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    Vladimir Monov

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    First name, Surname: Vladimir Monov
    e-mail vladimir.monov@iict.bas.bg
    Areas of interest: Automation systems and control theory, Information and communication systems, Business management systems, Applied mathematics, Theory of matrices and matrix analysis, Operations research, Wireless sensor networks and applications.
    Keywords Automation, Control systems, Information technologies, Applied mathematics, Networks and systems.
    Biography  Born on 10.11.1957 in city of Pleven, Bulgaria.  Graduated secondary education at the Mathematics High School in the city of Pleven, 1975.
    Employment Organization: Institute of information and communication technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
      City: Sofia
      Region, State or County: Bulgaria
      Country or location: Bulgaria
    Employment details Department: Intelligent systems
      Role/title: engineer, d-r
      Start date: 2023
    End date: continues
      Department: „Modeling and optimization”
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    Education and qualifications

    Year

    Faculty/department – University/institution – Country

    1982

    Graduate study: M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with qualification in Control Engineering and Automation, Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (now Technical University), Sofia, 1982

    1988

    Postgraduate study: Ph.D. degree in Technical Sciences, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1988. Ph.D. Thesis: “Decentralized control of linear large scale systems”.

     

    Projects

    Year

    Project – Role

    2021-2024

    National scientific program “Intelligent Crop Production”, funded by the Ministry of education and science, Bulgaria, 2021-2024. Manager of Work Package 1.3 “Infrastructure of intelligent agriculture”.

    2021-2024

    National scientific program “Intelligent Animal Husbandry”, funded by the Ministry of education and science, Bulgaria, 2021-2024. Researcher, Work Package 1 “Robotic milking systems”.

    2019-2023

    Project BG05M20P001-1.002-0011 „Centre of competence MIRACle – Mechatronics, Innovation, Robotics, Automation, Clean technologies”, financed by Operational program “Science and Education for Smart Growth, 30.09.2019-31.12.2023. Researcher in the “Automation of innovative technological processes” laboratory.

    2014-2020

    Project “Building a system of internet sensors integrated in Big Data environment for analysis and impact of indicators related to air cleanliness and other daily indicators in people’s everyday life. System for automatic control and regulation of the home air through a network of sensors and controllers”. Contract BG16RFOP002-1.005-0158-C01 under Operational Program” Innovation and Competitiveness “2014-2020. Researcher.

    2017-2019

    Project “Creating an innovative three-component, multilingual, web-based hybrid platform for the development, operation and distribution of interactive eLearning content and the provision of new services in the field of eLearning and Knowledge Management”. Contract No. BG16RFOP002-1.002-0144-C01 with MI, 2017-2019, under Operational Program “Innovation and Competitiveness”, procedure BG16RFOP002-1.002 “Support for innovation development by start-ups”. Researcher.

    2017-2018

    Project “Information and communication technologies for 3D modeling and 3D tactile visualization of objects of cultural and historical heritage (construction of 3D models from 2D sources and 3D printing)” Program for Assisting Young Scientists and PhD Students – BAS, 2017-2018. Researcher.

    2012-2016

    Project “Advanced Computing for Innovation” (AComIn), FP7 grant AComIn No. 316087, funded by the European Commission in the Capacity Program, 2012-2016. Researcher.

    2012-2014

    Project “Distributed information system for group control, remote diagnostics and service of specialized industrial robots”, contract BG161PO003-1.1.06-0025-C0001 with MEET, 2012-2014 under Operational program “Competitiveness”, procedure BG161PO003-1.1.06 , “Support for R&D of Bulgarian Enterprises”. Researcher.

    2012-2014

    Project “Innovative technology for evaluating the effectiveness of ERP systems in SMEs”, contract BG161PO003-1.1.06-0001-C0001 with MEET, 20.07.2012-2014 under Operational Program “Competitiveness”, procedure BG161PO003-1.1.06, ” Support for R&D of Bulgarian Enterprises ”. Project Manager.

    2007-2010

    Project “Production schedules and inventory control in small and medium-sized enterprises”, contract No. IF-02072 / 28.12.2007 with the National Innovation Fund, 2007-2010. Project Manager.

     

    Publications

    № Публикация
    1 Karastoyanov, D., Penchev, T., Monov, V. Production of Parts from Metal Powder – Advanced Technologies, Proc. of the 27-th IEEE International Conference “Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers” (CSCC’2023), July 19-22, 2023, Rhodes Island, Greece.
    2 Karastoyanov, D., Penchev, T., Monov, V. Production of Parts from Metal Powder – Powder Characteristics, Proc of the 9-th IEEE International Conference “Control, Decision and Information Technologies”, July 03-06, 2023, Rome Italy.
    3 Blagoev, I. G. Vassileva, G., Monov, V. Analysis of tools for generation of educational content using artificial intelligence, Proc. of the 15th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN23), 3-5 July 2023, Palma, Spain, pp.5078-5086.  
    4 Blagoev, I. G. Vassileva, G., Monov, V. From Data to Learning: The Scientific Approach to AI-Enhanced Online Course Design, Proc. of the 8-th IEEE International Conference “Big Data, Knowledge and Control Systems Engineering” (BdKCSE’2023), 2–3 November 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria.
    5 Blagoev, I. G. Vassileva, G., Monov, V. A classification of online training courses according to the methods of presentation and educational content. Proc. of 11th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems IS’22, Warsaw, Poland, October 12-14, 2022.
    6 Blagoev, I., Vassileva, G., Monov, V. Analysis оf Functional Requirements оf E-Learning аnd Knowledge Management Systems аnd Assessment оf Their . Proc. of 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2022), 7-9 November, 2022, Seville (Spain), IATED, 2022., 
    7 Karastoyanov, D., Monov, V., Blagoeva, E. Patented Inventions in Robotic Cow Milking Systems. Proc. of Int. IEEE Conf. ICECCME 2022, 16-18 November 2022, Male, Maldives, 2022, pp.1824-1831.
    8 Karastoyanov, D., Monov, V., Panev, P., Yarkov, D. Advanced technologies in tubular details manufacturing. Proc. of 26th IEEE Int. Conf. CSCC 2022, Chania, Crete Island, Greece on July 19-22, 2022, pp. 322-326.
    9 Karastoyanov, D., Monov, V., Paneva, M., Yarkov, D. Innovative technologies in steel pipe manufacturing process. Proc. of 26th IEEE Int. Conf. CSCC 2022, Chania, Crete Island, Greece July 19-22, 2022, pp.335-340.
    10 Karastoyanov, Dimitar, Monov, Vladimir, Penchev, Todor. Metal Powder Production by Atomization Methods. Proc. of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and Industry (MCSI), August 22-24, 2022, Athens, Greece, pp. 190-195.
    11 Karastoyanov, Dimitar, Monov, Vladimir, Penchev, Todor. Metal Powder Production by Grinding in Ball Mills. Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and Industry (MCSI), August 22-24, 2022, , Athens, Greece, (IEEE), IEEE, 2022, DOI:10.1109/MCSI55933.2022.00038, 196-200
    12 Tashev, T.D., Marinov, M.B., Arnaudov, D.D., Monov, V.V. Computer Simulations for Determining of the Upper Bound of Throughput of LPF-Algorithm for Crossbar Switch. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2505, American Institute of Physics Inc., NY 11747-4501, USA, 2022.
    13 Alexandrov A., Monov V., Tashev T. Generalized Nets Model of Data Parallel Processing in Large Scale Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Lirkov I., Margenov S. (eds) Large-Scale Scientific Computing (LSSC 2019). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11958, pp. 475-483, 2020.
    14 Alexandrov, A., V. Monov. SARSA based method for WSN transmission power management, V. M. Vishnevskiy, K. E.Samouylov, D. V. Kozyrev (Eds) Proc. of the 23-nd International Conference “Distributed Computer and Communication Networks” (DCCN 2020), 14-18 September 2020, Moscow, Russia, pp. 372-380. Springer book series CCIS, vol. 1337, pp. 82-93, 2020.
    15 Shalamanov, V., Monov, V., Blagoev, Ivaylo, Matern, S., Vassileva, G., Blagoev, Ivan. A Model of ICT Competence Development for Digital Transformation. Information & Security, vol. 46,no. 3, pp.269-284, 2020, Procon Ltd, 2020.
    16 Blagoev, I, Monov, V. Criteria and Methodology for the Evaluation of e-Learning Management Systems based on the Specific Needs of the Organization. International Journal of Education and Information Technologies, 12, North Atlantic University Union (NAUN), 2018.
    17 Alexandrov, A., Monov, V. Method for indoor localization of mobile devices based on AoA and Kalman filtering, Springer book series “Studies in Computational Intelligence”, Volume 793, 2019, Pages 1-12. 
    18 Staykov, B., V. Monov. Comparison of Software Decision Support Systems for Solving a Multicriteria Optimization Problem, Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 41-50, 2018.
    19 Alexandrov, A., Monov, V. Method for WSN clock synchronization based on optimized SLTP protocol. Proceedings of IEEE 25 Telecommunications Forum “TELFOR 2017”, IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1798P–CDR, 2017, pp. 139-142.
    20 Kolchakov, K., Monov, V. Algorithm for non conflict schedule in sub matrices optimal in terms of performance and memory. Information Technologies and Control, 2017, ISSN:1312-2622, On-line ISSN 2367-5357, DOI:10.1515/itc-2017-0006, pp. 2-6.
    21 Tashev T., Monov V., Tasheva R. High Performance Computations for Study the Stability of a Numerical Procedure for Crossbar Switch Node. In: Dimov I., Faragó I., Vulkov L. (eds) Numerical Analysis and Its Applications. NAA 2016., LNCS, volume 10187, Springer, Cham, 2017, pp. 665-673. 
    22 Kolchakov, K., V. Monov. Hardware acceleration of a scheduling algorithm for crossbar switch node via decomposition of the connection matrix. Problems of Engineering Cybernetics and Robotics, Prof. Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House, 2017, pp. 85-92.
    23 Kolchakov K., V. Monov. An approach for algorithm optimization of non-conflict schedule by diagonal connectivity matrix activation. Proc. of the International Conference Automatics and Informatics`2017, Bulgaria, Sofia, October 4-6, 2017, pp. 161-164.
    24 Tashev T., Marinov M., Monov V., Tasheva R. Modeling of the MiMa-algorithm for crossbar switch by means of Generalized Nets. Proc. ot the 8th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS), 4-6 Sept. 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria., pp. 593-598.
    25 Kolchakov, K., Monov, V. An Approach for synthesis of Non-conflict Schedule with Optimal Performance of Sub Matrices in a Crossbar Switching Node. Proc. of the International Conference Automatics and Informatics`2016, Bulgaria, Sofia, October 4-5, pp. 33-35.
    26 Kolchakov, K., Monov, V. Numerical examination of algorithms for non-conflict traffic scheduling in crossbar switching nodes. Proc. of the International Conference Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics–RAM 2016, 4-6 October 2016, Byaga, Bulgaria, pp. 24-28.
    27 Tomov, P., Monov, V. Artificial neural networks and differential evolution used for time series forecasting in distributed environment. Proc. of the International Conference “Automatics and informatics 2016”, 4-5 October 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 129-132.
    28 Monov, V., T. Tashev, A. Alexandrov, Software implementation of several production scheduling algorithms, Proc. of the International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design – BMSD’15, 6-8 July 2015, Milan Italy, pp. 205-212.
    29 Tashev, T., V. Monov, A numerical study of the upper bound of the throughput of a crossbar switch utilizing MiMa-algorithm, “Numercal Methods and Applications” I. Dimov et al. (eds.): NMA 2014, August, 2014, Borovets, Bulgaria. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 8962, Springer, pp. 295-303, 2015.
    30 Monov, V., D. Karastoyanov, T. Penchev, Advanced control methods and technologies for two industrial processes, Proc. of the 3-rd IEEE International Conference on Information Science and Technology, March 23-25 2013, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, pp. 187-194.
    31 Monov, V. Energy consumption and efficiency in industrial processes, John Atanasoff Celebration Days, Proc. of International Conference „Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics’12“, October 15-17 2012, Sofia, pages a9-a12.
    32 Tashev, T., V. Monov, Modeling of the hotspot load traffic for crossbar switch node by means of generalized nets, Proc. of the 6-th IEEE International Conference “Intelligent Systems IS’2012”, September, Sofia 2012, vol. II, pp. 187-191.
    33 Monov, V., B. Sokolov, S. Stoenchev, Grinding in ball mills: Modeling and process control, Cybernetics and Information Technologies, vol. 12, No 2, pp. 51-68, 2012.
    34 Elsner, L., V. Monov, The bialternate matrix product revisited, Linear Algebra and its Applications, vol. 434, Issue 4, pp.1058-1066, 2011.
    35 Monov, V., Inequalities involving eigenvalues and diagonal entries of a nonnegative matrix, Comptes rendus de l’Academie bulgare des Sciences, Tome 63, No 2, pp. 189-196, 2010.
    36 Monov, V. On the properties of two matrix products arising in stability theory, Comptes rendus de l’Academie bulgare des Sciences, Tome 63, No 9, pp.1257-1264, 2010.
    37 Monov, V. A family of symmetric polynomials of the eigenvalues of a matrix, Linear Algebra and its Applications, vol. 429, Issues 8-9, pp. 2199-2208, 2008.
    38 Monov, V. Some properties of the characteristic polynomial of a nonnegative matrix, Cybernetics and Information Technologies, vol. 6, No. 2, 2006, pp. 3-11.
    39 Monov, V. Newton’s inequalities for families of complex numbers, Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 6, issue 3, Article 78, 2005.
    40 Monov, V., M. Tsatsomeros. On reducing and deflating subspaces of matrices, Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, vol. 11, 2004, pp.246-257.
    41 Elsner, L., Monov, V., Szulc, T. On some properties of convex matrix sets characterized by P- matrices and block P-matrices, Linear and Multilinear Algebra, vol. 50, No 3, 2002, pp. 199-218.

    Fellowships, awards and prizes

    № Info
    1 Member of the Editorial board of Journal “Cybernetics and Information Technologies”, ISSN: 1311-9702 ,SCOPUS Q2 (Computer Science, Miscellaneous), SJR-2022: 0.46, IF-2022: 1.2.
    2 Member of John Atanasoff Society of Automatics and Informatics.
    3 Member of International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), TC 2.4 “Optimal Control”.