International Scientific Conference
04-11-2010International Scientific Conference
Information and Computer Technologies, Modelling, Control
On November 1-4, at GTU was conducted the International Scientific Conference devoted to the 80th anniversary of academician Iveri Prangishvili’s date of birth.
Iveri Prangishvili was an outstanding authority in the field of control systems, informatics and computer science. He was Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Director of V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Designer General of the USSR in the field of automated systems of controlling the technological processes of nuclear power stations, Vice-President of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, President of the Georgian Engineering Academy, Vice-President of the International Engineering Academy, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, an academician of a number of International, Russian and other academies.
The main direction in I. Prangishvili’s scientific activity was the development of the theory and concepts of system approach and general system laws which functioning of complex systems of various origin are governed by; the development of new (background) principles of detection and identification of mobile objects of various origin; the elaboration of theoretical basics and principles of construction of distributed control systems for large-scale plants and establishments and the development of microprocessor control systems with parallel and adjustable structures.
The results of I. Prangishvili’s investigations were successfully introduced in various industries for the development of complex automated facilities for controlling large systems. Iveri Prangishvili was the author of more than 400 works, including 20 monographs, a discovery and 40 inventions. More than 30 theses were defended under his guidance.
