Nicolai IUGA received the B.Eng. degree in Computer Engineering from Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania, in 2016, and the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the same university in 2017. He is currently a final-year Ph.D. student in Computers and Information Technology at Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania, affiliated with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, PDADMCPI Lab, MANSiD Research Center. His doctoral work addresses the simulation of computing microarchitectures with integrated RTOS support for determining and improving execution-time predictability. His research interests include RISC-V-based simulation, real-time and embedded systems, RTOS-aware execution models, scheduler-aware timing analysis, context-switching behavior, execution predictability, and FPGA-oriented processor design. His research activity includes several conference publications, mainly as first author, and journal co-authorship.