Distributed Information and Control Systems Department

Position: Associate Professor in the professional field 4.6. "Informatics and Computer Sciences"
Address: Institute of Information and Communication Technologies -BAS, “Acad. G.Bonchev” Blvd., Bl.2, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: boriana.vatchova@iict.bas.bg

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2073-7670
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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/citation-report/1101c62b-51bf-4bc5-8e1d-4e385691ad76-48d2eea1
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=z__TJw4AAAAJ&hl=bg

Main Background:

PhD: 02.21.10 „ Application of the principle and methods of cybernetics in different fields of the sciences “, Institute of Control and Systems Research (present Institute of Robotics), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia,2004-2009.

Master of Sciences in Engineering “Electronics and Automation ”Technical University, Automatics faculty, speciality „Control of Systems“ - from 1986 to 1992.

Work experience:

Associate Professor in the professional field 4.6. "Informatics and Computer Sciences", at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, since 30.10.2019 ;

Assistant Professor in the professional field 5.2. „Electrical engineering, electronics and automation”, at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1.07.2010 to 30.10.2019;

Assistant Professor in the professional field 5.2. „Electrical engineering, electronics and automation ”, at the University of Telecommunications and Posts, Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1.09.2016 to 10.09.2017

Part time lecturer in Informatics for Bachelor students at the University of Telecommunications and Posts, Sofia, Bulgaria from 1.09.2016 to 10.09.2017

Part time lecturer in “Software Engineering”, for Master students, at the University of Telecommunications and Posts, Sofia, Bulgaria from 1.09.2016 to 1.02.2019

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Computer and Communication Systems-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1.11.1994 to 1.07.2010

Programmer – at the private German Company NOAC GmbH, Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1.07.1993 to 01.02.1994

Other activities:

- Erasmus Scientific Contact Person in agreements between:

• University of Aveiro, Portugal, with Subject area 0610 “Information and Communication Technologies”, since 2023;
• University of Portsmouth, UK, with Subject area 0612 “Computer Sciences and Informatics”, from 2011 to 2023.

- Main Guest Editor in the Special Issue: Mathematical Approaches and Computational Techniques for Next-Generation Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Control, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, Mathematics | Special Issue : Mathematical Approaches and Computational Techniques for Next-Generation Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Control

- Main Guest Editor in the Special Issue of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems: Application in Engineering and Technologies, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland from 2023 to 2025, Mathematics | Special Issue : Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems: Applications in Engineering and Technology

- Co-Guest Editor in the Special Issue: Intelligent Computational Methods for Urban Traffic Management and Control, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, Future Internet | Special Issue : Intelligent Computational Methods for Urban Traffic Management and Control

- MATLAB FUZZY Toolbox

- MATLAB

- Microsoft Office™

- UNIX

- SQL and 4GL relational database for banking software

Selected publications:

• Vatchova B. „Derivation of knowledge using artificial intelligence methods and multi-valued logic“, monography,first edition, Issue“ Education and Knowledge“, 2019, ISBN:978-619-7515-13-8, 128 pages (in Bulgarian).


• Gegov A., Vatchova B., Boneva Y and A. Ichtev “Heuristic Fuzzy Approach to Traffic Flow Modelling and Control on Urban Networks, Special Issue “Future Internet”, MDPI, vol.17,issue 5, https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/5/227


• Vatchova B., Boneva Y. Design of Fuzzy and Conventional Controllers for Modeling and Simulation of Urban Traffic Light System with Feedback Control. Special Issue "Mathematical Methods and Models in Software Engineering", 11, 2, MDPI, 2023, ISSN:2227-7390, DOI:10.3390/math11020373, 1-11. JCR-IF (Web of Science):2.592


• Vatchova,B., Boneva,Y., Gegov, A.. Modelling and Simulation of Traffic Light Control. volume 23, 3, Cybernetics and Information Technologies, 2023, ISSN:1311-9702, DOI:10.2478/cait-2023-0032, 179-191. SJR (Scopus):0.46, JCR-IF (Web of Science):1.2


• Vatchova, B., Boneva, Y., Gegov, A.. Relation Based Knowledge Extraction for Animal Farm Management. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS 24), IEEE Xplore, 2024, ISBN:979-8-3503-5098-2, ISSN:Electronic: 2767-9802, Print on Demand(PoD) ISSN: 2832-4145, DOI:10.1109/IS61756.2024.10705208, 1-5


• Boneva, Y., Vatchova, B., Gegov, A.. Fuzzy Control of Traffic Junctions in Oversaturated Urban Networks. IFAC Papers Online, 55, 11, Elsevier, 2022, ISSN:2405-8963, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.08.063, 144-149. SJR (Scopus):0.32


• Vatchova, B., Adda, Mo, Boneva, Y., Gegov, A.. Fuzzy Control of Traffic Junctions in Undersaturated Urban Networks. IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking - IEEE BlackSeaCom 2022, IEEE Xplore, 2022, ISBN:978-1-6654-9749-7, Print on Demand (PoD) ISBN:978-1-6654-9750-3, DOI:10.1109/BlackSeaCom54372.2022.9858316, 91-101