Avram Eskenazi, Ph.D.

Senior Researcher
Head of Department
Personal Records
 
Full Name Avram Mois Eskenazi
 
Date of Birth 14.05.1946
 
Telephone ++359 2 979 2873
 
Email Eskenazi@math.bas.bg
Education
 
1964-1969 Faculty of Mathematics, University of Sofia
Academic qualifications
 
1969 MSc, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Sofia
 
1978 PhD in Computer Science, University of Sofia, Thesis: "Computer assisted test generation"
Languages
 
English Good
 
French Good
 
Russian Good
 
German Good
Professional record
 
1969 - 1983 Researcher, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
 
1983 - present Senior Researcher with the same organization
 
1985 - present Head, Software Engineering Dept. with the same organization
 
1999 - present Professor, University of Economics, Varna
Participation in projects
 
1986 - 1988 Intl. project with the Institute of Informatics Problems, Moscow, on new software technologies (head of the Bulgarian staff)
 
1986-1990 UNESCO project Bul/003 on computer assisted education (head of subproject)
 
1987-1998 Four projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science on software processes, software marketing, software quality - evaluation and assurance (head of the staff)
 
1992-1994 Payroll software development project with Val Informatique (France) (head of the staff)
 
1993-1997 Research and software development projects with Dornier (Germany) on CAL and software development technology (head of the staff)
 
1997 Development of the Bulgarian Strategy for Information and Communication Technologies in Secondary Education (head of the staff)
 
1998 Development of the Bulgarian Strategy for the Information Society (member of the staff)
 
1998-1999 Development of the Bulgarian Strategy for High Technologies (member of the staff)
 
1997-2000 Joint project with the Faculty of Management, University of Tel Aviv - Evaluation of information systems and their development technologies (head of the Bulgarian staff)
 
2000-2003 Joint project with the Faculty of Management, University of Tel Aviv - Distant development of information systems (head of the Bulgarian staff)
 
2000-2003 "Multiversum" - SOCRATES Comenius 3.1 No. 87522-CP-1-2000-1-IT intl. research project "Multimedia as an epistemological resource: towards multifaceted rather than linear knowledge" (coordinator for one of both Bulgarian partners)
 
2002-2003 EC IST 34488 eXPERT on Application of the eXPERT Approach (XP + PSP) in SME (member of the staff)
 
2003-2006 Joint project with the Faculty of Management, University of Tel Aviv - Development of information systems by means of advanced technologies (head of the Bulgarian staff)
 
2005-2007 EU Erasmus 114046-CP-1-2004-1-BG ETN DEC – Head, Software Engineering expert group
 
2005-2007 EU Project 027287 – SSA : ELOST
e-Government for LOw Socio-economic sTatus groups – Bulgarian coordinator
 
2006-2008 Joint project with the Faculty of Management, University of Tel Aviv – Evaluation and Selection of Complex Software Systems (head of the Bulgarian staff)
 
Teaching activities
 
1972 -1989

University of Sofia, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Major courses:
Introduction to computer science, Data structures and organization, Computer assisted learning, Software engineering
1992 - 1997

International University, Sofia, Major courses:
Data structures and organization, Software engineering, Advanced software engineering
 
1997-present

University of Economics, Varna, Major courses:
Software Engineering, E-Commerce, Extreme Programming
 
2002-2004

New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Major courses:
Software Engineering, E-Commerce, Extreme Programming
 
2003-present

Varna Free University, Major courses:
Software Engineering
 
Other positions and activities:
 
1986 -present Bulgarian representative to IFIP TC 2 on Software
 
1993 - present Member of the Council of ACMBUL (Bulgarian chapter of ACM)
 
1995 -1999 Bulgarian representative to the UNESCO Program of Informatics
 
1998 - present Member of the Council of the International Foundation "St Cyrillus and St Methodius"
 
1999 - present Member of ACM
 
2001 - present Chairman of the Auditing Council of the International Foundation "St Cyrillus and St Methodius"
 
2003 - present Member of the Editorial Board of the Intl. Journal "Annals of Mathematics , Computing and Teleinformatics "
 
2003 - present Member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education, Moscow
Recent publications
 

  1. A. Eskenazi, S. Ilieva, A. Dimov, I. Pavlova. Present and Future of Bulgarian Research in Software and Services. Proc. of Intl. Conf. Automatics and Informatics’08, Sofia, 2008, p.III-1-III-6

  2. V.Angelova, A.Eskenazi, Application of classification methods to a problem related to specific groups of e-government users, Serdica Journal of Computing, 1/2008, p.19-30

  3. A. Eskenazi, Evaluation and management of the software quality, Journal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 6/2007, p.42-47 (in Bulg.)

  4. A. Eskenazi, On the current university education of doftware engineering. Proc. Intl. seminar, Brezovo, July 16-17, 2007, p. 5-16.

  5. S. Ilieva, P. Ivanov, I. Mihaylov, E. Stefanova, A. Eskenazi. eXPERT Approach Implementation in Software SME. Proc of Euro-Spi 2003, Graz 10-12.12.2003, p.VIII.1-VIII.9 .

  6. P.Assenova, A.Eskenazi . Multiversum - An European Project with Bulgarian participation - a New Approach to Electronic Teaching in Schools. In "New Technologies in Education and Vocational Training ", Intl . Conf ., Sofia 2003, p .299-306.

  7. I . Mihaylov , P . Ivanov , E . Stefanova , A . Eskenazi , S . Ilieva . The Expert Approach - a Case Study, Compsystech 2003, Sofia , p.II-5.1 - II-5.6.

  8. P. Azalov, A. Eskenazi . Computing Curricula 2001. Where we are ? Mathematics and Mathematical Education , Proc. 33 Spring Conf. of UBM , 2003, p .427-436 (in Bulg.)

  9. A.Eskenazi, Pl.Balkanski. Quality Improvement in XP Development. Proc. of the Intl. Conference “CompSysTech 2002”, 2002, p. II.9.1-II.9.6.

  10. V.Zanev, A.Eskenazi, Seong-oo Yoo. An Approach to Remote Software Project Management and Development. Proc of the 16 International Conf. on Computers an d Their Applications, Seattle, 28-30.03.2001, p.531-534.

  11. A.Eskenazi, P. Assenova. The Bulgari an National Educational Strategy for Information and Communicat ion Technologies and its Implication for School Level Education . Proc. Open Classrooms in the Digital Age, Barcelona, November 19-21 2000, p.17-23.

  12. A. Eskenazi, N. Maneva, R. Radev. Project Management and Quality Assurance in a Distant Software Development Project. Proc. 5. Congress "Software-Qualitaetsmanagement", Koeln/Bonn. 5-7 April 2 000, 1.3, p.1-6.

  13. A. Eskenazi. The Bulgarian National Educational Strategy for Information and Communication Technologies. Experts Meeting on the Problems of the International Cooperation in the Field of ICT in Education , Kiev , 12-13 April 1999, Proc ., 2000, p .19-24.

  14. A. Eskenazi, N. Ahit uv, N. Maneva, R. Radev. Project Management and Quality Assurance in a Distant Software Development Project, Intl. J. on Information Theories & Applications,1999, vol.6, No.1, p.3-10.

  15. W. Windmuller, R. Radev, N. Maneva, A. Eskenazi. STORYIST: A Concept Development Tool , CALISCE'98 Conf, Goteborg, Sweden, 15-17.07.1998. Computer-Aided Learning and Instruction in Science Education, Proceedings, p.433-440.

  16. A.Eskenazi. The Problem of Objectivity in Software Quality Evaluati on. Information Technologies and Programming. Proc.of the 19th Intl. Conf. with Summer School, Sofia, 1994, pp.6-14.

  17. A. Eskenazi, R. Rashev. Simulating t he Software Market. Proc. of the ACMBUL International Conferenc e, Varna - 1993, Varna 1994, pp. 1-1 - 1-7.

  18. A. Eskenasi, T. Vladimirova, J. Vassileva. Incorporating Student Models in Adaptive Testing Systems. Educ. and Training Technol. 1993 Vol.3 No2, p.135-142.

  19. Bl. Sendov, A. Eskenasi. Quality of Education with Application of New Information Technologies. In "Images of Prgramming" Eds D.Bjorner, V.Kotov. North Holland, 1991, p.I-71 - -78.

  20. Bl. Sendov, A. Eskenasi. Educational change and assessment in the age of information technology. World Book of Education 1990. Assessment and Evaluation. Ed.C.Bell and D.Harrs. Kogan Page, London, 1990, p.56-62.

  21. A. Eskenasi, V. Angelova. New Method for Software Quality Evaluation. Journal of New Generation Computer Systems. Vol.3 (1990) 1, p.47-53.

  22. A. Eskenasi, R. Radev. Quality Evaluation of Authoring Systems. Education and Computing, 5(199), p.43-47 and in the book Educational Software a Secondary Level, ed. J.D.Tinsley and T.J.van Weert, Elsevier, 1989, p. 43-47.

  23. A. Eskenasi Evaluation of Software Quality by Means of Classification Methods. J. of Systems and Software, vol.10, No 3, October 1989, p.213-216.

  24. R. Mitkov, R. Pavlov, A. Eskenasi. Testing in Bulgaria with microcomputers. Revista de Informatica y Automatica, 1986, 19, No.3, p.20-23.

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