The National Seminar on Coding Theory was founded in the 80s of the 20th century by Academician Stefan Dodunekov and since then has been held annually. Since 2014, the seminar has also been named after Academician Dodunekov, who was the director of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics from 1999 to 2012 and the President of the Union of Mathematicians in Bulgaria from 2001 to 2012.