Georgi Shopov The PhD student Georgi Shopov from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IICT-BAS) took part in the world's leading conference in the field of natural language processing - "Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing" which was held from 12-16 November in Miami, USA. At the conference, Georgi Shopov presented new scientific results in the field of language modeling achieved at IICT-BAS and forming the main part of his dissertation. 1271 papers were selected for the main conference from 6105 submitted. Georgi Shopov's paper, co-authored with Associate Professor Stefan Gerdjikov from IICT-BAS and FMI of SU “St. Kliment Ohridski” were among the 168 awarded with an oral report. In recent years, language models have established [...]

  The International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management (IAITQM) honored Corr. Mem. Svetozar Margenov with the Walter Scott 2024 Award for his outstanding achievements and creativity in the advancement of the theory, algorithms, education and applications of information technology. The Walter Scott 2023 Award winner was Prof. Jack Dongarra who in 2021 was also awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of computational algorithms in Turing's name. Corr. Mem. Margenov has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management (IAITQM).

  The future of Artificial Intelligence and the impact of this technology on different areas of human activity were discussed at an international seminar held at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on 30 November. The Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Stefan Hadjitodorov and the Ambassador of Spain H.E. Alejandro Polanco opened the forum. The extremely rapid proliferation of systems based on Artificial Intelligence requires a good analysis of their capabilities and limitations, understanding of the legal, organisational and managerial issues involved, and optimisation of the relationship between their development and deployment in practice. Well-known Bulgarian and Spanish analysts participated in the discussion. Prof. Kiril Simov from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS outlined the history, principles, possibilities and limitations of Artificial Intelligence. [...]

Scientists from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS presented the possibilities of state-of-the-art tools for 3D digitalization to the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Iliana Ivanova. 3D models obtained by laser scanning, close-range and aerial photogrammetry methods were demonstrated. The scientists also showed the Commissioner virtual interactive scenes with models of authentic folk costumes from the collection of the National Ethnographic Museum as well as three-dimensional models of archaeological sites. During the visit, the researchers also presented how the laser scanning and computed tomography systems work, as well as the results of research conducted with them. The scientific infrastructure is part of the 3D Digitization and Microstructural Analysis Laboratory of the Center of Excellence in Computer Science and Information [...]