Iliyan Yordanov

Quantum Computing Engineer
Email: [email protected]

About me:
I am Iliyan Yordanov, a research engineer at INSAIT since March 2026, supervised by Prof. Martin Vechev. My research interests include programming languages, algorithms, quantum computing, and the foundations of computer science. As a student, I actively participated in science Olympiads and competitions, primarily in programming, as well as in mathematics and physics. Before joining INSAIT, I completed my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Sofia University, where I also served as a teaching assistant in several courses. I later started working as a programmer at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), where I’m involved in organizing Bulgarian national programming competitions and training camps.

Education:
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

  • Master of Informatics – Logic and Algorithms (October 2021 – July 2023) – Thesis (in Bulgarian)
  • Bachelor of Computer Science (October 2017 – July 2021)

Relevant experience:

  • Head Coach and Team Leader of the Bulgarian National Informatics Team (since 2023)
  • Member, International Scientific Committee of the European Junior Olympiad in Informatics (since 2023)
  • Programmer, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 2023)
  • Lead Developer, Bulgarian Olympic System (BOS) (2024 – 2026)
  • Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University
    • Data Structures and Programming (2020 – 2021)
    • Algebra (2019 – 2020)
    • Object-Oriented Programming (2019 – 2020)
    • Introduction to Programming (2018 – 2020)
    • Discrete Mathematics (2018 – 2019)

Honours:

  • John Atanasoff Award “Students and Their Teachers”, President of the Republic of Bulgaria (2025)
  • “30 Under 30” in category Science, Technologies and Healthcare, Forbes Bulgaria (2024)
  • Student of the Year in category “Mathematics and Informatics”, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (2022)

Awards:

  • South Eastern European Mathematical Olympiad for University Students – Silver Medal (2019)
  • European Mathematical Cup – Third Prize (2017)
  • International Autumn Tournament in Informatics – Silver Medal in Senior Group (2016)
  • Romanian Master of Informatics – Silver Medal (2014)
  • Junior Balkan Olympiad in Informatics – Bronze Medal (2013)