20 - 29 June, Rila Lakes Lodge, Rila Mountain
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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before 19:30 Accomodation
20:00 - 20:30 Organizational issues
20:30 - 21:00 Networking exercise
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
18:00 - 19:30 Workshop: Teamwork on case assignments
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