25.09.2025 | 26.09.2025 | 27.09.2025 | 28.09.2025
DiPP2025 Conference Place: Cultural Center "Sea Casino", Burgas, Bulgaria
25.09.2025
10:00-18:00 Registration
10:30-12:30 Official Press Conference
13:00-14:00 DiPP2025 Opening Ceremony and Official Greetings
14:00-16:00 Conference Session 1.
Chair: Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria, and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Invited Talk: Alexander I. Iliev – Discovery of Deepfakes in Art
Invited Talk: Tuğçe Ballı, Hasan Peker, Şenol Pişkin, E. Fatih Yetkin – RESTORATIVE: Improving Accessibility to Cultural Heritage with AI-Assisted Virtual Reality
Radovesta Stewart, Krasimir Kralev, Daniel Stoyanov – Deep Learning-based Face Recognition in Help of Historical Data and Event Analyses
Dušan Tatić, Radomir Stanković, Maxim Goynov – Usage of Geospatial Augmented Reality for the Representation of National Heritage
Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-19:00 Conference Session 2. The 16th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud
Chair: Peter Stanchev, Kettering University, USA and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Peter Stanchev, Aneta Karaivanova, Mikaela Stancheva, Elitsa I. Foteva, Jordan Iliev, Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Milena Dobreva, Teodora Gandova – The 16th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud
Jordan Iliev – The Bulgarian Portal for Open Science in 2025: Trends and Achievements
Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Maxim Goynov – Development and Implementation of Open Access Digital Libraries for Scientific, Educational and Public Institutions in Bulgaria
Mikaela Stancheva, Elitsa I. Foteva – Advancing Open Science in Bulgaria: Challenges, Achievements, and the Road Ahead
Ruslana Margova, Milena Dobreva – The Concept of Open Science: Problems in Translation and Understanding
Teodora Gandova, Milena Dobreva – Overview of Citizen Science Development in Bulgaria
Todor Gurov, Silvi-Maria Gurova, Aneta Karaivanova – Impact of the Skills4EOSC Project on Bulgarian Open Science
Aneta Karaivanova – Data Services at IICT HPC Systems
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.
26.09.2025
09:00-18:00 – Registration
09:30-11:00 Conference Session 3.
Chair: Dušan Tatić, Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Science and Art
Invited talk: Tuğçe Ballı, E. Fatih Yetkin – Evaluating Cognitive and Emotional Engagement in AI-Assisted Virtual Reality Through EEG
Dimitrina Popova – Generative Artificial Intelligence and Reconstruction of House Interiors from 19th Century
Barbora Borůvková – Ethical Aspects of Digital Reconstruction of the Historical Cultural Heritage
Victoria Muchanova, Victor Danev, Ava Chikurteva, Plamen Petrov – Preserving the Past in the Digital Future: User Centric Approach
Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Conference Session 4. Information Day “Research Infrastructure Services in the Humanities and Social Sciences”
Chairs: Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Radoslav Pavlov, Detelin Luchev, Maxim Goynov, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
• 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.
Ivan Kratchanov – Towards a Hybrid Educational-Persuasive Framework for a Library-Oriented Serious Game to Alleviate Library Anxiety
Discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-16:00 Conference Session 5.
Chair: E. Fatih Yetkin, Kadir Has University
Harshetha Murthy Keshav Murthy, Alexander I. Iliev – Secure Curation and Reuse of Digital Scientific Data Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems
Vesela Kazashka, Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova – Digital Art Management in Bulgaria
Evgeniya Nikolova, Vilyana Ruseva – Digitization of Cultural and Historical Heritage and Sustainable Development of Cultural Tourism on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
Elena Zaharieva-Stoyanova, Stefan Bozov – Digital Modeling and Visualization of Embroidery Techniques
Magdalena Stoyanova, Mariela Minova – Chemo-, Bioinformatics’ and Bioengineering Tools in Heritage Science: Repositories and Vocabularies
Borislav R. Yoshinov, Radoslav R. Yoshinov, Ivet B. Koleva – Digital library on Pain and Analgesia: Structure and Impact on Professional Competencies
Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Conference Session 6.
Chair: Alexander Iliev, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Paulina T. Tsvetkova, Georgi P. Dimitrov, Katia Rasheva-Yordanova, Vasyl Martsenyuk – Enhancing Manuscript Readability Using Advanced Image Processing Techniques
Katia Rasheva-Yordanova, Georgi P. Dimitrov, Inna Dimitrova – A Methodological Framework for Digital Enhancement and Text Recognition in Palimpsests
Gabriela Angelova – Bulgarian Catholic Books (1878-1944): A Digital Bibliographic and Geographic Information System Platform in Pursuit
Discussion
17:30-19:00 Conference Session 7.: Workshop on Approaches for Fostering Green and Sustainable Education
Chairs: Yanislav Zhelev and Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Burgas Free University
27.09.2025
9:30-11:00 Conference Session 8.
Chair: Marco Scarpa, University of Messina, Italy
Invited Talks:
Ioannis Pratikakis – Tools for Historical Handwritten Document Analysis
Giuliano Guffrida – Digital Codicology on the Vatican Apostolic Library
Paola Manoni – Digital Preservation and Dissemination: Two Essential Facets of the Same Entity. The Experience of the Vatican Library
Discussion
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Conference Session 9.
Chair: Detelin Luchev, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Invited Talk: Marco Scarpa, Desislava Paneva-Marinova – Towards Innovative Study of Cyrillic Alphabet through Contemporary Information Technologies. Challenges and New Perspectives
Marta Riparante, Milena Davidović – Who Was the Real Collaborator of the Copyist Damijan-Iosif?
Deyan Lesigyarski, Iskra Tsvetanska, Inna Dimitrova – Raman Spectroscopy of Medieval Manuscripts in Bulgarian National Library – Preliminary Results
Milen Kraev, Detelin Luchev – Analyzing Knowledge Graph Innovations and Emerging AI Technologies for Cultural Heritage Data Management
Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Conference Session 10.
Chair: Ivan Derzhanski, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Invited Talk: Zoltán Székely, Orsolya Székely-Keresztesi, Zsolt László Markus, András Majdik, Tibor Szkaliczki – The Role of Science, Technology, Innovation, Education and Gaming in Building a Culture of Disaster Preparedness with the B-prepared Project
Detelin Luchev, Maxim Goynov, Radoslav Pavlov, Mariya Monova-Zheleva, Yanislav Zhelev, Lilia Pavlova, Svetla Dalakchieva, Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Gita Senka, Konstantin Rangochev – Towards Development of Innovative Software Platform for Serious Educational Games with Creative Visualization in Selected Eco-context
Invited talk: Daina Valeine, Gita Mikuda – Highlighting Local Heritage: Digital Collections and Virtual Exhibitions in Latvian Public Libraries
Sebiha Madanska, Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva – Integration of Cultural and Historical Heritage Ontologies into an Ontological Network
Sebiha Madanska, Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva – Knowledge Base for Alternative Tourism - Case Study Devin Municipality
Ivan Derzhanski, Olena Siruk – The Lexical and Semantic Field of Memory in Bulgarian and Ukrainian
Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
CULTURAL PROGRAM IN BURGAS
28.09.2025
09:30-11:00 Conference Session 11.: Round table – Mapping Heritage: Digital Solutions for Presenting European Cultural Routes Passing through Bulgaria
Chairs: Slavia Barlieva, Elka Zlateva, Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 DiPP2025 Closing Ceremony
