Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has appointed prof. Dimov in April 2016[1] in the second Borissov government.
Additionally, his tasks involve transitioning to a progressively increasing performance based funding and internationalization of the Bulgarian research system as a whole.
He is a Head of the Bulgarian Information Society Centre of Excellence for Education, Science and Technology in 21 Century (BIS-21),[5] Bulgaria, from 2000, and a Chair of Scientific Council of IICT-BAS from 2010.
Prof. Ivan Dimov lectured as a professor at the University of Reading, UK, School of Systems Engineering, ACET Center in 2005-2007.
He has published 3 monographs – Computational and Numerical Challenges in Environmental Modelling (2006), Monte Carlo Methods for Applied Scientist (2009) and (2017).