Academic History

·         Diploma in Computer Science and Master thesis, Technical University of Sofia, June 1985

·         Ph.D., Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, June 1998 (Thesis: Covering Radii of Certain Classes of Linear Codes, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Krassimir Manev)

·         Associate professor, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, March 2001

·         Professor, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, October 2012

·         D. Sc., Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, October 2015 (Thesis: Optimal codes for error control and optical communications)

 

Employment

·         Veliko Tarnovo Computer Center -- from April 1986, to December 1988

·         Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences  -  since December 1988

 

Fields of Interest

·         Coding Theory: Covering Radii of Codes, Optimal Codes, Decoding

·         Computer Communications: Error Detection/Correction Performance of Codes

·         Combinatorics

·         Algorithms

 

Teaching Activities

·         Compilers (Principles, Techniques, and Tools)* 1992-1997

·         Data Bases* 1992-1993

·         Complexity of Algorithms* 1993-1995

·         Discrete Mathematics* 1997, 2003 – 2007

·         Modern Coding Techniques*  2006-2007

·         Quantitative approaches to management** 1994-1996

·         Linear Algebra and Calculus** 1998-2000, 2006-2007

·         Data Communications*** 1998-2001

·         Foundations of Coding Theory*** 1998-2005

·         Introduction to Algorithms*** 2010-2012

 

* The lectures are held at the Veliko Tarnovo University.

** The lectures are held at the branch of Varna Technical University in Veliko Tarnovo.

*** The lectures are held at the Bourgas Free University, Bourgas.

 

 

Applied Software Systems

·         CIS – Congress Information System

·         GFQ – a software package for computations in finite fields

·         A software package for simulation of encoding and decoding procedures of binary BCH codes.

 

Membership in Professional Societies

The Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians.

American Mathematical Society.

 

List of Publications