Anatoly Alekseevich Morozov (, ; born 9 May 1939) is a Ukrainian scientist in the field of

cybernetics Cybernetics is the transdisciplinary study of circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion, where the effects of a system's actions (its outputs) return as inputs to that system, influencing subsequent action. It is concerned with ...

. He is a Full Member of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; , ; ''NAN Ukrainy'') is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine that is the main center of development of Science and technology in Ukraine, science and technology by coordinatin ...

, a Full member (Academician) of the International Academy of Information Science and the Academy of Technological Sciences of Russia and the President of the

Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine The Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine (ATS of Ukraine, ATSU) is a Ukrainian national academy, a public organization aiming at the consolidation of the intellectual and industrial-technological potential of applied scientists, technologi ...

Early life and education

Morozov was born in

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

of the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

, in present-day

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. He was educated at the

Kyiv Polytechnic Institute The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ( KPI, ; official full title National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute") is a national public technological university in Kyiv, Ukraine. Name In the long period of existenc ...

and was a student and follower of

Victor Glushkov Victor Mikhailovich Glushkov (; August 24, 1923 – January 30, 1982) was a Soviet computer scientist. He is considered to be the founding father of information technology in the Soviet Union and one of the founding fathers Soviet cybernetics. ...

. From 1961 to 1992 he worked at the Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev. Since then he is with the Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems.

Notable works

Morozov was the chief designer of the automated control system of the Lviv manufacturing project, supervised by Glushkov. In 1970 Glushkov and the developers of Lviv were awarded the State Award of Ukrainian Socialist Republic. Since May 1, 1986, Morozov has been involved in the liquidation of consequences resulting from the

Chernobyl disaster On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only ...

. He worked directly in a failure-zone for the greater part of a year. He headed the Special Design Bureau of Mathematical Machines and Systems of the Institute Cybernetics Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and organized the Special Design Office of Experts of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. These bodies organized the ministries and departments of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic concerning the situational forecasting of radiation pollution of the

Dnipro River The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...

and the territory of Ukraine. For this work he was awarded the

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

. Morozov is the Chief Designer of the RADA system, a hardware/software complex for the support of decisions by public authorities at various levels used by the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

(Parliament of Ukraine). It is also used by various councils at different state levels in Ukraine and in several other countries. In 1998 he and the group of developers were awarded the State Award of Ukraine for this project.

Honors and awards

He has many state awards and honours, including the following: * Full Member,

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

, three times * State Prize of the Ukraine SSR, three times *

Order of Merit The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order r ...

, Third Class

References

External links

Anatoliy A. Morozov on the Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems website
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