Sava Grozdev
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CV of Professor Sava Grozdev
Sava Grozdev is Professor in Mathematics (Mathematical Analysis) and Professor in Mathematical Education. He has PhD degree in Mathematics and DSc degree in Pedagogical Sciences. His teaching and research activities are in the field of Mathematics and Pedagogical Sciences. He has given courses in Mathematical Analysis, Analytical Mechanics, Generalized Functions, Operational Calculus, Content of Geometry, History of Mathematics, Methodology, Control and Stability of Mechanical Systems, Nonlinear Oscillations, Chosen Chapters of Mathematics, and s.o. Sava Grozdev is author of more than 150 scientific publications, several books and handbooks, more than 200 Olympic problems. His highest achievements are connected with the preparation of teachers and students. He has developed a mathematical model for high achievements in Mathematics.
In 2003 Sava Grozdev was the leader of a group of teachers which took a prize in the International Competition of the American Organization “Best Practices in Education”. In the period 1994 – 2003 he was the scientific leader of the Bulgarian National Team in Mathematics. Under his leadership during Balkan and International Mathematical Olympiads the talented Bulgarian students have won 59 medals out of 60 possible: 33 gold, 24 silver and 2 bronze. The highest achievement was in 2003 when Bulgaria became World Champion at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Tokyo. This achievement has been ranked the 18th among 28 performances of Bulgarians that have been recognized as extraordinary: the invention of the prototype of the computer – the first electronic calculator by John Vincent Atanasoff, the world records of the athletes Jordanka Donkova and Stefka Kostadinova, the wrestling performances of the legendary Bulgarian lion Dan Kolov, the three times gymnastics world champion titles of Maria Gigova and Maria Petrova, the invention of the Bacterium Bulgaricus for milk fermentation by Stamen Grigorov and others. S
Sava Grozdev has been awarded with prestigious foreign and international prizes. In 2003 he received the Sign of Honour of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria. He has been awarded with the Sign of Honour of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2003), the Sign of Honour of Sofia Community (2003), the Jubilee Medal of the Latvian Mathematical Society (2004), the Honourable Professorship of the South-West University (2006), the medal “St. Cyril and Methodius” – 1st Degree (2007).
Name and Current Status:
Sava GROZDEV
Professor, PhD in Mathematics, D.Sc. in Pedagogical Sciences
Personal Information:
Birth date: July 13, 1950
Birth place: Sofia
Married, 2 children
Mailing address:
Home: 10 St. Ekaterina Street, 1618 Sofia, BULGARIA
Office: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Acad. G. Bonchev Street, Block 8
1113 Sofia, BULGARIA
Electronic mail (e-mail) address: sava.grozdev@gmail.com;
Phone: ++ (359) 2 856-72-37; mobile ++ (359) 888-62-58-18
Education and Qualification:
DSc (2003): Thesis – Theory and Practice of the Preparation of Gifted Students in Mathematics
PhD (1980): Thesis – Abstract Differential Equations in Resonance Cases
Master in Complex Analysis (1974): Sofia University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
High (1969): English Language School (Sofia)
Career/Employment:
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2004 – )
Institute of Mechanics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1979 – )
Sofia University, Department of Information and in-Service Training of Teachers (2003 – )
Higher School of Insurance and Finance (2006 – )
Specializations:
Mathematical Analysis, Differential Equations, Operational Calculus, Integral Transforms, Laplace Transform, Fourier Analysis, Fractional Calculus, Generalized Functions, Mathematical Education, Pedagogy
Membership of Professional Societies; Academic Services:
President of the Association of Education Development
Vice-President of the European Association “Kangourou sans Frontiers”
Member of the International Institute of Education Development I.D.E.A.
Member of the American Mathematical Society, Reviewer of the Journal “Mathematical Reviews”
President of the Scientific Council “Theory and Methodology of Teaching and Studying of Natural Sciences and Mathematics” – VAK (Higher Attestation Commission)
Member of the Academic Council (Center of Education) – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
President of Section “Mathematics” of the Union of Bulgarian Scientists
Secretary of the Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians
Member of the Board of the “Young Bulgaria” Foundation
Leader of the National Commission of Mathematical Olympiads and Competitions
Editor-in-Chief of Mathematics Plus (journal for talented students and outstanding teachers in Mathematics and Informatics) (ISSN 0861-8321)
Scientific Secretary of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISSN 0861-6663)
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Mathematical Education “Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education” (ISSN)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Macedonian Journal “Sigma” (ISSN)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal “Creativitate
Matematica” (ISSN 1584 – 286X)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Armenian Journal “Integral” (ISSN )
Current Projects:
European Project (Socrates-Comenius 2.1 Programme) MATHEU: Identification, Motivation and Support of Mathematical Talents in European Schools
European Project : “Maths-Europe-Encyclopedia”
International (Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Russia) Project MITE: Methodology and Information Technologies in Education
SELLECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Brankov, G., S. Grozdev, Influence of mechano – electromagnetic fields on blood vessels, Compt. Rend. Ac. Sci. Bulg., 49, 9 – 10, 1996, 47 – 50.
2. Grozdev, S., Examination of a nonstability, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 28, 2, 1997, 21 – 25.
3. Grozdev, S. On the appearance of the Fractional Calculus, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 28, 4, 1997, 11 – 20.
4. Grozdev, S., Control of a parabolic type state equation. Proc. 27th Spring Conf. UBM, Sofia, 1998, 117 – 121.
5. Kiryakova, V., S. Grozdev, G. Ivanov, Multiindex Mittag-Leffler fonctions, calcul fractionnaire generalise et transformations integrales de Laplace: Applications possibles en Automatique. Proc. CIFA 2000, Lille, 2000, 951 – 956.
6. Grozdev, S., Mathematical modeling of educational process, Journal of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 32, 1, 2002, 85 – 90.
7. Grozdev, S., E. Kolev, O. Mushkarov, N. Nikolov, Bulgarian Mathematical Competitions 1977 – 2002, UBM, Sofia, 2002.
8. Grozdev, S., S. Doichev, S. Savchev, The Geometric Problems in the Bulgarian National Competitions – Tendency to Development, Proc. WFNMC 4th Conf., Melbourne, August 4-11, 2002, Geometry & Mathematics Competitions, Iran, 2002, 129 – 151.
9. Grozdev, S., Synergetics of Studying, Pedagogy, 7, 2002, 3 – 23 (in Bulgarian).
10. Grozdev, S., Organization and Self-organization in Problem Solving, Mathematics and Informatics, 6, 2002, 51 – 58 (in Bulgarian).
11. Grozdev, S., Modeling and Control of the potentialities of outstanding Students in Problem Solving, Pedagogy, 1, 2003, 58 – 74 (in Bulgarian).
12. Ganchev, I., S. Grozdev, G. Makrides, Basic Problems in Didactics of Mathematics, Proc. Int. Congress MASSEE 2003, 5 – 8.
13. Grozdev, S., E. Stoimenova, Psychometric properties of Olympiad test
problems, Proc. 3rd Mediterranean Conference on Mathematical Education, Athens, 2003, 257 – 264.
14. Grozdev, S., Y. Tsankov, Curves and surfaces of learning, Mathematics and Education in Mathematics, Proc. 32nd Spring conference, Sunny Beach, April 5-8, 2003, 317 – 322.
15. Grozdev, S., Students – Researchers, Proc. 3rd Int. Conf., August 3-9 2003,
Rousse, 2003, 49 – 52.
16. Grozdev, S. Mechanics-Mathematics models in pedagogical
investigations, Proc. Int. Conf. On Science and Practices, October 16-18, 2003, Svishtov, 2003, 353 – 358.
17. Ganchev, I., S. Grozdev, Stages of the development of Didactics of Mathematics in Bulgaria, Proc. CASTME Int. Conf., April 15-18, 2004, Cyprus, 83 – 92.
18. Grozdev, S., On the visualness in Mathematics Education, Proc. 4th MEDCONF, Palermo, January 28-30, 2005, 303 – 313.
19. Grozdev, S., P. Kenderov, Instrumentarium for Identification and Support of gifted students in Mathematics, Proc. 34th Spring Conf. UBM, Sofia, 2005, 53 – 64 (in Bulgarian).
20. Grozdev, S. Preparation for the European Kangaroo (for students and teachers), UMB, Sofia, 2005 (in Bulgarian). .
21. Kenderov, P., S. Grozdev, Differentiated Mathematics Education in European Schools, Proc. 35th Spring Conf. UBM, Sofia, 2005, 39 – 49 (in Bulgarian).
22. Grozdev, S., Sv. Doichev, A didactical system of entertainment problems for the development of skills, Proc. Int. Conf. on Mathematics Education, Svishtov, June 3-5 2005, 114 – 119.
23. Grozdev, S., V. Nenkov, An exemplary instrumentarium for education and self-education, Proc. Int. Conf. on Mathematics Education, Svishtov, June 3-5, 2005, 91 – 99.
24. Grozdev, S., I. Derzhanski, E. Sendova, A l’intention de ceux qui trouvent les maths trop arides, Gazette des Mathematiciens, No 105, 2005.
25. Grozdev, S., T. Chehlarova, Sv. Doichev. Textbook in Mathematics for 5th Grade, Bulvest 2000, Sofia, 2006 (in Bulgarian).
26. Grozdev, S., T. Chehlarova. Collection of Problems for 5th Grade, ARO, Sofia, 2007 (in Bulgarian).
27. Grozdev, S., T. Chehlarova. Cubes and Constructions, ARO, Sofia, 2007 (in Bulgarian).
28. Grozdev, S., T. Bonina. 52 Tests in Mathematics for 7th Grade, Sim Consult, Press, Sofia, 2007 (in Bulgarian).
29. Grozdev. S., V. Danova. Mathematical Tests, ARO, Sofia, 2007 (in Bulgarian).
30. Grozdev, S., T. Chehlarova, On the Action of Elimination in the Activity of Problem Solving. 5th Mediterranean Conference on Mathematics Education, 13-15 April 2007, RHODES Island-Greece, 209-221.
