Driving competitive advantage through AI and digital ecosystems

FABIZ Students’ Scientific Session, 1-2 April 2026

A scientific session for students to develop their research abilities

Students’ Scientific Session provides:

  • evaluation of the participants’ skills from the perspectives of fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary research;
  • chance to acquire integrative competences throughout the exposure of communicating and defending in a competitive context;
  • accustom with drafting a scientific paper based on academic requirements, while presenting freely new research results, supported by two additional trainings before the event, by a professional;
  • opportunity to choose from three languages: papers can be written in English, French or German;
  • collaboration with professors and business representatives in order to gain knowledge, to collect and interpret insightful data;
  • take the extracurricular activities and teamwork to a new level; 
  • a dynamic environment to debate ideas and arguments within scientific arbitration provided by professors and business representatives;
  • priority choice of scientific coordinator for bachelor’s and master’s thesis guidance
  • certificate of participation to enhance chances for scholarships, camps and other extracurricular and scientific activities
  • opportunity to win one of the prizes for the best scientific papers and publishing them

  Prizes*:

  • 1st Prize  – 540 RON
  • 2nd Prize   – 430 RON
  • 3rd Prize   – 320 RON
  • Mentions (4 prizes) – 270 Ron

* subject to change, including additional prizes from our sponsors

  1. Associate Professor Roxana Clodnițchi – Vice dean of FABIZ
  2. Associate Professor Sorin Anagnoste – Vice dean of FABIZ
  3. Associate Professor Anca Bogdan – Head of UNESCO Chair for Business Administration
  4. Professor Tănase Stamule – Dean of FABIZ
  5. Professor Georgiana Oana Stănilă –  Vice dean of FABIZ
  6. Professor Petre Caraiani –  Experienced researcher, FABIZ
Bachelor’s session

1st Comission

  • Lecturer Maria Caratas – UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Assistant Professor Flavius Darie – UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Denisa Popa – Head of Strategy & PM, REWE Romania

2nd Comission

  • Lecturer Cristian Negruțiu – Co-Founder of Sparking Capital, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Associate Professor Marius Matei – Researcher, Econometrician and High Frequency Data Specialist, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Miruna Scrima – Head of AI & Automation, HP Inc Romania
Master’s session
  • Professor Petre Caraiani – Experienced researcher, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Associate Professor Bușu Mihail – Director of the Business Analytics Master
  • Claudia Cutumisu – Global Service Lead Source to Pay, Allianz Services
  • Bogdan Sântea – Chief Executive Officer, FCB Bucharest
  • Mihaela Boghiu – HR Director, Hornbach Romania

February 26 & March 12, 2026

  • Training sessions with dr. Bușu Mihail from 4pm
  • Access the first session (26th February) at 1 pm: Zoom link

Until March 15, 2026

Until March 31, 2026

  • Prepare the final paper according to the template (PDF document), and upload using the correct link for your level of studies: Bachelor’s papers & Master’s papers
  • A confirmation message will be received after completing the paper submission

April 2, 2026

  • Students’ Scientific Session

The Bachelor’s session will have two committees from 9:00, see their schedules below:

The Master’s session starts at 16:30, see the schedule:

Important notes:

The available slot is still 7 minutes per presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A, yet in accordance with small possible changes in schedule, please arrive approximately 30 minutes before you’re presenting, except for the first ones (in their case 15 minutes).

The awarding ceremonies will take place right after each session, so stay by, or inform me if you cannot real-time tomorrow. In case you won any place, mentions also, do not leave before signing some official documents, otherwise you may not receive your prizes.

For further information on Students’ Scientific Session please send e-mail to:

  1. oana.stanila@ase.ro
  2. sorin.anagnoste@fabiz.ase.ro 
Bachelor’s Session – 1st Commission
  • 1st Prize:
    Andreea-Miruna Gheorghescu & Alexandru Gabriel Andrei –
    Improvements of AI in the Analysis of Profitable Medical Insurance Strategies
    Irina Roibu –
    Industries créatives à l’ère de l’IA générative: capture de valeur, disruption et nouvelles dynamiques concurrentielles dans les écosystèmes numériques
  • 2nd Prize:
    Braileanu Rares Victor & Nitu Darius Andrei –
    Ethical Thinking: AI vs Humans
  • 3rd Prize:
    Matei Diana Elena –
    L’impact de l’intelligence artificielle sur les stratégies
  • Mention:
    Neier Marie-Alicia –
    L’ADN numérique: Comment l’intelligence artificielle réécrit la stratégie de marque dans les écosystèmes connectés
Bachelor’s Session – 2nd Commission
  • 1st Prize:
    Stefan Emilia –
    Building the Consultant of the Future: AI Integration and Digital Ecosystems in Advisory
  • 2nd Prize:
    Octavian-Mihai Tudose, Radu-Tiberiu Enache & Luca-Akos Zoltan –
    From Days to Seconds: Democratizing Strategic Intelligence Through Generative AI in Digital Ecosystems
  • 3rd Prize:
    Staricu Irina & Ioana Andra Gabura –
    Lazy, Stressed, or Just Using AI? Understanding Procrastination and Intelligence in Students
  • Mention:
    Obreja Maria Cristina & Harabagiu Daria-Alexandra –
    Digital Markets in the Age of AI: Legal Control, Economic Consequences
Master’s Session
  • 1st Prize:
    Maria Dulau –
    Optimizing Sports Funding in Romania Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
  • 2nd Prize:
    Rifat Rayhan Romy –
    Understanding Why Lloyd’s Algorithm in K-Means Clustering Frequently Stalls at Suboptimal Cluster Solutions: Case Study in Customer Segmentation
  • 3rd Prize:
    David-Constantin Berbece –
    Compression-Based Anomaly Detection for Business Intelligence: A Study of LZ78 and Neural Models in Time Series
  • Mention:
    Antonia Tohatan –
    The Agentic Edge: Competitive Advantage in the Nascent B2AI Era

Note: The diploma of participation will be received at a later date and can be picked up personally. Additional information will be communicated via email to each paper’s main author.

Soon to be published

 

December 18, 2025

Driving competitive advantage through AI and digital ecosystems

FABIZ Students’ Scientific Session, 1-2 April 2026

A scientific session for students to develop their research abilities

Students’ Scientific Session provides:

  • evaluation of the participants’ skills from the perspectives of fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary research;
  • chance to acquire integrative competences throughout the exposure of communicating and defending in a competitive context;
  • accustom with drafting a scientific paper based on academic requirements, while presenting freely new research results, supported by two additional trainings before the event, by a professional;
  • opportunity to choose from three languages: papers can be written in English, French or German;
  • collaboration with professors and business representatives in order to gain knowledge, to collect and interpret insightful data;
  • take the extracurricular activities and teamwork to a new level; 
  • a dynamic environment to debate ideas and arguments within scientific arbitration provided by professors and business representatives;
  • priority choice of scientific coordinator for bachelor’s and master’s thesis guidance
  • certificate of participation to enhance chances for scholarships, camps and other extracurricular and scientific activities
  • opportunity to win one of the prizes for the best scientific papers and publishing them

  Prizes*:

  • 1st Prize  – 540 RON
  • 2nd Prize   – 430 RON
  • 3rd Prize   – 320 RON
  • Mentions (4 prizes) – 270 Ron

* subject to change, including additional prizes from our sponsors

  1. Associate Professor Roxana Clodnițchi – Vice dean of FABIZ
  2. Associate Professor Sorin Anagnoste – Vice dean of FABIZ
  3. Associate Professor Anca Bogdan – Head of UNESCO Chair for Business Administration
  4. Professor Tănase Stamule – Dean of FABIZ
  5. Professor Georgiana Oana Stănilă –  Vice dean of FABIZ
  6. Professor Petre Caraiani –  Experienced researcher, FABIZ
Bachelor’s session

1st Comission

  • Lecturer Maria Caratas – UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Assistant Professor Flavius Darie – UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Denisa Popa – Head of Strategy & PM, REWE Romania

2nd Comission

  • Lecturer Cristian Negruțiu – Co-Founder of Sparking Capital, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Associate Professor Marius Matei – Researcher, Econometrician and High Frequency Data Specialist, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Miruna Scrima – Head of AI & Automation, HP Inc Romania
Master’s session
  • Professor Petre Caraiani – Experienced researcher, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, Bucharest University for Economic Studies
  • Associate Professor Bușu Mihail – Director of the Business Analytics Master
  • Claudia Cutumisu – Global Service Lead Source to Pay, Allianz Services
  • Bogdan Sântea – Chief Executive Officer, FCB Bucharest
  • Mihaela Boghiu – HR Director, Hornbach Romania

February 26 & March 12, 2026

  • Training sessions with dr. Bușu Mihail from 4pm
  • Access the first session (26th February) at 1 pm: Zoom link

Until March 15, 2026

Until March 31, 2026

  • Prepare the final paper according to the template (PDF document), and upload using the correct link for your level of studies: Bachelor’s papers & Master’s papers
  • A confirmation message will be received after completing the paper submission

April 2, 2026

  • Students’ Scientific Session

The Bachelor’s session will have two committees from 9:00, see their schedules below:

The Master’s session starts at 16:30, see the schedule:

Important notes:

The available slot is still 7 minutes per presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A, yet in accordance with small possible changes in schedule, please arrive approximately 30 minutes before you’re presenting, except for the first ones (in their case 15 minutes).

The awarding ceremonies will take place right after each session, so stay by, or inform me if you cannot real-time tomorrow. In case you won any place, mentions also, do not leave before signing some official documents, otherwise you may not receive your prizes.

For further information on Students’ Scientific Session please send e-mail to:

  1. oana.stanila@ase.ro
  2. sorin.anagnoste@fabiz.ase.ro 
Bachelor’s Session – 1st Commission
  • 1st Prize:
    Andreea-Miruna Gheorghescu & Alexandru Gabriel Andrei –
    Improvements of AI in the Analysis of Profitable Medical Insurance Strategies
    Irina Roibu –
    Industries créatives à l’ère de l’IA générative: capture de valeur, disruption et nouvelles dynamiques concurrentielles dans les écosystèmes numériques
  • 2nd Prize:
    Braileanu Rares Victor & Nitu Darius Andrei –
    Ethical Thinking: AI vs Humans
  • 3rd Prize:
    Matei Diana Elena –
    L’impact de l’intelligence artificielle sur les stratégies
  • Mention:
    Neier Marie-Alicia –
    L’ADN numérique: Comment l’intelligence artificielle réécrit la stratégie de marque dans les écosystèmes connectés
Bachelor’s Session – 2nd Commission
  • 1st Prize:
    Stefan Emilia –
    Building the Consultant of the Future: AI Integration and Digital Ecosystems in Advisory
  • 2nd Prize:
    Octavian-Mihai Tudose, Radu-Tiberiu Enache & Luca-Akos Zoltan –
    From Days to Seconds: Democratizing Strategic Intelligence Through Generative AI in Digital Ecosystems
  • 3rd Prize:
    Staricu Irina & Ioana Andra Gabura –
    Lazy, Stressed, or Just Using AI? Understanding Procrastination and Intelligence in Students
  • Mention:
    Obreja Maria Cristina & Harabagiu Daria-Alexandra –
    Digital Markets in the Age of AI: Legal Control, Economic Consequences
Master’s Session
  • 1st Prize:
    Maria Dulau –
    Optimizing Sports Funding in Romania Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
  • 2nd Prize:
    Rifat Rayhan Romy –
    Understanding Why Lloyd’s Algorithm in K-Means Clustering Frequently Stalls at Suboptimal Cluster Solutions: Case Study in Customer Segmentation
  • 3rd Prize:
    David-Constantin Berbece –
    Compression-Based Anomaly Detection for Business Intelligence: A Study of LZ78 and Neural Models in Time Series
  • Mention:
    Antonia Tohatan –
    The Agentic Edge: Competitive Advantage in the Nascent B2AI Era

Note: The diploma of participation will be received at a later date and can be picked up personally. Additional information will be communicated via email to each paper’s main author.

Soon to be published