Dimiter Skordev

Dimiter Skordev (Bulgarian: Димитър Скордев) (born 1936 in Sofia) is a professor in the Department of Mathematical Logic and Applications, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Sofia. He served as Chairman of the department from 1972 to 2000. Skordev is considered a doyen and pioneer of mathematical logic research in Bulgaria, having established a Bulgarian school in the theory of computability, specifically in algebraic (or axiomatic) recursion theory. In 1981, he was awarded the *Acad. Nikola Obreshkov Prize*, the highest Bulgarian award in mathematics, for his monograph *Combinatory Spaces and Recursiveness in Them*. Skordev's research interests encompass computability and complexity in analysis, mathematical logic, generalized recursion theory, and the theory of programs and computation. He has over 45 years of teaching experience in subjects such as calculus, mathematical logic, logic programming, discrete mathematics, and computer science. He has authored approximately 90 scientific publications, including two monographs, and was involved in proposing a new Bulgarian phonetic keyboard layout in 2006.