Dr Razvan-Ioan Dinita

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Senior Lecturer
Faculty:
Faculty of Science and Engineering
School:
Computing and Information Science
Location:
Cambridge
Areas of Expertise:
Computing and technology
Research Supervision:
Yes

Razvan is an experienced software engineer with extensive expertise in backend and frontend development, software engineering, web and app technologies, security, and cloud computing. Teaching full-time since 2014, he is a Senior Lecturer at ARU and has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2015.

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Background

Razvan holds a BSc in Computer Science and Internet Technology and a PhD in Cloud Computing from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. He is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Cloud Computing and serves as Course Leader for the BEng (Hons) Computer Science programme. His research interests centre on web and cloud computing software, with a particular emphasis on security and optimisation. He has published in this field and has delivered international presentations on software approaches to cloud computing optimisation.

Razvan is an active member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) and has participated in several knowledge exchange initiatives, including KTP, KEEP, and KEEP+, working with a diverse range of companies. He possesses in-depth knowledge and practical expertise in both front- and backend web development, mobile application development, SQL and NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure. His work is underpinned by a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and security in software systems.

Razvan is keen to engage with external partners through EU projects, short training course delivery, knowledge transfer schemes, and consultancy contracts, particularly in the areas of web frameworks, general software engineering, and cloud computing security and optimisation.

Spoken Languages

Romanian

Research interests
  • Cloud computing software development
  • Software optimisation and security
  • Web and software engineering
  • Web and software security
  • Programming languages
Areas of research supervision
  • Server, web, and mobile application environments
  • Distributed and cloud applications
  • Software scalability, reliability, and security
  • Projects involving programming languages
Teaching
  • BEng (Hons) Computer Science (Course Director)
  • MOD003212 Introduction to Programming
  • MOD006125 Cloud Computing
  • MOD006128 Distributed Programming
Qualifications
  • PhD Cloud Computing
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Internet Technology
Memberships, editorial boards
  • Member, British Computer Society (BCS)
  • Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  • Member, IEEE IES
  • Member, IEEE IES Web and Information Committee
Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange
  • TR Control Solutions InnovateUK, started February 2019, ended March 2020
  • Prime Accounting Software Ltd KEEP+, started April 2018, ended December 2019
  • Glazing Vision Ltd KEEP, started May 2014, ended September 2015
  • Glazing Vision Ltd KEEP, started August 2015, ended September 2015
  • Eclipse Veterinary Software Ltd KEEP, started April 2015, ended September 2015
  • Papershrink Ltd KEEP, started March 2015, ended September 2015
Selected recent publications

Dinita, R. I., Cirstea, M., Wilson, G., 2023. Novel Autonomous Software for Enhanced Data Center Operational Efficiency and Botnet Detection. IEEE IECON, 2023 49th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society (IES), doi: 10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10311667.

Dinita, R. I., Winckles, A., Wilson, G., 2016. A Software Approach to Improving Cloud Computing Datacenter Energy Efficiency and Enhancing Security through Botnet Detection. IEEE Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2016 14th International Conference on, ISBN 978-1-5090-2870-2.

Recent presentations and conferences

19 November 2023, presented at the IEEE IECON 2023 Conference. Paper presented: “Novel Autonomous Software for Enhanced Data Center Operational Efficiency and Botnet Detection”. Details can be found under ‘Papers’.

20 July 2016, presented at the IEEE International Conference on INDIN 2016. Paper presented: “A Software Approach to Improving Cloud Computing Datacenter Energy Efficiency and Enhancing Security through Botnet Detection”. Details can be found under ‘Papers’.