Book of Abstracts

of the Anniversary International Scientific Conference “Computer Technologies and Applications” CTA’2026

15 – 17 April 2026 • Pamporovo, Bulgaria

Committees

Anniversaries

Asen Rahnev, Evgeniya Angelova, Anton Iliev, 30 YEARS DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

Plenary Talks

Sava Grozdev, TILING THE PLANE WITH IDENTICAL CONVEX POLYGONS

Nedyu Popivanov, “NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS” – A MILLENNIUM PROBLEM FOR US $ 1 MLN

Regular Talks

Ventsislav Dilyanov, Todorka Terzieva, APPLICATION OF MOTIVATIONAL DESIGN IN THE EDUCATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS

Todorka Glushkova, APPLICATION OF MARION’S THEOREM FOR OPTIMIZATION OF RESOURCES IN INTELLIGENT PASTURE CATTLE FARMING

Nina Ignatova-Todorova, Todorka Glushkova, BUILDING DIGITAL COMPETENCES IN HIGH SCHOOL STEM EDUCATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DIGCOMP 2.2 AND DIGCOMP 3.0 FRAMEWORKS

Zornitza Kaneva, DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

Kristiyan Kolev, Vesselin Kyurkchiev, DECLARATIVE GITOPS-BASED AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF HTTP GATEWAY SERVICES

Pavel Kyurkchiev, Anton Iliev, Asen Rahnev, Viktor Matanski, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AND SEMANTIC ACCURACY IN TEXT EMBEDDING ARCHITECTURES VIA C# AND ONNX

Panka Lazarova, Ivan Dimitrov, AI PEDAGOGY: NEW SKILLS FOR TEACHERS

Aleksandr Lukankin, TASKS OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Viktor Matanski, EVOLUTION OF GENERATIVE ART SYSTEMS: METHODS, MILESTONES AND OPEN PROBLEMS

Denitsa Mineva, Kosta Garov, INTRODUCTION TO STEM EDUCATION THROUGH THE USE OF 3D TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Simeon Monov, Denis Bechiragich, TERRAIN-AWARE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING: AUTOMATED PLACEMENT OF RELIABLE GATEWAYS FOR LARGE-SCALE IOT NETWORKS

Simeon Monov, Hristo Karaperev, A MULTIVARIATE APPROACH TO PREDICTING WHOLESALE FRESH PRODUCE WASTE

Simeon Monov, Zlatomila Mincheva, Nikolay Pavlov, Maria Dobreva, TIME SERIES FORECASTING IN THE INSURANCE SECTOR: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOUNDATION MODELS AND DEEP LEARNING

Simeon Monov, Emre Myumyun, DETERMINISTIC EDGE CONTROL FOR AI AGENTS via MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL OVER MQTT

Simeon Monov, Nikolay Pavlov, Miglena Dodleva, DATA EXTRACTION FROM HETEROGENEOUS INSURANCE POLICIES USING MULTIMODAL LLMS

Simeon Monov, Detelinka Trifonova, Nikolay Pavlov, ADAPTING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS FOR BULGARIAN CLINICAL DIETETICS: A MULTI-STAGE TRAINING APPROACH

Veselina Naneva, Kremena Stefanova, DATA SECURITY IN MICROSOFT POWER BI

Nikolay Pavlov, Yuri Yanakiev, Veselina Naneva, WEB-BASED SYSTEM FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT MONITORING

Konstantin Rusev, Todorka Glushkova, CONTEXT-AWARE MODELING OF AI ASSISTANT FOR SMART HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OPTIMIZATION

Bozhidar Samokovski, FROM SIGNAL GENERATION TO REACTION ANALYSIS: A REVIEW OF SOFTWARE TOOLS AND AI MODELS IN AUDIO STIMULATION RESEARCH

Ivan Shotlekov, HUMAN-AI COLLABORATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR CLIL IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: A DUAL-RUBRIC EVALUATION OF ESP MATERIALS FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES

Maya Stoeva, FROM ENTERPRISE TO CLASSROOM: ENHANCING WEB DESIGN AND UI/UX CURRICULA THROUGH AI-DRIVEN WORKFLOWS AND TOOLS

Stanimir Stoyanov, Ivan Stoyanov, Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova, SPECIALIZED PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL GENBANK

Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova, Stanimir Stoyanov, EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM FOR SYMBOLIC AI

Elena Todorova, Todorka Terzieva, FORMATION OF REFLECTIVE SKILLS IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT, FUTURE TEACHERS

Cvetoslava Trayanova, Gergana Koleva, Yanitsa Chukanska, TOOL FOR ADAPTING THE CURRICULUM FOR BULGARIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Angel Urilski, Rosen Hristev, Dzhaner Mehmed, SECURITY OF CLUSTER SYSTEMS FOR E-LEARNING IN THE CONTEXT OF NIS2

Angel Urilski, Rosen Hristev, Dzhaner Mehmed, CONTAINERIZATION AND VIRTUALIZATION IN CLUSTER ARCHITECTURES FOR FACILITATING E-LEARNING SYSTEMS

Nikola Valchanov, Todorka Terzieva, BUILDING LANGUAGE-AGNOSTIC EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COURSES WITH LLM

NOT DELIVERED Ivanka Vasileva, IMPACT OF THE INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICAL AND DIGITAL COMPETENCIES

Maria Vasileva, Georgi Penchev, INVESTIGATION ON LOGISTIC GROWTH MODELS IN SOFTWARE RELIABILITY

Ivelina Velcheva, Desislava Voynikova, USING NOTEBOOKLM TO ENHANCE STUDENT MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT