Prof. Vladimir Pulkov, PhD, has obtained both his higher education and doctoral degrees from the Technical University – Sofia (TUS). He has extensive research and teaching experience in the telecommunications field. He has pursued specializations in Germany (1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) and Greece (1996) and has authored over 130 scientific publications indexed in SCOPUS and WoS. He leads numerous national and international research and educational projects, as well as numerous industrial and engineering projects related to the development of the telecommunications network in Bulgaria, executed in collaboration with leading foreign firms and Bulgarian telecommunications operators.
He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Telecommunications (2007 – 2015) and as the Head of the thematic area "Resource-Optimal Embedded ICT" at the Center for Teleinfrastructure (CTIF), Aalborg University, Denmark (2012 – 2016). From 2016 to 2020, he held the position of Deputy Chair of the General Assembly of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
Currently, he is a member of the Accreditation Council of the National Agency for Assessment and Accreditation, and the Chairman of the "Bulgarian Cluster for Digital Transformation and Innovation".
He is a member of the editorial and program committees of international journals, presides over major international scientific conferences, and holds the titles of "Fellow" of the European Alliance of Innovation (EAI) and "Senior Member" of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Prof. Vladimir Pоulkov has extensive experience in teaching and research in the field of telecommunications. He has specialized in Germany, Denmark, Greece, and is the author of numerous scientific publications. He has led numerous industrial and engineering projects related to the development of the telecommunications network in Bulgaria, as well as numerous national and international research and educational projects. He is the Deputy Chair of the General Assembly of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Chairman of the "Bulgarian Cluster for Digital Transformation and Innovation".
