14 - 23 July, Semkovo, Rila Mountain
The programme is subject to constant change, so make sure to check it regularly. All supporting materials and recorded videos are linked in the classes.
You could see the video playlist…
before 18:30 Accomodation
18:30 - 19:30 Organizational issues
19:30 - 21:00 Networking exercise
09:30 - 13:00 Angel Marchev, Sr. - The scientific method & General Systems Theory: a systematic approach to research (Online)
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Angel Marchev, Jr. - Introduction to software environments for modeling
17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Explaining the cases
09:30 - 13:00 Angel Marchev, Sr. - Cybernetics studying complex systems with feedback (Online)
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Boris Kirov - Introduction to prompt engineering for data analysis
17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
09:30 - 11:00 Martin Minchev - Introduction to probability
11:30 - 13:00 Kaloyan Haralampiev - Bayesian paradigm
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Angel Marchev, Jr. - Data synthesis / feature engineering
17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
09:30 - 13:00 Alexander Efremov, Kaloyan Haralampiev - Data mining: methods & main tasks
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Kaloyan Haralampiev - Introduction to Orange with static data
17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
09:30 - 10:30 Alexander Efremov - Working with imbalanced target data
10:45 - 11:45 Alexander Efremov - Principle component analysis
12:00 - 13:00 Alexander Efremov - Approaches for variable selection
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Deyan Radev - Regression Analysis with panel data in R (Online)
17:30 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
09:30 - 11:00 Kaloyan Haralampiev, Angel Marchev, Jr. - Time series analysis basics
11:30 - 12:30 Kaloyan Haralampiev - Time series case study: Fourier transform
12:30 - 13:30 Angel Marchev, Jr. - Time series case study: Autoregression models
14:30 - 16:00 Workshop: Bogomil Filipov - Building application in local environment (Online)
16:15 - 17:30 Angel Marchev, Jr. - Introduction to AI
17:30 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
09:30 - 11:30 Mihail Motzev - Statistical Learning Networks (Online)
12:00 - 13:30 Stanimir Kabaivanov - Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks (Online)
14:30 - 17:00 Workshop: Peter Nikolov - Quantum Neural Networks
17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
09:30 - 13:00 Angel Marchev, Sr., Angel Marchev, Jr. - Multi-stage selection procedure and Self-organization
14:00 - 15:00 Demir Tonchev - Introduction to reinforced learning
15:00 - 17:30 Workshop: Pavel Nikolov - Evolutionary alghorithm for hyperparameter optimization
17:30 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
09:30 - 10:30 Sergey Vichev - Reasonning capabilities of LLMs using text-to-SQL
10:30 - 11:30 Boyan Markov - Empirical approach of studying individual risk preference
12:00 - 13:00 A word from our partners: Irem Yaman, KBC Bank
14:00 - 17:00 Conference - presentation of the solutions to the case assignments
17:00 - 17:30 Closing ceremony