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
