Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa: After 2030, artificial intelligence will outgrow the human

Artificial Intelligence is an extremely fast-growing field of science and the world-wide competition for its development and application is highly controversial. The US and China are likely to remain leaders in the development of artificial intelligence. This was what Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa, director of the Dwango Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Tokyo said during his lecture at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. According to him, after 2030, artificial intelligence will develop to such an extent that it will outweigh human intelligence in many respects, participate actively in industry and interfere even in human preferences. Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa is one of the leading Japanese researchers in the field of artificial intelligence. His professional interests are in the field of neural networks and intelligent control. The lecture of [...]

2019-04-15T13:49:12+03:00Wednesday, 27 February 2019|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|
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New book by Academician Nikola Sabotinov about the Bulgarian innovation in laser science

Academician Nikola Sabotinov presented his new book "The Laser" in "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The book is devoted to one of the significant Bulgarian achievements in the field of laser science and technology: a copper bromide vapor laser. It was put into operation for the first time by Nikola Sabotinov in 1974 at the Institute of Solid State Physics of BAS. The copper bromide laser has been produced in Bulgaria, Australia and South Korea. For more than 30 years, it has been of interest to the needs of medicine, scientific research and laser technologies. During the study of the laser, a discovery of great importance has been made, indicating that small amounts of hydrogen in its active medium increase [...]

2019-04-15T13:38:38+03:00Thursday, 17 January 2019|Categories: AACM, General Academic News|
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First international science forum of the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO)

The President of BAS, Acad. Julian Revalski, participated in the first international science forum of the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) in the Belt and Road Region which took place from 3 to 5 November in Beijing. The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is among the Academies founding members of ANSO. The Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) is an international, non-profit and non-governmental scientific organization jointly created by the Chinese Academy of Sciences with major national, regional and international scientific and research institutions in the “Belt and Road” Region. ANSO is committed to regional sustainable development, academic capacity building, S&T innovation cooperation and communication, and technology transfer by uniting scientific organizations and scientists in the “Belt and Road” Region. ANSO focuses on major, daunting [...]

2018-11-12T16:50:46+02:00Monday, 12 November 2018|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|Tags: |
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General Assembly of the Federation of All European Academies (ALLEA) 2018

The General Assembly of the Federation of All European Academies (ALLEA) 2018 will be held on 16 and 17 May 2018 in BAS. It will be held in parallel with a scientific symposium on Science in Times of Challenged Trust and Expertise under the SAPEA project Shaping European Science Advice: Insights and Experiences. At a ceremony on May 16th, Bulgarian commissioner Mariya Gabriel will confer the prestigious Madame de Staël Prize 2018 which is annually awarded by ALLEA for contributions to Europe’s cultural values ​​and to the idea of ​​European integration. Laureate of the 2018 award is Professor Andrea Pető of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. […]

2019-07-16T17:01:26+03:00Wednesday, 11 April 2018|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|Tags: |
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BAS and CNRS have renewed the Agreement on scientific cooperation

The Agreement on Scientific Cooperation between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, was renewed on 27 March 2018 in Paris. Academician Julian Revalski, President of BAS, and CNRS President and CEO Antoine Petit signed the document. The French National Center for Scientific Research is one of the most important research institutions in the world. To meet the great challenges of the present and the future, its scientists explore the living, the matter, the universe and the functioning of human societies. Internationally recognized for excellence, CNRS correlates equally well with both the R&D universe and the wider audience.

2019-01-18T16:53:09+02:00Tuesday, 10 April 2018|Categories: General Academic News, Selected|
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75th anniversary from the salvation of Bulgarian Jews was commemorated in BAS

A meeting on the occasion of “75th Anniversary from the Salvation of Bulgarian Jews during the Second World War” took place in the Big Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The event was organized by Academic Friends of Israel in Bulgaria in partnership with Archives State Agency and the International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem. A greeting on behalf of the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was conveyed by the Vice-President of the Academy corr.-mem. Vassil Nikolov. “This day is a symbol of the timeless values, courage and unity manifested 75 years ago by the united Bulgarian people,” says the greeting. Corr-mem. Nikolov recalled the unprecedented resistance of that time throughout the country and noted that we had the honor of being the descendants [...]

2019-05-09T16:25:18+03:00Tuesday, 27 March 2018|Categories: General Academic News|
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