Elena Somova

Professor, PhD in Computer Science

Department "Computer Science", Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski"

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3393-1058

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SCOPUS


WORK

Professor

Plovdiv University, 2021 -

Head of Department "Computer Science"

Plovdiv University, 2012 - 2023

Associate Professor

Plovdiv University, 2007 - 2021

Chief Assistant Professor

Plovdiv University, 2002 - 2007

Senior Assistant Professor

Plovdiv University, 1999 - 2002

Assistant Professor

Plovdiv University, 1996 - 1999

EDUCATION

PhD in Computer Science

Plovdiv University, 2003

Course for Expert in Distance Education

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 1999

Master in Mathematics – specialization “Computer Science”

Plovdiv University, 1995

Master in Mathematics and Informatics – specialization teacher

Plovdiv University, 1995

Specialization „Marketing and Management”

Plovdiv University, 1995

Course “Marketing and Advertizing Strategy”

University of Delaware, USA, 1992

SPECIALIZATIONS

Second SusTrainable Summer School - SusТrainable Project

Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal, July 10-14, 2023

Sustainability Teacher Training - SusТrainable Project

Pula University, Pula, Croatia, January 23-27, 2023

Gender Equality Training Workshop 7

Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas; Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2022

First SusTrainable Summer School - SusТrainable Project

Rijeka University, Rijeka, Croatia, 2022 (online)

InnoChange Upskill Workshop 3: Lean Innovation and Design Thinking

Fil Rouge Capital, Croatia (online), 2022

SusТrainable Teacher Training 1 (courses about Sustainability in Software Development Training and Education)

Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2021

Gender Equality Training Workshop 4

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (online), 2021

InnoChange Upskill Workshop 2: Upskilling Entrepreneurship Skills

Startup Wise Guys Foundation, Talin, Estonia (online), 2021

InnoChange Upskill Workshop 1: Innovation Fostering Techniques

Startup Wise Guys Foundation, Talin, Estonia (online), 2021

International Summer School on ICT for Sustainability 2021

organized by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands; University of Toronto, Canada; International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), USA; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; University of Bristol, UK; 16-20 August, 2021

Gender Equality Training Workshop 3

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (online), 2020

Gender Equality Training Workshop 2

University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, 2019

Gender Equality Training Workshop 1

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 2019

3COWS Teacher Training 2 (courses in Composability, Comprehensibility and Correctness of Working Software)

Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2018

The three “CO” (Composability, Comprehensibility, Correctness) Winter School

Kosice Technical University, Kosice, Slovakia, 2018

3COWS Teacher Training 1 (courses in Composability, Comprehensibility and Correctness of Working Software)

Amsterdam University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017

5-th Central European Functional Programming Summer School 2013

Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 2013

4-th Central European Functional Programming Summer School 2011

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, 2011

English specialization course

New Bulgarian University, 2010

Professional development course “English Presentation: Skills, Methods, and Practice”

University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, 2007-2008

AWARDS

Award of EXPO’2002 (Plovdiv Technical Fair) for software development of Plovdiv e-University (PeU 1.0)