Speakers
Simona Cabuz
Machine Learning Engineer
eMAG
Simona Cabuz is a Machine Learning Engineer at eMAG, where she focuses on personalization and ML engineering. With a PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and over a decade of experience in applied AI research, she has built and deployed large-scale solutions — from multilingual relevance models to GenAI-powered fraud detection. At eMAG, Simona leads the transition to small language models (SLMs) for personalization engines, driving both research-to-product impact and significant cost efficiency.