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Prof. Ivan Dimov’s

Curriculum Vitae

A. PERSONAL RECORD:

 

1. Full Name:  Ivan Tomov Dimov                                  4. Address:                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                     Home Address                                                                         

                                                                                     Acad. G. Bonchev Str., bl. 25A                                                 

2. Date of Birth: 27-th of August 1952                        1113 Sofia, Bulgaria                                                                  

                                                                                     Phone: +359-2-979-6641                                                        

3. Nationality:  Bulgarian                                              Fax: +359-2-870 72 73                                                           

 Email: ivdimov@bas.bg                                                           

                                                  http://parallel.bas.bg/dpa/BG/dimov/index.html

 

 5. Doctor's Degrees:

  • PhD in Mathematical modelling, Moscow, Russia, 1980.
  • DSc in Numerical Analysis, Moscow, Russia, 1984.

 

 

B. PROFESSIONAL RECORD:

 

  • Assistant Researcher in Numerical Analysis at the Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1982-1985.
  • Associate Professor in Numerical Analysis at the institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985-1990.
  • Associate Professor in Parallel Algorithms, Head of the Laboratory of High-Performance Systems and Parallel Algorithms, Deputy Director of the Center for Informatics and Computer Technology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, 1990-1995.

·         Deputy Director of the Institute for Parallel Processing (successor of CICT), BAS, Bulgaria, 1995-1996.

  • Professor in Mathematical Modelling, BAS, Bulgaria, 1996-.
  • Director of the Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, 1996-2004.
  • Head of the Bulgarian Information Society Centre of Excellence for Education, Science and Technology in 21 Century (BIS-21), Bulgaria, 2000-.
  • President of Scientific Council of IPP-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2004-.
  • Professor at the University of Reading, UK, 2005-2009.
  • Professor at the Institute of Information and Communications Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2009-.
  • Chair of Scientific Council of the Institute of Information and Communications Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 2010-2018.
  • Scientific Secretary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014-2016.
  • Deputy Minister for Education and Science, April 2016 - September 2018.
  • Advisor to the Ministry of Education and Science (responsible for Research), September 2018-.

 

C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

 

·      Monte Carlo solution of partial differential equation, a priori estimates and error analysis.

 

·      Statistical numerical methods with supper convergent probability error.

 

·      Parallel algorithms and GRIDs.

 

·      Mathematical modelling and scientific computation in:

 

- Environmental Mathematics;

- Gas discharge plasma;

- Semi-conductors physics.

·      Computational Nano-physics - Monte Carlo for the Wigner Equation (Signed Particle Formalizm).

·      Financial Mathematics.

 

 

D. COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS:

 

·      Programming languages: C, FORTRAN, and PASCAL.

·      Operating systems: UNICOS, UNIX, VM, MSDOS - IBM PC.

·      Word processors: TeX, LaTeX, and WORD.

 

 

E. INVITED AND PLENARY LECTURER AT:

 

·      Institute of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Vilnius, LITHUANIA, 1989.

·      Conference on Mathematical Problems and Numerical Algorithms in Simulation of Electronic Micro schemes, Berlin, GERMANY, 1989.

·      Conference on Numerical Methods, Kulungsborn, GERMANY, 1984.

·      Computing Center, Siberian Division Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA, 1988, 1990.

·      Faculty of Electronics, University of Rome "La sapienza", Rome, ITALY, 1988.

·      Institute of Parallel Information Systems, CNR, Naples, ITALY, 1991.

·      Moscow Energy Institute, Moscow, RUSSIA, 1984, 1986, 1988.

·      Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Mainz, GERMANY, 1991.

·      International Workshop on Monte Carlo methods and Parallel Algorithms, Varna, BULGARIA, 1989.

·      International Youth School on Numerical Methods, Varna, BULGARIA, 1991.

·      International Conference on Lighting Engineering, Varna, BULGARIA, 1981, 1984, 1987.

·      International Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Pula, YUGOSLAVIA, 1988.

·      International Conference on Control Systems, Varna, BULGARIA, 1985.

·      Symposium on Large-Scale Air Pollution Models, Roskilde, DENMARK, 1992.

·      International Workshop on Parallel Algorithms, Bankya, BULGARIA, 1992

·      Third International Conference on Applications of Supercomputers in Engineering, Bath, ENGLAND, 1993.

·      International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, Sozopol, BULGARIA, 1993.

·      Technical University of Copenhagen (UNI-C), Department of Computer Science, Copenhagen, Lyngby, DENMARK, 1994.

·      Third Conference on Numeral Methods and Applications, Bankya, BULGARIA, 1994.

·      Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Lehrstuhl fur Informatik II, Aachen, GERMANY, 1994.

·      Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Zentralinstitut fur Angewandte Mathematik, Juelich, GERMANY, 1994.

·      University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Computing Science, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 1995.

·      University of Liverpool Department of Statistics and Computational Mathematics and Institute of Advanced Scientific Computations Liverpool, UK, 1995.

·      University of Glasgow, Department of Industrial Mathematics, Glasgow, SCOTLAND, 1995.

·      University of Grenoble Institute of Applied Mathematics and IMAG - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, FRANCE, 1995.

·      National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde, DENMARK, 1995.

·      UNI-C, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Technical University of Copenhagen, Lyngby, DENMARK, 1995.

·      UNI-C, The Danish Computing Center for Research and Education Technical University of Copenhagen  ("A Numerical Approach for Determination of Sources in Reactive Transport Equations") Lyngby, DENMARK, May 22, 1997.

·      National Environmental Research Institute ("Economical Estimation of the Loses of Crops Due to High Ozone Levels") Roskilde, DENMARK, May 5, 1999.

·      National Environmental Research Institute  ("Calculating Losses of Crops in Denmark caused by High Ozone Levels") Roskilde, DENMARK, February 1, 2000.

·      Institute for Mathematical Modelling and UNI-C, The Danish Computing Center for Research and Education Technical University of Copenhagen ("Commutativity of the Operators in Splitting Methods for Air Pollution Models") Lyngby, DENMARK, January 28, 2000.

·      Institute for Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Copenhagen (“Structure of the Splitting Error for Air Pollution Models”), Lyngby, DENMARK, May, 13, 2003.

·      University of Reading, Department of Computer Science (“New Block Monte Carlo Algorithms for Linear Algebra Problems”), Reading, ENGLAND, November 25, 2003.

·      University of Reading, Department of Computer Science (“Grid Projects and Applications to Computational Sciences”), Reading, ENGLAND, November 27, 2003.

·       9th IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods (Invited plenary speaker), ("Efficient Monte Carlo algorithms with applications to sensitivity analysis"), Annecy-le-Vieux, France, July 15-19, 2013.

·      Sixth Conference on APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS IN TECHNICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES,  ("A New "Walk on Equations" Monte Carlo Method for Linear Algebraic Problems"), June 26-July 1, 2014, Albena, BULGARIA.

·      Sixth International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Its Applications, ("Metamodeling and Monte Carlo Algorithms for Variance-based Sensitivity Analysis of the Unified Danish Eulerian Model"), June 15-22, 2016. Lozenetz, Bulgaria.

·      Seventh International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Its Applications, June, 2018, Lozenetz, Bulgaria.

 

 

 

 F. INVITED VISITOR AND LECTURER AT:

 

·      Institute of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences of Lithuania,

     LITHUANIA, 1989 (two weeks).

·      Faculty of Electronics, University of Rome, Rome, ITALY, 1988  (two weeks),

     1989 (two weeks), 1990 (a month).

·      Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, GERMANY, 1991 (two weeks).

·      Moscow Energy Institute, Moscow, RUSSIA, 1987 (two month), 1989 (two weeks).

·      Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, RUSSIA, (two weeks).

·      Department of Computational Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RUSSIA (three weeks).

·      Computing Center, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA (three weeks).

·      Institute of Parallel Information Systems, CNR, Naples, ITALY, 1993 (three weeks).

·      Technical University of Grenoble, Grenoble, FRANCE, 1993 (10 days)

·      University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Faculty of Computer Science, Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND, 1993 (10 days).

·      Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Lehrstuhl fur Informatik IV, Aachen, GERMANY, 1993 (one month).

·      National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Emissions and Air Pollution, Roskilde, DENMARK, 1994 (two months).

·      Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Lehrstuhl fur Informatik II, Aachen, GERMANY, 1994 (two weeks).

·      University of Liverpool, Department of Statistics and Computational Mathematics, Liverpool, UK, 1995 (two months).

·      University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Computing Science, Newcastle, UK, 1995 (two months).

·      National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Emissions and Air Pollution, Roskilde, DENMARK, 1995 (two months).

·      KFA - Institut fuer Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphaere, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, Juelich, GERMANY, 1995--1996 (tree months).

·      National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Emissions and Air Pollution, Roskilde, DENMARK, 1997 (one month).

·      National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Emissions and Air Pollution, Roskilde, DENMARK, 1999 (two months).

·      National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Emissions and Air Pollution, Roskilde, DENMARK, 2000 (one month).

·      National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Emissions and Air Pollution, Roskilde, DENMARK, 2001 (one month).

 

 

G. TEACHING:

 

·      Graduate course on Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Mathematics, Ruse, University of Ruse,

      Faculty of Natural Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics (2015-.).

·      Undergraduate course on Numerical Methods, Sofia, University of Sofia,

      Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (1986-1990).

·      Graduate course on Monte Carlo Numerical Methods, Sofia, University of Sofia,

      Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (1983-1992).

·      Undergraduate course on Applied Statistics, Blagoevgrad, South-West University of Blagoevgrad (1992-1997); Sofia, New Bulgarian University (1994-2000).

·      Undergraduate course on Computer Modelling, Blagoevgrad, South-West University of Blagoevgrad (1992-1997); Bourgas, Bourgas Free University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics (1992-1998).

·      Graduate course on Parallel Programming, Sofia, University of Sofia,

      Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (1992-1993).

·      Undergraduate course on Algorithms of Scientific Computations, Sofia, University of Sofia, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (1998-.).

·      Graduate course on Software for Scientific Computing, Sofia, University of Sofia, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (1998-2001); Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Education of PhD students, course for PhD students of BAS.

·      Graduate course on SEMS13 Stochastic Methods and Algorithms for Computational Science (Definitions, Random Variables, Distributions; Monte Carlo Methods; Applications to Environmental Modeling; Assignments), Reading, The University of Reading, School of Systems Engineering (2005-.)

·      Graduate course on SEMS30 Mathematical Modeling (Introduction; Numerical Computational Methods; Environmental Modeling), Reading, The University of Reading, School of Systems Engineering (2005-.)

·      Graduate courses on SEMS1A Linear Algebra 1 and SEMS1B Linear Algebra 2 from ADVANCED EUROPEAN MSC PROGRAM IN NETWORK CENTERED COMPUTING, Reading, The University of Reading, School of Systems Engineering (2005-.)

 

 

Supervision of MSc and PhD Thesis:

 

Vin The Fan, PhD Thesis, defended 1984, Moscow, USSR.

Katya Vutova, MSc Thesis, defended 1984, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Lidiya Todorova, MSc Thesis, defended 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Todor Troev, MSc Thesis, defended 1987, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Peter Petrov, MSc Thesis, defended 1989, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Plamen Shindarski, PhD Thesis defended 1992, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Rumyana Papancheva, MSc Thesis, defended 1993, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Stoyan Kovachevski, MSc Thesis, defended 1993, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Vasil Alexandrov, PhD Thesis defended 1993, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Aneta Nedeva Karaivanova, PhD Thesis defended 1997, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Todor Gurov, PhD Thesis defended 1999, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Maria Durchova, MSc Thesis, defended 2000, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Emanouil Atanassov, PhD Thesis defended 2002, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Rumyana Papancheva, PhD Thesis defended 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Kristina Kapanova, PhD Thesis defended 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Venelin Todorov, PhD Thesis defended 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Muhammad Nasir, MSc Theses (Monte Carlo Value at Risk. A pilot implementation of financial risk model on Grid) defended 2006, Reading, UK (with Prof. V. Alexandrov)

Vasilios Karavas, MSc Theses (Business Information Technology Tools) defended 2006, Reading, UK (with Prof. V. Alexandrov)

Jonas Larsson, MSc Theses (Monte Carlo implementation of financial simulation on CELL/B.E. Multi-Core Processor) defended 2007, Reading, UK (with Prof. V. Alexandrov)

Elena Marcova, MSc Theses (Monte Carlo Simulation and Derivatives Pricing) defended 2007, Reading, UK (with Prof. V. Alexandrov)

 

 

H. SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS:

 

1.  International Scientific Projects

 

 

·      Application of Parallel Algorithms for Solving Mathematical Problems, Joint project between the Institute of Parallel Information Systems, CNR - Italy and the Center for Informatics and Computer Technology, B A S (Heads of the project:  R. Vaccaro, I. Dimov) (1991 - 1994).

 

·      NATO Science Project # ENVIR. CRG 930449: “Large-Scale Computations in Relation to Environmental Mathematics”, Joint project between the National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde - Denmark and CLPP - B A S  (Project Coordinator: Z. Zlatev, Principal Investigator: I. Dimov) (1993-1995).

 

·      APACHE Project, Joint project between IMAG and CICT - B A S (Head of the project:  J. Chassin) (1993-1996).

 

·      NATO Science Project: “Novel Parallel Algorithms and Architectures”, joint project between the University of Liverpool, the University of Newcastle and CLPP - B A S (Project Coordinator: Professor Graham Megson) (1994-1996).

 

·      COPERNICUS Project # CP 94682: “Parallel computation of spectral portraits of matrices and application to system stability analysis” (PORTRAIT) (Project coordinator: Prof. Bernard Philippe; coordinator for the CLPP - BAS: I. Dimov), Project of the Commission of the European Communities - DG III. 

       

·      NATO Science Project OUTR.CRG 960312: “Environmental Mathematics and Air Pollution Models”, Joint project between the National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde - Denmark and CLPP - BAS (Project Coordinator: Z. Zlatev, Principal Investigator:  I. Dimov) (1996-1998).

 

·      INCO-COPERNICUS Project # 960237 (STABLE) (1997-1999) (Project Coordinator: Prof. Bernard Philippe, Coordinator for CLPP - BAS: I. Dimov), Project of the Commission of the European Communities - DG III.

 

·      EC Project # ICA1-CT-2000-70016 “Bulgarian Information Society Center of Excellence for Education, Science and Technology in 21 Century” (2000-2004) (Project coordinator: I. Dimov), Project of the Commission of the EU (V Framework Programmee of EU).

 

·      NATO Science Project EST.CLG.980505: “Impact of Climate Changes on Pollution Levels in Europe”, Joint project between the National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde, Denmark and CLPP, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria, Eotvas Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Project Coordinator: Z. Zlatev, Principal Investigator: I. Dimov) (2004-2006)

 

·      EC Project # 002356 “South-Eastern European GRid-enabled eInfrastructure Development (SEE-GRID)” (2004-2006), (Project Coordinator: J. A. Sanchez- Papaspiliu, GRNET, Greece, Contractor for IPP - BAS: I. Dimov), Call identifier: FP6-2002-Infrastructures-2, Contract type: Specific Support Action (VI Framework Programmee of EU),  http://www.see-grid.org/

 

·      EC Project # 508833 “Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe (EGEE)” (2004-2006), (Project Coordinator: F. Gagliardi, CERN; Contractor for IPP - BAS: I. Dimov), (VI Framework Programmee of EU), http://public.eu-egee.org/

 

·      NATO Security Through Science programme – Advanced Study Institute “Multisensor Data and Information Processing for Rapid and Robast Situation and Threat Assessment” (16 May 2005 – 27 May 2005, Albena Bulgaria), (Co-directors: Dr. Eric Lefobvre, Lockheed Martin, Canada, Montreal, Canada, Prof. Dr. Ivan Dimov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria), SST. 981433,  (ASI Programme),  http://www.nato.int/science/calendar/asi-2005.htm

 

·      NATO Science Project # CLG. 982641: “Monte Carlo Sensitivity Studies of Environmental Security”, NATO Security Through Science programme, COLLABORATIVE LINKAGE GRANT, Joint project between ACET, the University of Reading, Reading, UK; CLPP, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria and NERI, Roskilde, Denmark (Project Coordinator: I. Dimov, Project Coordinator from a Partner country: E. Atanassov, Principal Investigator: Z. Zlatev) (2007-2009)

 

 

 

  1. National Scientific Projects

 

    • NSF Project # NI-1020/21.06.1988  “Short-term regional numerical forecast of meteoelements” (1988-1991) (Co-ordinator: I. Dimov)
    • NSF Project # NI-19/01.10.1991  “Development and studying of parallel methods and algorithms for high-performance computer systems” (1991-1992) (Co-ordinator: I. Dimov)
    • NSF Project # I-210/92 “Development of parallel algorithms for high-performance computer systems” (1992-1995) (Co-ordinator: I. Dimov)
    • NSF Project # NI-449/30.10.1994  “Development and studying of Monte Carlo numerical methods” (1994-1997) (Co-ordinator: I. Dimov)
    • NSF Project # I-501/95 “Parallel statistical algorithms for high-performance computer systems” (1995-1998) (Co-ordinator: A. Karaivanova; I. Dimov – member of the team)
    • Project # I-811/30.09.1998  “High-performance Monte Carlo algorithms and computer modelling of large-scale problems of pollution transport” (1998-2003) (Co-ordinator: I. Dimov)
    • NSF Project # MM-902/15.12.1999  “Novel Monte Carlo approaches for solving problems of linear algebra, integrals, integral equations and their applications” (1999-2004) (Co-ordinator: I. Dimov)
    • NSF Project # I-1201/02 “New stochastic algorithms for electronic transport” (2002-2005) (Co-ordinator: T. Gurov; I. Dimov – member of the team)

 

              

 

I. EDITOR OF BOOKS

 

2019-
Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11386, 978-3-030-11539-5,  Finite Difference Methods. Theory and Applications,  7th International Conference, FDM 2018, Lozenetz, Bulgaria, June 11-16, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, Revised Papers (2018), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York,  (with I. Farago and L. Valkov).

2017-
Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10187, 978-3-030-11539-5,  Numerical Analysis and its Applications,  6th International Conference, NAA 2016, Lozenetz, Bulgaria, June 15-22, 2016, Revised Selected Papers,  (2016), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 785 p. (with I. Farago and L. Valkov).

2016-
Elsevier, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics #293, 0377-0427,  Efficient Numerical Methods for Large-scale Scientific Computations,  2016,  293 p. (with Z. Zlatev and I. Lirkov).

2015-
Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #9045, 978-3-319-20239-6,  Finite Difference Methods,Theory and Applications: 6th International Conference, FDM 2014, Lozenetz, Bulgaria, June 18-23, 2014, Revised Selected Papers,  (2015), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 434 p. (with I. Farago and L. Valkov).

Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #8962, 0302-9743,  Numerical Methods and Applications, 8th International Conference, NMA 2014, Borovets, Bulgaria, August 20-24, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, (2015), Springer Cham Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London, 571 p. (with S. Fidanova and I. Lirkov).

2013-
De Gruyter Proceedings in Mathematics, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 978-3-11-029358-6,  Monte Carlo Methods and Applications: Proceedings of the 8th IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods, August 29 – September 2, 2011, Borovets, Bulgaria Revised Selected Papers,  (2013), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 233 p. (with K. Sabelfeld).


Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #8236, 978-3-642-41514-2,  Numerical Analysis and its Applications,  5th International Conference, NAA 2012, Lozenetz, Bulgaria, June 15-20, 2012, Revised Selected Papers,  (2013), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 572 p. (with I. Farago and L. Valkov).

-2011-
Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #6046, ISSN 0302-9743,  Numerical Methods and Applications, 7th International Conference, NMA 2010 Borovets, Bulgaria, August 20-24, 2010, Revised Papers (2011), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 512 p. (with S. Dimova and N. Kolkovska).

-2003-
Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science #2542,  Numerical Methods and Applications, (2003), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 571 p. (with I. Lirkov, S. Margenov, Z. Zlatev).

-2001-  

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation , Vol. 55, No 1-3 (2001), IMACS Special Issue: The Second IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods (Guest Editor: Prof. Ivan Dimov).

-1999-
Large Scale Computations in Air Pollution Modelling, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht-Boston-London, 1999 (with Z. Zlatev, J. Brandt, P.J.H. Builtjes, G. Carmichael, J. Dongarra, H. van Dop, K. Georgiev, H. Hass and R. San Jose).

-1994-
 Advances in Numeral Methods and Applications, World Scientific Publ. Co.,  # 978-981-4533-75-1,  Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Numerical Methods and ApplicationsSingapore, 1994, ISBN: 978-981-4550-28-4 (ebook), https://doi.org/10.1142/2509, 440 p. (with Bl. Sendov and P. Vassilevski).

Advances in Parallel Algorithms, IOS Press, # 978-90-5199-151-2, Amsterdam, Oxford, Washington, Tokio, 1994, 205 p. (with O. Tonev).

-1991-
 Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computations, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Publ. House, 1991 (with A.S. Andreev, S.M. Markov and Sh. Ullrich).

-1989-
 Monte Carlo Methods and Parallel Algorithms, World Scientific Publ. Co., Singapore, 1989 (with Bl. Sendov).

 

 

J. MONOGRAPHS:

-2018-

Walter de Gruyter, GmbH, De Gruyter Series in Applied and Numerical Mathematics Book 2,  ISBN-13: 978-3110516494;  ISBN-10: 9783110516494 (monograph),  Richardson Extrapolation: Practical Aspects and Applications, Berlin (with Z. Zlatev, I. Faragó and Á. Havasi)

-2008-
World Scientific ISBN-13 978-981-02-2329-8; ISBN-10 981-02-2329-3 (monograph),  Monte Carlo Methods for Applied Scientists, New Jersey, London, Singapore, World Scientific, 2008, 291p.

-2006-
Elsevier ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52209-2 (monograph),  Computational and Numerical Challenges in Environmental Modelling, (2006), Amsterdam-Boston-Heidelberg-London-New York-Oxford-Paris-San Diego-San Francisco-Singapore-Sydney-Tokyo, 373 p. (with  Z. Zlatev).

 

K. EDITORIAL BOARD: Journal “Monte Carlo Methods and Applications”

 

 

L. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

  • Union of Mathematicians of Bulgaria  (from 1982)
  • Union of Scientists (from 1984)
  • IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation) – Member of the Technical Committee (from 1999)
  • IFS (International Federation of Scientista)  (from 1986)

 

 

M. SCIENTIFIC COMMITEES AND EXPERT COMMISIONS

 

  • Commission  for scientific policy at the Scientific council of  the Institute of Mathematics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1989-1990)
  • Scientific Council of the Coordination Center for Informatics and Computer Technologies (1991-1995)
  • Scientific Council of the Central Laboratory for Control Systems (1992-1993)
  • Commission on Mathematics and Mechanics at the National Science Foundation of Bulgaria (1989-1993)
  • Governing Board of the Union of Scientists (1989-1996)
  • Expert Commission for election of Director of the Institute of Mechanics of BAS (1993-1994)
  • Scientific Council of the Institute of Information Technologies of BAS (1993-1998, 2003-.)
  • Scientific Council of the Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing of BAS (1995-2003)
  • Scientific Council of the Institute for Parallel Processing of BAS – Chairman of the Council (2004-.)
  • Specialized Scientific Council on Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science at the High Attestation Commission at the Bulgarian Government (1995-1998)
  • Specialized Scientific Council on Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the High Attestation Commission at the Bulgarian Government (1998-2004)
  • Specialized Scientific Council on Electronics and Computer Technology at the High Attestation Commission at the Bulgarian Government (1995-.)
  • General Assembly of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1994-.)
  • Commission on Finance of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2000-2003)
  • Commission for Euro-integration (2002-.)
  • National Expert Commission on Computer Science at the National Science Foundation of Bulgaria (1995-1996)
  • Specialized Scientific Council on Automation Control System and Informatics in Military at the High Attestation Commission at the Bulgarian Government (1996-1998)
  • Specialized Scientific Council on Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the High Attestation Commission at the Bulgarian Government (1998-.)
  • Commission for Information and Communication Services of BAS – Chairman (1997-2002)
  • NATO Scientific Program (Member of the Panel:  “Environmental and Earth Sciences & Technology”) (2000-2003)

·         “Marie Curie Actions” Programmee of the VI Framework Programmee of EU (2004-.)

·         National Council for Scientific and Technological Policy at the Council of Ministers, 2011-2018

·         Technical Committee of IMACS Monte Carlo Method Abroad (2011-.); Chair (2011-2017)

·         Commission for Operational Program "Science and Education for Smart Growth" (2016-2018)

·         Ministry of Education and Science, Council of Ministers  (2016-.)

·         Scientific Expert Council to Sofia Municipality, Sofia Municipality (2012-.)

 

 

 

N. ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

 

  • First IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Brussels, April, 1997 (Member of the Program Committee)
  • Second IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Varna, June 7-11, 1999 (Chairman of the Organizing Committee and Member of the Program Committee)
  • Third IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Salzburg, September 10-14, 2001 (Member of the Program Committee)
  • Fourth IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Berlin, September 15-19, 2003 (Member of the Program Committee)
  • Fifth IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Tallahassee, May 2005 (Member of the Program Committee)
  • Sixth IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, MCM 2007 the University of Reading, 18-21 June 2007 (Member of the Program Committee and the Local Organising Committee), http://mcm2007.rdg.ac.uk/

 

  • The 2001 International Conference on Computational Science, San Francisco, California, USA, 2001 (Member of the Program Committee), http://www.ucalgary.ca/iccs;   http://www.hpcc.rdg.ac.uk/iccs
  • ICCS 2005: International Conference on Computational Science, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, 2005, May 22-25, 2005 (Member of the Program Committee, Co-organiser of the workshop “Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithms), http://www.iccs-meeting.org/papers.htmz
  • ICCS 2006: “Advancing Science through Computations” International Conference on Computational Science, The University of Reading, UK, 2006, May 28-31, 2005 (Member of the Program Committee, Organizer of the workshop “Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithms for Diverse Applications in Distributed Settings”)

      http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2006/workshop-list.php 

      http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2006/workshop-list.php#ws15

  • ICCS 2007: “Advancing Science and Society through Computation”, International Conference on Computational Science, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, May 27-30, 2007 (Member of the Program Committee, Co-organizer of the workshop “Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithms for Diverse Applications in Distributed Settings”)

      http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2007/

      http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2007/workshop-list.php#ws32

 

  • High performance Computation Conference HPCC’07 ICCS 2007: University of Houston Texas Learning and Computation Center, Department of Computer Science, Houston, USA, September 26-28, 2007   (Member of the Program Committee)

      http://www.tlc2.uh.edu/hpcc07/

 

  • International Youth Workshop on Monte Carlo Methods and Parallel Algorithms, Primorsko, September 24-30, 1989  (Chairman of the Organising Committee and Chairman of the Program Committee)

 

  • Workshop on Parallel Algorithms (WPA’92), Bankya, August 18-22, 1992 (Chairman of the Organising Committee and Chairman of the Program Committee)

 

  • International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computations with Summer School, Sozopol, September 14-17, 1993 (Member of the Program Committee)

 

  • First International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (MN&A) – O(h), Sofia,
  • Second International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (MN&A’88) – O(h˛), Sofia, August 22-27, 1988 (Member of the Program Committee and Secretary of the Organising Committee) 
  • Third International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (MN&A’94) – O(hł), Sofia, August 21-26, 1994 (Chairman of the Organising Committee and Member of the Program Committee) 
  • 4th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (MN&A’98), Sofia, August 19-23, 1998 (Member of the Program Committee)  http://www.math.bas.bg/~nma98/
  • 5th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (MN&A’02), Borovetz, August 20-24, 2002 (Chairman of the Organising Committee and Member of the Program Committee)  http://www.bas.bg/clpp/nma02.html
  • 6th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (MN&A’06) , August 20-24, 2006, Borovets, Bulgaria (Member of the Program Committee), http://www.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/nma06/

 

 

 

 

·         The 2003 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2003), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 18-21, 2003 (Member of the Program Committee), http://www.ucalgary.ca/iccsa/
http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/iccsa/; http://www.optimanumerics.com/iccsa/
http://www.sharcnet.ca/iccsa/

  • The 2004 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2004), S. Maria degli Angeli, Italy, May 14-17, 2004 (Member of the Program Committee), http://iccsa2004.unipg.it/organization.php
  • The 2005 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2005), Singapore, May 9 – 12, 2005 (Member of the Program Committee), http://www.iccsa.org

 

 

  1. LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

І . Selected Publications in Refereed International Journals

 

1.      Nedjalkov, M., Ellinghaus, P, Weinbub, J., Sadi, T., Asenov, A., Dimov, I., Selberherr, S.. Stochastic analysis of surface roughness models in quantum wires. Computer Physics Communications Volume 228, July 2018, Pages 30-37, 228, Elsevier, 2018, ISSN:0010-4655, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2018.03.010, 30-37. SJR:1.729, ISI IF:3.748.

2.      Kapanova, K.G., Dimov, I.T., Sellier, J.M.. A Neural Network Sensitivity Analysis in the Presence of Random Fluctuations. Neurocomputing, 224, Elsevier, 2017, ISSN:0925-2312, DOI:10.1016/j.neucom.2016.10.060, 177-183. SJR:1.202, ISI IF:2.392 ; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231216313030

3.       Sellier, J.M., Kapanova, K.G., Dimov, I.T.. A Cellular Automaton for the Signed Particle Formulation of Quantum Mechanics. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 468, Elsevier, 2017, ISSN:0378-4371, DOI:10.1016/j.physa.2016.10.061, 638-647. ISI IF:1.785 ; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437116307488

4.      Zlatev, Z., Dimov, I., Georgiev, K., Margenov, S.. Numerical algorithms for scientific and engineering applications. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 310, Elsevier, 2017, ISSN:0377-0427, 1-4. SJR:1.08, ISI IF:1.357 ; https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004539772

5.      Zlatev, Z., Dimov, I., Farago, I., Georgiev, K., Havasi, A.. Stability of the Richardson Extrapolation combined with some implicit Runge–Kutta methods. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 310, Elsevier, 2017, ISSN:0377-0427, 224-240. SJR:1.08, ISI IF:1.357 ; http://www.scholze-simmel.at/it_star/wp-content/uploads/summary_book_milan.pdf ; https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004539772

6.      Zlatev, Z., Dimov, I. T., Faragó, I., Georgiev, K., Havasi, Á. Stability of the Richardson Extrapolation combined with some implicit Runge-Kutta methods. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Elsevier, 2016, DOI:doi:10.1016/j.cam.2016.03.018, ISI IF:1.266; http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-computational-and-applied-mathematics/

7.      Sellier, J. M., Nedjalkov, M., Dimov, I. T.. An Introduction to Applied Quantum Mechanics in the Wigner Monte Carlo Formalism. Physics Reports, 577, JIFP: 96.8, 2015, ISSN:0370-1573, DOI:10.1016/j.physrep.2015.03.001, 1-34. SJR:8.102, ISI IF:22.91; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84928214647&partnerID=40&md5=767036e7ff681d8c4f2aeaaab8a8e219 ; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370157315001982

8.      J. M. Sellier and I. T.  Dimov. Toward solotronics design in the Wigner formalism, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 417,  2015, pp. 287–296, doi:10.1016/j.physa.2014.09.057, ISSN: 0378-4371, Impact Factor: 1.722(2013).

9.      J. M. Sellier and I. T. Dimov. A sensitivity study of the Wigner Monte Carlo method, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 277, 2015, pp. 87- 93, doi:10.1016/j.cam.2014.09.010, ISSN: 0377-0427, IF: 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.672.

10.  J. M. Sellier and I. T. Dimov. On the simulation of indistinguishable fermions in the many-body Wigner formalism, Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 280, 2015, pp. 287–294, Five-Year Impact Factor: 3.184, Impact Factor (2013): 2.138, SJR indicator (2012): 1.921.

11.  P. Csomos, I.T. Dimov, I. Farago, A. Havasi, and Tz. Ostromsky, Computational Complexity of Weighted Splitting Schemes on Parallel Computers, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems,  Vol. 22, Issue 3 (2007), pp. 137-147  (ISSN 1744-5760).

12.  M. Nedjalkov, D. Vasileska, D.K. Ferry, C. Jacoboni, C. Ringhofer, I. Dimov, and V. Palankovski, Wigner Transport models of the electron-phonon kinetics in quantum wires, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, Vol. 74,  (2006), 035311-1 -- 035311-18 (IF=3.185, CHL=7.7).

13.  V. Alexandrov, E. Atanassov, I. Dimov,  Parallel Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods for Linear Algebra Problems,  Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Vol. 10, No. 3-4 (2004), pp. 213-219.

14.  Dimov, I, K. Georgiev, Tz. Ostromsky and Z. Zlatev, Computational challenges in the numerical treatment of large air pollution  models, Ecological Modelling, Vol. 179 (2004),  pp. 187-203.

15.  I. Dimov, I. Farago, A. Havasi and Z. Zlatev, Operator Splitting and Commutativity Analysis in the Danish Eulerian Model, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 67, Issue 3 (2004), pp. 217-233 (I.F.–0.281).

16.   E. Atanassov, I. Dimov, A. Dubus, A New Weighted Monte Carlo Algorithm for Elastic Electron Backscattering from Surfaces, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 62 (2003), pp. 297-305 (I.F.- 0.281).

17.  V.N. Alexandrov, I.T. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, C.J.K. Tan, Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithms for Information Retrieval, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 62 (2003), pp. 289-295 (I.F. - 0.281).

18.  I. Dimov, I. Farago, Z. Zlatev, Parallel Computations with Large-Scale Air Pollution Models, Problems in Programming, Vol. 3 (2003), pp. 44-52 (I.F. - N/A). 

19.  I. Dimov, R. Papancheva, Green's function Monte Carlo algorithms for elliptic problems, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 63/6 (2003), pp. 587-604 (I.F. - 0.281). 

20.  I. Dimov, V. Alexandrov, A. Karaivanova, Parallel resolvent Monte Carlo algorithms for linear algebra problems, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 55 (2001), pp. 25-35 (I.F. - 0.281).

21.   M. Nedjalkov, H. Kosina, S. Selberherr, I. Dimov, A Backward Monte Carlo Method for Simulation of the Electron Quantum Kinetics in Semiconductors, VLSI DESIGN, Vol. 13, Nos. 1-4 (2001), pp. 405-411 (I.F. - 0.279).

22.  Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, Tz. Ostromsky, G. Geernaert, I. Tzvetanov and A. Bastrup-Birk, Calculating losses of crops in Denmark caused by high ozone levels, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Vol. 6 (2001), Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 35-55 (I.F - N/A).

23.  E. Atanassov, I. Dimov, A new optimal Monte Carlo method for calculating integrals of smooth functions, Journal of Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, Vol. 5, No 2 (1999), pp. 149-167 (I.F. - N/A).

24.   M. Nedjalkov, I. Dimov, Convergency of the Monte Carlo algorithms for linear transport modeling, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 47 (1998), pp. 383-390 (I.F. - 0.281).

25.   M. Nedjalkov, T. Gurov, I.T. Dimov, Statistical Modelling of Pulse Excited Electron Quantum Kinetics in One-band Semiconductor, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 47 (1998), pp. 391-402 (I.F. - 0.281).

26.   Karaivanova, A., Dimov, I., Error analysis of an Adaptive Monte Carlo Method for Numerical Integration, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 47 (1998), pp. 201-213 (I.F. - 0.281).

27.   I.T. Dimov, T.V. Gurov, Estimates of the computational complexity of iterative Monte Carlo algorithm based on Green's function approach, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 47 (1998), pp. 183-199 (I.F. - 0.281).

28.   I. Dimov, V. Alexandrov, A New Highly Convergent Monte Carlo Method for Matrix Computations, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 47 (1998), pp. 165-181 (I.F. - 0.281).

29.   I. Dimov, T. Dimov, T. Gurov, A New Iterative Monte Carlo Approach for Inverse Matrix Problem, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 92 (1998), pp. 15-35 (I.F. - 0.533).

30.   I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, Parallel computations of eigenvalues based on a Monte Carlo approach, Journal of Monte Carlo Method and Applications, Vol. 4, No 1 (1998), pp. 33-52 (I.F. - N/A).

31.   M. Nedjalkov, I. Dimov, H. Haug, Numerical Studies of the Markovian Limit of the Quantum Kinetics with Phonon Scattering, Phys. status solidi (b), Vol. 209 (1998), pp. 109-121 (I.F. - 0.978).

32.   M. Nedjalkov, I. Dimov, P. Bordone, R. Brunetti, C. Jacoboni, Using the Wigner Function for Quantum Transport in Device Simulation, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 25, No 12 (1997), pp. 33-53 (I.F. - 0.387).

33.   M. Nedjalkov, I. Dimov, F. Rossi, C. Jacoboni, Convergence of the Monte Carlo Algorithm for the Solution of the Wigner Quantum-Transport Equation, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 23, No 8/9 (1996), pp. 159-166 (I.F.- 0.387).

34.   Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, Three-dimensional Version of the Danish Eulerian Model, Zeitung fuer Augewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM), Vol. 76, No S4 (1996), pp. 273-476 (I.F. - 0.407).

35.   Dimov, I., Karaivanova, A., Kuchen, H., Stoltze, H., Monte Carlo Algorithms for Elliptic Differential Equations. Data Parallel Functional Approach, Journal of Parallel Algorithms and Applications, Vol. 9 (1996), pp. 39-65 (I.F. - N/A).

36.   Dimov, I., Jaekel, U., Vereecken, H., A Numerical Approach for Determination of Sources in Transport Equations, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 32, No 5 (1996), pp. 31-42 (I.F. - 0.419).

37.   Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, Studying Long Range Transport of Air Pollutants, IEEE Computational Science & Eng., Vol. 1, No 3 (1994), pp. 45-52 (I.F. - 1.310).

38.   G. Megson, V. Alexandrov, I. Dimov, Systolic Matrix Inversion Using a Monte Carlo Method, Journal of Parallel Algorithms and Applications, Vol. 3 (1994), pp. 311-330 (I.F. - N/A).

39.   Dimov, I., Tonev, O., Monte Carlo Algorithms:  Performance Analysis for Some Computer Architectures, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 48 (1993), pp. 253-277 (I.F. -0.533).

40.   I. Dimov, O. Tonev, Random Walk on Distant Mesh Points Monte Carlo Methods, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 70, No 5/6 (1993), pp. 1333-1342 (I.F.- 1.674).

 

 

 II. Publications in International Scientific Series

 

41.  I.T. Dimov, E. Atanassov, Exact Error Estimates and Optimal Randomized Algorithms for Integration, NMA 2006, T. Boyanov et al. (Eds.), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4310 (2007), pp.131-139.

42.  I.T. Dimov, A.A. Penzov, and S.S. Stoilova, Parallel Monte Carlo Sampling Scheme for Sphere and Hemisphere, NMA 2006, T. Boyanov et al. (Eds.),  Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4310 (2007),  pp.140-147.

43.  I.T. Dimov, A.A. Penzov, and S.S. Stoilova, Parallel Monte Carlo Approach for Integration of the Rendering Equation, NMA 2006, T. Boyanov et al. (Eds.),  Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4310 (2007), pp.148-155.

44.  I. Dimov and R. Georgieva, Complexity of Monte Carlo Algorithms for a Class of Integral Equations, Computational Science (Y. Shi et al. Eds.): ICCS 2007, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computing Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 4487, (2007), pp. 731-738.

45.  T. Gurov, E. Atanasov, M. Nedjalkov, and I. Dimov, Modeling of Carrier Transport in Nanowires, Computational Science (Y. Shi et al. Eds.): ICCS 2007, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computing Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 4487, (2007), pp. 739-746.

46.  I. Dimov, V. Alexandrov, R. Papancheva, and C. Weihrauch, Monte Carlo Numerical Treatment of Large Linear Algebra Problems, Computational Science (Y. Shi et al. Eds.): ICCS 2007, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computing Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 4487, (2007), pp. 747-754.

47.  I. Dimov, V. Alexandrov, S. Branford, and C. Weihrauch, Error Analysis of a Monte Carlo Algorithm for Computing Bilinear Forms of Matrix Powers, Computational Science (V.N. Alexandrov et al. Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computing Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 3993, (2006), 632-639.

48.  C. Weihrauch, I. Dimov, S. Branford, and V. Alexandrov, Comparison of the Computational Cost of a Monte Carlo and Deterministic Algorithm for Computing Bilinear Forms of Matrix Powers, Computational Science (V.N. Alexandrov et al. Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computing Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 3993, (2006), 640-647.

49.  T. Gurov, E.  Atanassov, I. Dimov, and V. Palankovski, Femtosecond Evolution of Spatially Inhomogeneous Carrier Excitations: Part II: Stochastic Approach and GRID Implementation, Lecture Notes in Computing Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 3743, (2006), 157-163.

50.  V. Alexandrov, E. Atanasov, I. Dimov, S. Branford, A. Thandavan and C. Weihrauch, Parallel Hybrid Mante Carlo Algorithms for Matrix Computations, ICCS 2005 (V.S. Sunderam et al. Eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3516, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2005), pp. 752-759.

51.  Tz. Ostromsky, I. Dimov, Z. Zlatev, Parallel implementation and one year experiments with the Danish Euleian Model, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3401 (2005), Springer-Verlag, pp. 440-447.

52.  I. Dimov, T. Gurov, A. Penzov, A Monte Carlo Approach for the Cook Torrance Model, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3401, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2005), 257-265.

53.  E.I. Atanassov, I.T. Dimov and M.K. Durchova, A new Quasi-Monte Carlo algorithm for numerical integration of smooth functions, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2907, Springer-Verlag (2004), 128-135.

54.  T.V. Gurov and I.T. Dimov, A parallel Monte Carlo method for electron quantum kinetic equation, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2907, Springer-Verlag (2004), 153-161.

55.  T.V. Gurov, P.A. Whitlock, I.T. Dimov, Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Algorithms for the Barker-Ferry Equation with Low Complexity, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2542 (2003), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, pp. 108-116 (I.F- 0.872).

56.   R.J. Papancheva, I.T. Dimov, T.V. Gurov, A New Class of Grid-Free Monte Carlo Algorithms for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2542 (2003), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, pp. 132-139 (I.F- 0.872).

57.   I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, R. Georgieva, S. Ivanovska, Parallel Importance Separation and Adaptive Monte Carlo Algorithms for Multiple Integrals, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2542 (2003), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, pp. 99-107 (I.F- 0.872).

58.  I. Dimov, Z. Zlatev, Optimization Problems in Air Pollution Modeling, Handbook of Applied Optimization  (Edited by P. M. Pardalos and M. G. C. Resende, 2026 pages 2002), 15p. (Available electronically at http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general),  2002.

59.   I. Dimov, G. Geernaert and Z. Zlatev, Influence of future climate changes in Europe on exceeded ozone critical levels. In: "Nordic Meteorological Meeting 23, 2002" (H. E. Joergensen, Ed.), (available electronically at
http://www.dams.dk/nmm2002/proceedings.htm), 2002.

60.   T. Gurov, P. Whitlock, I. Dimov, A grid free Monte Carlo algorithm for solving elliptic boundary value problems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1988 (2001), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 359-367 (I.F - 0.872).

61.   Tz. Ostromsky, I. Dimov, I. Tzvetanov and Z. Zlatev, Estimation of the Wheat Losses Caused by the Tropospheric Ozone in Bulgaria and Denmark, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1988 (2001), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 636-643 (I.F - 0.872).

62.   I. Dimov, E. Atanassov, M. Durchova, An Improved Monte Carlo Algorithm for Elastic Electron Backscattering from Surfaces, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2179 (2001), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 141- 148 (I.F - 0.872).

63.   A. Karaivanova, I. Dimov, S. Ivanovska, A Quasi- Monte Carlo Method for Integration with Improved Convergence, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2179 (2001), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 158 – 165 (I.F - 0.872).

64.   I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, A Power Method with Monte Carlo Iterations, Recent Advances in Numerical Methods and Applications (O. Iliev, M. Kaschiev, S. Margenov, Bl. Sendov, P. Vassilevski, Eds.), World Scientific, Singapore, 1999, pp. 239 -247.

65.   T. Gurov, M. Nedjalkov, I. Dimov, A Monte Carlo Branch Method for Simulation of Nonlinear Electron Quantum Kinetics in One-Band Semiconductor, Recent Advances in Numerical Methods and Applications, (O. Iliev, M. Kaschiev, S. Margenov, Bl. Sendov, P. Vassilevski, Eds.), World Scientific, Singapore, 1999, pp. 257-265.

66.   I. Dimov, Tz. Ostromsky, I. Tzvetanov, Z. Zlatev, Economical Estimation of the Loses of Crops Due to High Ozone Levels, in: "Large-Scale Computations in Engineering and Environmental Sciences", Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics (M. Griebel, S. Margenov and P. Yalamov, Eds), II-nd Workshop on "Large-Scale Scientific Computations", Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 2-6, 1999, Proceedings, Vieweg, Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 275-282.

67.  I. Dimov, V. Alexandrov A. Karaivanova, Implementation of Monte Carlo Algorithms for Eigenvalue Problem Using MPI, Recent Advances in PVM and MPI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1497 (1998), Springer-Verlag, pp. 346-353 (I.F - 0.872).

68.   I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova and P. Yordanova, Monte Carlo Algorithms for Calculating Eigenvalues, Second International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods in scientific computing, University of Salzburg, 8-12 July, 1996, (in: Proceedings of MC & QMC 96, Springer Notes in Statistics, Vol. 127 (H. Niederreiter, P. Hellekalek, G. Larcher and P. Zinterhof, Eds), 1997, pp. 205-220.

69.   I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, Z. Zlatev, Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants and Source Receptor Relations, in: "Large-Scale Computations in Engineering and Environmental Sciences", Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 62 (M. Griebel, O. Iliev, S. Margenov and P.S. Vassilevski, Eds), Its Workshop on "Large-Scale Scientific Computations", Varna, Bulgaria, June, 1997, Proceedings, 1997, pp. 155-166.

70.   I. Dimov, Z. Zlatev, Testing the Sensitivity of Air Pollution Levels to Variations of Some Chemical Rate Constants, in: "Large-Scale Computations in Engineering and Environmental Sciences", Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 62 (M. Griebel, O. Iliev, S. Margenov and P.S. Vassilevski, Eds), I-st Workshop on "Large-Scale Scientific Computations", Varna, Bulgaria, June, 1997, Proceedings, 1997, pp.167-175.

71.  I. Dimov, U. Jaekel, H. Vereecken, D. Wendt, A Numerical Approach for Determination of Sources in Reactive Transport Equations, Second International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods in scientific computing, University of Salzburg, 8-12 July, 1996, (in: Proceedings of MC & QMC 96, Springer Notes in Statistics, Vol. 127 (H. Niederreiter, P. Hellekalek, G. Larcher and P. Zinterhof, Eds.), 1997, pp. 189-204.

72.   J. Brandt, J. Christensen, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, I. Uria and Z. Zlatev, Treatment of Large Air Pollution Models, First Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Applications, Rousse, Bulgaria, June 24-27, 1996, in: Numerical Analysis and Its Applications, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1196, Springer-Verlag, pp. 66-77 (I.F. - 0.872).

73.   J. Brandt, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, J. Wasniewski, Z. Zlatev, Coupling the Advection and the Chemical Parts of Large Air Pollution Models, in Applied Parallel Computing, Third International Workshop, PARA'96 Lyngby, Denmark, August 1996, Proceedings (Jerzy Wasniewski, Jack Dongarra, Kaj Madsen and Dorte Olesen, Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (1996), Vol. 1184, Springer-Verlag, pp. 65-76 (I.F. - 0.872).

74.   J. Brandt, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, I. Uria, Z. Zlatev, Numerical Algorithms for the Three-dimensional Version of the Danish Eulerian Model, in: "Regional Modelling of Air Pollution in Europe" (G. Geernaert, A. Walloe Hansen and Z. Zlatev, Eds.), Proc. of the first REMAPE Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1996, Ministry of Environment and Energy, NERY, 1997, pp. 249-262.

75.   I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, J. Wasniewski and Z. Zlatev, Three-Dimensional Version of the Danish Eulerian Model, in Applied Parallel Computing, Second International Workshop, PARA'95 Lyngby, Denmark, August 1995, Proceedings (Jack Dongarra, Kaj Madsen and Jerzy Wasniewski, Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (1996), Vol. 1041, Springer-Verlag, pp. 151-157 (I.F. - 0.872). 

76.   Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, J. Wasniewski, Parallel Computations with Large Atmospheric Models, in: Applied Parallel Computing, Second International Workshop, PARA'95 Lyngby, Denmark, August 1995, Proceedings (Jack Dongarra, Kaj Madsen and Jerzy Wasniewski, Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (1996), Vol. 1041, Springer-Verlag, pp. 550-560 (I.F. - 0.872).

77.   Ivan T. Dimov, Aneta N. Karaivanova, A Fast Monte Carlo Method for Matrix Computations, in: Iterative Methods in Linear Algebra II, IMACS Series in Computational and Applied Mathematics (S. Margenov and P.S. Vassilevski Eds.), Vol. 3, 1996, pp. 204-213.

78.   I. T. Dimov and A. N. Karaivanova, Iterative Monte Carlo Algorithms for Linear Algebra Problems, First Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Applications, Rousse, Bulgaria, June 24-27, 1996, in: Numerical Analysis and Its Applications, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1196, Springer –Verlag, pp. 150-160 (I.F.- 0.872).

79.   H. Kuchen, H. Stoltze, I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, Distributed Memory Implementation of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations in a Data parallel Functional Language, International Conference on Massively Parallel Programming Models, Berlin, October 1995, IEEE Computer Society Press, Costumer Service Center, 10662 Los Vaqueros Circle, P.O. Box 3014, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-1264, pp.142-150.

80.   I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, Overconvergent Monte Carlo Methods for Density-Function Modelling Using B-splines, Advances in Numerical Methods and Applications, World Scientific, 1994, pp. 85-93.

81.   G. M. Megson, V. N. Alexandrov, I. T. Dimov, A Fixed Sized Regular Array for Matrix Inversion by Monte Carlo Method, Advances in Numerical Methods and Applications, World Scientific, 1994, pp. 255-264.

82.   Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, Optimizing large air pollution models on high speed computers, Advances in Numerical Methods and Applications, World Scientific, 1994, pp. 309-320.

83.   G. M. Megson, V. N. Alexandrov, I. T. Dimov, Systolic Matrix Inversion by Monte Carlo Method, Proc of 14-rd IMACS World Congress on Computational and Applied Mathematics, July 11-15, 1994, Atlanta, USA. Vol.3, pp. 1371-1373.

84.   I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, Monte Carlo Parallel Algorithms, Proc. Third International Conference on Applications of Supercomputers in Engineering ASE/93, Comp.  Mech.  Publ., Elsevier Appl. Sci., London, New York, 1993, pp. 479-495.

 

 

III. Publications in National Scientific Journals

 

85.  R.J. Papancheva, T.V. Gurov, I.T. Dimov, Monte Carlo Study of Particle Transport Problem in Air Pollution, Pliska (Studia Mathematica Bulgarica), Vol. 14 (2003), pp.107-116.

86.   T.V. Gurov, I.T. Dimov, M. Nedjalkov, A Stochastic Approach for Investigation Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductor, Pliska (Studia Mathematica Bulgarica), Vol. 14 (2003), pp. 45-57.

87.  I. Dimov, I. Farago, A. Havai and Zahari Zlatev, L-commutativity of the operators in splitting methods for air pollution models, Annales Univ. Sci. Budapest, Vol.  44 (2001), pp. 129-150.

88.   I. Dimov, Monte Carlo Algorithms for Linear Problems, Pliska (Studia Mathematica Bulgarica), Vol. 13 (2000), Proceedings of the 9th International Summer School on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Sozopol, 1997, pp. 57-77.

89.   I. Dimov, T. Gurov, Monte Carlo Algorithm for Solving Integral Equations with Polynomial Non-linearity. Parallel Implementation, Pliska (Studia Mathematica Bulgarica), Vol. 13 (2000), Proceedings of the 9th International Summer School on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Sozopol, 1997, pp. 117-132.

90.   I. Dimov, A. Karaivanova, Statistical Numerical Methods for Eigenvalue Problem. Parallel Implementation, Pliska (Studia Mathematica Bulgarica), Vol. 13 (2000), Proceedings of the 9th International Summer School on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Sozopol, 1997, pp. 133-149.

91.  Димов И.Т., Теоретический анализ механизма зажигания люминесцентных ламп, Светотехника (1984), No 11, c. 15-16.

92.  Димов И.Т., Моделиравание предпробойных полей в газоразрядных лампах методом Монте-Карло, Светотехника (1984), No 5, c. 18-19.

 

 

 

IV. Publications in Referred Proceedings of International Conferences

 

93.   I. Dimov, Efficient and Overconvergent Monte Carlo Methods, Advances in Parallel Algorithms, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1994, pp. 100-111.

94.   I. Dimov, A Monte Carlo Method for Air Pollution Problem, Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modelling (S. Markov, Ed.), DATECS Publishing, Sofia, 1993, pp. 59-62.

95.   I. Dimov, T. Gurov, Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithms for Calculation Integrals, Proc.  WP&DP (K. Boyanov, Ed.), 1993, Sofia, pp. 426-434.

96.   Dimov I., Tonev O., Criteria Estimators for Speed-up and Efficiency of Some Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithms for Different Computer Architectures, Proc.  WP&-DP'91 (Sofia, April 16-19), North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1992, pp. 243-262.

97.   Dimov I.T., Minimization of the probable error for some Monte Carlo methods, Proc. of the Summer School on Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computations, 23-28.09.1990, Albena, Bulgaria, Sofia, Publ. House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1991, pp. 159-170.

98.   Dimov I., Tonev O., Performance analysis of Monte Carlo algorithms for some models of computer architectures, International Youth Workshop on Monte Carlo methods and Parallel Algorithms - Primorsko, 1989 (Bl. Sendov, I. Dimov, Eds), World Scientific, Singapore, 1990, pp. 5-14.

99.   Tonev O., Nicolov P., Sabev V., Dimov I., Monte Carlo algorithms on transputer systems, International Youth Workshop on Monte Carlo methods and Parallel Algorithms - Prmorsko, 1989 (Bl. Sendov, I. Dimov, Eds), World Scientific, Singapore, 1990, pp.91-95.

100. Dimov I.T., Efficiency estimator for the Monte Carlo algorithms, Numerical Methods and Applications, Proc. International Conference on Numerical Methods and Appl., Sofia, Publ.  House Bulg.  Acad. Sci., Sofia, 1989, pp. 111-115.

101.  Dimov I.T., Tonev O.I., Monte Carlo numerical methods with overconvergent probable error, Numerical Methods and Applications, Proc. International Conference on Numerical Methods and Appl., Sofia, Publ.  House Bulg. Acad. Sci., Sofia, 1989, pp.116- 120.

 

 

Scientific Report

 

102.    Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, K. Georgiev, J. Wasniewski, Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants and Source-Receptor          Relations, Report UNIC-94-04, Denmark, 1994, 22 p.

 

 

Remark: IF means the Impact Factor of the journal or issue; normally the Impact Factor is given to the Year N+2, where N is the year of publishing of the paper; CHL means Cited Half-life of the journal.

 

 

 

 

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