Corina Pascu

Experience

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  IIRUC SA Romania

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1992

  Engineering Specialist

  Computer engineering

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  IPA Research Digital Automation Bucharest

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1997

  Scientific Researcher

  Research on Internet technologies, AI (NN programming for pattern recognition)Research projects (national and EU)

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  Politehnica University of Bucharest

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1997

  Teaching Associate

  Teaching classes of computer science, computer technology

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  National TEMPUS Office Romania

  Jun 1997 - Oct 2002

  Joint European Projects (JEP) Officer

  -Field monitoring of JEP projects. Recommendations proposed to the EC for the follow up of project's implementation;- Assistance provided to Tempus local potential applicants, applicants and beneficiaries of the Tempus programme;-Feedback on project applications;- Upon specific request by the Commission's Directorate Generals, contribution provided in theframework of the realisation of studies, analysis, statistics, report related to higher education;

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  European Commission

  Oct 2002 - Apr 2010

  Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Scientific Officer

  Research-based input to EU policy, Identification and monitoring of technology developments and trends , socio-economic impacts of ICTs on economy and society policy support and policy analysis, project management, disseminationResearch projects: FISTERA (Foresight on Information Society in the European Research Area), European Perspectives on Information Society (EPIS) – Observatory of trends in technology and business evolutions of ICT, European foresight exercises on the Creative Content sector (key client: DG CNECT), The impact of Social Computing or Web 2.0 on the EU Economy and Society (key client: exploratory research), Strategic Intelligence Monitoring for Personal Health Systems (SIMPHS) phase 1 (the analysis of the market and innovation dynamics of Personal Health Systems) (key client: DG CNET) Show less

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  Independent

  Apr 2010 - Jul 2021

  Innovation expert, Advice for EU policies (short Research and innovation assignments and studies)

  -Evaluator cybersecurity calls in Horizon Europe-Expert, Member of the international EC expert panel on Assessing the Investment Readiness ofinnovative SMEs (E03299)- High level expert in the international expert panels for the evaluation of the business plans of the first wave of European Institute of Technology (EIT) pan-European Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) -Evaluator and rapporteur KIC VAM- Rapporteur and Expert in the international evaluation panels for EU’s H2020 Expert evaluations (VAM and industry 4.0, social innovation, digital social innovations, co-creation) and EUROSTARS 2 -External consultant for a World Bank Romania mini study on Innovation ecosystems and Entrepreneurship with focus on ICT and Creative Industries;- Innovation expert for EU Science Hub, Growth and Innovation Directorate on RIS3 (Research and Innovation Strategies) Support in Lagging Regions -Community engagement & stakeholders’ involvement on EU’s Digital Agenda in Europe Going Local III initiative , ̈Multiplier ̈ connecting EU policy debate with national debate;-Included in the roster of experts for Eurofound (area: “The digital age: opportunities and challenges for work and employment”), European Parliament’s Parliamentary Research services EPRS & REGI committee (to provide expertise on ex -ante/ex post impact assessment EU policies, assessment of new and emerging technologies and foresight on long-term scientific and technological trends) and Digital Growth & Regional Development policy areas); EUROSTARS 2 & Innovation Fund Denmark-Expert in the roster of experts European Parliament´s EPRS and REGI on ex -ante/ex post impact assessment EU policies, assessment of new and emerging technologies and foresight on long-term scientific and technological trend and Digital Growth & Regional Development policy areas Show less

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  UEFISCDI

  Apr 2014 - Jan 2015

  Senior Research Fellow

  Qualitative research (literature review, focus groups, interviews) Project on ¨Increasing administrative capacity of the public system for Research, Development and Innovation in Romania to meet the short, medium and long term strategic needs of economic and social development of Romania¨ co-financed by Administrative Capacity Development Operational Programme (PODCA) Output:Pascu, C., Voinescu, R., UEFISCDI, ¨Current assessment, trends and drivers of change in Romanian public research¨, 2014 Show less

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  European Commission

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2021

  Policy Officer - European Open Science Cloud and Open Science policies

  -Policy formulation: European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and Open Science policies, EC contact for the Executive Board of EOSC and EC focal point for astronomy/physics thematic area for EOSC; Co-creation on Artificial Intelligence for the research and innovation policies, particularly from Open Science perspective; contributions to AI policies of other DGs);-Policy dialogues: STI diplomacy (Open Science): EC expert and acting as EC co-chair of the G7 Open Science Working Group, DG R&I correspondent on Open Science for G20/G7/Carnegie Science Sherpa ; co-design of EU policies with key stakeholders (co-chair of the Research Data Alliance RDA Interest Group on Coordinating Global Open Research Commons https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/global-open-research-commons-ig)-Authoring of peer-reviewed articles on EU Open Science policies (e.g. Frontiers in Big data Journal)-Developmental editor of~20 EU Research and Innovation Reports on the European Open Science Cloud ( check EU Bookshop)-International cooperation strategy (on Open Science) Show less

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  European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

  Mar 2021 - now

  2021-2022 -Coordination of Workstream 3 Ad-hoc Working Group for phase 1 of the EU 5G Candidate scheme on risk-based definition of security and certification requirements. Deliver gap analysis.- Coordination of Research and Innovation Observatory, to identify cybersecurity research and innovation needs and priorities and cybersecurity challenges. Coordination of Artificial Intelligence and Cyber in R&I Team at ENISA.2023-Leading the cyber certification of Artificial Intelligence feasibility study. Member of CEN-CENELEC JTC21 and ETSI SAI on AI cybersecurity standards. -Contribution to Cybersecurity market of cryptographic products and services. - Leading the Cyber R&I Observatory2024-Leading the cyber certification of Artificial Intelligence feasibility study. -Contribution to Cybersecurity market of cryptographic products and services. -Contribution to R&I team on R&I Assessment Framework. -Contribution to the design of an ENISA Internal Strategy on AI aligned with AI ActEditor and co-author of ENISA reports on Artificial Intelligence, cyber research and innovation, cybersecurity products and services markets ( cryptography), certification strategies of Artificial Intelligence Show less

  • Cybersecurity expert

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Cybersecurity expert

    Mar 2021 - now
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  Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics

  Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  Associate research topic editor

  Associate Editor Frontiers in Research metrics and Analytics, Topic "Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for (Better) Science" https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/24620/data-science-and-artificial-intelligence-for-better-science#overview