MSU Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics (CMC) (), founded in 1970 by

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Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

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 physics is the development of mathematics, mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the de ...

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* Computational diagnostics *

Numerical methods Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation (as opposed to symbolic manipulations) for the problems of mathematical analysis (as distinguished from discrete mathematics). It is the study of numerical methods t ...

Theory of probability Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...

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mathematical statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory and other mathematical concepts to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques that are commonly used in statistics inc ...

Operations research Operations research () (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a branch of applied mathematics that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve management and ...

and

systems analysis Systems analysis is "the process of studying a procedure or business to identify its goal and purposes and create systems and procedures that will efficiently achieve them". Another view sees systems analysis as a problem-solving technique that ...

* Optimization and

optimal control Optimal control theory is a branch of control theory that deals with finding a control for a dynamical system over a period of time such that an objective function is optimized. It has numerous applications in science, engineering and operations ...

* Mathematical cybernetics * Software for computers and computer systems * Networks software *

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in Economics and Finance

History

A group of professors and scholars from

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and Department of Mechanics and Mathematics led by

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,

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2070 GPUs, and an Infiniband interconnect. Following companies work with CS MSU:

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/ Lotus,

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, HP. Following the school's support for the

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, the largest chip manufacturers in the world, whose processors are used in the Moscow State University supercomputer, as well as

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, reacted by suspending deliveries of their processors to Russia.

Deans

The deans of the faculty: *

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

Structure

Departments

The faculty consists of 19

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Scientific laboratories

The faculty includes 18

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: * 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 Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin (, also written Pontriagin or Pontrjagin, first name sometimes anglicized as Leon) (3 September 1908 – 3 May 1988) was a Soviet mathematician. Completely blind from the age of 14, he made major discoveries in a numbe ...

, the founder and the first chair of the department of Optimal Control. *

Sergey Yablonsky Sergey Vsevolodovich Yablonsky (Russian language, Russian: Серге́й Все́володович Ябло́нский, 6 December 1924 – 26 May 1998) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian mathematician, one of the founders of the Sovie ...

, 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: *

(1970–1993) *

(1970–1988) *

(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 Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichiy (; born 3 April 1939) is a Russian mathematician, winner of the 1989 USSR State Prize, and since 1992 the rector of Moscow State University. One of the main opinion leaders in Russia, Sadovnichiy has significant p ...

(1981–1982) *

Yury Osipov Yury Sergeyevich Osipov (; born 7 July 1936) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He was elected a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1987 and was a president of its successor, the Russian Academy of Sciences from 17 ...

(1989-now) * Yuri Zhuravlyov (1997-2022) * Viktor Ivannikov (1994-2016)

Graduates

References

Literature

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External links

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