Technische Universität Dresden

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Prof. Angela Slavova​

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
8 Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str.
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Email : office@math.bas.bg

 

Research Field and Activities

  • Cellular Nonlinear Network modeling of equations of mathematical physics
  • Memristor CNNs
  • Numerical solutions of some equations arising in biology, physics, ecology, chemistry, engineering, etc.
  • Hysteresis Cellular Nonlinear Networks
  • Nonlinear Waves propagation

Short Biography

Prof. Angela Slavova graduated at Technical University, Rousse, Computer Engineering, M. Sc. in 1986. In the period 1992-1993 she got Fulbright Scholarship at Florida Institute of Technology, Florida, USA. She got her Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1994. In 2005 she became Doctor of Science and in 2007 Full Professor at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Since 2004 Prof. Slavova is a Head of the Department of Mathematical Physics, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She participated in more than 40 conferences, workshops and seminars as an invited speaker. She got in the period January-July 1998 – CNR Fellowship, University of Florence, Italy. She was visiting professor at the University of Ioannina, Greece, University of Catania, Italy, University of Torino, Italy, Astronomical Observatory, Torino, Italy, College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel, Israel, University of Ferrara, Italy, University of Bologna, University of Florence, Italy, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, etc. Professor Slavova has more than 120 publications in prestigious journals in Applied Mathematics, IEEE Journals, etc. She is an author and co-author of 4 monographs. Prof. Slavova is a member of AMS, SIAM, Chair of Bulgarian Section of SIAM, Board of Bulgarian Section of WSEAS, EMS, IEEE Technical Committee on CNNAD.

Publications und References

More than 10 papers in major international peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journals, 40 papers in journals with Impact Factor; 3 monographs and 3 book chapters; more than 500 citations. Editor-in-Chief of “International Journal of Neural Networks and Applications”, published by International Science Press, ISSN:0974-6048.

Monographs

  • A.Slavova, Cellular Neural Networks: Dynamics and Modelling, Mathematical Modelling:Theory and Applications 16, Kluwer Academic Publishers,2003, 225p.
  • Popivanov,P., Slavova, A., Nonlinear waves. Introduction. World Scientific, Singapore, 2011.
  • A.Slavova, P.Zecca, Modelling natural phenomena via Cellular Nonlinear Networks, Cambridge Scholar Publishing, 2017

Book chapters

  • M.Markova, A.Slavova, P.Zecca, Wave propagation of Cellular Neural Network model of tsunamis, in “Recent advances in dynamics and control of neural networks”, Cambridge Scientific Publishers, 2011
  • R.Agliardi, P.Popivanov, A.Slavova, Boundary-value Problems for Second Order PDEs Arising in Risk Management and Cellular Neural Networks Approach, in “Risk Management”, InTech, ISBN 979-953-307-789-4, 2012
  • G.Agranovich, E.Litsyn, A.Slavova, Chaotic Systems and their Applications in Industry, in: ‘Mathematics in industry’, ed. A. Slavova, Cambridge Scholars Publ., 2014, Chapter 3, 114-147, ISBN (13) 978-1-4438-6401-5, ISBN (10) 1-4438-6401-3

Editor of books

  • Slavova, editor, Mathematics in Industry, Cambridge Scholars Publ., 2014, 412p., ISBN (13) 978-1-4438-6401-5, ISBN (10) 1-4438-6401-3
  • Slavova, Guest editor, PLISKA Studia Mathematica 23, 2014, ISSN 0204-9805
  • A.Slavova, Guest editor, PLISKA Studia Mathematica 25, 2015, ISSN 0204-9805
  • A.Slavova, Guest editor, PLISKA Studia Mathematica 26, 2016, ISSN 0204-9805

Papers in journals with IF

  • P. Popivanov and A. Slavova, “CNN Model for Nonlinear Waves in Medium with Exponential Memory,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1988, Springer, pp. 685–691, 2001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45262-1_81
  • A. Slavova and P. Zecca, “CNN Model for Studying Dynamics and Travelling Wave Solutions of FitzHugh-Nagumo Equation,” Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 151, pp. 13–24, 2003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0427(02)00734-3
  • P. Popivanov, A. Slavova, and P. Zecca, “Periodic Solutions of the Burgers-Hopf Equation with Small Parameter and Its Cellular Neural Network Model,” Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, vol. 5, pp. 1–19, 2008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-008-0132-7
  • P. Popivanov, A. Slavova, and P. Zecca, “Compact Travelling Waves and Peakon Type Solutions of Several Equations of Mathematical Physics and Their Cellular Neural Network Realization,” Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, vol. 10, pp. 1453–1465, 2009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nonrwa.2008.01.020
  • A. Slavova, “Cellular Neural Networks Model of Risk Management,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and Their Applications (CNNA 2008), 2008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CNNA.2008.4588674
  • R. Agliardi, P. Popivanov, and A. Slavova, “Nonhypoellipticity and Comparison Principle for Partial Differential Equations of Black-Scholes Type,” Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, vol. 12, pp. 1429–1436, 2011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nonrwa.2010.10.003
  • A. Slavova and R. Tetzlaff, “Edge of Chaos in Reaction-Diffusion CNN Model,” Open Mathematics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 21–29, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/math-2017-0002
  • A. Slavova and E. Litsyn, “Edge-of-Chaos in CNN Models with Memristor Synapses,” in Memristor Computing Systems, Springer International Publishing, 2022, pp. 3–20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90582-8_1
  • A. Slavova and G. Bobeva, “Local Activity in Reaction-Diffusion CNN Models,” AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2159, no. 1, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127495

Funded research projects

  • Ministry of  Education and Science  Project “Asymptotic and geometric methods in the spectral and  scattering theory” (1997-2001)- coordinator (this project received a special award for the best achievement project from the Bulgarian Government).
  • NATO Grant ICS.NR.CLG 981757 (2005-2007) with University of Florence, Italy: “Topological methods for Differential Equations and Computer Simulations via Cellular Neural Networks”-project coordinator for Bulgaria
  • DFG Joint  Grant with Technical University of Dresden TE 257/14-1,2010-2011
  • NATO Grant ICS.NR.CLG  983716 (2009-2011) with University of Florence, Italy: “Topological Methods and New Wave Phenomena for Environmental Security  via Cellular Neural Networks”project coordinator for Bulgaria
  • MONM Project “Hybrid Boundary Integral Equation – Cellular Neural Network Approach for Analysis of Cracked Piezoelectric Materials” (2010-2013)
  • Biliteral Project with University of Bologna, Italy (2009-2012): “Modelling financial mathematical problems of risk management” – project coordinator for Bulgaria
  • DFG Joint  Grant with Technical University of Dresden TE257/19-1, 2013-2014
  • MONM Project “Integro-differential equations for solving of coupled problems in multifunctional materials with nano-heterogeneities” (2014-2016)