The Department is trying to bring together the theoretical and applied interdisciplinary research in IST and their applications in the natural, social and economic sciences.

The Department is involved in a number of national and international educational, research and development projects within the framework of the National Science Fund, National Fund - Structural Policy, TEMPUS, PECO, INCO-Copernicus, 5 FP European programmes.

The main directions of research according to the terminology used in European Commission Funded Programs are: eLearning, eWork & eCommerce, Artificial Intelligence. The work under the projects for research, training & development is in the framework of Centre of Information Society Technologies - CIST.


The Department built a strong competence in distance learning via Internet.

One of the latest developments in the Department is the internal eLearning project ARCADE - Architecture for Reusable Courseware Authoring and DElivery. It combines web-based tools for course and curriculum management, user management, communications, on-line assignments and testing.

The Department is involved in a number of international projects in the field of eWork in close cooperation with CIST


The Department co-ordinates the European research and development project in e-commerce - Mall2000. The basic services to be implemented in the Mall2000 are: brokering, e-newsletter publishing, marketing surveying, e-commerce training and consulting, management of suppliers and products, and document-centred services.

The Department is an active member of the European Telework Online initiative.

The Department was the main initiator of establishing the Bulgarian Telework Association.

The Department is involved in a number of international projects in the field of eWork in close cooperation with CIST



AI is an interdisciplinary area. It both uses the results of various fields and influences their further development. Recently AI methods and techniques are investigated in the international projects in close cooperation with CIST


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