DiPP2025 Programme

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

The organisers reserve the right to make changes where necessary.

 

The authors are responsible for the choice and presentation of views contained in the “Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, Vol. 15, 2025” and for opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit UNESCO.

DiPP2025 is organized with the financial support of the National Scientific Fund (Contract No. КП-06-МНФ/2/06.06.2025). 

The National Scientific Fund cannot be held responsible for the content of the reports presented at the scientific forum or of associated advertising and other material. 

In the Footsteps of the Disciples Cyrillo-Methodian Route in Bulgaria – Part of the European Cultural Route of the Council of Europe