NEWS AND EVENTS

The technology has the potential to make audits up to four times faster Today in Sofia, INSAIT – the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – and the Bulgarian National Audit Office launched Odis, an intelligent AI assistant designed to support public procurement auditors. The pilot project […]

Researchers from the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT), part of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, took part in the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025) – one of the world’s premier forums in the field of robotics. This year’s edition was held in Hangzhou, China, and […]

INSAIT is pleased to announce a new $1 million USD fund from Google, helping us deepen our commitment to open and inclusive AI research and innovation in Central and Eastern Europe. This latest support includes funding to advance INSAIT’s research mission, cloud compute resources to accelerate advanced AI projects, and investment in local outreach initiatives […]

The model achieves state-of-the-art performance with up to 20 times less robotic data, marking a breakthrough in scalable and data-efficient robot learning. INSAIT, part of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” has announced SPEAR-1 – the first open robotic foundation model developed in Europe, achieving state-of-the-art performance with up to 20 times less robotic training data. […]

INSAIT made a strong impression at the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2025, one of the world’s most prestigious events in artificial intelligence and computer vision. This year’s edition gathered nearly 7,000 participants from academia, industry, and research institutions across the globe. With 14 accepted research papers, Bulgaria – represented by INSAIT – stood […]

A new benchmark, Physics-IQ, developed jointly by INSAIT and Google DeepMind under the leadership of Saman Motamed, PhD student at INSAIT, has attracted wide attention across the global AI research community following its presentation at ICCV 2025. The study represents a major step toward assessing and advancing the physical reasoning capabilities of current generative video […]

On the opening day of ICCV 2025 – one of the world’s leading conferences in artificial intelligence and computer vision – Dr. Jan-Nico Zaech, Research Scientist at INSAIT, delivered a keynote lecture at the workshop “Foundation Data for Industrial Tech Transfer.” In his talk, Dr. Zaech presented a new approach to developing robotic artificial intelligence […]

With a 14 accepted papers and a booth next to tech giants such as Google, Waymo, Meta, and Sony, INSAIT is positioning Bulgaria as a leading AI destination The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” marks a major milestone at ICCV 2025 – one of the […]

Researchers from the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) and ETH Zurich have announced qblaze, a state-of-the-art quantum simulator that establishes a major milestone in quantum computing research. The new quantum simulator qblaze sets a new benchmark in quantum simulation by factoring the largest number to date using Shor’s algorithm on a […]

Researchers from INSAIT, part of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, and ETH Zurich have introduced BrokenMath — the first test designed to systematically evaluate sycophancy in mathematical reasoning with large language models (LLMs).  BrokenMath exposes a key weakness in today’s most advanced AI systems: their tendency to confidently agree with users’ false statements — a […]

ObjectRelator, a research developed at INSAIT, institute of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” has been selected as a Highlight Paper at the upcoming ICCV 2025, one of the most prestigious conferences in artificial intelligence and computer vision. Only a small fraction of accepted papers are chosen for this recognition. The project is a result of […]

A team of INSAIT, part of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” achieved a historic success by being one of only two teams to qualify for RoboArena – an international challenge for evaluating the latest AI models in robotics. The event was organized by researchers from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and other leading […]