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Boyan Bontchev

Boyan Bontchev, Professor

Research area: software architecture, interoperability, adaptive systems, game based learning, agents for educational games, technology enhanced learning, visualization
Contact Information

Contact information

Department of Software engineering
Block 2, room 214А, 125 Tsarigradsko shosse Blvd., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Email: bbontchev@fmi.uni-sofia.bg
Phone: + (+359) 2 9710400
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Biography

Biography

Dr. Boyan Bontchev received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at the Center of Informatics and Computer Technology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, in the field of parallel processing and . Hybrid Data Flow Architectures. He has specialised in RWTH-Aachen (within the BASCULE project) and TU-Vienna (as a winner of DAAD price in IST for 1992) in the area of Petri nets modelling of IT systems and business processing. He has passed through positions of senior programmer, team leader, and software consultant at OBLOG Software and ESDI in Lisbon, Portugal, where he obtained experience in EC joint projects (within the US$ 10 million OBLOG project), banking portal services for Internet users and development of high-tech system for Banco Expirito Santo, while working in multi-cultural environment. During his permanent stay in Portugal, Dr. Bontchev provided consultancy and R&D services for many IT companies such Advantis SA, SIBS SA, DGV and COMPLAN SA. The scopes of the project he participated in were in the area of Internet business portal, ERP tools, system automation facilities. Since 1999 he is based mostly in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he acted as team leader and project manager of more than 50 industrial software projects on behalf of several Bulgarian and EC companies. He has been involved into set-up of SMS-based services at European level and managed several teams of software engineers for developing various packages of Internet and mobile games. As founder and executive of Bonea Ltd. since 2001 (http://www.bonea.com), Dr. Bontchev is specialised in offering complete Internet solutions and services by detailed mapping and analysis of all technology elements incorporating the comprehensive Web solution. He had led industrial project in ERP tools, risk management and evaluation, and cadastre and property deeds management, for national and European customers. Currently, he is Associated Professor at Dept. of Software Engineering at Sofia University, Bulgaria. Here, he has supervised successfully decades of MSc and several PhD students. He is author of more than 80 research publications in magazines and proceedings of international scientific conferences and, as well, runs as invited lecturer and key note speaker at international forums.

Latest publications
  • Bontchev, B., Vassileva, D. Adaptive assessment based on learning styles and student knowledge level, In Proc. of the CSEDU Special Session on Assessment Tools and Techniques for e-Learning (ATTeL 2011), Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, May 2011, ISBN 978-989-8425-50-8.
  • Horsfall, F., Tanev, S., Bontchev, B., Gigilev, T, Gruev, A. Visualization of Complex Data Relationships and Maps: Using the BLOOM Platform to Provide Business Insights, Proc. of CоmpSysTech'2011, Vienna, Austria, ACM 2011, ISBN 978-1-4503-0917-2, pp. 266-272.
  • Vassileva, D., Bontchev, B. Adaptable E-Learning Courseware Delivery Controlled by RULEML, Proc. of ENMA Education 2011, June 23-24, 2011, Bilbao, Spain, ISBN:978-84-937328-5-1, pp.49-56.
  • Bontchev, B., Vassileva, D. Learning Objects Types Dependability on Styles of Learning, Proc. of 8th WSEAS International Conference on ENGINEERING EDUCATION (EDUCATION '11), Corfu Island, Greece July 14-16, 2011, ISBN:978-1-61804-021-3, pp.227-234.
  • Vassileva, D., Bontchev, B. Storyboard Design for Courseware Adaptation to Learner Style and Knowledge, Proc. of IADIS Int. Conf. e-Learning 2011, Rome, Italy, 20-23 July 2011, ISBN: 978-972-8939-38-0, pp.157-164.
All publications

Books

  • Bontchev, B., Vassileva, D. Courseware adaptation to learning styles and knowledge level, in InTech E-Learning / Book 4, ISBN 979-953-307-688-0 (to appear).

Journals

  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D., "Educational Quiz Board Games for Adaptive E-Learning", in WASET Journal, Issue 66, June 2010, eISSN 2010-3778, pp. 256-263.
  • Bratoev, М., Bontchev B. Comparison of Service Discovery Protocols, Journal of Inf. Technologies and Control, ISSN 1312-2622, year V, No. 1, 2007, pp.2-9.
  • Vassileva, D., B. Bontchev, S. Grigorov. Mastering Adaptive Hypermedia Courseware, Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2009, pp. 57–62.
  • Vassileva D., Bontchev B. "Management of storyboard graphs for adaptive courseware construction", Proc. of 3rd Int. Conf. on Communication and Inf. Technology (CIT’09), Athens, Greece, ISBN: 978-960-474-146-5, pp. 39-44; also in WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on INFORMATION SCIENCE and APPLICATIONS, ISSN: 1790-0832, Issue 3, Volume 7, March 2010, pp.321-330.
  • Bontchev B. "Towards a Community-Oriented Map-Based Portal for Cultural Heritage, Proc. of 2nd Int. Conf. CUHT'09, ISBN: 978-960-474-103-8, Rhodes Island, Greece, July 22-24, 2009, pp. 113-119 (best paper award); also in WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on INFORMATION SCIENCE and APPLICATIONS, ISSN: 1790-0832, Issue 3, Volume 7, March 2010, pp.351-360.
  • Bratoev, М., Bontchev B. Survey of Service Discovery Protocols, (in Bulgarian), Journal of Automatics and Informatics, ISSN 0861-7562, year XL, No. 3, 2006, pp.47-52.
  • Petrov, M., A. Petrova, B. Bontchev. Interoperability use cases related to reusable learning content, in Journal of E-E, ISSN 0861-4717, year XLII, No. 1-2, 2007, pp.48-52.

Conferences and Workshops

  • Boychev P., Bontchev B., R. Nikolov, M. Oliveira, I. Koychev. DESIGNING A TOOLSET FOR THE PRIME VIRTUAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, Proc. of 10th Int. IFIP Workshop on Experimental Interactive Learning in Industrial Management, ISBN 82-7706-224-9, Trondheim, Norway, June 11-13, 2006, pp.41-49.
  • Vassileva D., Bontchev B. Courseware Composition and Delivery for Self Adaptive E-learning Systems, Proc. of the 13th Annual EDiNEB Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, June 14-16, 2006.
  • Vassileva D., Bontchev B. SELF ADAPTIVE HYPERMEDIA NAVIGATION BASED ON LEARNER MODEL CHARACTERS, Proc. of IADAT-e2006 Int. Conf. on Education, Barcelona, Spain, July 12-14, 2006, pp. 48-52.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D. Software architecture of a self adaptive hypermedia e-learning system, Proc. of 3rd Int. Conf. on COMPUTER SCIENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-15 October 2006 Vol.2, pp.306-311.
  • Varbanov Sergey, S. Stoykov, B. Bontchev, Software Agents in a Serious Business Game - the PRIME Project Case, Proc. of LG’2007 – Learning with Games, 24th – 26th September 2007, Sophia Antipolis, France, eds. Marco Taisch, Jacopo Cassina, ISBN 978-88-901168-0-3, pp. 301 – 306.
  • Berberova, D., B. Bontchev. Testing software based on design by contract, 4th Int. Bulgarian-Greek Conference - Computer Science'2008, Kavala, Greece, 18-19 September, 2008, vol.2, pp.437-442 (best paper award).
  • Vassileva D., Bontchev B. “Management of storyboard graphs for adaptive courseware construction”, Proc. of 3rd Int. Conf. on Communication and Inf. Technology (CIT’09), Athens, Greece, ISBN: 978-960-474-146-5, pp. 39-44.
  • Bontchev B. "Towards a Community-Oriented Map-Based Portal for Cultural Heritage, Proc. of 2nd Int. Conf. CUHT'09, ISBN: 978-960-474-103-8, Rhodes Island, Greece, July 22-24, 2009, pp. 113-119 (best paper award).
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D. " Adaptive courseware design based on learner character”, Proc. of International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Learning (ICL2009), 23 - 25, September, 2009, Villach, Austria, pp.724-731.
  • Vassileva D., Bontchev B., Chavkova B., Mitev V. “Software Construction of an Authoring Tool for Adaptive E-learning Platform”, Proc. of 4th Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI’2009), 17 - 19, September, 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp.187-192.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D. "Rule-driven approach for adaptable e-learning content delivery”, Proc. of 7th Int. Conf. on Education and Inf. Systems, Technologies and Applications (EISTA 2009), 10 - 13, July, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA, Vol. 1, pp.143-148.
  • Vassileva D., Bontchev B. " Activities workflow of adaptive courseware design and delivery”, Proc. of IADIS International Conference MCCSIS 2009, 17 - 20, June, 2009, Algarve, Portugal, Vol. I, ISBN: 978-972-8924-83-6, pp. 223 – 230.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D. "Courseware Authoring for Adaptive E-learning”, IEEE Proc. of International Conference on Education Technology and Computer (ICETC 2009), 17 - 20, April, 2009, Singapore, Published by IEEE Computer Society Press, Vol. 16, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3609-5, pp. 176 – 180.
  • Vassileva D. "A service oriented approach for implementing adaptation engines”, Proc. of 5th International Scientific Conference eLSE, Bucharest, Romania, April 09-10, 2009, ISBN: 978-973-663-717-9, pp. 199 – 208.
  • Vassileva D., Bontchev B. "Adaptation engine construction based on formal rules", Proc of CSEDU International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 23 - 26, March, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal, INSTICC Press, Vol. I, ISBN: 978-989-8111-82-1, pp. 327 – 332.
  • Bratoev, M., B. Bontchev. Universal, Ontology-based Description of Devices and Services, Proc. of INSTICC Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) 2009, 23-26 March, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal, ISBN: 978-989-8111-81-4, pp.105-110.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D. "Authoring adaptive courseware with enhanced metadata support”, Proc. of IADIS International Conference e-Society 2009, 25 - 28, February, 2009, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. I, ISBN: 978-972-8924-78-2, pp. 299 – 306.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D. "MODELING EDUCATIONAL QUIZZES AS BOARD GAMES”, Proc. of IADIS Int. Conf. E-Society'2010, ISBN:978-972-8939-07-6, March 18-21, 2010, Porto, Portugal, pp.21-27.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D. "TOWARDS AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF ADAPTABLE COURSEWARE STORYBOARDS”, Proc. of CSEDU’2010, ISBN: 978-989-674-023-8, Valencia, Spain, 7-10 April, 2010, Vol.1, pp. 369-373.
  • Ruskov, P., Bontchev B., Tanev S. “Business Start-up Facilitation Through Patterns”, Proc. of Int. Conf. for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Reg. Development ICEIRD’2010, May 27-29. Novi Sad, Serbia, pp.659-666.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D., "Educational Quiz Board Games for Adaptive E-Learning", Proc. of Int. Conf. ICTE'2010, ISSN 2070-3724, Issue 66, 28-30 June, 2010, Paris, France, pp. 63-70.
  • Bontchev B., Varbanov, S., Vassileva D., “Software Agents in Educational Board Games”, in Proc. of 7th WSEAS Int. Conf. on ENGINEERING EDUCATION, ISBN: 978-960-474-202-8, 22-24 July, Corfu Island, Greece, pp. 387-392.
  • Bontchev, B., Jardim-Gonçalves, R. “ONTOLOGY-BASED CONTENT DEVELOPMENT IN COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS WITH SEMANTIC SERVICES”, Proc. of IADIS Int. Conf. Collaborative Technologies, 26 - 28 July, Freiburg, Germany, 2010, ISBN: 978-972-8939-21-2, pp. 183-188.
  • Bontchev, B., Ruskov, P., Tanev, S. Pattern-based information portal for business plan co-creation, Saratov Fall Meeting 2010: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine XII, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7999, 2010, pp.79990T-1 - 79990T-6.
  • Wahid, A., Bontchev, B. Platform for extraction, visualization and analysis of search trends, Proc. of FIT’10, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2010, ACM 978-1-4503-0342-2/10/12, pp.307-312.
  • Bontchev, B., Vassileva, D. A Light-Weight Semantic Content Model for Mobile Game Based Learning, Proc. of IADIS Int. Conf. Mobile Learning 2011, Avila, Spain, 10-12 March, 2010, ISBN:978-972-8939-45-8, pp.177-182.
  • Bontchev, B., Vassileva, D. Adaptive assessment based on learning styles and student knowledge level, In Proc. of the CSEDU Special Session on Assessment Tools and Techniques for e-Learning (ATTeL 2011), Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, May 2011, ISBN 978-989-8425-50-8.
  • Horsfall, F., Tanev, S., Bontchev, B., Gigilev, T, Gruev, A. Visualization of Complex Data Relationships and Maps: Using the BLOOM Platform to Provide Business Insights, Proc. of CоmpSysTech'2011, Vienna, Austria, ACM 2011, ISBN 978-1-4503-0917-2, pp. 266-272.
  • Vassileva, D., Bontchev, B. Adaptable E-Learning Courseware Delivery Controlled by RULEML, Proc. of ENMA Education 2011, June 23-24, 2011, Bilbao, Spain, ISBN:978-84-937328-5-1, pp.49-56.
  • Bontchev, B., Vassileva, D. Learning Objects Types Dependability on Styles of Learning, Proc. of 8th WSEAS International Conference on ENGINEERING EDUCATION (EDUCATION '11), Corfu Island, Greece July 14-16, 2011, ISBN:978-1-61804-021-3, pp.227-234.
  • Vassileva, D., Bontchev, B. Storyboard Design for Courseware Adaptation to Learner Style and Knowledge, Proc. of IADIS Int. Conf. e-Learning 2011, Rome, Italy, 20-23 July 2011, ISBN: 978-972-8939-38-0, pp.157-164.
  • Aleksieva-Petrova A., Petrov, M., Bontchev, B. Game and Learmer Ontology Model, Proc. of Int. Scient. Conf. Computer Science’2011, Ohrid, Macedonia, 1-2 Sept., 2011 , ISBN: 978-954-438-914-7, pp.392-396.
  • Bontchev, B., Varbanov, S., Vassileva, D. Semantically Rich Educational Word Games Enhanced by Software Agents, Proc. of 4th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Inf. and Eng. Systems (INFOS 2011), 19-23 September, Rzeszów–Polanczyk, Poland, ISBN: 978-954-16-0053-5, pp.167-177.
  • Bontchev, B., Vassileva, D., Traicheva, V. Putting Edutainment in Practice: from Courseware Authoring to Logic Games, Proc. of 5th European Conf. on Games Based Learning, , Greece, 20-21 October, 2011 (to appear).
  • Bontchev B., Bratoev, М. Service Description Translation for Ubiquitous Intelligent Computer Networks, Proc. of the 20th International Conference SAER, St. Constantine and Elena Resort, Bulgaria, 22-25 of September, 2006, pp.75-79.
  • Bratoev, M., B. Bontchev. An approach to universal service description using OWL-S, in Proc. of 3rd Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI'2007), ISBN 978-954-9526-41-7, 27-29 Sept. 2007, Sofia, Bulgaria, Vol. 1, pp.81-92.
  • Pavlov. G., B. Bontchev. Integration of distributed semantic repositories in a service-oriented architecture, in Proc. of 3rd Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI'2007), ISBN 978-954-9526-41-7, 27-29 Sept. 2007, Sofia, Bulgaria, Vol.1, pp.377-386.
  • B. Bontchev, V. Uycheva. OWL-S EXTENSION SUPPORTING SLP SERVICES, Int. Symposium of Software and Services, Proc. of Int. Conf. AUTOMATICS AND INFORMATICS’08, Sofia, September 30- October 4, 2008, pp.11-14.
  • Berberova, D., Bontchev, B. Usage of Design by Contract: From Component-based Engineering to SOA Design, Proc. of ICSOFT 2009 - 4th Int. Conf. on Software and Data Technologies, INSTICC, ISBN: 978-989-674-009-2, Sofia, 26-29 July, 2009, Vol. 1, pp.299-304.
  • Berberova D., B. Bontchev. Design of Service Level Agreements for Software Services, Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computer Systems and Technologies (CompSysTech' 09), 18 - 19, June, 2009, Ruse, Bulgaria, Vol.II.13, pp.1-6.
  • Bontchev B., Vassileva D., Chavkova B., Mitev V. “Architectural Design of a Software Engine for Adaptation Control for the ADOPTA E-learning Platform”, Proc. of International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies (CompSysTech' 09), 18 - 19, June, 2009, Ruse, Bulgaria, Vol.II.11, pp.1-6 (best paper award).
  • Bontchev, B. A Rule-Based Framework for Educational Board Games, Proc. of Fourth Int. Conf. Information Systems & Grid Technologies (ISGT’2010), Sofia, Bulgaria, May 28 – 29., 2010, ISBN 978-954-07-3168-1, pp.39-50.
  • Bontchev, B., Gonçalves, R. “Collaborative Ontology Development with Inheritance Support”, Proc. of Second S3T Conference, ISBN: 978-954-9526-71-4, 11-12 September, Varna, Bulgaria, 2010, pp. 280-281.
  • Бончев, Б. Софтуерна платформа за позиционни игри за обучение, Юбилейна международна конф. REMIA 2010 (Research and Education in Mathematics, Informatics and their Applications), 10-12 декември 2010, Пловдив.
  • Kirov, V., Bontchev, B. Outcloud Community Platform for Direct and Safe End-User Communication, Proc. of Int. Conf. on AUTOMATICS AND INFORMATICS’11, 3-7 October 2011, Sofia (to appear).
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Teaching

BSc Courses

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  • Markup languages for semantic Web
  • Design and integration of software systems
  • Java enterprise applications

MSc Courses

  • OOAD with UML
  • Software design patterns
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