Adrian Coleșa
Bitdefender
Adrian Coleșa is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (TUCN) in Romania, where he has dedicated 26 years of service. He earned his PhD from TUCN and specializes in teaching courses such as Operating Systems (OS), Secure Coding, and Virtualization-Based Security. His primary research focus since 2013 has been in the field of cybersecurity. Additionally, he has been leading a cybersecurity master's program at TUCN since 2015. Since 2019, he has held the position of Senior Security Researcher at Bitdefender, concentrating on virtualization and operating system security. Adrian obtained the OSCP certification in 2014. He has coauthored around 40 scientific papers and six US patents, primarily in cybersecurity.