{"id":6357,"date":"2026-01-15T15:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/doctor-of-engineering\/?post_type=people&#038;p=6357"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:34:17","slug":"adina-crainiceanu","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/doctor-of-engineering\/faculty\/adina-crainiceanu\/","title":{"rendered":"Adina Crainiceanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Work Sans'\">Adina Crainiceanu is a teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science whose research interests lie at the intersection of databases and distributed systems, with a focus on optimizing information retrieval within complex, decentralized systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Work Sans';color: black\">Crainiceanu\u2019s commitment to excellence in education, research, and service has been recognized with several awards, including the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, and Computer Science Department nominations for the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Class of 1951 Civilian Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in honor of Professor Theodore J. 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