The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Scientific Jury for awarding the scientific degree “Doctor of Science” hereby announce that

on February 26, 2024, at 4:00 pm (UTC+2), a hybrid open meeting will be held (in Room 403 of IMI – BAS and in Zoom) of the Scientific Jury for the defense of the dissertation thesis on:

Symplectic Topology, Non-commutative Geometry, and Mirror Symmetry

by

Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Katzarkov

in higher education area: 4. Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Informatics
Professional field: 4.5. Mathematics
Scientific specialty: Geometry and Topology.

Chairman of the Scientific Jury:
Prof. Stefan Ivanov, D.Sc., Corr. member of the BAS (FMI – Sofia University, IMI – BAS)

Members of the Scientific Jury:
Prof. Vesselin Drensky, D.Sc., Full member of the BAS (IMI – BAS);
Prof. Valentina Petkova, D.Sc., Corr. member of the BAS  (INRNE – BAS);
Prof. Azniv Kasparian, PhD (FMI – Sofia University);
Prof. Geo Grancharov, PhD (Florida International University, USA);
Prof. Feodr Bogomolov, PhD (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA);
Prof. Yuri Tschinkel, PhD (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA).

The defense materials are available at the IMI-BAN library and are published on the IMI website:
http://www.math.bas.bg/omi/IMIdocs/ZRASRB/degrees_doctor_current.php

Zoom link for the defense meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87820682286?pwd=akx0RlN0bGRycitnZ1ZyOXVKeWJBdz09