Prof. Dr. Roumen Trifonov

Prof. Dr. Roumen Trifonov

Director of research unit "Information and Communication Technologies"

Prof. Dr. Roumen Trifonov is Head at VUZF-Lab’s  „Information and Communication Technologies“ Research Department and lecturer of Informatics in Higher School of Insurance and Finance /VUZF/. His main research interests cover the fields of information systems, information security, electronic governance, electronic business, artificial intelligence, machine learning. He participate actively in different professional and non-government organizations like John Atanasoff Union of Automation and Informatics at Federation of the scientific engineering unions; Bulgarian Research and Education Network; Academic Society of Computer Systems and Information Technologies. During his carееr occupied positions in state administration like director of Science department at Ministry of education and science, advisor to Chairman of  state agency for information technologies and communications, director of Coordination center for information, communication and management technologies at Council of Ministers, advisor to Minister of state administration. He specialized in United Kingdom, Germany,  France, Estonia, USA, South Korea, Taiwan. He has been engaged in some state projects of electronic government. Before joining VUZF, Prof. Trifonov is a lecturer at Technical University of Sofia where he received his doctoral degree in computer science.

Selected Publications

      1. *Roumen Trifonov, Governmental Cloud Security Problems, WSEAS Transactions on Computer Research, Volume 4, 2016, E-ISSN: 2415-1521
      2. *Roumen Trifonov, Trust Services for Electronic Transactions, WSEAS Transactions on Computer Research, Volume 5, 2017, E-ISSN: 2415-1521
      3. *Roumen Trifonov, Forecasting of Financial Markets via Neural Network, WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on ADVANCES in ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Volume 14, 2017, E-ISSN: 2224-3410
      4. Roumen Trifonov, R. Yoshinov, B. Jekov, G. Pavlova, Methodology for Assessment of Open Data, International Journal of Computers, Volume 2, 2017, ISSN: 2367-8895
      5. Roumen Trifonov, Slavcho Manolov, Radoslav Yoshinov, Georgi Tsochev, Galya Pavlova, Artificial Intelligence Methods for Cyber Threats Intelligence, International Journal of Computers, Volume 2, 2017, ISSN: 2367-8895
      6. Roumen Trifonov, Georgi Tsochev, Radoslav Yoshinov, Slavcho Manolov, Galya Pavlova, Conceptual model for cyber intelligence network security system, International Journal of Computers, Volume 11, 2017, ISSN: 1998-4308
      7. Roumen Trifonov, S. Manolov, Radoslav Yoshinov, G. Tsochev, G. Pavlova, An adequate response to new Cyber Security challenges through Artificial Intelligence methods. Applications in Business and Economics., WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on BUSINESS and ECONOMICS, Volume 14, 2017, E-ISSN: 2224-2899 (SJR = 0.150)

      1. Roumen Trifonov, Tsochev, S. Manolov, Radoslav Yoshinov, G. Pavlova, A SURVEY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ENHANCING THE INFORMATION SECURITY, International Journal of Development Research, Vol. 07, Issue, 11, November, 2017, ISSN: 2230-9926, pp.16866-16872
      2. Roumen Trifonov, Daniela Gotseva and Vasil Angelov, BINARY CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS, International Journal of Development Research, Vol. 07, Issue, 11, November, 2017, ISSN: 2230-9926, pp.16873-16879
      3. Roumen Trifonov, Daniela Gotseva and Vasil Angelov, ANALYSIS OF DATA MINING EVALUATION METHODS’ EFFICIENCY, International Journal of Development Research, Vol. 07, Issue, 11, November, 2017, ISSN: 2230-9926, pp.16880-16884
      4. Roumen Trifonov, Yoshinov, B. Jekov, G. Pavlova, E-GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENT, International Journal of Development Research, Vol. 07, Issue, 09, September, 2017, ISSN: 2230-9926, pp.14874-14881
      5. Gotseva, R. Trifonov, V. Angelov, DATA MINING AND CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES, International Journal of Software and Web Sciences (IJSWS), Vol. 1, Issue 17, June-August 2016, ISSN (Online): 2279-0071, pp. 01-06
      6. *Roumen Trifonov, Electronic Data Interchange Between Parties Involved In Incident Handling Process, Computer & Communications Engineering V.6/2, 2012, ISSN 1314-2291
      7. *Roumen Trifonov, ELGI – e-learning project for interoperability in the context of electronic government, Computer Science and Technologies, Year XI, Number 2/2013, ISSN 1312-3335
      8. *Roumen Trifonov, Project for electronic learning of electronic government interoperability, Computer Science and Technologies, Year XIII, Number 1/2015, ISSN 1312-3335 (in Bulgarian)
      9. Tsochev, Roumen Trifonov, G. Popov, FIPA Standardization for Agent Based Technology, Computer & Communications Engineering V.10/1, 2016, ISSN 1314-2291
      10. Roumen Trifonov, Interoperability analysis of information systems in state administration, Automation and Informatics Magazine, 2011 (in Bulgarian)
      11. Roumen Trifonov, Electronic conferencing – state of the art and application perspectives, Computer & Communications Engineering  Magazine, 2011 (in Bulgarian)
      12. Roumen Trifonov, Bulgarian ENVIRONMENT FOR E-DOCUMENTS EXCHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION, Еlectrical engineering and Electronics Е+Е Magazine, 2011
      13. Roumen Trifonov, Information Security and e-Government Cloud Computing Applications, Computer & Communications Engineering Magazine, 1/2010, Bulgaria

      1. Roumen Trifonov, G. Tsochev, Artificial intelligent methods for network and information security Monography, Avangard Prima Publisher, 2018, 168 pages, ISBN: 978-619-160-936-9 (in Bulgarian)
      2. Roumen Trifonov, Information Systems Problems, Monography, Avangard Prima Publisher, 2017, 134 pages , ISBN: 978-619-160-910-9
      3. Roumen Trifonov et all., Interoperability of information systems, Avangard Prima Publisher, 2016, ISBN 978-619-160-721-1 (in Bulgarian)
      4. Roumen Trifonov et all., Interoperability in Electronic Government Applications, Avangard Prima Publisher, 2015, ISBN 978-619-160-456-2
      5. Roumen Trifonov et all., Electronic Commerce, Avangard prima Publisher, 2014, ISBN: 978-619-160-037-3
      6. Roumen Trifonov et all., Electronic governance, Avangard prima Publisher, 2013, ISBN: 978-619-160-098-4 (in Bulgarian)
      7. Roumen Trifonov et all., Network and Information Security, Avangard prima Publisher, 2013,
        ISBN: 978-619-160-183-7 (in Bulgarian)
      8. Roumen Trifonov et all., Electronic business, Avangard prima Publisher, 2012, ISBN: 978-619-160-037-3 (in Bulgarian)
      9. Trifonov et all, Computer Security, Avangard Prima, 2012, ISBN: 978-954-323-973-3

      1. Trifonov, G. Pavlova, Strategies for planning mobile robot trajectory considering its moment state and environment, International Conference „Automatics and Informatics’2017“, 4-6 October 2017, ISSN 1313-1850
      2. Trifonov, G. Pavlova, Dynamic hierarchy in decision-making in behaviour selection of mobile robots, Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Information Technologies (InfoTech-2017), 20-21 September 2017, Bulgaria, ISSN 1314-1023
      3. Trifonov, G. Tsochev, S. Manolov, R. Yoshinov, G. Pavlova, Increasing the level of network and information security using artificial intelligence, Fifth Intl. Conf. Advances in Computing, Communication and Information Technology- CCIT 2017, 2-3 September, 2017, Zurich, Swiss, ISBN: 978-1-63248-131-3
      4. Trifonov, G. Tsochev, G. Pavlova, R. Yoshinov, S. Manolov, Adaptive Optimization Techniques For Inteligent Network Security, 4th International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and Industry MCSI 2017, August 24-26, 2017, Corfu Island, Greece, Conference Publishing Services of IEEE (2017), ISBN-13: 978-1-5090-0973-2
      5. Trifonov, D. Budakova, G. Pavlova, Neural network application in financial area, 18-th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies CompSysTech’17, 23-24 June 2017, University of Ruse, Bulgaria, ACM Digital Library (2017), ISBN: 978-1-4503-5234-5
      6. Trifonov, R. Yoshinov, G. Pavlova, G. Tsochev, Artificial neural network intelligent method for prediction, 2017 International Conference on Mathematical Methods & Computational Techniques in Science & Engineering MMCTSE 2017, Cambridge, UK, February 24-26, 2017, AIP Conference Proceedings 1872, 020021 (2017) (SJR = 0.163)
      7. Trifonov, G. Pavlova, I. Pavlov “Models of Intelligent Behavior of Walking Robot Moving on Slopes and Stairs”, International Conference „Automatics and Informatics’2016“, 4-6 October 2016, ISSN 1313-1869
      8. Tsochev, R. Trifonov, R. Yoshinov, “VPN Comparison: IPSEC and SSL”, Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Information Technologies (InfoTech-2016), 20-21 September 2016, Bulgaria, ISSN 1314-1023
      9. Trifonov, G. Pavlova, I. Pavlov “Architecture of six-legged robot for simulation of movement under partial loss of leg mobility”, Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Information Technologies (InfoTech-2016), 20-21 September 2016, Bulgaria, ISSN 1314-1023
      10. Popov, Roumen Trifonov, , “A fuzzy logic DSP processing for dual technology passive infrared & ultrasonic motion detector”, 13-th International Conference „Challenges in Higher Education and Research in the 21st Century, June 2015, Sozopol, Bulgaria, ISBN 978-954-580-308-6
      11. Д. Будакова, Р. Трифонов, Н. Цайкин, “Обобщено мрежов модел за изследване на поведение на сътрудничество между интелигентни виртуални агенти”, International Conference on Engineering, Technologies and Systems, TECHSYS 2016, Technical University – Sofia, Plovdiv branch, 26 – 28 May 2016, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ISSN: 1310-8271
      12. Galia Pavlova, V. Pavlov and Trifonov, Technical parameters integration of mechanical and computer systems in robotics, Int. Sc. Conference COMPUTER SCIENCE’2015, September2015, Durrës, Albania, pp. 274-279, ISBN: 978-619-167-177-9
      13. Georgi Tsochev, Trifonov, G. Naydenov, “Agent communication languages comparison: FIPA-ACL and KQML”, Int. Scientific Conference COMPUTER SCIENCE’2015, September 2015, Durrës, Albania, ISBN: 978-619-167-177-9
      14. Budakova, L. Dakovski, Rumen Trifonov, “Modeling and Studying Cooperative Behavior between Intelligent Virtual Agents by Means of PRE-ThINK Architechture”, The 7-th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications: Cognitive 2015, March 2015, Nice, France, ISBN: 978-1-61208-390-2
      15. Bozhkov, P. Georgieva, Roumen Trifonov, “Brain Neural Data Analysis Using Machine Learning Feature Selection and Classification Methods”, 15-th International Conference Engineering Applications of Neural Networks EANN 2014, September 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria, SPRINGER ISSN: 1865-0929 (SJR = 0.162)
      16. Popov, M. Hristova, Roumen Trifonov. MODELING OF MMI CONTROL SYSTEM WITH THREE OPERATORS, 16th WSEAS International Conference on Computers: Recent Researches in Communications and Computers, July 2012, Kos Island, Greece , ISBN: 978-1-61804-109-8
      17. Daniela Gotseva, Maryana Goushleva, Roumen Trifonov, Stephan Vassilev. Smart System Implementation for Growing Spirulina Maxima Algae, , 6th International Scientific Conterence Computer Science 2011, 01-03 September 2011, Ohrid, Macedonia; pp. 112-115, ISBN 978-954-438-914-7
      18. Trifonov, S. Manolov The integrated environment for e-Documents exchange presented by the Reference model for applied architecture, 25-th Int. Conf. on Inf. Tech.(InfoTech-2011), Sept. 2011 Varna, Bulgaria, ISSN: 1314-1023
      19. Trifonov,R et all, Specific Information Security Problems For Cloud Computing E-Government applications, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technologies (InfoTech- 2010) 16-17 September 2010, Bulgaria, pp.75-80, ISSN 1314-1023
      20. Roumen Trifonov et all, NEW APPROACH FOR INFORMATION SECURITY IN E-GOVERNMENT, International Conference on Applied Computer Science ACS, 15-17 September 2010, Malta, Malta, pp.636-638, ISBN 978-960-474-225-7
      21. Roumen Trifonov et all, Trends in Electronic government, III International conference „Е-Governence”, 19 – 22 June 2011г., Sozopol, Bulgaria (in Bulgarian)
      22. Roumen Trifonov, G. Popov, T. Tashev, INFORMATION SECURITY AND E-GOVERNMENT, 9th International conference on challenges in higher education and research in 21st century”, 5-8 June 2011, Sozopol, Bulgaria
      23. Roumen Trifonov, T. Tashev, S. Nedev, REAL ACHIEVMENT OF INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 9th International conference on challenges in higher education and research in 21st century”, 5-8 June 2011, Sozopol, Bulgaria
      24. Roumen Trifonov, Tasho Tashev, SOA Approach to Municipal E-Services, 14th WSEAS International conference on Computers, July 23-25, 2010 Greece
      25. Dakovski, R.Trifonov, B. Jekov, BULGARIAN E-GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT, Computer Science 09, Bulgaria,2009
      26. Manolov, R. Trifonov, THE GOVERNMENTAL POLICY IN THE FIELD OF NETWORK AND INFORMATION SECURITY, Computer Science 09, Bulgaria,2009
      27. Trifonov, I. Vassileva, Bulgarian application of INSPIRE – the directive for establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the EC, Computer Science 09, Bulgaria,2009
      28. Trifonov, M. Popova, The e-Procurement System in EURoPE, Computer Science 09, Bulgaria,2009
      29. Trifonov, P. Kovachev, e-Health in bulgaria, Computer Science 09, Bulgaria,2009
      30. Trifonov, M. Popova, Development of E-Procurement System in Bulgaria, 10th European Conference E-COMM-LINE 2009, Bucarest, Romania 2009
      31. Trifonov, National Broadband Program of the Republic of Bulgaria, CompSysTech, Bulgaria 2009
      32. Vatchkov, R. Trifonov, E-governance act, CompSysTech, Bulgaria 2008
      33. Dakovski, R.Trifonov, B. Jekov, Business intelligence solutions for e-governance, Computer Science ’08 Kavala, Greece 2008
      34. Trifonov, M. Popova, E-Procurement System in Bulgaria – Challenges and Perspectives, Computer Science ’08 Kavala, Greece 2008
      35. Trifonov, I. Vassileva, Information Strategy Methodology in Judiciary, Computer Science ’08 Kavala, Greece 2008
      36. Vatchkov, R. Trifonov , National Program for Accelerated Development of Information Society in Bulgaria, CompSysTech, Bulgaria 2007
      37. Trifonov, B.Jekov , Structural approach in e-governance development, International Conference Automatics and Informatics, Bulgaria, 2007,
      38. Trifonov, B.Jekov, E-governance models, EE e|Gov Days, Prague, 2007
      39. Trifonov, B. Jekov, Business Intelligence in e-Governance, Computer Science 06, Istambul, Turkey, 2006
      40. Trifonov, T. Nedyalkov, ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND THE BULGARIAN E-GOVERNANCE, Computer Science 06, Istambul, Turkey, 2006
      41. R. Trifonov, E-Government ACHIEVEMENTS, PROJECTS AND PERSPECTIVES  in Bulgaria, EE e|Gov Days, Budapest, 2005
      42. R. Trifonov,  STATE OF THE ART AND PERSPECTIVES OF E-GOVERNMENT IN BULGARIA – Computer Science ‘05 , Chalkidiki, Greece 2005

      Current Projects

      1. GN4 – Multi-Gigabit European Research and Education Network and Associated Services, 2014-2020, EU Research and Innovation Programme Horizon 2020
      2. FNI Н07/56 – Increasing the level of network and information security using artificial intelligent methods, 2016 – 2019, National Science fund at Ministry of education and science

      Finished Projects

      1. PRACE 3IP – Pan-European High Performance Computing infrastructure and services, 2013-2015, EU Research and Innovation 7th Framework Programme
      2. 6DEPLOY-2 – IPv6 Deployment Support, 2010-2013, EU Policy Support Porgramme
      3. 152ПД0017-09 – Application of multi-agent systems in computer network security, 2015-2016, Technical university of Sofia
      4. Project „Government Center for computer security incidents response team (Gov-CSIRT), State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications, 2007-2008г.
      5. Project „Interoperability in Electronic government”, State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications, 2007-2008г.
      6. Project „Electronic governance law”, Council of Ministers, 2005-2006г.
      7. Project „Pilot electronic region Stara Zagora”, Council of Ministers, 2004г.
      8. Project „Pilot Portal of Bulgarian electronic government”, Council of Ministers, 2003г.

      Teaching Activities and Stand-in Professors

      1. Lectures “Network and Information Security”, Southampton Solent University, UK, 2018, EU Erasmus+ programme
      2. Lectures “Network and Information Security”, Southampton Solent University, UK, 2017, EU Erasmus+ programme
      3. Lectures “Artificial Intelligence”, Lancaster University, UK, 2016, EU Erasmus+ programme
      4. Lectures “Electronic Commerce”, Coruna University, Spain, 2014, EU Erasmus+ programme
      5. Lectures “Artificial Neural Networks”, Portsmouth University, UK, 2013, EU Erasmus programme