MARIAN V. CRACIUN was born in Galati, Romania in 1975. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics and informatics in 1998, the M.Eng. degree in computer engineering in 2002 and the Ph.D. degree in computer science in 2010 from "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Romania. After various appointments as System Engineer and Assistant Professor, he is now Lecturer at Department of Computers and Information Technology of "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati. His previous research was focused on applying hybrid machine learning technologies in the field of predictive toxicology and feature selection in predictive data mining. Current areas of interest include big data, cybersecurity and IoT.