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DiPP2024 Conference Place: Regional Library "Peyo Yavorov" – Burgas (41, “St. St. Kiril and Metodiy” Str.), Bulgaria

26.09.2024

11:00-18:00 Registration

11:00-12:30 Official Press Conference 

13:00-14:00 DiPP2024 Opening Ceremony and Official Greetings

14:00-15:30 Conference Session 1.

Chair: Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Burgas Free University and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Invited Talk: Dušan Tatić, Radomir S. Stanković – Augmented Reality Software in Presentation of Cultural and Historical Heritage

Maria Teresa Artese, Isabella Gagliardi, Mattia Fortunati – MyStoriesBAG: A Simplified Editor for Creating Interactive Stories and Games Inspired by Cultural Heritage

Ivan Kratchanov, Dimitar Minev – Adventure in Plovdiv's Cultural Space: An Augmented Reality Serious Game

Detelin Luchev, Maxim Goynov, Radoslav Pavlov, Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Yanislav Zhelev, Lilia Pavlova – Innovative Approach for Serious Educational Games with Creative Visualization in Selected Eco-context

Discussion

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-18:30 Conference Session 2.: The 15th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud

Chair: Peter Stanchev, Kettering University and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Peter Stanchev, Aneta Karaivanova, Yanita Zherkova, Mikaela Stancheva, Jordan Iliev, Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Georgi Simeonov – 15th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud

Elitsa Foteva, Mikaela Stancheva – Open Science national policies and practices

Todor Gurov, Aneta Karaivanova, Emanouil Atanassov – Open Science vs Closed Science. Legal and Ethical Challenges in Open Science

Aneta Karaivanova, Todor Gurov, Emanouil Atanasov – Open Science Values. FAIR Data Principles and their role in the Open Science

Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Maxim Goynov – Towards the Renewal of the Bulgarian Digital Mathematics Library

Jordan Iliev – From Trend to Tradition: The Growing Community of the Bulgarian Portal for Open Science.

Discussion

It will focus on the following topics:

  • Bulgarian roadmap for open science.
  • Stimulation of publication activity in respectable international scientific journals and open access to scientific information.
  • Bulgarian portal for open science and the national repository.
  • Institutional repositories and other e-infrastructures.
  • FAIR data requirements and tools.
  • Transformative agreements with publishers.
  • Open Data.
  • Open Sources.
  • Open Access Indicators.
  • Best Practices.
  • Contribute to the problems of the Harmonization of National Legislation and Practices.

19:30 Official Dinner 

27.09.2024

09:00-19:00 – Registration

09:00-11:00 Conference Session 3.

Chair: Petya Osenova, Sofia University

Invited Talk: Michela Tramonti, Alden Meirzhanovich Dochshanov, Luigi Tramonti – Empowering Digital Storytelling: Fostering Environmental Awareness and Inspiring Sustainable Action Across Cultures and Generations

Klára Rybenská, Barbora Borůvková, Klára Burianová – Documentation of a Numismatic Collection from the Period of the Roman Empire Using the Photogrammetry Method

Katia Rasheva-Yordanova, Georgi P. Dimitrov, Paulina T. Tsvetkova, Milena Bankovska, Pavel S. Petrov – Improving Palimpsest Readability via Image Preprocessing: An Investigation into Adjustment Techniques

Gergana Yancheva – A Research Project for Mapping the Digital Initiatives of Bulgarian Libraries

Maria Neikova – Digitalization and Protection of Cultural Heritage by Establishing a Sustainable Legal Framework

Discussion

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 Conference Session 4.: Workshop “Promoting the Digital Transformation in Higher Education through the Building of a Cohesive Network for Collaboration and Transfer of Knowledge and Pedagogical Innovations”

Chairs: Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Yanislav Zhelev, Burgas Free University

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Conference Session 5.

Chair: Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Invited Talk: Gábor Keve, Zsolt L. Márkus, György Szántó, Tibor Szkaliczki, Miklós Veres, Zsolt Weisz – Water Management Digital Knowledge Repository as an Online Tool to Preserve, Maintain and Develop Technical Heritage of Water Sciences

Petya Osenova, Kiril Simov – Towards a Multimodal WordNet for Language Learning in Bulgarian

Yasena Chantova – The Polysemy in Georges Perec’s Crossword: Culioli’s Modelling Approach

Gabriela Angelova – The Bulgarian Catholic Book in the System of the Bulgarian Publishing (1878–1944). Geographic Information Systems as a Tool in Presenting and Preserving Literary Cultural Heritage

Maria Teresa Artese, Isabella Gagliardi – A Comparative Analysis of Historical Culinary Recipes Using Topic Modeling and Data Visualization

Discussion

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-19:00 Conference Session 6.

Chair: Tibor Szkaliczki, Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI), Hungary

Invited Talk: Radomir S. Stanković, Dušan Tatić, Detelin Luchev – Towards an Integral Solution for Application of Information Technologies in Representation of Medieval Fortresses

Irena Peteva, Daniela Pavlova, Ivanka Pavlova, Panayot Gindev – Digitization and Protection of Cultural Heritage in Crises and Conflicts

Elena Zaharieva-Stoyanova – An Approach to Digital Presentation of Traditional Bulgarian Embroidery Patterns

Rosen Ivanov, Victoria Velkova – Enhancing Museum Experiences: A Multi-Institution Mobile Multimedia Delivery System Using BLE Beacons

Rasim Atakan Poyraz, Prajyot Suvarna, Alexander I. Iliev – Emotion Recognition Through Analysis of Speech – A Review

Discussion

28.09.2024

09:00-16:30 – Registration

09:00-11:00 Conference Session 7.: Second Information Day: Research Infrastructure Services in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Chairs: Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Radoslav Pavlov, Detelin Luchev, Maxim GoynovLubomir Zlatkov, Nikolay Noev – Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Topics:

  • Bulgarian National Research e-Infrastructures;
  • Bulgarian National Interdisciplinary Research e-Infrastructure for Resources and Technologies in Favor of the Bulgarian Language and Cultural Heritage, Part of the EU Infrastructures CLARIN and DARIAH (CLaDA-BG);
  • Current developments of CLaDA-BG infrastructural components and services. Implementations;
  • Digital Tools for Medieval South Slavic Manuscripts Research.

Invited Talk: Maxim Goynov, Detelin Luchev, Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Gita Senka, Konstantin Rangochev, Lilia Pavlova, Radoslav Pavlov, Lubomir Zlatkov – CultIS: Web-based Platform for Intelligent Cultural Content Management

Invited Talk: Slavia Barlieva, Elka Zlateva – KYRILLOMETHODIKON – an Innovative Research Environment for Shared Access to Scientific Content

Discussion

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 Conference Session 8.

Chair: Alexander Iliev, SRH University of Applied Sciences and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Invited Talk: Vassil Dimitrov, Richard Ford, Laurent Imbert, Arjuna Madanayake, Nilan Udayanga, Will Wray – Multiple-base Logarithmic Quantization and Application in Reduced Precision AI Computations

Elena Taina Avramescu, Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Yanislav Zhelev – Building a Virtual Medical Environment for Online Rehabilitation: The e-KINE Pilot Application

Radoslav R. Yoshinov, Borislav Yoshinov, Ivet Koleva – Electronic Archive on the Topics “Neurorehabilitation”, “Neurorehabilitation in Rare Diseases” and “Robotic Neurorehabilitation”

Todor Todorov – Usage of Artificial Intelligence Tools to Improve Digital Web Accessibility

Discussion

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:45 Conference Session 9.

Chair: Todor Todorov, Veliko Tarnovo University and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Emanouil Atanassov, Aneta Karaivanova, Todor Gurov – HPC Ecosystem and Competences in Bulgaria

Ilze Pētersone – Digital Library of Latvia and the Experience of Digitisation of Periodicals at the National Library of Latvia

Discussion

14:45 – 16:00 Conference Session 10. Round Table - Digital Humanities: the Current State and Trends

Chair: Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

29.09.2024

09:00-10:00 Conference Session 11. Round Table – Usage of Digitized Cultural Heritage in e-Learning

Chair: Yanislav Zhelev, Burgas Free University and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

10:00-11:00 Conference Session 12.

Chair: Dušan Tatić, Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Tsvetomira Kazashka, Sebiha Madanska, Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova, Daniela Djeneva, Iliya Nedelchev – Development of an Ontology of Bulgarian Dance Folklore

Sebiha Madanska, Sheban Bilyanov, Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva, Evgenia Dimova-Aleksandrova – Alternative Tourism – an Ontology of Bulgarian National Revival Residential Architecture for the Purposes of an Intelligent Tourist Guide

Alexandra Nikolova, Vladimir Georgiev, Emanuela Mitreva – Evaluation of Achievement Badges as a Gamification Method for Increasing Motivation in e-Learning

Discussion

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 DiPP2024 Closing Ceremony

The organisers reserve the right to make changes where necessary.