian is actively involved in many projects for digital transformation, cybersecurity, social robotics and autonomous mobile robots, as well as in various initiatives for the application of AI in practice, more specifically in industry (SMEs) and public administration. He is member of several national and European bodies and groups on AI and innovation. As professor, he acts for promoting new professional competencies, with a focus on industry 4.0 and creative digital engineering.