Maria Drencheva

Undergraduate student

Email: [email protected]

About me:

My name is Maria Drencheva and I am a first-year undergraduate student at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University and INSAIT Scholar part of the EXPLORER Program since October 2024, working in the field of Safe AI, specifically in gradient inversion. I am supervised by Prof. Martin Vechev, Dimitar Dimitrov and Ivo Petrov. 

Education:

  • Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University – Oct. 2024 – Present
    B.Sc. Informatics
  • Sofia Highschool of Mathematics – Sept. 2016 – May 2024

Highschool student

Relevant experience:

  • lNSAIT Institute STARS Highschool Internship – July 2023 – September 2023

Awards:

  • European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad 2023 – Gold medal with a perfect score (42/42) 
  • International Zhautikov Olympiad in Mathematics 2023 – Gold medal
  • Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2023 – Bronze medal
  • Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2019, 2020 – Bronze and Silver medal
  • Romanian Masters of Mathematics 2023 – Bronze medal 
  • Bulgarian National Diploma – Highest national distinction for high school graduates
  • International Tournament of Young Mathematicians 2023 – gold medal and first place in overall ranking, part of team “Bulgaria”