Ivaylo Donchev

Teaching Red-Black Trees under the Memory-Safety Critique of C++

Ivaylo Donchev · Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · 2026

Red-black trees are among the most difficult topics in an undergraduate C++ programming course, and the sustained public criticism of C++ over memory safety raises a practical question for the instructor: how should the structure be implemented in teaching material now that raw o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajarr/2026/v20i81433

The Four Pillars of Scientific Discovery and Their Role in Undergraduate Data Science Curricula

Ivaylo Donchev · Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · 2026

The philosophy and practice of science have undergone profound methodological shifts over centuries. Although often viewed as a linear progression, the evolution of scientific discovery is better understood as an accretion of distinct paradigms: empirical, theoretical, computatio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajarr/2026/v20i71402