Silvia Tomescu

About

Digital humanities researcher focused on cultural heritage ontologies and knowledge graphs, with expertise in semantic modelling using RDF, OWL, CIDOC CRM, and LRMoo. Emphasis on the structuring, enrichment, and interoperability of cultural and research data.

Contributions to international conferences and initiatives in digital humanities, digital cultural heritage, and open science. Active peer reviewer for international journals and conferences, and evaluator involved in the assessment of research proposals within national funding frameworks (UEFISCDI).

Expertise

Selected Publications

• Nițu, M.; Rușeți, Ș.; Dascălu, M.; Tomescu, S. (2020). Semantic Recommendations of Books Using Recurrent Neural Networks. In: Ludic, Co-design and Tools Supporting Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education, pp. 235–243. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7383-5_20
• Mitocaru, I.; Guțu-Robu, G.; Nițu, M.; Dascălu, M.; Trăușan-Matu, Ș.; Tomescu, S.; Florescu, G. (2020). The Lib2Life Platform – Processing, Indexing and Semantic Search for Old Romanian Documents. RoCHI – International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.
• Guțu-Robu, G.; Rușeți, Ș.; Tomescu, S.-A.; Dascălu, M.; Trăușan-Matu, Ș. (2020). Designing an Ontology for Knowledge-Based Processing in Romanian University Libraries. In: The 16th International Scientific Conference eLearning and Software for Education. DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-20-000
• Nițu, M.; Dascălu, M.; Dascălu, M.-I.; Coteț, T. M.; Tomescu, S. (2019). Reconstructing Scanned Documents for Full-Text Indexing to Empower Digital Library Services. In: Emerging Technologies for Education (SETE 2019), Springer.
• Tomescu, S.-A. (2018). Blended Learning Methodology for Library Professionals “Carol I” Central University. eLearning and Software for Education Conference Proceedings.

Selected Presentations

• 5th DARIAH-HR International Conference, Osijek (2025)
  Modelling Romanian Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Microontological Approach
• National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius — Acutus et Argutus: Early Modern Print Culture in Motion (2025)
  The Grammar of Memory: Cultural Ontologies for Early Romanian Printings

Selected Projects

• Lib2Life (2018–2021)
  Smart Search subproject coordinator. Developed domain ontologies and contributed to semantic search workflows through annotation and correction of digitized texts. Worked on knowledge organization, semantic modelling, and evaluation of search relevance.
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• Digitization of "George Bacovia" Manuscripts (2006)
  Project manager for the digitization and structuring of literary archival materials.
• Automated Library Collections Management (2003–2005)
  Project manager for the implementation of barcode-based collection management and circulation workflows.

Selected Advanced Training

• Digital Humanities - University of Oxford(2025)
• Terminology & Artificial Intelligence – Université Savoie Mont Blanc (2024–2025)
• OpenAIRE – Open Science & Research Data Management (2023)
• Training on Ontology Engineering using the Onto Commons Ecosystem – École Nationale D’Ingénieurs de Tarbes (2023)
• Data Science Summer School – Hertie School Data Science Lab (2023)