The 9th Joint Scientific Conference of the Berlin Process for the Western Balkans was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 14 to 16 October under the title “Science under Pressure - Challenges and Opportunities”. On behalf of BAS, Prof. Ivan Georgiev, Scientific Secretary of the “Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies” division took part in the forum. The main topics discussed at the conference were the freedom and autonomy of academic institutions and the role of academies and universities in supporting and strengthening the knowledge economy, security, democracy and the rule of law in the Western Balkan countries. The joint scientific conferences of the Berlin Process have consistently underlined the importance of strong, independent universities, academies and research institutions as drivers of innovation, societal progress and [...]

The Institute of Information and Communication Technologies has started work on the second phase of the Centre of Excellence in Informatics and Information and Communication Technologies. The consortium includes: the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies - BAS (lead organization), the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics - BAS, the Institute of Mechanics - BAS, the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - BAS, the Medical University - Sofia, the "Paisii Hilendarski" University of Plovdiv, the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies and the non-profit Association Center of Excellence in Informatics and ICT. The overall activity of the project is aimed at the development of a scientific research complex to solve problems of high scientific and societal importance. The Centre aims to further develop [...]

The best Bulgarian students in informatics have made a brilliant performance and won 2 gold and 2 silver medals from the most prestigious global informatics contest in the world. Their success this year is the best Bulgarian performance in the history of the International Olympiad in Informatics as in the unofficial team ranking Bulgaria is ranked 4th in the world, ahead of the USA and Japan. The 37th edition of the Olympiad, which was held in Bolivia from July 27 to August 3, was attended by 330 contestants from 86 countries. The gold medals went to Vesselin Markovich (12th grade, High School of Mathematics, Varna) and Alexander Gatev (12th grade, Sofia High School of Mathematics - SMG). The silver medals went to Andrey Stefanov (10th [...]

 The fifteenth international conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations LSSC'25 was held in the period 16-20 June in Sozopol. The Forum was organized by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies - BAS (IICT) in cooperation with the Centre of Excellence for Informatics and ICT (http://ict.acad.bg/). The conference was opened by Corr. Memb. Svetozar Margenov, Chairman of LSSC'25 and Director of IICT-BAS. More than 150 participants from over 20 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia attended the event. In memory of Prof. Raytcho Lazarov, a special session on "Numerical methods: analysis and computer implementations was held. Ten papers were presented by students, close associates and co-authors of Prof. Lazarov from Bulgaria, Germany and the USA. Special issue of CMAM in memory of Prof. [...]