Denis Chikurtev is an Associate Professor in Robotics and ICT at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences where he is head of department Communication and Computer Systems. Received PhD in the field of Service robotics at Institute of Information and Communication Technologies. His research interests are in the field of Robotics: mobile robotics, human-robot interaction, robot simulation, Internet of things: Smart City, Smart Manufacturing, Smart home, Communication systems, Embedded systems, Green and renewable systems: smart technologies, optimisation, energy management, data processing.