1 Yancho Todorov, Ph.D. 5, Vodoley st., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria E-mail: yancho.todorov@ieee.org Objective Seeking a position in higher educational institution for teaching of electrical engineering at undergraduate/graduate level with emphasis to Intelligent Systems (modeling, identification, process control, systems engineering). Summary Holds a Ph.D. degree from Institute of Cryobiology and Food Technologies, Agricultural Academy, Bulgaria in Engineering Physics/Intelligent Control. Published 2 book chapters, 6 peer-reviewed journal papers and 38 conference papers. Assistant Professor for the past 6 years. Expert in machine learning methods (fuzzy systems, neural networks, neuro-fuzzy systems). Expert in intelligent techniques for modeling of complex dynamical systems. Expert in design of Model Predictive Control algorithms. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Team player, able to adapt in multicultural environment. Work history 2013 - Present Assistant Professor 2009-2013 Assistant Professor 2009-2009 Junior Expert Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Cryobiology and Food Technologies, Agricultural Academy, Bulgaria Institute of Cryobiology and Food Technologies, Agricultural Academy, Bulgaria
2 Education 2006-2011 2003-2005 1999-2003 Professional Activities Ph.D. Degree in Engineering Physics/ Intelligent Control Systems Master of Science in Automation and Control Systems Engineering Bachelor of Science in Automation and Control Systems Engineering Institute of Cryobiology and Food Technologies, Agricultural Academy, Bulgaria Technical University Sofia, branch Plovdiv, Bulgaria Technical University Sofia, branch Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2014-2016 Chair of IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group of Bulgaria 2014-2016 2014- present ERASMUS+ Mobility Agreement Coordinator with Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia Independent Expert assisting European Commission in project evaluation within Horizon 2020 program. Fellowships/Motilities 2015 2007 2005 ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility in Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia Faculty of Chemical and Food Technologies, Department of Information Engineering, Mathematics and Automation Lectures in subject: Intelligent Control CEEPUS Freemover mobility fellowship at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Automation and Control Research Topic: Model Predictive Control CEEPUS Student mobility fellowship at University of Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Department of Automatics and Computer science Research Topic: Model Predictive Control
3 Honors/Certificates 2012 2011 2010 2008 2005 Certificate in Recognition of Research Excellence from the 1st IFAC WORKSHOP on "Dynamics and Control in Agriculture and Food Processing", Bulgaria. Certificate of Appreciations by American Chemical Society (ACS) for voluntary serving as reviewer. 1 -st Award for Best Paper on the 4 -th Scientific Session for Young Researchers, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Bulgaria. 2 -nd Award for Best Paper in 4 -th International IEEE conference on "Intelligent Systems", Varna, Bulgaria. Master of Science with Honors of the Technical University-Sofia, branch Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Invited Talks/Lectures/Mentoring/ 2015 2015 2014 2013 2007-present Invited Talk by Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences in subject of Neo-Fuzzy Networks for system modeling, identification and control ERASMUS+ Lecturer in Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia in subject of Fuzzy-Neural Model Predictive Control Invited Lecturer in Technical University-Sofia in subject of Foundations of Neural Networks Mentor of Student s internships under EU Grant BG051PO001-3.3.07 in subject of Intelligent systems. Diploma thesis supervisor of undergraduate students Research Experience 2015-2017 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Inter-criteria Analysis - A new approach for decision making National Science Fund of Bulgaria (www.intercriteria.net)
4 2013-2015 2012-2014 2003-2005 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences FP 7 Capacity grant Advanced Computing for Innovation - WP Optimization and Intelligent Control (www.iict.bas.bg/acomin) Institute of Cryobiology and Food Technologies, Agricultural Academy, Bulgaria Project: An innovative technology for formulation of the contents of low alergenicity foods Application of Neuro-Fuzzy systems for prediction of food s sensory profile. Technical University-Sofia, branch Plovdiv Internal Research Fellow, Project: Contemporary Intelligent Methods and Algorithms for Nonlinear Systems Control Reviewing articles for: Journal of Control and Intelligent systems, ACTA Press, Canada. Journal of Cybernetics and Information technologies TELKOMNIKA- Electrical Engineering Journal Drying Technology an International Journal, Taylor & Francis Journal of Chemical Engineering Science, Elsevier Program Committee Member of: Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Control, Automation, Industrial Informatics and Smart Grid (ICAIS'16), Jaipur, India. IEEE International Conference on Automation, Cognitive Science, Optics, Micro Electro- Mechanical System, and Information Technology (ICACOMIT 15), Bandung, Indonesia. Third IEEE International Symposium on Control, Automation, Industrial Informatics and Smart Grid (ICAIS'15), Kerala India. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 2014), Hamburg, Germany. International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN 14), Sofia, Bulgaria. 2 nd International IEEE Conference on Technology, Informatics, Management, Engineering & Environment (TIME-E 2014). IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Mechatronics, Automation, Computer Systems and Informatics, (IMACSI 2014).
5 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Agents, Networks and Systems, (INAGENTSYS 14). International Conference on Control Automation & Applied Mechanics, (ICCAAM 2014). IEEE International Conference on Technology, Informatics, Management, Engineering & Environment (TIME-E 2013). IEEE Conference on Control, Systems & Industrial Informatics, Malaysia, 2013. Chairing of Conference panels IEEE International Conference on Process Control (PC 15), High Tatras, Slovakia. o Modelling, Simulation, and Identification of Processes IEEE International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (INISTA 14), Alberobello, Italy. o Session on Intelligent Modeling Techniques Member of Organizing Committees International IEEE Conference of Intelligent Systems, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016. FP7 Empowering Young Explorers - FET-EYE Project team member, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2014. International Conference on Engineering Applications of Artificial Neural Networks, (EANN 2014), Sofia, Bulgaria. International Conference Automatics and Informatics 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria. International conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 13). Annual meeting of ENNS, Sofia, Bulgaria International Conference Automatics and Informatics 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria. Professional memberships IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IFAC International Federation of Automatic Control SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
6 Publications by year 2015 Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, M. Petrov, State-Space Fuzzy-Neural Predictive Control, book chapter to appear in SPRINGER Recent Advances in Intelligent Systems, 2016, IN PRESS. Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, NEO-Fuzzy State-Space Predictive Control, In Proc. of the 16 th IFAC conference TECIS 15, Sozopol, Bugaria, to apper in IFACpapersOn-line, IN PRESS. Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, L. Doukovska, Distributed Fuzzy-Neural State-Space Predictive Control, In. Proc. of the International Confrence Process Control 15, Stribske Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 31-36, Published in IEEEXplore. Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, Simple Heuristic Approach for training of Type-2 NEO-Fuzzy Neural Network, In. Proc. of the International Confrence Process Control 15, Stribske Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 278-283, Published in IEEEXplore. Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, L. Doukovska, NEO-Fuzzy network for nonlinear system modeling, Journal of the Technical University-Sofia, branch Plovdiv, Bulgaria Fundamental Sciences and Applications, vol. 21, issue 1, pp.65-71, 2015. 2014 Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska Comparative study on the efficiency of hybrid learning procedures used for training of fuzzy-neural networks, book chapter in: In Mathematics in Industry, ed. Angela Slavova, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 246-257, ISBN (10): 1-4438-6401-3, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-6401-5, 2014. M. Terziyska, Y. Todorov, Fuzzy-neural predictive control using fast optimization polices, International Journal of Intelligent Based Reasoning Systems, vol. 6, issue ¾, pp. 136-144, ISSN online: 1755-0564, ISSN print: 1755-0556, 2014. Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, State-Space Fuzzy-Neural Network for Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamics, In Proceedings of International IEEE symposium Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications, INISTA'2014, Alberobello, Italy. pp. 212-217, ISBN: 978-1-4799-3019-7. Y. Todorov, M. Doneva, P. Metodieva, I. Nacheva, An Intelligent Approach to Formulate the Contents of Novel Functional Food, In Proceedings of International IEEE symposium Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications, INISTA'2014, Alberobello, Italy. pp. 98-103, ISBN: 978-1-4799-3019-7. M. Terziyska, Y. Todorov, Modeling of Chaotic time series by Interval Type-2 NEO-Fuzzy Neural Network, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN'2014), Hamburg, Germany, Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science, vol. 8681, pp. 643-650, ISBN 978-3-319-11178-0, ISSN 0302-9743, 2014.
7 2013 2012 M. Terziyska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Real-time Supervisory tuning of Predictive Controller, International Conference TechSys'2013, Plovdiv Bulgaria, Published in Journal of Technical University-Sofia, branch Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Fundamental Sciences and Applications, Vol. 19, pp. 155-160, 2013. Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, S. Ahmed, M. Petrov, Fuzzy-Neural Predictive Control using Levenberg- Marquardt optimization approach, In Proceedings of International IEEE conference on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications, INISTA'2013, Albena, Bulgaria, pp. 1-5, 2013. Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, M. Petrov, Recurrent Fuzzy-Neural Network with fast learning algorithm for predictive control, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN' 2013, Published in Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Eds. V. Mladenov et al., vol. 8131, pp. 459-466, 2013. Y. Todorov, I. Nacheva, P. Metodieva, M. Doneva, T. Tsvetkov, Soft Computing Applications in Food Technology, Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, Vol. 19, Issue 3, pp. 503-507, ISSN 1310-035, 2013. S. Ahmed, M. Petrov, A. Taneva, Y. Todorov, Nonlinear model predictive control of an evaporator system using fuzzy-neural observer, In Proceedings of the International conference "Food Science, Engineering and Technologies'2013" University of Food Technologies-Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Vol. LX, pp. 57-62, ISSN 1314-7102, 2013. M. Terziyska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Predictive controller based on neuro-fuzzy model with multiple recurrent nodes, In Proceedings of the International conference "Food Science, Engineering and Technologies'2013" University of Food Technologies-Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Vol. LX, pp. 63-68, 2013. Y. Todorov, Application of Neuro-Fuzzy Systems and Different Optimization Strategies for Effective Control of Lyophlization plant, Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Bulgarian section of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, pp.136-147, 21 December, 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria. Y. Todorov, S. Ahmed, M. Petrov, V. Chitanov, Implementations of a Hammerstein Fuzzy-Neural Model for Predictive Control of a Lyophilization Plant, In Proceedings of the 6-th IEEE Conference on "Intelligent Systems", Vol. II, pp. 315-319, 6-8 September, 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria. Y. Todorov, S. Ahmed, M. Petrov, State-Space Predictive Control of a Lyophilization plant: A fuzzyneural Hammerstein model approach, In Proceedings of the 1 -st IFAC Workshop "Dynamics and Control in Agriculture and Food Processing", Vol. 1, pp. 181-186, 13-16 June, 2012, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. S. Ahmed, M. Petrov, A. Taneva, Y. Todorov, Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of an Evaporator System Using Fuzzy-Neural Model, In Proceedings of the 1 -st IFAC Workshop "Dynamics and Control in Agriculture and Food Processing", Vol. 1, pp. 187-192, 13-16 June, 2012, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
8 2011 Y. Todorov, S. Ahmed, M. Petrov, Volterra Model Predictive Control of a Lyophilization plant: A Newton Optimization approach, Journal of Information Technologies and Control, Submitted 28/10/2011, Year IX, Vol. 4, 2011, pp. 9-15, Printed in 2012. Y. Todorov, S. Ahmed, M. Petrov, Model Predictive Control of a Lyophilization plant: A Newton method approach, Proceedings of International Conference "Automatics and Informatics' 2011", Society for Automatics and Informatics, Bulgaria, pp. B-89 - B-92, 2011. M. Petrov, S. Ahmed, A. Taneva, Y. Todorov, Fuzzy Model Predictive Control of a MIMO System. Proceedings of Anniversary Scientific Conference 40 Years Department of Industrial Automation, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, ISBN 978-954-465-043, pp. 45 48, 18 March 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria. Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Model Predictive Control of a Lyophilization plant: A simplified approach using Wiener and Hammerstein systems, International Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems, ACTA Press, Vol. 39, 201-2183, pp. 32-42, paper approval 2010, published: January 2011. 2009 Y. Todorov, I. Nacheva, D. Miteva. Adaptive tuning of a Fuzzy PID Controller for Lyophilization plant, Scientific Works on Scientific Conference with International Participation FOOD SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES 2009, University of Food Technologies, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Vol. LVI, No. 3. October, 2009. 2008 Y. Todorov, Ts. Tsvetkov, Volterra Model Predictive Control of a Lyophilization plant, Proceedings of the 4 -th International IEEE conference "Intelligent Systems", 6-8 September, 2008, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. III, pp. 20-13/20-18. Y. Todorov, S. Ivanova, Modeling of a Lyophilization Plant by Means of a Fuzzy-Neural Volterra model, Scientific Works on Scientific Conference with International Participation FOOD SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES 2008, University of Food Technologies, Vol. LV, No 2, pp. 147-152, 6-8 October 2008, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 2007 Y. Todorov, M. Terziyska, M. Petrov, Nonlinear Model Based Predictive Controller using a Fuzzy- Neural Wiener-Hammerstein model, Proceedings of the International conference Process Control 07, pp. 216/1-6, 12-16 June, 2007, Stibske Pleso, Slovak Republic.
9 Y. Todorov, Modeling of a Lyophilization plant by means of hybrid Fuzzy-Neural Wiener- Hammerstein model, Scientific Conference with International Participation FOOD SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES 2007, University of Food Technologies, Vol. LIX(3), pp. 89-94, 14 October, 2007, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 2006 M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Adaptive Supervisory Tuning of Nonlinear Model Predictive controller for a Heat Exchanger, Proceedings of the International IFAC conference Energy saving control in plants and buildings, pp. 93-98, 2-5 October, 2006, Bansko, Bulgaria. M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Fuzzy-Neural Model Predictive Control of a building heating system, Proceedings of the international IFAC conference Energy saving control in plants and buildings, pp. 69-74, 2-5 October, 2006, Bansko, Bulgaria. M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Improving performance of Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller by Incorporating a Digital Filter, Scientific Conference with International Participation FOOD SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES 2006, University of Food Technologies, Vol. LIII(2), pp. 111-116, 28 October, 2006, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Comparative study of different Intelligent Control Algorithms, Scientific Conference with International Participation FOOD SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES 2006, University of Food Technologies, Vol. LIII(2), pp. 117-122, 28 October, 2006, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller with Adaptive Learning rate scheduling of an internal model, Proceedings of the International conference Modern Trends in Control, pp. 289-298, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, 15 June 2006. M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, A. Mitev, M. Petrov. Nonlinear Model Based Predictive Controller using a Fuzzy-Neural Hammerstein model, Proceedings of the international conference Modern Trends in Control, pp. 299-308, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, 15 June 2006. 2005 M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov, Supervisory Tuning of Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller, Proceedings of the International Conference on "Intelligent Control Systems", Brno, pp. 128 133, 29 August -11 September, 2005, Brno, Czech Republic, ISBN 80-214-2976-3. M. Terzyiska, Y. Todorov, M. Petrov. Multivariable Nonlinear Fuzzy Neural Predictive Controller, Scientific Works on Scientific Conference with International Participation FOOD SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES 2005, University of Food Technologies, Vol. LII(3), pp. 208-213, 13 14 October, 2005, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ISSN 0477-0250, Bulgaria.
10 The full list of my scientific contributions, as well as their known citations is available on my personal website: http://www.ytodorov.eu Skills and Competences Technical skills and competences: good command in Control Systems Design, Modeling and Optimization; good command in Artificial Intelligence methods development and application; extensive knowledge of Fuzzy-Neural systems implementation; advanced use of Office software good command of Matlab and Simulink environments; programming skills on C language; basic knowledge of Comsol ; Social skills and competences: team spirit gained as participant in different projects; good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained though my experience presenting myself in a number of symposia; good communication and organisational skills; good ability to understand and learn; Spoken languages: Bulgarian- mother tongue English French