Personal information
Name / Ivanova Teodora Bakardjieva
Address / k.k. Vazrazhdane, 9020Varna, Bulgaria
Telephone / +359 52359524
Fax / +359 52356088
E-mail /
Nationality / Bulgarian
Date of birth / 20.06.1958
Work experience
Dates (from – to)
• Name and address of employer
• Occupation or position held
Dates (from – to) / 2015 – to date
Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” - Varna
Vice Rector in International Affairs,Projects and Technological Development
2006 – to date
• Occupation or position held / Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” - Varna
• Occupation or position held / Professor in Information Technologies
• Dates (from – to) / 2000 – 2006
• Name and address of employer / Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” - Varna
• Occupation or position held / Associate Professor in Information Technologies
• Dates (from – to) / 2004 – to date
• Name and address of employer / Institute of Technology - Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” - Varna
• Occupation or position held / Head
• Dates (from – to) / 2000 – 2004
• Name and address of employer / Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” - Varna
• Occupation or position held / Head of Office “International Projects”
• Dates (from – to) / 1994 – 2000
• Name and address of employer / Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” - Varna
• Occupation or position held / Assistant Professor in Information Technologies
• Dates (from – to) / 1992 – 1994
• Name and address of employer / TechnicalUniversity - Varna
• Occupation or position held / Lecturer in Information Technologies
• Dates (from – to) / 1982-1992
• Name and address of employer / BulgarianAcademy of Sciences- Varna
• Occupation or position held / Head of the Department “Scientificand Technical Information”
Education and training
• Dates (from – to) / 2000
• Name and type of organization providing education and training / Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” - Varna
• Level in national classification / Associate Professor in Information Technologies
• Dates (from – to) / 1995
• Name and type of organization providing education and training / SU “St. Kliment Ohridski”- Sofia
• Level in national classification / Ph. D.
• Dates (from – to) / 1977 – 1982
• Name and type of organization providing education and training / TechnicalUniversity - Varna
• Level in national classification / Engineer- Telecommunications
• Dates (from – to) / / 1972-1977
• Name and type of organization providing education and training / EnglishLanguageSchool- Varna
• Level in national classification / First - Profile English Language
Membership of Professional
Bodies / Association of Scientists in Bulgaria;
Memberofthe International Organization of Computer Sciences (IFIP);
National Contact Person for Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 2 – Information Technologies (IST);
Institutional Contact Person for Seventh Framework Programme
Specializations and acquired qualification / 2014-2015 Trainings in Project Management organized by the European Parliament
2013-2014 Trainings organized by the European Commission – Brussels
1998 Training seminar organized by INTELE–Strasburg, Belgium
1997 Lectureratseminarsorganizedbythe University of Delaware
1994 TrainingthroughBritishCouncil - Bulgaria
Personal skills
and competences
Mother tongue / Bulgarian
Other languages
English / Russian / German
• Reading skills / Excellent / good / very good
• Writing skills / Excellent / good / very good
• Verbal skills / Excellent / good / very good
Technical skills
and competences / INTERNET Technologies, Computer Networks and Communications; Internet Programming – HTML, JavaScript, XML; Web Design; On-line Education; Distance Learning; Software Agents
Main Publications:
Bakardjieva T.,Gradinarova B., Innovations in Mathematics Education through Excel Spreadsheets, Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, CATE’98, Cancun, Mexico, 27-30 May 98, paper No. 282-035, the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), USA, California 92814, box 2481, Annaheim, 1811 West Catella Avenue, Suite 101
Gradinarova B., T. Bakardjieva, The Internet as a Multicultural Communication, XV IFIP World Computer Congress- the Global Information Society o n the way to the next millennium, 31 August-4 September 1998, Vienna, Austria, Teleteaching “98 Distance Learning, Training and Education, Short Papers, part III, pp.55-58
Bakardjieva T., R. Yordanova, Using the Internet in Education for Constructing of Social Identity, IN-TELE CONFERENCE 98. A European Conference on Educational Users of the Internet and European Identity Construction, September 24-26, 1998, Strasbourg, France.
Gradinarova, B., T. Bakardjieva, The Internet as a Multicultural Communication - Teleteaching’98 World Computer Congress, Vienna-Budapest, 1998
Bakardjieva T.,B. Gradinarova,Cybermetic Analyses of the Use of Electronic Journals in Bulgaria, XVI IFIP World Computer Congress, Beijing, China, 21-25, August 2000
Gradinarova B., T. Bakardjieva, Zl. Mateva, An Object Model for a Web-Based Adaptive Educational System, Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on Energy and Information Systems and Technologies, June 7-8, 2001, Bitola, Macedonia, vol III, pp. 825-830.
BakardjievaT., N. Lyutov, SomeConceptsofApplicationofSoftwareAgentsinVirtualEducationalEnvironmentin Bulgaria, ThirdInternationalNAISOSymposiumofEngineeringofIntelligentSystems, September 24-27, 2002, Malaga, Spain
Bakardjieva T., N. Lyutov, Basic Concepts on Application of Agent- Based Virtual Environment for Collaborative Life- Long Learning in Bulgaria, 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, June 22-27, 2003, Crete, Greece.
Nedyalkova, A., T. Bakardjieva, N. Lyutov, Application of Agent-Based Virtual Environment for Designing of a Network for Collaborative Life-Long Learning in Bulgaria, International Conference on Politics and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications - PISTA 2004 and Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications - CISTA 2004, July 21-25, 2004 – Orlando, Florida, USA, in the Proceedings PISTA 2004,volume 1, Informatics and Society, pp. 237-241
GradinarovaB., T. Bakardjieva, Utilization of General Nets for Handwriting Analysis, Published in theproceedings of "Symposium on Professional Practice in AI" within AIAI at IFIP WCC2004, France, pp.207-214
Bakardjieva, T., G. Gercheva, An Agent-Based Approach to Knowledge Management in Collaborative Life-Long Learning Environments, Third International Conference on Open and Distance Learning: Applications of Pedagogy and Technology, 11-13 November 2005, Patra, Greece, in the Proceedings, volume B, pp. 235-239
GradinarovaB., T. Bakardjieva, M. Gradinarova: SomeAspectsofApplicationofSoftwareAgentsinInformation RetrievalinVirtual-BasedEducationalEnvironments. Education for the 21st Century 2006: Impact of ICT and Digital Resources, IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-3, Education, August 21-24, 2006, Santiago, Chile; IFIP 210 Springer 2006, ISBN 0-387-34627-9315-319
Nedyalkova A., T. Bakardjieva, N. Lyutov, Application of an Open Source e-Learning Platform – Experiences and Suggestions, 6th European Conference on e-Learning, 4-5 October 2007, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, in the Proceedings, pp.449-452
NedyalkovaA., T. Bakardjieva, N. Lyutov, ABaseFrameworkforApplicationofVideoStreamingEquipmentinE- Learning, ICT-Learn 2008, SixthInternationalInternetEducationConferenceExhibition, October 7-9, Cairo, Egypt, 2008
Bakardjieva, T., G. Gercheva, Knowledge Management and e-Learning – An Agent-Based Approach, ICCIT 2011 International Conference on Communication and Information Technologies, WASET, Venice, Italy, April 27-29 2011
Bakardjieva T., B. Gradinarova, Web 2.0 Technologies forOptimization of Learning Environment, CompSysTech, International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies,Vienna, Austria,June 16-17, 2011
T. Bakardjieva,A. Nedyalkova, Web 2.0 Vision and Students’ Learning Space, IADIS International Conference IHE 2011, Shanghai, China, December 8-10, 2011
Bakardjieva T.Introduction toComputer Networking, pp. 23
Bakardjieva T. Internet Payment Systems, pp.32
Bakardjieva T. Technologies and Networks, pp.22
Bakardjieva T. Security in E-Commerce, pp.17
Bakardjieva T., Firewall, pp. 28
Bakardjieva T., Digital Signature, pp. 8