Curriculum Vitae

You can download my full CV here.  This is a short summary:


Current job
Team Leader (equivalent to U.S. Assistant Professor)
Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy [www.iit.it]


Education
Ph.D. in Computational Intelligence, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2009
M.Sc. in Bio- and Medical Informatics, Sofia University, 2006 (GPA 6.0/6.0)
M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence, Sofia University, 2005 (GPA 6.0/6.0)
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Sofia University, 2003 (GPA 5.8/6.0)


Work experience

Italian Institute of Technology [www.iit.it]
Nov 2009 ~ Oct 2011 (2 years)
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

Google, Japan [www.google.co.jp]
Jul 2008 ~ Sep 2008 (3 months)
Software engineering intern

Kontrax, Bulgaria [www.kontrax.bg]
Jun 2000 ~ Mar 2006 (6 years)
Software project manager, Software developer

Power Partner, Bulgaria [www.ppartner.com]
Jul 1999 ~ Jun 2000 (1 year)
Software developer, Web developer, System administrator


Awards
2006 ~ 2009 Doctoral Research Fellowship
Awarded by the Japanese Government (MEXT/Monbukagakusho)
for 4 years, to pursue my PhD degree

2005 The “St. Kliment Ohridski” Award
Awarded by the President of Sofia University, for exceptional academic
achievements and extracurricular activities

2002 The “John Atanasoff” Award
Awarded by Eureka Foundation for outstanding achievements in Computer
Science [www.evrika.org]. The award was devoted to the 100th birthday of
John Atanasoff – the inventor of the first electronic digital computer.