Cristina MARINESCU

Cristina MARINESCU is an Associate Professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science. She holds a Dr. Eng. degree in Software Engineering from the same institution. Her research focuses on software quality assessment, empirical software engineering, and object-oriented design. She has contributed to projects like Methods and Tools for Continuous Quality Assurance in Complex Software Systems and Quality Assurance for Distributed Software Systems.

Her academic roles include teaching Object-Oriented Programming and Algorithms for Parallel Computing labs. She has been involved in research groups like LOOSE and eAustria Institute Timisoara. Notably, she received the Best Reviewer Award at SCAM 2011. Her work spans publications in conferences like IEEE SCAM, ICSM, and WCRE, addressing topics from design flaws detection to cloud-based quality assessment.

Her projects emphasize software evolution, design flaw mitigation, and distributed systems analysis. She has collaborated internationally, including with Swiss teams under the NOREX project. Her teaching and research activities reflect a commitment to advancing software engineering practices and education.