Honors and Awards

The “John Atanasoff” Award, 2002
Awarded by Eureka Foundation in 2002 for outstanding achievements in Computer Science. This was the first “John Atanasoff” award. It was dedicated to the 100th birthday of John Atanasoff – the inventor of Bulgarian origin, who created the first electronic digital computer.

Japanese Research Fellowship, 2006 – 2009
Awarded by the Japanese Government (MEXT/Monbukagakusho) and Tokyo Institute of Technology, to finance my doctoral research in robotics in Japan.

The “St. Kliment Ohridski” Award, 2005
Awarded by the President of Sofia University Prof. Boyan Biolchev, for exceptional academic achievements and extracurricular activities, in the category “Master student”. More info here