Experience
For his 15 years' scientific career Dr. Minchev has worked in a number of research institutes at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: Center for Biomedical Engineering “Prof. Ivan Daskalov” (2002-2004); Institute of Physiology (2005), Institute of Neurobiology (2006 - 2010); Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (2005 - ), Institute for Parallel Processing (2007 - 2010). In 2010 he was appointed as an Associate Professor on “Automation and Control” at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies(link is external), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences(link is external).
Author and co-author of more than 100 scientific publications (including 23 books and two patents) in the fields of: cyber security, computer science, serious gaming, security sector governance, crisis management, defence planning, cybernetics, robotics, electronics, biosignal processing .
Works in field of security studies in a number of research and applied projects funded by the Bulgarian government, EU, NATO, USA and the non-governmental sector (2005 -).
Director of the Joint Training Simulation and Analysis Center(link is external) - an academic unit working in the field of applied modelling, simulation, Computer Assisted eXercises, Operations Research and cyber security (2007 -). Executive head of C4I Department at the Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2008-2011).
Editorial Board Member of: Journal of Defence Management(link is external), OMICS Publishing Group (2011), IT4SEC Reports(link is external) (2012)
IT Director at George Marshall Associations - Bulgaria(link is external) (2008 - 2011); Participant in a number of governmental and international delegations concerning security problems activities; Invited speaker & visiting professor at: George C. Marshal European Center for Security Studies(link is external) (crisis & emergency management, 2010), University of National & World Economy(link is external) (crisis, emergency management, scenario-based planning & CAX, 2009), Plovdiv University 'Paisii Hilendarski', FMI(link is external) (cybersecurity(link is external), 2015)
Works with young Bulgarian talents in the field of informatics and mathematics together with the non-governmental sector and the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics(link is external), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences(link is external) (2006 -).
Dr. Minchev is a co-founder of a European Network of Excellence in the field of cyber security - SySSec(link is external) (2010 -).
NATO Oppinion Leader on Security (2010) & Cybersecurity Problems (2014); National Representative at IFIP, UNESCO, TC 14(link is external) (2012) & TC11(link is external) (2017)
Education and degrees
Senior Researcher (Associate Professor) on Automation and Control, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, 2010
PhD on Cybernetics and Robotics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2007.
BSc on Informatics and Mathematics, “St. St. Cyril & Methodius University”, Veliko Tarnovo, 2001.
English language technical literature interpreter, High Technical School “Alexander Popov”, Sofia, 1997.
Radio & Television technician, High Technical School “Alexander Popov”, Sofia, 1997.
Public activities
Association of Communication & Information Specialists (link is external)(Deputy Chairman, 2016-), E-Sigurnost(link is external) (honourable member, 2016-), Support of young tallents on mathematics & informatics within HSSI(link is external) (2005-) & HSI - BAS(link is external) (2014-)
Awards
For his professional and team work Dr. Minchev has been awarded and distinguished with a number of governmental and international awards from: the President and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria (2007); Ministry of Defence (2006, 2007), Ministry of Health (2008), NATO Research and Technology Organization (2007), Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies (2008), NATO C3 Agency (2010) and University of National and World Economy, Sofia (2010), Association of the Officers in the Reserve 'Atlantic' (2013, 2014), NATO CoE Defence Against Terrorism, Republic of Turkey (2014), Central Election Comission, Council of Ministries, Republic of Bulgaria (2016), Military Academy “Gen. Mihailo Apostolski”, Republic of Macedonia (2017).
He has excellent working knowledge of English and Russian languages, as well as some French and German.
