EDUCATION
D.Sc. in Ships Collision Avoidance Systems - Rakovsky War College,
Sofia, Bulgaria, 1990.
Ph.D. in Unmanned Aircraft Landing Systems - Zhukovsky Air
Force Engineering Academy, Moscow, Russia, 1981.
M.Sc. in Avionics - Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy,
Moscow, Russia, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL RECORDS
Title: Professor.
Position: Head of Department.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Member of IEEE.
Member of AFCEA.
Full member of International Academy of Information Processes and Technologies (IAIPT), Moscow, Russia.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Multiple Target Tracking - methods, algorithms & software for radar systems.
Mathematical modeling - methods & algorithms.
Ships collision avoidance systems - methods & algorithms.
Advanced parallel data processing - methods & algorithms.
Radar simulators - algorithms & software.
TEACHING
Supervision of Ph.D. Thesises of Mr. Kiril M. Alexiev, 1997.
Supervision of Ph.D. Thesises of Mrs. Albena P. Tchamova, 1998.
Supervision of Ph.D. Thesises of Mrs. Boriana P. Vassileva, 1999.
Lecture course on: Advanced Air Traffic Control Radar and Navigation
Systems, Department of Air Transport of Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
OTHERS
Languages: Fluent English, Perfect Russian.
Computer Skills: MS-DOS, MS WINDOWS, MS-OFFICE, PASCAL, DELPHI, FORTRAN.
Military Service: Colonel Lft.
LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Semerdjiev, E.A., L.S. Mihaylova, Tz. Semerdjiev. "Manoevring Ship
Model Identification and IMM Tracking Algorithm Design", Proc. of 1-st
Intern. Conf. on Multisource-Multisensor Inform. Fusion (FUSION'98), LV,
Nevada, USA, Vol.2, pp.968-973, 1998.
Semerdjiev, E.A., L.S. Mihaylova. "Adaptive IMM Algorithm for Manoevring
Ship Tracking", Proc. of 1st Intern. Conf. on Multisource-Multisensor Inf.
Fusion (FUSION'98), LV, Nevada, USA, Vol.2, pp.974-979, 1998.
Semerdjiev E.A., K.M. Alexiev, L. Bojilov, "Multiple Sensor Data
Association Algorithm Using Hough Transform for Track Initiation". Proc.
of 1st Intern. Conf. on Multisource-Multisensor Inform. Fusion (FUSION'98),
LV, Nevada, Vol.2, pp.980-985, USA.
Semerdjiev E.A., A.Pl. Tchamova," An Approach for A Fast Reduction of
the Full Ignorance In the Target Identification Process". Proc. of 1st
Intern. Conf. on Multisource-Multisensor Inform. Fusion (Fusion'98), LV,
Nevada, Vol.2, pp.986-991, USA.
Semerdjiev, E.A, V.G. Bogdanova. "Nonlinear Model and IMM Tracking
Algorithm for Sea Radars", Proc. of 40 Intern. Wissentschaftl. Kolloquim,
1, Ilmenau, Deutschland, 140-145, 1995.
Semerdjiev E.A., K.M. Alexieff, E.N. Djerassi, Tz.A. Semerdjiev.
"Multiple Hypothesis Tracking Algorithm Using Hough Transform". Compte
rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, Vol.49/4, 37-40, 1996.
Semerdjiev E.A., K.M. Alexieff, E.N. Djerassi, V.G. Bogdanova.
"Performance Evaluation of a Multiple Hypothesis Tracking Algorithm
Using Hough Transform". Compte rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences,
Vol.49/4, 51-54, 1996.
Semerdjiev, E.A., A.Pl. Tchamova, P. D. Konstantinova. "Multiple
Hypothesis Tracking Using Demster-Shafer's Attribute Class Estimation",
Comptes rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences, Vol.50/7, 1997.
Semerdjiev, E., Tz, Semerdjiev, Bulgarian MSDF R&D National Program
and Activities, Presented at the Second Intern. Conf. on Multisource -
Multisensor Information Fusion (FUSION' 99), Sunnyvale, USA, 1999.
Mihaylova, L., and E. Semerdjiev, An IMM Algorithm for Stochastic
Systems Control, In Proc. of EuroFusion’ 99 Data Fusion Conference -
International Conference on Data Fusion, 5th-7th October,
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, pp.49-54, 1999.
Angelova, D., E. Semerdjiev, L. Mihaylova, and X.R.Li, An IMMPDAF
Solution to Benchmark Problem for Tracking in Clutter and Standoff Jammer,
In Proc. of EuroFusion’99 Data Fusion Conference - International Conference
on Data Fusion, 5th-7th October, pp.123-129, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK,
1999.
Angelova, D., Tz.A. Semerdjiev, V.P. Jilkov, E.A. Semerdjiev,
Application of a Monte Carlo Method for Tracking Maneuvering Target in
Clutter, Proc. of the Second IMACS Seminar on Monte-Carlo Methods, pp. 61,
Varna, 7-11 June, 1999 (accepted in. Mathematics and Computers in
Simulation).
Mihaylova, L., Semerdjiev, E., and X.R. Li, Detection and Localization
of Faults in System Dynamics by IMM Estimator, Proc. of the Second Intern.
Conf. on Multisource-Multisensor Information Fusion (Fusion’ 99),
pp.937-943, 6-8 July, 1999, pp.937-943, Sunnyvale, California, USA.
Semerdjiev, E., L. Mihaylova, L., and X. R. Li, An Adaptive IMM
Filter for Aircrafts Tracking, Proc. of the Second Intern. Conf. on
Multisource-Multisensor Information Fusion (Fusion’99), 6-8 July 1999,
pp.770-777, Sunnyvale Hilton Inn, Sunnyvale, California, USA.
Semerdjiev, E., L.Mihaylova, and Tz.Semerdjiev. Manoevring Ship Model
Identification and In-ter-acting Multiple Model Tracking Algorithm Design,
In Proc of the First Intern. Conf. on Multisource-Multisensor Information
Fusion (Fusion’ 98), Vol.2, pp.968-973, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 6-9,
1998.
INTERNATIONAL R & D PROJECTS
Tz. A. Semerdjiev, V. P. Jilkov, D. S. Angelova and E. A. Semerdjiev.
PKF & MSDF: Research Continuation. Research Project Report for ELTA
Electronics Ltd., Israel 1994, pages 279.