Dr. Lia Margolin has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Computational Mathematics from Tbilisi State University, Georgia. She has published more than 25 papers in the International Peer-Reviewed Journals and Conference Proceedings. She has been awarded International Science Foundation (ISF) grant for her research accomplishments in Theoretical Nuclear Physics. She serves at the Internaional Research Conference Scientific and Technical Committee as a member of Editorial Review Board on Nuclear and Quantum Engineering. Dr.Margolin is a recepient of several distinguished teaching awards from different institutions. She is currently employed as an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, NY. She has ongoing research collaborations with the Institute of Cybernetics and Institute of Physics in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Theoretical Nuclear Physics.

US citizen (naturalized in 1985). Goal oriented, highly motivated and creative performer with proven leadership, administrative and coaching ability, extensive project and financial management experience, team player attitude, strong analytical and planning skills, effective communications (both written and verbal) and presentation skills, as well as excellent organizational, interpersonal, and negotiation capabilities. Possesses thorough and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in materials, mechanical, electrical, optical, information, telecommunication, reliability and related areas of engineering, of new and emerging technologies, and a clear vision for the most promising directions in the development of applied science and engineering. Works exceptionally well in dynamic and rapidly changing environments, under pressure and in short time frames. Performs effectively across multiple organizations, companies and departments, with specialists from various disciplines and fields, and with people of different mentalities, origins, and cultural backgrounds. Good public speaker. Communicates his ideas well to any audience. Quick learner. Exhibits strong interest in, and possesses good knowledge of, foreign cultures, values, attitudes, and customs. Always willing to learn new things and has exceptional receptiveness to, and quick grasp of, new approaches and ideas. Has a sociable disposition and gets along well with peers, supervisors and subordinates. Bi-lingual: English and Russian. Fluent in Ukrainian. Working knowledge of German.

Applied Mathematics, Applied and Mathematical Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Mechanics Applied Probability, Probabilistic Analyses and Probability-Based Physical Designs of Electron Devices Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers and Systems Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Systems Composite and “Smart” Materials and Systems Thin Film Mechanics and Physics Shock and Vibration Analyses Shock and Vibration Testing Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering Embedded Systems Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM) Vehicular (Automotive, Aerospace, Maritime) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Performance and Interaction Quantification of the Role of the Human Factor in Various Tasks, Missions and Situations Aerospace Human Psychology

Maxim Khlopov has completed his PhD at the age of 26 years from Moscow Physical technical Institute and proved the thesis of Doctor of Science (Full Professor level) at the age of 34 years. He is the director of Virtuial Institute of Astroparticle physics, which he had created in 2006 President of Centre for Cosmoparticle physics “Cosmion” and Full Professor of National Research Nuclear University MEPHI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) Moscow, Russia. He has published more than 330 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of several prestigeous journals.

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Rémi Léandre is directeur de recherches au C.N.R.S. He received the Rollo Davidson Prize and The Bronze Medal of C.N.R.S. for various works on hypoelliptic diffusions. He wrote about 170 papers on the two aspects of infinite dimensional analysis, that is the Malliavin Calculus and white noise analysis, with applications in analysis, geometry and mathematical physics. He published with X. Dai, X. Ma and W. Zhang two books in honour of J.M. Bismut in Astérisque (Société Mathématique de France).

Mathematical Physics

Manuel F. M. Costa hold a PhD degree in Science (Physics) from the University of Minho (Portugal) where he works since 1985 at its Physics Department teaching and performing applied research in optical metrology, applied optics, image processing, thin films nanostructures and applications, optometry and science education and literacy. Presented nearly four hundred communications in international meetings and published around the same number of scientific papers, monographs, book chapters and books. Editor or member of the editorial board of several scientific and educational international journals. Chairperson on nineteen international conferences. Deputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Optical Society, member of the Board of the Iberoamerican Optics Network and member of the Board of Stakeholders of PHOTONICS’21. President of the Hands-on Science Network, of the Portuguese Territorial Committee of the International Commission for Optics and of the Portuguese Society for Optics and Photonics, SPOF. Senior member of SPIE and fellow of European Optical Society.

Optics and Photonics

Prof Constanza Rubio was born in Spain. Her research line has been developed in the area of Applied Acoustics. Initially in Environmental Acoustics and in recent years has also been investigating the ultrasonic transmission through subsonic orifices and acoustic lenses. Throughout her research career, she has participated in 14 research projects subsidized in public calls. She has published 30 articles in journals included in the JCR, of which 2 articles are published in Physical Review Letters, 3 Applied Physics Letters, 1 Physical Review B, 2 Physical Review E, 2 Applied Physics Express and 1 Europhysics Letters, among others. All of them located in relevant positions in their category. It should be noted that several of these publications have deserved reviews in New Scientics magazine (March 23, 2002), Science Update, electronic edition of the journal Nature (January 10, 2003), Spektrum (German edition of Scientific American) (March 2003); Starke Seiten PVCplus (October 2003), Physics News Update (The American Institute of Physics) n: 571 (January 2, 2002), Science News (April 2002) as well as other more generalist media. She is also co-author of 25 papers presented at international congresses, several of which are invited talks. She has been chairman in several international congresses. In the technological field, she is co-author of 3 patents. In addition, in the teaching field is author and teacher of several MOOCs that are on the edX platform. She is also a conventional teacher in undergraduate and master's subjects. Director of 6 final master's thesis projects, some of them international and co-director of several doctoral theses.

Applied Acoustics and Applied Physics

Dr. Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. He studied at Surrey University, Guildford, UK, as a post doctoral research scientist in 1986-1987, and his studies focused on shape memory alloys. He worked as research assistant, 1975-80, at Dicle University and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has already been working as professor. He published over 50 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 100 conferences and symposia in international and national level as participant, invited speaker or keynote speaker with contributions. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last four years (2014 - 2018) over 50 conferences as Speaker, Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by South Asian Institute of Science and Engineering (SAISE), web: http://saise.org/, Science and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), web: http://www.sciei.org, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, web: http://www.iacsit.org/, The Academic World Education and Research Center (AWER-Center), web: http://www.awer-center.org/, and other institutes and companies.

Electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Crystallography

Lukasz Andrzej Glinka, born 5 October 1984 in Poland, is an active non-fiction writer whose books are dedicated to both science and humanities, author for a number of scientific and research papers in theoretical cosmology and physics, and editor at international science journals. He began in 2006 by a research work at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, and got the Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 2010 at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia. His biography has been published by the Marquis Who’s Who (Science and Engineering 2011-2012, World 2014), and he holds a membership of the American Association of International Researchers, the publishing group within the American Research Institute for Policy Development, New York, United States.

Mathematical Physics, Theoretical Cosmology, Theoretical Physics.

US citizen (naturalized in 1985). Goal oriented, highly motivated and creative performer with proven leadership, administrative and coaching ability, extensive project and financial management experience, team player attitude, strong analytical and planning skills, effective communications (both written and verbal) and presentation skills, as well as excellent organizational, interpersonal, and negotiation capabilities. Possesses thorough and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in materials, mechanical, electrical, optical, information, telecommunication, reliability and related areas of engineering, of new and emerging technologies, and a clear vision for the most promising directions in the development of applied science and engineering. Works exceptionally well in dynamic and rapidly changing environments, under pressure and in short time frames. Performs effectively across multiple organizations, companies and departments, with specialists from various disciplines and fields, and with people of different mentalities, origins, and cultural backgrounds. Good public speaker. Communicates his ideas well to any audience. Quick learner. Exhibits strong interest in, and possesses good knowledge of, foreign cultures, values, attitudes, and customs. Always willing to learn new things and has exceptional receptiveness to, and quick grasp of, new approaches and ideas. Has a sociable disposition and gets along well with peers, supervisors and subordinates. Bi-lingual: English and Russian. Fluent in Ukrainian. Working knowledge of German.

Applied Mathematics, Applied and Mathematical Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Mechanics Applied Probability, Probabilistic Analyses and Probability-Based Physical Designs of Electron Devices Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers and Systems Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Systems Composite and “Smart” Materials and Systems Thin Film Mechanics and Physics Shock and Vibration Analyses Shock and Vibration Testing Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering Embedded Systems Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM) Vehicular (Automotive, Aerospace, Maritime) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Performance and Interaction Quantification of the Role of the Human Factor in Various Tasks, Missions and Situations Aerospace Human Psychology

Lukasz Andrzej Glinka, born 5 October 1984 in Poland, is an active non-fiction writer whose books are dedicated to both science and humanities, author for a number of scientific and research papers in theoretical cosmology and physics, and editor at international science journals. He began in 2006 by a research work at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, and got the Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 2010 at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia. His biography has been published by the Marquis Who’s Who (Science and Engineering 2011-2012, World 2014), and he holds a membership of the American Association of International Researchers, the publishing group within the American Research Institute for Policy Development, New York, United States.

Mathematical Physics, Theoretical Cosmology, Theoretical Physics.

Dr. Tsuruta is a Professor of Physics in Montana State University. She is involved with the astrophysics research group in various theoretical problems of high energy, plasma, relativistic, particle and nuclear astrophysics, with particular emphasis on studies of dense matter in neutron stars and ultrahot plasmas around supermassive black holes. Professor Tsuruta's current research includes detailed calculations of neutron star cooling and heating with superfluid particles, pion and kaon condensates, quarks, and strong magnetic fields; implications of the results of these calculations to the problem of detectability of these stars; and construction of viable models of a central power house in active galactic nuclei (AGN). This central engine is considered to be responsible for the enormous amount of energy produced in quasars and strong radio galaxies.

Astrophysics, theoretical problems of high energy, plasma, relativistic, particle and nuclear astrophysics

Štefan Zajac has completed his Ing. study at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1961 and CSc. study at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague in 1976. He was appointed Associate Professor of theoretical physics in 1988. He has published more then 50 papers in scientific journals and about 50 reports and reviews. He has been President of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists in 1993-1996 and 2002-2010. From 1993 untill now he is the Member of the Steering Committee of the Association of Innovative Entrepreneurship of the Czech Republic.

Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Theoretical physics

M.Khlopov has completed his PhD at the age of 26 years from Moscow Physical Technical Institute and postdoctoral studies from Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics. He is Full Professor of National Research Nuclear Unviersity MEPHI, President of Center for Caomoparticle physics COSMION, the director of Virtual Institute of Astroparticle physics, a premier e-science and e-education complex. He has published more than 250 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Modern Astrophysics and Cosmology

Leonid Ponomarev graduated from Physics Division of Moscow State University in 1963, he has completed his PhD (1966) and Doctor Degree (1971) at Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia. At present he is the principal expert of A.A.Bochvar Institute, Moscow, professor, member of Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an expert in atomic and nuclear physics, muon catalyzed fusion, the scientific leader of the research program of the fast molten salt reactor development, the author of 200 papers and 4 monographs.

Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Professor Vladimir V. Rumyantsev is Head of Department of Theory of Complex Systems Dynamic Properties at A.A. Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering (DonIPE). He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Nanotechnology Department at Donetsk National University (DonNU). He received PhD in Theoretical Physics (1988) from DonNU and Dr. Sci. in Condensed Matter Physics (2007) from DonIPE. Prof. Rumyantsev has authored/co-authored 4 books, 2 chapters in books and more than 240 scientific publications. He is a member of the American Physical Society (USA) as well as Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP, Italy).

Condensed Matter Physics, Theoritical Physics and Nanotechnology.

Ivan V. Kazachkov is PhD (1981) from Kyiv National T. Shevchenko University. Full Doctor in Engineering Sciences (1991) from the Institute of Physics of the Latvian Acad. Sci., Riga. Full Professor at the Inst Electrodynamics, Kyiv (1989), after 1995 - Head of Dept at State Scienfifc and Tech. Center on Nucl&Rad. Safety of Ukraine. During 1998-2004 Guest Professor at KTH, Energy Technology Dept, then 2008-2014 - Affiliated Prof. Since 2009 Head of Dept of Appl. Math. and Informatics at NGSU. Over 200 papers, 5 patents, 10 books. Participates in European research programs and committees. Five PhDs have defended their dissertations under his supervision and a number of PhD students are doing research under his supervision.

Metallurgy and Material Science

Prof. Bimal K. Bose completed his PhD at the age of 34 years from Calcutta University, India. He is Emeritus Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He has published 7 books, more than 250 papers in reputed journals, holds 21 U.S. Patents, and had been serving as an editorial board member of Proceedings of the IEEE. He served as faculty member of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1971-1976), research engineer in GE Global Research Center (1976-1987), and Endowed Chair Professor of the University of Tennessee. He is a recipient of 7 IEEE awards, Honorary D.Sc. from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, India.

Power Electronics

Nicole Herbots, i.r., PhD UCL, doctor ingenieur, joined ASU's Department of Physics & Astronomy in 1991 ,after 4 years as a faculty at MIT (1987-1991), and 3.5 years as research scientist in the Solid State Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1984-1987). She is presently a professor emeritus in Physics at ASU. She is an inventor who holds multiple patents in semiconductors, medical electronics, molecular inorganic and organic nanophases and nanoscale technology. She is also a science educator who won a teaching award from engineering students for her development of interactive in-class and desktop experiments to teach fundamental and quantum physics concepts to undergraduates, and for her use of technology and whiteboards. She was an IBM Professor of Electronic Materials and a Carl Soderberg professor at MIT and a researcher in the Particle-Solid Interactions in the Solid State Division at Oak Ridge National Lab.

Condensed Matter Physics

Prof. Vasily Yu. Belashov, PhD (Radiophysics), Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics). Main fields: theory and numerical simulation of the dynamics of multi-dimensional nonlinear waves, solitons and vortex structures in plasmas and other dispersive media. Presently, he is Professor in the Kazan Federal University. He was Coordinator of studies on the International Program “Solar Terminator” (1987-1992), and took part in Programs WITS/WAGS and STEP. He is author of 288 publications. Main books: Solitary Waves in Dispersive Complex Media. Theory, Simulation, Applications. Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2005; The KP Equation and its Generalizations. Theory and Applications. Magadan, NEISRI FEB RAS, 1997.

Theory and numerical simulation of the dynamics of multi-dimensional nonlinear waves, solitons and vortex structures in plasmas and other dispersive media

Francisco Márquez was born in Valencia (Spain) and received his Bachelor and Master´s degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry at the Universidad de Valencia in 1988 and 1989, respectively, and his Doctor´s degree in Chemistry at the Universidad de Valencia in 1992. He spent two years from 1990 as Director of the laboratories of Futura Medical S.A. and one year as researcher at the Varian Iberica Laboratories. From 1994 he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. In 2001 he was an Associate Professor at the Universidad Jaime I and subsequently he moved to the School of Natural Sciences and Technology at the University of Turabo in Puerto Rico, USA, where is now Full Professor of chemistry. He has been Visiting Professor in several universities, most recently at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His research interests are mainly directed toward photophysics of organic compounds in confined spaces, hydrogen technology, photodegradation processes, synthesis and applications of nanotubes and nanowires, and most recently the development of new electrodes for Li-ion batteries. He is a coauthor of over 100 scientific publications and 11 patents, and Editor-in-Chief of Soft Nanoscience Letters, Advances in Energy Research and International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Catalysis, nanomaterials, and hydrogen production

Sergey Kravchenko was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1960. He was graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1982 and got his Ph.D. from Institute of Solid State Physics in Chernogolovka, Russia, in 1998. He is mostly famous for his discovery of the metallic state and metal-insulator transition in two dimensions which was listed among the 50 main discoveries in Mesoscopic Physics of the last century on American Physical Society timeline in 1999 (“A Century of Mesoscopic Physics: 1899 - 1999”). At present, he is a Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Matti Pitkanen is Finnish theoretical physicist. Since 1978 he has worked with Topological Geometrodynamics (TGD), which is a proposal for a unification of fundamental interactions generalizing string models. After the thesis on the subject (1982) he has continued as a free researcher to develop mathematical theory around the basic physical ideas represented in thesis. During nineties p-adic physics, quantum theory of consciousness, and quantum biology became parts of TGD program. Around 2005 the hypothesis about hierarchy of Planck constants led to a further generalization of the basic mathematical framework of TGD.

Topological Geometrodynamics (TGD)

Lukasz Andrzej Glinka, born on October 5, 1984 in Poland, is internationally recognized as a voluntary editor and reviewer at the think tanks of open-access journals, science author, non-fiction and philosophy writer. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Astrophysics and Aerospace Technology of the OMICS Group, and an Organizing Committee Member to the International Conference on Astrophysics and Particle Physics, December 8-10, 2016, Dallas, Texas, USA. He gave more than 25 oral presentations to scientific conferences, either authored or co-authored more than 40 journal articles and papers, and authored 4 books in science and humanities among which one can find a comprehensive monograph in theoretical physics and applied mathematics. He holds BSc in physics from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, is a biographee of Marquis Who's Who, and a member at the American Association of International Researchers which belongs to the American Research Institute for Policy Development.

Cultural Study, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Mathematical Physics, Philosophy of Mind, Political Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Psychology of Emotions, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Social Science, Theoretical Cosmology, Theoretical Physics

Eliade Stefanescu graduated the Faculty of Electronics, Section of Physicist Engineers, in 1970, and obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics in 1990. As a Scientist from 1976, a Senior Scientist III from 1978, he worked in technology of semiconductor devices. From 1978, he worked in physics of optoelectronic devices. From 1987, and from 1990 as a Senior Scientist II, he worked in the field of open quantum physics. In 1991 he discovered that the penetrability of a potential barrier can be increased by coupling to a dissipative system, and described the decay spectrum of some cold fission modes. As a Senior Scientist I, from 1997 he developed a microscopic theory of open quantum systems, and discovered a physical principle for the heat conversion into usable energy. In 2014, he produced a unitary relativistic quantum theory. In the years 1995-2000, he held a course called Dissipative Systems for the master degree.

Quantum Mechanics, Relativistic Theory, Field Theory, Dissipation Theory, Quantum Optics, Nuclear Physics, and Energy Production

Vladimir V. Rumyantsev is Head of Department of Theory of Complex Systems Dynamic Properties at A.A. Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering (DonIPE). He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Nanotechnology Department at Donetsk National University (DonNU). He received PhD in Theoretical Physics (1988) from DonNU and Dr. Sci. in Condensed Matter Physics (2007) from DonIPE. Prof. Rumyantsev has authored/co-authored 4 books, 2 chapters in books and more than 230 scientific publications. He is a member of the American Physical Society as well as Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP, Italy) and Editor-in-Chiff of Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology (Science PG, USA).

Current research interests include various aspects of solid state physics, crystallooptics, photonics; more particularly - theoretical study of the effects of disorder in quasi-two-dimensional nanofilms and layered structures caused by the propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic excitations, light-matter coupling in composite nanostructures.

Prof. Dr. Changzhi Gu, received a Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics from Jilin University in 1997. In 2001, he was selected into the "100 Talents Program" of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and moved to the Institute of Physics (IOP), CAS. He has been a Professor in Condensed Matter Physics at IOP since 2001. Now, he is the deputy director of IOP. His research focused on the synthesis and property of wide-band gap thin films, artificial structures and devices in nanometer scale. In this field, he has published more than 200 papers in reputed Journals, these pappers were cited more than 3000 by others.

Condensed Mater Physics, Nanophysics and Nanodevices

Victor Victorovich Apollonov is the leading specialist in the area of basic principles of creation and development of high power laser systems and high power laser radiation rninteraction with matter. He has made an outstanding input into creation and development of new branches of science - physical and technical fundamentals of high rnpower laser optics and adaptive optics, investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, creation of high power continuous rnwave, pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, high intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, high power laser application for an effective rnprotection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, medical applications for UV lasers. He is the author of more than 1160 publications, 14rnbooks, 350 presentations and 144 patents. (from Research Gate). He is a high profile scientist and well known around all over the world, for more than 40 years ofrnhis international scientific activity, he has participated and organized more than 56 international conferences, symposiums and workshops, prepared more than 32rncandidates and doctors of physics and mathematics. He is the General Director of “Energomashtechnika” Ltd. He is the member of European and American PhysicalrnSociety, SPIE, AIAA, American Society for QE and the member of specialized scientific council of Russia. He is a full member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciencernand Academy of Engineering Sciences, member of the Presidium RANS. He is the laureate of State Prize of USSR (1982) and of Russia (2002).

Physical and technical fundamentals of high power laser optics and adaptive optics, Investigation of physical processes in a high volume self-controlled volume discharges, Creation of high power continuous wave, Pulsed and high repetition rate pulse-periodic laser systems, High intensity laser radiation interaction with matter, High power laser application for an effective protection of valuable objects and water surface cleaning from oil films, Medical applications for UV lasers

Patrick Siarry was born in France in 1952. He received the PhD degree from the University Paris 6, in 1986 and the Doctorate of Sciences (Habilitation) from the University Paris 11, in 1994. He was first involved in the development of analog and digital models of nuclear power plants at Electricite de France (E.D.F.). Since 1995 he is a professor in automatics and informatics. His main research interests are computer-aided design of electronic circuits, and the applications of new stochastic global optimization heuristics to various engineering fields. He is also interested in the fitting of process models to experimental data, the learning of fuzzy rule bases, and of neural networks.

Automatics, Theory and Signal Processing, Electronics, Programming in FORTRAN, numerical analysis, applied statistics, etc.