MSU Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics explained

MSU Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
Type:	Public
Established:	1970
City:	Moscow
Country:	Russia
Campus:	Urban
Affiliations:	MSU
Dean:	Professor, Academician RAS Igor Sokolov (scientist)

MSU Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics (CMC) (Russian: link=no|Факультет вычислительной математики и кибернетики (ВМК)), founded in 1970 by Andrey Tikhonov, is a part of Moscow State University.

Education

CMC is a Russian research and training center in the fields of applied mathematics, computing and software development . Education at CMC combines theoretical studies, practical exercises, and research.

Main 12 Master's programs:

• Mathematical physics
• Mathematical modeling
• Computational diagnostics
• Numerical methods
  • • Theory of probability and mathematical statistics Operations research and systems analysis Optimization and optimal control
• Mathematical cybernetics
• Software for computers and computer systems
• Networks software
• System programming
• Decision making in Economics and Finance

History

A group of professors and scholars from Department of Physics and Department of Mechanics and Mathematics led by Andrey Tikhonov founded CMC in 1970. The three departments are still closely connected.

The faculty houses the 33,072-processor Lomonosov supercomputer in Moscow. The system was designed by T-Platforms, and used Xeon 2.93 GHz processors, Nvidia 2070 GPUs, and an Infiniband interconnect.Following companies work with CS MSU: Intel, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Borland, Software AG, Siemens, IBM/Lotus, Samsung, HP.

Following the school's support for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Intel and AMD, the largest chip manufacturers in the world, whose processors are used in the Moscow State University supercomputer, as well as NVIDIA, reacted by suspending deliveries of their processors to Russia.^{[1] [2]}

Deans

The deans of the faculty:

• Andrey Tikhonov (1970–1990)
• Dmitrij Kostomarov (1991–1999)
• Evgeny Moiseev (1999-2019)
• Igor Sokolov (since March 2019)

Structure

Departments

The faculty consists of 19 Academic departments:

width=61%	Department	width=29%	Head	width=10%	Year of creation
Department of Mathematical Physics		1982
Department of Computational Technologies and Modeling		2004
Department of Computational Methods		1983
Department of Automation for Scientific Research^[3]		1987
Department of General Mathematics		1973
Department of Functional Analysis and its Applications		2008
Department of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems and Control Processes		1989
Department of Operations Research^[4]		1970
Department of Optimal Control		1970
Department of Systems Analysis		1992
Department of Mathematical Statistics		1970
Department of Mathematical Methods of Forecasting		1997
Department of Mathematical Cybernetics		1970
Department of Information Security		2013
Department of Computing Systems and Automation		1970
Department of Supercomputers and Quantum Informatics		2012
Department of Algorithmic Languages	Natalia Loukashevich	1970
Department of System Programming		1970
Department of Intellectual Information Technologies		2017
Department of English	Larisa Saratovskaya	1990

Scientific laboratories

The faculty includes 18 research laboratories:

• Laboratory of Mathematical Physics
• Laboratory of Computational Electrodynamics
• Laboratory of Heat and Mass Transfer Processes Simulation
• Laboratory of Inverse Problems
• Laboratory of Mathematical Methods of Image Processing
• Laboratory of Mathematical Modeling in Physics
• Laboratory of Difference Methods
• Open Laboratory of Information Technologies
• Laboratory of Statistical Analysis
• Laboratory of Mathematical Problems of Computer Security
• Laboratory of Computational Practice and Information Systems
• The Computer Systems Laboratory
• Laboratory of Information Systems Security
• Computer Graphics and Multimedia Laboratory
• Laboratory of Programming Technologies
• Laboratory of Ternary Informatics
• Research Laboratory of Computational Modeling Tools
• Laboratory of Industrial Mathematics

Рrofessors

Faculty staff consists of more than 550 professors and research scientists. The list of scientists that worked in the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics includes:

• Lev Pontryagin, the founder and the first chair of the department of Optimal Control.
• Sergey Yablonsky, the founder and the first chair of the department of Mathematical Cybernetics.
• Oleg Lupanov, who was affiliated with the department of Mathematical Cybernetics and taught the undergraduate course on discrete mathematics.
• Yuriy Prokhorov, the chair of the department of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics.
• Guriy Marchuk, the chair of the department of Computational Technologies and Modeling.

Scientists have worked and are working at the faculty in different years:

• Andrey Tikhonov (1970–1993)
• Lev Pontryagin (1970–1988)
• Sergey Yablonsky (1970–1998)
• Oleg Lupanov (1970–1980)
• Lev Korolyov (1970–2016)
• Yuriy Prokhorov (1970–2013)
• Guriy Marchuk (2004–2013)
• Nikolai Bakhvalov (1970–1981)
• Evgenij D'yakonov (1970–2006)
• Viktor Sadovnichiy (1981–1982)
• Yury Osipov (1989-now)
• Yuri Zhuravlyov (1997-2022)
• Viktor Ivannikov (1994-2016)

Literature

• Book: 20 years later (1985-2005): Graduates of the Olympic set - Festival edition: Collected essays . Editor Matveeva A.N. . Moscow . 2005 . MAX Press . 560 . 5-317-01277-5.
• Book: Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics: History and Modernity: A Biographical Directory . Author-compiler Evgeny Grigoriev . Moscow . 2010 . Publishing house of Moscow University . 616 . 978-5-211-05838-5. Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics.
• Book: 30 years later (1985-2015): Graduates of the Olympic set - Festival edition: Collected essays . Editors Zhdaneeva L.A., Matveeva A.N., Mikhailova L.G. . Moscow . 2015 . MAX Press . 704 . 978-5-317-04999-7.

External links

• Moscow State University

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Notes and References

1. Web site: AMD and Intel have suspended deliveries of their products to Russia – RBC. February 26, 2022.
2. Web site: What are the supercomputers of Sberbank, Yandex and MTS, the operation of which will be affected by the ban on NVIDIA software - Gadgetonus. gadgetonus.com. July 2022 .
3. http://ani.cs.msu.su/en Department of Automation for Scientific Research – the department's website (in English)
4. http://io.cs.msu.su/index_eng.htm Department of Operations Research – Department of website (in English)