Programme

20 - 29 June, Rila Lakes Lodge, Rila Mountain

Programme

Link for the online class https://bit.ly/marchev-class

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.
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2025-06-20 Openning

before 19:30 Accomodation

20:00 - 20:30 Organizational issues

20:30 - 21:00 Networking exercise

2025-06-21 Fundamentals

09:30 - 13:00 Angel Marchev, Sr. - The scientific method & General Systems Theory: a systematic approach to research

14:00 - 15:00 Angel Marchev, Sr. - For fact based worldview (Online)

15:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Angel Marchev, Jr. - Introduction to software environments & GPT prompting for modeling

17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Explaining the cases

2025-06-22 Data mining

09:30 - 13:00 Alexander Efremov, Kaloyan Haralampiev - Data mining: methods & main tasks

14:00 - 17:30 Workshop: Kaloyan Haralampiev - Introduction to Orange with static data

17:30 - 17:30 Group photo

18:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments

2025-06-23 Probabilities

09:30 - 11:00 Mladen Savov - Introduction to probability (recorded)

11:30 - 13:00 Kaloyan Haralampiev - Bayesian paradigm

14:00 - 17:00 Kaloyan Haralampiev, Angel Marchev, Jr. - Time series analysis basics & Case study

17:30 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments

2023-06-24 Complexity

09:30 - 13:00 Angel Marchev, Sr. - Cybernetics studying complex systems with feedback

14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Alexander Efremov - Automation in credit scoring

17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments

2025-06-25 Applications

09:30 - 11:00 Angel Marchev, Jr. - Feature engineering

11:30 - 13:00 Milen Chechev - Current forecasting approaches and challenges (Online)

14:00 - 15:00 Boryana Pelova - A Case study with SHARE data (Online)

15:30 - 17:30 Workshop: Deyan Radev - Writting a scientific article (Online)

17:30 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments

2025-06-26 Artificial Intelligence

09:30 - 11:30 Angel Marchev, Jr. - Introduction to artificial intelligence

12:00 - 13:00 Yordan Madzhunkov - How to generate an image

14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Demir Tonchev - Workshop: Make your own AI

17:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments

2025-06-27 Artificial Neural Networks

09:30 - 11:00 Stanimir Kabaivanov - Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks (Online)

11:30 - 13:00 Mihail Motzev - Statistical Learning Networks (Online)

14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Denitza Gavrailova - Graph artificial neural networks (Online)

17:30 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments

2025-06-28 Self-organization & adaptation

09:30 - 13:00 Angel Marchev, Sr., Angel Marchev, Jr. - Multi-stage selection procedure and Self-organization

14:00 - 16:00 Workshop: Pavel Nikolov - Evolutionary alghorithm for hyperparameter optimization

16:30 - 17:30 Peter Nikolov - Backtesting of financial models

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17:30 - 18:00 Group photo

18:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments

2025-06-29 Perspectives

9:30 - 11:00 Dimitar Lyubchev - Automating operational decisions by Neuro-evolution algorithms

11:00 - 11:30 Georgi Kirov - Crisp Labs - Harness the Future of AI & Data (Online)

12:30 - 16:00 Conference - presentation of the solutions to the case assignments

17:00 - 17:30 Closing ceremony