Research · Penn HCI Lab
A Python concept-graph system connecting theorem dependencies across algebra and algebraic-geometry papers.
Python · concept graphs · Perplexity · Semantic Scholar · OpenAI API1A↓
fig. 01 — two keys I borrowed.
iancaemes
I’m just a mosaic of all my curiosities.*
try a key. or two.Artificial Intelligence / University of Pennsylvaniathere’s a little more below
01 / but more precisely
I’m Bianca, a junior at Penn
studying Artificial Intelligence.
I’m from Romania. My interests tend to wander across disciplines: from mathematical reasoning, machine learning, and AI safety to neuroscience, photography, the history of religion, and the ways people connect. This is a place to keep some of those threads together.
here’s how they meet02 / a map of my questions
Everything is connected.
Somehow.
Things I study.
Things I keep wondering about.
drag a thought · click to open · zoom to wanderan unfinished map, by design.
Read the map as a list
03 / ideas becoming things
On my desk.
Mathematical reasoning,
biomedical research, and code.
Invention · biomedical materials
Led a student team from an idea for burn injuries to a research grant and patent filing, bringing together collagen-based biomaterials and controlled release.
Biomaterials · research leadership · grant writing · patent applicationPublished research · computational mathematics
Co-developed MATLAB software for an eight-criterion morphometric algorithm and co-authored the resulting 2023 Diagnostics paper.
MATLAB · statistical modeling · computational analysis · morphometryProgramming project
A playable Python chess game with a minimax opponent and a heuristic board-evaluation function.
Python · minimax · heuristic evaluationProgramming project
An event-driven drawing program with lines, shapes, freehand drawing, color selection, and undo.
OCaml · event-driven GUI · undoProgramming project
A customizable Java game with collision detection, keyboard controls, persistent high scores, and JUnit tests.
Java · object-oriented design · file I/O · JUnitTwo more threads: Lean & recommendation systems
04 / published work
Diagnostics · 30 October 2023 · 13(21), 3338
A Novel Algorithm for Evaluating Bone Metastatic Potential of Breast Cancer through Morphometry and Computational Mathematics
An eight-criterion morphometric algorithm examined in a preliminary 41-patient observational study. My contribution was the MATLAB software implementation.
Co-author · softwareDOI
10.3390/diagnostics13213338
10.3390/diagnostics13213338
05 / research, teaching, and learning
Ideas are better
when you can
pass them on.
Research Assistant
Human–Computer Interaction Lab · University of Pennsylvania
Mathematical concept graphs for LLM reasoning
- Built a Python system for theorem dependencies across algebra and algebraic-geometry papers, with JSON storage for nodes, edges, and metadata.
- Combined LLM-curated relationships with breadth-first traversal of citation networks using the Perplexity and Semantic Scholar APIs.
- Compared no-context, keyword-clustered, and graph-context prompts through the OpenAI API.
Teaching Assistant & Course Development Assistant
Computer and Information Science · University of Pennsylvania
Discrete mathematics
- Taught undergraduate and graduate recitations and office hours in logic, proofs, probability, graph theory, and combinatorics.
- Designed master’s-level problem sets and course materials, turning abstract ideas into clear learning objectives.
- Worked with a course staff of more than 20 on grading, regrades, and lab supervision, and helped revise policies addressing AI coding agents.
Junior Researcher
National Institute of Physical Chemistry · Bucharest, Romania
Computational analysis & biomedical research
- Studied stochastic sensors for early cancer detection using statistical modeling and MATLAB analysis of experimental data.
- Co-developed the MATLAB implementation of an eight-criterion morphometric algorithm for breast-cancer bone-metastasis risk stratification.
- Co-authored a 2023 Diagnostics article, with a software contribution documented in the published author credits.
06 / the foundations
What I’m building on.
August 2024 – May 2028
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering and Applied Science
B.S.E. in Artificial IntelligenceRomania · EU citizen · based in PhiladelphiaCoursework
Data Structures · Algorithms · Programming Languages · Discrete Mathematics · Linear Algebra · Statistics · Game Theory · Data, Decisions & Models (Optimization) · Applied Dynamical Systems
A few milestones
Fulbright Opportunity Funds ScholarRomania · 2024
Gold Medal / First PrizeROSEF · International Research Project Olympiad · 2022
First Prize / Gold AwardTaiwan International Science Fair · Medicine & Health Sciences · 2024
Regeneron ISEF MentionBiomedical engineering project · finalist record, 2023
Gold MedalTraian Vuia International Inventions & Innovations Exhibition · 2024
Silver MedalRomanian Chemistry Olympiad · grade IX · 2021
Bronze MedalNational Chemistry Olympiad · ICHB school results · 2022
Swiss International Talent Forum AlumnaScience, ideas, and international exchange
Languages
Python · Java · OCaml · SQL · MATLAB · Lean
ML & AI
PyTorch · Transformers · GNNs · CNNs · OpenAI & Perplexity APIs · Prompt design and evaluation
Tools & data
Git · NumPy · Pandas · REST APIs
Current interests
AI safety · Formal verification · AI ethics · Algorithmic trading · Market microstructure · ML for financial markets
07 / my photography journey
Another way
to pay attention.
2026
An eight-photograph series
A photographic series / 2026
Social Change
A person surrounded by screens. Green light, repeated monitors, and a darkened computer room: eight frames that leave space to think about attention and human presence.
Explore the full series Project PDF08 / a few things written elsewhere
Press & records.
MediCOOL
10 October 2023Ce este pansamentul tristratificat: tehnologii medicale noi
Antena 1 · MediCOOL
7 October 2023Tehnologii medicale noi — Pansamentul tristratificat
Society for Science · Regeneron ISEF
2023A New Concept of Intelligent Wound Dressing
National Taiwan Science Education Center
2024Taiwan International Science Fair — First Prize
OSIM · Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
30 December 2025Published patent application — RO 139279 A2
09 / an open notebook
A few other pages.
Looking more closely.
Photography, language, the history of religion, and human connection. The things that make me pause, and often change the questions I bring back to my work.
Lean, and the meaning of a proof.
A language for writing mathematics precisely enough that a computer can check it. Both a research tool and a very good reason to think carefully.
Meet LeanAlways room for
another good question.
I’m interested in research, thoughtful technology,
and conversations across disciplines.