To satisfy the Practical training requirement, all students must submit a Practical Training Certificate of Completion (Adeverință de practică).
First year SAL students must choose one of the options described below. More details about the program were posted on the Master’s Teams channel.
- FMI infrastructure
Activity for the FMI coordinated by professor Mihăiță Drăgan, email: dragan_mihaita [at] yahoo.com - INDUSTRY
Internships with one of SAL’s industrial partners. This year, we propose the following companies:- Bitdefender. The SAL practical training coordinator at Bitdefender is Petre Filote. If you want to intern at Bitdefender, send your CV to pfilote [at] bitdefender[.]com.
- Cyberint (SRI) offers internships for SAL students, email: ana.mihalcea [at] cyberint[.]ro. (submit CV until 02.11.2025)
- Pi Squared. The practical training for SAL students is coordinated by Traian Serbanuta, email: traian.serbanuta@pi2.network
- Orange The SAL practical training coordinator at Orange is gabriel.papuc@orange.com (submit CV and letter of intent until 13.11.2025)
- NextGen The SAL practical training coordinator at NextGen Software is vlad.gladin@nextgensoftware.eu
- ILDS. The SAL practical training coordinator at ILDS is laurentiu.leustean@ilds.ro
- Bit Sentinel. The SAL practical training coordinator at Bit Sentinel is andrei@bit-sentinel.com
- The Romanian Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC). To apply for DNSC please fill the following form (submit CV and letter of intent until 15.11.2025)
- DIGI. The SAL practical training coordinator at DIGI is Chiribuca (Serban) Alexandra alexandra.serban@digi.ro
- RESEARCH
Students can either select one of the research topics proposed below, in which case their activity is coordinated by the professor proposing that subject; or, they can propose their own research topics, in which case they need to find a professor to coordinate their activity. - Proposed topics:
Paul Irofti, email: paul.irofti [at] fmi.unibuc[.]ro [DeDDoS, NetAlert, Water Networks, Localization, Anti Money Laundering, LEGAT]
Laurentiu Leustean, email: laurentiu.leustean[at]unibuc[.]ro [topics]
Mihai Prunescu, email: mihai.prunescu [at] fmi.unibuc[.]ro [topics]
Traian Serbanuta, email: traian.serbanuta [at]unibuc[.]ro [topics]
Silviu-Laurentiu Vasile, email: vsl[at]fmi.unibuc[.]ro [topics]. - TRAINING for CTF competitions
Solve exercises and prepare for CTF competitions (e.g., ECSC, Ro-CSC, Hack the Box). Coordinated by Ștefan Radu and Costin Grigore, email: contact [at] dothidden[.]xyz - OTHER OPTION
Any other option for practical training needs to be previously approved! If you have another option for practical training please send a detalied email to vsl[at]fmi.unibuc[.]ro (subject “SAL practical training”).

