Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Adrian Petrovan is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, North University Center of Baia Mare, Faculty of Engineering. His academic activity includes teaching courses in algorithm design, cryptography and information security. His research activity focuses on evolutionary computation, computational intelligence, memetic algorithms, combinatorial and network optimization problems. He is actively involved in the COSA research team, contributing to advanced studies on hybrid evolutionary algorithms and intelligent optimization methods for complex engineering applications.