150 scientists from 22 countries participated in the international scientific conference "Large-Scale Scientific Computations" (LSSC'23) which was held from 5 to 9 June in Sozopol. The forum was organised by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS (IICT-BAS) in cooperation with the "Centre of Excellence in Informatics and ICT" and the Municipality of Sozopol. The conference was opened by the Director of IICT-BAS, Corr. Mem. Svetozar Margenov. Scientists from Europe, the Americas and Asia presented their papers in 11 special sessions. The first special session was held in memory of Prof. Ove Axelsson, the founder and long-time editor of Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, one of the most prestigious international journals in the field of numerical methods and scientific computation for problems of [...]

  The "Acad. Emil Djakov" Institute of Electronics (IE) received an honorary plaquette - GOLD at a solemn assembly on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Institute. The award is for excellence in the field of materials science, nanosciences, quantum optics, biomedical photonics. The Chief Scientific Secretary of BAS Prof. Neli Koseva presented the award to the Director Assoc. Prof. Tatiana Kutsarova and congratulated the scientists on behalf of the President of the BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy. The staff of the Institute of Electronics takes great care to build and educate young generations of scientists with high scientific potential and ambition. Among the activities of the scientists are concrete applications in the field of improving [...]

At the ceremony in London, the writer said in Bulgarian: "Happy holiday, happy miracle of language!" The novel "Time Shelter" by the writer and poet Georgi Gospodinov, who is a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, won this year's Booker International Prize. The novel was translated into English by Angela Rodel. The prize is shared between Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel, giving the author and the translator equal recognition. The winner was announced on 23 May at a ceremony at the Sky Garden in London. "Writers not only from my country but also from the Balkans often feel outside the sphere of English-speaking attention," said Gospodinov. "It is usually assumed that 'big themes' are reserved for 'big literatures' or literatures written in [...]