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Neurotechnology research project launched

A new experimental laboratory at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IICT) will be established under the "VIBraTE" project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme. This was announced by Assoc. Prof. Dimiter Prodanov who presented the planned activities of the project and gave a lecture at BAS on the perspectives of neurotechnologies. The "VIBraTE" project has started in February 2023 and will last until 31 January 2028. The Director of IICT Corr. Mem. Svetozar Margenov, who opened the event, specified that so far in Bulgaria such an innovative project had not been implemented. Assoc. Prof. Dimiter Prodanov works at IICT and shares a position at the Imec Centre for Nano-Electronics in Leuven (Belgium), which is the world-leading research [...]

Връзки с обществеността2023-03-20T09:48:45+02:00Wednesday, 15 March 2023|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies|

Memorial plaque of Acad. Stefan Dodunekov in Veliko Tarnovo

A memorial plaque to Academician Stefan Dodunekov was inaugurated on 10 November in Veliko Tarnovo. The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of BAS, the Union of Mathematicians in Bulgaria and the Regional Academic Center of BAS in Veliko Tarnovo organized the event. The memorial plaque of Acad. Dodunekov is located in the alley "Personalities of Bulgaria with contribution to Veliko Tarnovo", where memorials are placed to prominent personalities who contributed with their activities to the development and promotion of the city in all areas of life. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member (Academician) of BAS, His Eminence Metropolitan Grigory of Veliko Tarnovo, the Deputy Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo Municipality Prof. Georgi Kamarashev, [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2023-01-15T23:50:03+02:00Friday, 11 November 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies|

Bulgarian participation in the world’s first NEMO BMI project

The Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS (IICT) is a partner in the NEMO BMI project: 'Auto-adaptive neuromorphic Brain-Machine Interface', funded by the European Innovation Council. The project is related to the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare. This was announced at BAS by world-renowned scientist Prof. Nikola Kasabov, who is a guest professor at the Institute and participates in the project. Scientists from the institute, part of an international consortium, are starting work on the creation of a decoder for brain signals, Prof. Kasabov said. He gave a lecture on neuroinformatics, neural networks and neurocomputing (NNN) and presented new developments and applications in this field. Neural networks are applied in data processing in almost all fields of science, Prof. Kasabov said. He [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-12-01T15:16:18+02:00Tuesday, 18 October 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Selected|

Award “John Atanasoff – Inspirer and Creator of Talents” for Sen. Asst. Prof. Emil Kelevedjiev from BAS

Photo: President of Republic of Bulgaria. Senior Asst. Prof. Emil Kelevedjiev from the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of BAS is the winner of the award "John Atanasoff - Inspirer and Creator of Talents". At an official ceremony, President Rumen Radev presented the awards in the 20th edition of the John Atanasoff Presidential Award initiative. The Head of State welcomed the winners in the five categories of the John Atanasoff Presidential Award for 2022 in the Coat of Arms Hall at Dondukov 2. In front of the guests at the ceremony, Rumen Radev highlighted the significant role of the presidential initiative, which had established itself over the years as an expression of appreciation of our society for the success of the Bulgarian Olympic [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-02T15:35:48+02:00Wednesday, 5 October 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Selected|

Experts from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Huawei discussed trust in the digital world

A panel discussion on the topic "Trust in the digital world" was held on September 27 at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, together with the technology company Huawei Technologies Bulgaria. During the discussion, experts shared experiences and knowledge on topics related to trust in the digital world, proactive identification of future cyber threats, biometrically secured community resource sharing, the digital future with artificial intelligence and data management, "smart" cities, infrastructure for high performance computing. The topics were discussed in front of scientists, representatives of universities, businesses and NGOs. The event was opened by Corr. Mem. Prof. Stefan Hadjitodorov, Vice-President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. "Today we will discuss interesting, new and regional solutions addressing the extremely important topic of cybersecurity challenges. The Bulgarian Academy [...]

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-11-02T15:27:10+02:00Tuesday, 27 September 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies|

Participation of Prof. Revalski in the General Assembly of the International Federation for Information Processing

The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, participated in the General Assembly of the International Federation for Information Processing - IFIP, which was held on 20 and 21 September in Lille, France.

Nikolay Ikonomov2022-10-06T14:21:52+03:00Friday, 23 September 2022|Categories: Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies|