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In Memoriam
Stefan Dodunekov (1945–2012)

The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Stefan Dodunekov passed away on August 5, 2012, after
a short illness at the age of 66.

Stefan Dodunekov was a distinguished expert the field
of coding theory. His results in the characterization of
the optimal binary linear codes of dimension 7 and 8 es-
tablished him as one of the leading scientists in the field.
His later results on near-MDS codes, spherical codes and
designs, self-dual codes, were much acknowledged by
the coding theory community and fueled the research of
many young scientists. Stefan Dodunekov was also one
of the pioneers in using computer algebra in the research.

Stefan Dodunekov was born in 1945 in Kilifarevo
and graduated from Sofia University in 1968 with a
degree in “Mathematics”. He was Doctor of Mathematics

(PhD) since 1975, Doctor of Sciences (DSci) since 1986,
Professor since 1990 and Academician (Full Member of
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) since 2008. He was
Director of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1999 and
was elected President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sci-
ences on 11.06.2012. He had over 35 years of lecturing
experience in Bulgarian and foreign universities. He is
author of of three books and 12 textbooks in mathematics
for secondary schools.

Stefan Dodunekov was Chairman of the Union of
the Bulgarian Mathematicians since 2001 and President
of the Mathematical Society of South-Eastern Europe
(MASSEE) for two mandates. He was member of the
Information Theory Society, American Mathematical So-
ciety, Combinatorial Society of China.

Stefan Dodunekov was twice Chairman of the interna-
tional Conferences on Mathematical methods and Mod-
els in Biosciences (Biomath 2011 and Biomath 2012).
He actively participated in the meetings and projects of
the Biomathematics departments of the the Institute of
Mathematics and Informatics, to mention the SCOPES
project funded by the Swiss National Science Fund. He
highly supported the research in the field of mathematical
modeling in biology in Bulgaria.

For the people who had the privilege of knowing
Stefan Dodunekov, he was a friend who was always
ready to help. On August 8, 2012, hundreds of colleagues
and friends of Stefan Dodunekov said to him “Last
farewell” in the Big Hall of the main building of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Academician Blagovest
Sendov’s farewell speech at this meeting is included next
in this volume.

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