• Defense of the PhD dissertation of Marin Genov

    Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS Akad.G.Bonchev St, bl. 8, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of BAS and the Scientific Board for the awarding of PhD degree hereby announce that on October 16, 2026, at 2:00 pm, in Room 278 of IMI and in Zoom, an open meeting of the Scientific Board will be held at IMI - BAS for the defense of the doctoral dissertation on: Functions Holomorphic over Finite-Dimensional Commutative Associative Unital C-Algebras – Some Local, Global, and Universal Aspects of Marin Genov Higher Education Field 4. Natural Science, Mathematics and Informatics, Professional field 4.5. Mathematics, PhD program “Geometry and Topology” Research Advisor: Acad. Vesselin Drensky Chairman of the Scientific Board: Assoc. Prof. Valdemar Tsanov, PhD Members of the Scientific Board: Prof. Ivo Mihaylov, D.Sci. – Plovdiv University Prof. Azniv Kasparian, [...]

  • Autumn School on Artificial Intelligence for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (AI FOR GLAMs)

    Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS Akad.G.Bonchev St, bl. 8, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    The Autumn School: Artificial Intelligence for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (AI FOR GLAMs) A satellite event of the 4th International Conference on Museum Big Data Dates: 10–11 November 2026Venue: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI-BAS)Address: Acad. Georgi Bonchev St., Block 8, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria For PhD students, early-career researchers and young professionals https://2026.museumbigdata.org/satellite-event/ Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/AI4GLAM

  • FOCUS ERA Chair Masterclass 3D DIGITISATION AND 3D MAPPING

    Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1, 15th November Str., Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

    FOCUS ERA Chair Masterclass 3D DIGITISATION AND 3D MAPPING Setting the scene: Advancing Visual Heritage Access with AI: AI4LAM Use Cases for Art, Audiovisual, and Multimedia Collections (Dr Ines Vodopivec, Secretary General AI4LAM - National Library of Norway, Stanford)  Overview of Trends and Recent Experiences in 3D digitisation work  - AI‑Driven Analysis and Segmentation of Figural Scenes: From 3D Geometry to Graffiti Detection in Frescoes and the Unwrapping of Archaeological Vessels for Reliable Motif Recognition - Boštjan Gabrovšek, Vesna Pungercar (Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo Mesto, Slovenia)  - Experimentation in 3D Digitisation in IICT-BAS - Dr Nikolay Petkov (IICT-BAS, Bulgaria)  - Immersive Visualisation - Prof. Erik Champion (University of Adelaide, Australia) Introduction to 3D mapping: main practical and methodological challenges (3DMapping) From 3D Digitisation [...]

  • 4th International Conference MUSEUM BIG DATA – MBD2026

    Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1, 15th November Str., Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

    IMI – BAS and the Ionian University are organising the 4th International Conference MUSEUM BIG DATA The Museology Research Laboratory at the Ionian University (Greece) https://ilam.ionio.gr/en/, in collaboration with the FOCUS ERA Chair project in Digital Cultural Heritage at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI – BAS) https://openresearch.bg/project-focus-en/page.html, is organising the 4th International Conference MUSEUM BIG DATA https://2026.museumbigdata.org/, which will take place in Sofia from November 12 to 14, 2026. For colleagues from IMI, participation in the conference is free of charge; they need to send an email to milena.dobreva@math.bas.bg to be registered as participants. The MBD conferences https://museumbigdata.org/ showcase the most innovative research and practical work in the field of Museum Big Data. The main objective [...]