NEWS AND EVENTS

INSAIT is pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Reichle as its newest tenure-track faculty member. Dr. Reichle joins the institute from ETH Zurich, where he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Foundations of Cryptography group led by Prof. Dennis Hofheinz. An internationally recognized researcher in modern cryptography, Dr. Reichle’s expertise spans searchable encryption, blind signatures, threshold […]

The latest update to the BgGPT chat platform introduces a number of enhancements designed to make the user experience faster, more transparent, and more efficient. The new release includes: These improvements reflect our commitment to building a trustworthy AI experience based on transparency, speed, and precision. We continue to enhance the platform to make it […]

Just four years after its founding, INSAIT has achieved a series of milestones that until recently seemed unimaginable, including securing Bulgaria’s first ERC Advanced Grant in the engineering and natural sciences. In an interview on bTV’s 120 Minutes, one of the country’s most popular current affairs programs, INSAIT’s Scientific Director, Prof. Martin Vechev, and Executive […]

Today, FireScope AI was the leading topic on Bulgaria’s national television morning show, highlighting INSAIT’s AI-powered wildfire risk map designed to support wildfire prevention efforts across Europe. Being featured as the main topic throughout the program and in its opening announcements is a strong recognition of the project’s significance—not only as a scientific breakthrough, but […]

Today, INSAIT welcomed the Italian Ambassador to Bulgaria and representatives of the European Space Agency (ESA). H.E. Marcello Apicella, Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria, accompanied by Deputy Head of Mission Edoardo Di Paolo, and Dr. Tommaso Ghidini, Head of the ESA Mechanical Department, visited INSAIT and met with the institute’s Executive Director, Borislav Petrov, as […]

 “INSAIT achieved the unimaginable” is one of the most frequently repeated phrases in the coverage of INSAIT’s historic success, appearing both in the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) report and in dozens of other media outlets in Bulgaria and internationally. Winning Bulgaria’s first ERC Advanced Grant, worth 2.5M EUR, in engineering and natural sciences is arguably […]

This remarkable achievement propels Bulgaria into the ‘Champions League of Science.’  Sofia, June 2026 Bulgaria’s first-ever ERC grant in Natural Sciences and Engineeringhas been awarded to Dr. Bernhard Haeupler, a researcher at INSAIT, an institute of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. The grant, worth €2.5 million, is among the most prestigious in the world and […]

We are delighted to share that five INSAIT researchers have been recognized as CVPR 2026 Outstanding Reviewers! Presented by the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) — one of the world’s leading forums for computer vision and AI research — these distinctions recognize scientists who make exceptional contributions to maintaining the quality and rigor […]

Historic achievement for a Bulgarian university student! Congratulations to Aleksandar Yanev, who became the first Bulgarian university student in history to co-author a paper accepted at CVPR, the world’s leading computer vision conference, which took place in Denver, USA, this year. Alex is a third-year student at Sofia University and part of Explorer, INSAIT’s special […]

Borislav Petrov, Executive Director of INSAIT, participated in the discussion “Digital Transformation: Productivity, Governance, and Inclusion”, held as part of the regular meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Varna, just days after the G7 Summit. During the discussion, he highlighted the connection between the world-class research conducted at […]

INSAIT has received prestigious recognition at ICML 2026, one of the world’s premier AI conferences. The paper BrokenMath: A Benchmark for Sycophancy in Theorem Proving with LLMs has been awarded a Spotlight distinction at this year’s conference, to be held in Seoul, South Korea. Out of nearly 24,000 submissions to ICML 2026, only around 2% […]

INSAIT hosted the extended Bulgarian national team for the 30th Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, taking place in Romania this week. During the visit, Kristian Minchev, a PhD student at INSAIT, taught two lectures on Geometry as part of the team’s preparation for the Olympiad. He also presented INSAIT, followed by a short panel discussion with […]