Velina Slavova

Prof. Velina Slavova is a full Professor in the Department of Informatics at New Bulgarian University (NBU), where she has taught since 1995. Her international academic engagements include invited professorships at Université de Nantes (1998-2017), Université Française d'Égypte (2005-2012), and ongoing teaching at the Francophone Institute of Management in Sofia.

Educational background comprises:

• Mechanical Engineer, Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sofia
• Specialist in Applied Mathematics and Informatics
• Candidate of Technical Sciences
• Robotics specialization, École Nationale des Mines de Paris
• Cognitive Science specialization, New Bulgarian University

Research focuses on interdisciplinary domains:

• Natural Language Processing: Emotion recognition, text analysis, computational semantics
• Cognitive Modeling: Language acquisition frameworks, concept formation
• Data Science Applications: Corpus linguistics, statistical text analysis
• Cross-disciplinary Studies: Psycholinguistics, computational social science

Her work often bridges computer science with cognitive psychology and linguistics.

Recent publications (2020-2023) predominantly investigate emotion recognition through linguistic features, child language acquisition patterns, and semantic role modeling, utilizing corpus-based statistical approaches across multiple languages.

Professional leadership includes:

• Co-chair of International Conference on Cognitive Modeling in Linguistics (since 2007)
• Member of Scientific Council, Francophone University Agency (2004-2010)
• Regional Bureau of Experts, Francophone University Agency (2006-2016)

Teaching spans fundamental and advanced topics:

• Core CS: Algorithms, Data Structures, Database Design
• Specialized: Natural Language Processing, Information Systems
• Practicums: Database implementation, programming

Contact: Office hours Friday 13:00-15:00 & Saturday 14:30-17:30 (Building II, Room 712), email: vslavova@nbu.bg