Department of Information Technologies University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski Faculty of Mathematics & Informatics

Department of Information Technologies  One of the 14 departments of the Facluty of Mathematics and Informatics;  The activities include:  teaching,  research and development in IT.

The main areas covered by the DIT  Research and Development in Advanced Information and Communication Technologies  Application of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies

Research & Development in Advanced Information & Communication Technologies  Networked Multimedia  WWW Data Bases  Artificial Intelligence  Intelligent Agents  Computer Supported Co-operative Work Systems  Virtual Environments

Application of Advanced Information & Communication Technologies  Education and Training  Electronic Commerce  Bussiness and Management  Telework, Social Sciences

Staff  Academic staff  Teaching staff  Research staff  PhD Students staff  Support staff Head of Department: Roumen Nikolov, Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Teaching  The Department of IT also offers PhD opportunities for post-graduate research in the field of Information Technologies.  The Department of Information Technologies currently offers four Master of Science programmers  A number of ICT courses are taught to students from Sofia University Bachelor programmers

Teaching Teaching Bachelor Programs  Mathematics  Computer Sciences  Mathematics and Computer Sciences  Applied Mathematics  Economics and Business Administration  European Studies  Other Sciences

Teaching Teaching Master of Science programmers  Information and Communication Technologies  Artificial Intelligence  Management Information Systems  Educational and Training Systems Design

Information and Communication Technologies - ICT  Software developers on the basis of modern ICT;  Expert (consultants, evaluators) of development and use of modern ICT;  Trainers of specialists of different organisations and firms on applying the modern ICT in their respective fields;  Designers of systems for different users, including in the field of communication and information technologies.  Managers at different levels in the field of ICT;  University lecturers and researchers;  Specialists actively using ICT in other fields. The overall goal of the programme ICT is to provide theoretical and practical expertise of informatics specialists for the efficient application of the modern ICT to problems arising in real-word organizational settings. After completing the full educational cycle the graduates from the ICT will have the necessary background of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in:

Artificial Intelligence - AI  Foundations of AI  Knowledge Representation  Planning and Search  Natural Language Processing  Vision - Machine Learning  Neural Networks  Knowledge-Based Systems (Expert Systems, Intelligent Tutoring Systems etc.) The basic aim of the programme is to give the students both theoretical knowledge in the field of AI and practical skills in applying the AI techniques in a wide range of IT areas. More specifically the programme offers training in the following sub-areas of AI:

Management Information Systems - MIS  Business Information and Communication Technologies  Web-based Interface to Databases  Business Telecommunications  Decision Support Systems  Business on the Internet  Multimedia and Internet Applications  Quantity Methods in Marketing Research (Applied Statistics)  Information Resource Management The purpose of the programme is to give systematic knowledge in the area of Information Technologies and their application as well as to improve the qualifications of managers to work in the changing Information Society.

Educational and Training Systems Design - ETDS  the application of theory into practice;  a focus on the needs and situation of the individual participant. The MSc Programme ETSD is a one-year, internationally oriented, for persons who find themselves in a career situation where they are responsible for strategic responses to educational and training problems and challenges. The Programme is offered in English and has as major characteristics:

Teaching Teaching Online courses  Business Data Communication  Business English  Business on the Internet  Design and Development of Internet Applications  Design, Implementation and Management of Telematics based Distance Education  Human - Computer Interaction  Information and Communication Technologies  Intelligent Tutoring Systems  Multimedia in Distance Education  Telematics and Distance Education

Research Research Current International Projects  IWOP - Best Practice Pilot for the implementation of Integrated Internet Based Remote Working Places for Virtual Teams developing their work at SMEs, 5 FP IST ( )  PROTELEUSES – Best Practice Pilot for the Promotion and Implementation of Teleworking Tools at European SMEs of the Service Sector, 5 FP IST ( )  TOSCA - Social Observation Table of Call Centre, 5 FP IST ( )  EU-Infobroker - Leonardo project, D/99/2/09194/PI/II.1.1.b/FPC ( )  CIST - Centre of Excellence in Information Society Technologies, TEMPUS IB_JEP ( )  MALL Mall for Online Business beyond the Year 2000, INCO COPERNICUS No ( )

Research Research Current International Projects Continue  LARFLAST - LeARning Foreign LAnguage Scientific Terminology, INCO COPERNICUS No ( )  INTELLECT - Intelligent Learning Environment for Course Telematics, INCO-COPERNICUSPL ( )  Introduction to Free Market Business Practice CAPE project, in co-operation with GMD ( )  NETLogo - The European Educational Interactive Site, EC Project MM1020 ( )  ARCHITEKTUR UND KUNST IN DEUTSCHLAND  ELICA - Educational Logo Interface for Creative Activities  ILPnet2 node Sofia University

Research Research Finished International Projects  DEMAND - DEsign, implementation and MANagement of telematics based Distance education, PHARE ETF/98/VET/0003 ( )  MATEN - Multimedia Applications for Telematic Educational Networks, INCO-COPERNICUS PL ( )  MATCh - Multimedia Authoring Environment for Children, INCO COPERNICUS No ( )  VALUE - a Virtual Almanacfor Logo Users and Educators 1997/98 Tempus Phare Compact Measure Project  Modular Education in Mathematics and Informatics, TEMPUS JEP ( )  Flexible and Distance Learning through Telematic Networks Copernicus, No1445 ( ) Kiev on-line CIT course

Research Research Finished International Projects Continue  Development of an Inter-University Management Centre, TEMPUS SJEP ( )  Transfering Knowledge Based System Skills to Bulgaria, TEMPUS JEN ( )  Transferring Knowledge Based System Skills to Bulgaria, TEMPUS JEP ( )  Telecommunications in Education, individual TEMPUS Project 1994  IEANCEE - IEA Network for Central and Eastern Europe Project ( ) sponsored by UNESCO, World Bank, the Netherlands Government, OKI-EK-Hungary  New Information Technologies in Education, International Program: "Children in the Information Age” UNESCO Project BUL/003/86 ( )

Research Research Finished Research Projects in Bulgaria  Centre of Excellence - International Centre on Information and Communication Technologies, a pre-5FP National Science Fund Project, Ministry of Education and Science  A System for Telework Support on the Internet, a pre-5FP National Fund - Structural Policy Project, Ministry of Education and Science (the Bulgarian Telework Association BgTA was already established under this project)  European Telework Development ETD, Bulgarian Entry Point- Advanced Information and Communication Technologies in Education: Application of Artificial Intelligence Methods; Multimedia and Distance Learning National, Science Fund Project I-502/95 ( )  Geomland - Plane Geometry System - Approaches, Methods and Models for developing Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Learning Environments, National Science Fund Project ( )

Research Research Finished Research Projects in Bulgaria Continue  Approaches, Methods and Models for developing Programming Tools for Education, National Science Fund Project ( )  Approaches, Methods and Models for Teaching Informatics at Secondary-school Level, National Science Fund Project ( )  IBM Educational Initiative for Bulgaria (teacher training) Developing curriculum and teaching materials for teaching and learning informatics at school and integrating informatics in other school subjects, Sofia University Project  Developing textbooks in mathematics and informatics for secondary-school level, Sofia University Project  Developing curriculum and training materials for in-service teacher training in informatics, Sofia University Project

Research Research New Projects  BIGEAR.NET - Thematic Network on Stimulation of Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation of Academic Research, 5FP - Innovation and SMEs, INN/00/02  WebLabs: new representational infrastructures for learning, IST  DIOGENE - From Information to Knowledge - A Training Web Broker for ICT Professionals

Activities Activities Conferences  TOOLS (Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems) Eastern Europe '99  Seventh European Logo Conference - EUROLOGO'99  IT&P'98 - Information Technologies and Programming'98  38th General Assembly Meeting of the IEA  HCI-ET - Human Computer Interaction and Educational Tools  PEG'97 -Meeting the Challenge of the New Technologies

Activities Workshops  Complex Business Solutions Membership  European Telework Online  Bulgarian Telelwork Association  International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement  BG Oracle UserGroup IST Program Information 5th Call for Proposals

Contact us www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg Department of Information Technologies Faculty of Mathematics & Informatics 5, James Bourchier blvd Sofia Bulgaria tel./ fax