New Approaches for Multidimensional Signal Processing: Proceedings of International Workshop, Namsp 2023

Prof. Dr. Roumen Kountchev, Ph.D., D. Sc. is a professor at the Faculty of Telecommunications, Dept. of Radio Communications and Video Technologies, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. His areas of interest are digital signal and image processing, image compression, multimedia watermarking, video communications, pattern recognition, and neural networks. He has 360 papers published in magazines and proceedings of conferences; 22 books; 47 book chapters; 21 patents. He had been principle investigator of 38 research projects. At present, he is a member of Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences and President of Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition (member of Intern. Association for Pattern Recognition). He has been a plenary speaker at more than 30 international conferences and workshops and edited 28 books published in Springer series.

Prof. Dr. Rumen Mironov received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Technical University of Sofia and M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Informatics from Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics. He is currently Head of the Department of Radio Communications and Video Technologies, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. His current research focuses on digital signal and image processing, pattern recognition, audio and video communications, information systems, computer graphics, and programming languages. He is Member of Bulgarian Association of Pattern Recognition (IAPR) and Bulgarian Union of Automation and Automation Systems. He is Author of more than 60 scientific publications.

Prof. Dr. Ivo Draganov received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2003, 2005, and 2009. Currently, he is an associate professor in the Faculty of Telecommunications and teaches Programming in Assembler, Digital Design, Measurements in Telecommunications, Audio Systems and Speech Coding, Multimedia Systems, Digital Video Broadcasting, and other subjects. His main areas of scientific research are digital image processing, pattern recognition, multimedia systems, and neural networks. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Computer and Communications Engineering Journal. During his research activities, he participated in more than 10 national and international projects and published more than 80 papers. He is a member of IEEE.

S.R. Dr. Roumiana Kountcheva is Vice President of TK Engineering. She got her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and became Senior Researcher (SR) at TIE, in 1993. She had two post-doc trainings in Japan (Fujitsu, 1977, and Fanuc, 1980). She has more than 200 publications (including 28 book chapters and 5 patents, and presented 22 plenary speeches at international conferences and workshops. She is Member of IRIEM, IDSAI, IJBST Journal Group, and Bulgarian Association for Pattern Recognition. She participated as PI, Co-PI, and Team Member of 47 scientific research projects, from which 14 international. She is Reviewer of WSEAS conferences and journals and edited several books for Springer SIST series. Her scientific areas of interest are in image processing and analysis, image watermarking and data hiding, multidimensional image representation, tensor representation, pyramidal image decompositions, image and video compression, CNC and programmable controllers, etc.

Prof. Dr. Kazumi Nakamatsu received the M.s. Eng. and Dr. Sci. from Shizuoka University, 1976, and Kyushu University, Japan, 1999, respectively. He is Full Professor at School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Japan. His research interests encompass various kinds of logic and their applications to Computer Science, especially paraconsistent annotated logic programs and their applications. He is Author of over 150 journal papers, book chapters, and conference papers and edited 14 books published by prominent publishers such as Springer-Verlag. He has chaired various international conferences, workshops, and invited sessions, and he has been a member of numerous international program committees of workshops and conferences in the area of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science. He has contributed numerous invited lectures at international workshops, conferences, and academic organizations. He also is Recipient of some conference and paper awards. He is Member of Japan AI Society, etc.

教授 Roumen Kountchev 博士，Ph.D.，D. Sc. 是保加利亞索非亞技術大學電信學院無線通信與視頻技術系的教授。他的研究領域包括數位信號與影像處理、影像壓縮、多媒體水印、視頻通信、模式識別和神經網絡。他在期刊和會議論文集中發表了360篇論文；出版了22本書籍；撰寫了47章書籍；擁有21項專利。他曾擔任38個研究項目的主要研究員。目前，他是歐洲地中海藝術與科學學院的成員，以及保加利亞模式識別協會的會長（國際模式識別協會的成員）。他曾在30多個國際會議和研討會上擔任全體發言人，並編輯了28本在Springer系列出版的書籍。

教授 Rumen Mironov 博士於保加利亞索非亞技術大學獲得電信學的碩士和博士學位，並在應用數學與資訊學院獲得應用數學與資訊學的碩士學位。他目前是保加利亞索非亞技術大學無線通信與視頻技術系的系主任。他目前的研究重點是數位信號與影像處理、模式識別、音頻與視頻通信、資訊系統、計算機圖形學和程式語言。他是保加利亞模式識別協會（IAPR）和保加利亞自動化與自動化系統聯盟的成員。他擁有超過60篇科學出版物。

教授 Ivo Draganov 博士於2003年、2005年和2009年在保加利亞索非亞技術大學獲得學士、碩士和博士學位。目前，他是電信學院的副教授，教授組合語言程式設計、數位設計、電信測量、音頻系統與語音編碼、多媒體系統、數位視頻廣播等課程。他的主要科學研究領域包括數位影像處理、模式識別、多媒體系統和神經網絡。他是《計算機與通信工程期刊》的編輯委員會成員。在他的研究活動中，他參與了超過10個國家和國際項目，並發表了超過80篇論文。他是IEEE的成員。

S.R. Roumiana Kountcheva 博士是TK Engineering的副總裁。她在保加利亞索非亞技術大學獲得碩士和博士學位，並於1993年成為TIE的高級研究員（SR）。她曾在日本（富士通，1977年，和發那科，1980年）進行兩次博士後培訓。她擁有超過200篇出版物（包括28章書籍和5項專利），並在國際會議和研討會上發表了22次全體演講。她是IRIEM、IDSAI、IJBST期刊小組和保加利亞模式識別協會的成員。她作為主要研究員、共同研究員和團隊成員參與了47個科學研究項目，其中14個為國際項目。她是WSEAS會議和期刊的審稿人，並為Springer SIST系列編輯了幾本書籍。她的科學研究興趣包括影像處理與分析、影像水印與數據隱藏、多維影像表示、張量表示、金字塔影像分解、影像與視頻壓縮、CNC和可編程控制器等。

教授 Kazumi Nakamatsu 博士於1976年獲得靜岡大學的工程碩士學位，並於1999年獲得九州大學的科學博士學位。他是日本兵庫大學人文科學與環境學院的全職教授。他的研究興趣涵蓋各種邏輯及其在計算機科學中的應用，特別是矛盾一致的註釋邏輯程序及其應用。他是超過150篇期刊論文、書籍章節和會議論文的作者，並編輯了14本由知名出版社如Springer-Verlag出版的書籍。