Roumen Nikolov

Head of Computer Science Department and UNESCO Chairholder at SULSIT, Bulgaria

Dr. Roumen Nikolov is a professor, Head of Computer Science Department and UNESCO Chairholder at SULSIT, Bulgaria. He works in the area of Future Internet Technologies and applications (e.g. Smart Cities), e-learning, digital archives and services, innovation and entrepreneurship. Roumen is also President of Virtech Ltd and he supported creation of several start-ups during the last 20 years. He has specialised in USA, UK, the Netherlands, and other countries. Prof. Nikolov is also member of the expert group that developed the Sofia Strategy for Smart Specialisation. During the last 25 years he has been involved in more than 100 European and international projects and got a dedicated award from Ministry of Education and Science in 2014. He has more than 100 research papers.