Anca Udristoiu

Dr. Anca Udristoiu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computers and Information Technology, University of Craiova's Faculty of Automatic Control, Computers and Electronics. She graduated from the same faculty in 2003 as a Software Engineering specialist and has been a PhD candidate in Computer Science since 2009 under Prof. Mircea Petrescu.

Research Focus: Her work centers on AI-driven medical diagnostics, with emphasis on:

• Real-time analysis of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for pancreatic/liver pathologies
• Deep learning for cancer detection in biopsy samples
• Robotic navigation systems for minimally invasive procedures
• Computer-aided diagnosis frameworks for thyroid/liver disorders

Teaching: Leads courses in Databases, Machine Learning, and Web Systems Engineering.

Research Trends: Publications (2022-2025) demonstrate:

• Dominant focus on AI applications in endoscopic imaging (76% of recent works)
• Progression from theoretical models to clinical validation studies
• Integration of convolutional/long short-term memory neural networks
• Robotics development for endovascular/pulmonary interventions