Gia Surguladze
Address: room 225d-207d, VI building
Email: g.surguladze@gtu.ge
On May 20, 1971, the Rector of the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia, Professor Ioseb Buachidze, by the unanimous decision of the Academic Board, signed the order to establish the first "automated control systems" department in Transcaucasia. Similar departments in the post-Soviet countries functioned only in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev. This is how the chair of "automated management systems" (MAS) was created at the faculty of "Automatics and Computing Techniques" (AGT) - on the initiative of a young (30-year-old) scientist, a candidate for engineering master's degree, Gocha Chogovadze. He was the founder of the department and its first governor (1971-1980). The initiative group included Professor Murtuz Kajarov (later vice-rector of Azerbaijan University in the scientific field) and Giorgi Gogichaishvili (the second head of the same department (1981-2016), after the invitation of Professor G. Chogovadze to Paris, as the head of UNESCO's "Education and Culture" department, for 8 years). G. Chogovadze was elected rector of the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia in 1988-1994, cardinal reforms were carried out on his initiative and the Technical University of Georgia was established (1992).
Department of "automated control systems" G. Chogovadze, in 1972-73, recruited mainly from the excellent graduates of the departments of "Computing Techniques" and "Automatics-Telemechanics" at the AGT Faculty at that time. 2 groups of students - (Georgian and Russian sectors) were created from "volunteers" of other faculties and specialties of the 3rd year. In the same year, the admission of first-year students with IDM-specialty (automated information processing and management systems) was also carried out. The post-graduate sector (currently doctorate) was also launched.
The DSE department conducted lectures and laboratories on the profile of automated field management systems (according to the faculty) at all 15 faculties of GPI. This subject was taught in Batumi, Sukhumi, Poti, Zugdidi, Chiaturi, Tkibuli, Gori, Telavi and other branches of GPI (at the faculties of attended and absent teaching in the evening).
The scientific direction of the DSE department was diverse, automated systems of organizational management (management), automated systems of production processes and technological processes, etc. "Automated" means "human-machine" systems (that is, people participate in the management process, decision-making). The department had a connection with the chemical fiber and metallurgical factories of Rustavi through scientific contracts to solve the tasks of automation of production processes. And in 1973, by the decision (and funding) of the Ministry of Production of the USSR, the first scientific-project "sectoral laboratory" was created at the department for the construction of a centralized complex automated system of bread-making ministries and relevant enterprises in Transcaucasia (Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia), which then joined the common union the system.
For the first time in 1974-1975, the aspirant of the department G. Surguladze was seconded to a scientific internship at Magdeburg Technical University (Germany). At that time, he developed the technology of automated design of new, relational databases, based on the relational algebra of the American scientist, Edgar Cody. The theory and practice of databases is becoming a new priority scientific direction of the department. Defends theses in the field of relational databases (G. Surguladze - St. Petersburg, G. Gharibashvili - Moscow, V. Kachibaia - Dresden, Z. Chkhaidze - Tbilisi, etc.).
The priority "business card" of the DSE department is its international scientific contacts and conferences. Every 5 years since the establishment of the department (since 1976), international (formerly Union) conferences "Automated control systems" are held (in Tbilisi, Batumi, Telavi and Bakuriani). One of the important events was the organization of the 1st union (higher) level (7-day) school-seminar in Sokhumi in 1977 with the participation of the department (with the status of the host country) on the topic of "intelligent database systems". Scientists from all 15 post-Soviet republics participated in it, at the final meeting of which the successful scientific results and contribution of the Mas-Department of GPI to the development of theory and practice of relational databases were unanimously recognized.
The first half of the 80s is distinguished by the high activity of professors of the department, field scientific laboratory and student-scientists. The results are implemented in the form of automated sectoral management systems (in Tbilisi, Baku and Yerevan).
1988 Gocha Chogovadze, the first governor of the GPI department, returns from UNESCO and becomes the rector of the SPI, elected by the first competition.
The second half of the 80s and the first half of the 90s were characterized by political cataclysms, which had a heavy impact on the development of the socio-economic and scientific-technical environment.
The events of April 9 broke the thread of friendly and scientific relations with Moscow. The Soviet Union collapsed, the Berlin Wall fell... it's time to make decisions for a new stage of life's relay.
One of the characteristic factors of the beginning of the 21st century, in particular, the activation of the "gender" syndrome in the direction of scientific research. For the first time (in the history of the department), the degree of candidate of technical sciences is defended by our bachelor-master's degree graduates: E. Turkia, L. Petriashvili, N. Topuria, T. Lominadze, M. Kashibadze, M. Okhanashvili, G. Janelidze et al.
DSE Department Professor G. Chachanidze founds the Science and Society Development Fund "Intellect" (1991), develops the direction of using information technologies in pedagogy, holds scientific conferences in Tbilisi and regions. Publishes the books "Algebra and Georgian Chronicle" (1991). "Anbantkeba" (1992). "From the pyramid to Svetitskhoveli: a collection of geometry problems" (1997) and others. Under the guidance of Professor G. Chachanidze, more than 70 science and academic degree-granting dissertations on the issues of education management and didactics of informatics have been defended in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Telavi;
DSE cathedra professor A. Tsintsadze with the active efforts, in 1992, established the Humanities-Technical Faculty (later the Business-Engineering Faculty) in GTU. His scientific direction is "Information technologies in civilizational models", here he has obtained interesting and important results;
DSE cathedra professor, B. Mefarishvili and his wife, Associate Professor G. Janelidze put thweir energetic efforts and the introduction of new information technologies into the educational process, updated the programs of all three levels were significantly. These are mainly big data storage and processing technologies, Hadoop ecosystems, business analytics, genetic algorithms and programs, etc.;
DSE cathedra professor, O. Shonia formed a group of scientist-pedagogues (I. Kartvelishvili, K. Odisharia, N. Topuria, N. Amilakhvari, L. Shonia, etc.). The direction of "data protection and cyber security" was created and is being developed. A special course (concentration) of the master's program is functioning and textbooks in Georgian have been published. More than 10 theses in the field of information security have been defended;
DSE cathedra professor, G. Ghvinefadze and his young colleagues, Assoc. Professors N. Chorkhauli and A. The Kekenadze in the field of Web-technologies was able not only to prepare modern-level courses, but also to create a base of Georgian-language special literature in the direction of Web-development, in the form of electronic manuals;
In 1994, academician G. Chogovadze becomes the ambassador of France and Spain and moves to Paris, 2001. At the same time, he is the vice-president of the UNESCO Executive Board. On his initiative, in 2003, the UNESCO Chair "Information Society" was opened at GTU. Educational-scientific cooperation contacts are established. It should be noted here that the graduates of the department, after obtaining a scientific degree in German universities, are appointed at various times as full-fledged ambassadors or representatives of Georgia: In Canada - V. Kachibaia, in Germany and then in Austria - K. Zaldastanishvili, in Azerbaijan - Z. Gumberidze, in Moldova - M. Vashakidze. G. Jokhtaberidze - founder and president of "Magticom", T. Lominadze - Dean of the Faculty of Informatics of GTU, B. Chikhradze is a leading programmer of Apple Corporation in California, etc.
Since 2001 on the initiative of Prof. G. Surguladze and with the support of Berlin Humboldt and Nuremberg-Erlangen universities, a group of German-speaking students specializing in "Wirtshafts-Informatik" was opened at his department (it functioned until 2010). Entrants came from Tbilisi German gymnasiums and schools, distinguished by high motivation and activity. Passing exams of basic subjects with open presentations was introduced in the educational process. Several of them won semester grants in Austria and Germany.
The first decade of the 21st century was very busy and fruitful for the department with the acquisition of international scientific grants and the implementation of projects. In particular, in 2001 Prof. Surguladze won the German DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) competition "ALUMNI-PROGRAMME des DAAD und der Hochschulen. Scientific topic: "Objekt-orientierte Programmierung mit der Unified Modeling Language und Internetsprogrammierung mit Java (Linux Platform)".
2002-2003 years: World Bank project: "Reform of the Georgian health system".
- Restructuring of Georgian hospitals: - computer system for monitoring and analyzing the process of privatization of healthcare facilities; - development of conceptual models for determining surplus property of restructured hospitals and analyzing its impact on key parameters;
2003-2005: World Bank project - "Reform of the Judicial System of Georgia":
- Systematic analysis of judicial proceedings and formation of technical task of network computer system;
- Designing, implementation, implementation of a network computer system for conducting court cases.
2007-2008: diagnostic project of the electronic system of criminal proceedings: "Prosecutorial supervision of investigative activities" (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia);
2009-2010: USAID projects: - Project of business requirements of social sphere management information system; - The project of establishing the IT-strategy of the Ministry of Refugees and Resettlement, etc.
Over the course of 50 years (1971-2021), the Department of Software Engineering (Automated Management Systems) of GTU produced more than 4,000 qualified engineers specializing in information processing and automated management systems. Some statistical-historical fragments from the establishment of the department until today look like this:
• In 2011-2021, PhD students of the MS Department won the Rustaveli National Science Foundation grant competitions among young scientists and PhD students (E. Turkia, M. Giutashvili, Z. Arkhoshashvili, Giorgi Surguladze, A. Gavardashvili, G. Kiviladze, etc.); Students (L. Shonia, G. Chilindrishvili, T. Foladshvili, etc.) completed an internship in Europe under the Erasmus project. Startup grant was won by N. Grigalashvili (in Italy) and S. Dolidze (GITA-Tbilisi).
Levan Imnaishvili
Address: room 318d, VI building
Email: l.imnaishvili@gtu.ge
The history of the Department of Computer Engineering (previously the Department of Computer Engineering) dates back to the 60s of the last century. In 1962, Professor Nikoloz Gabashvili created the Department of Computer Engineering, whose main mission was to train engineers for computer equipment enterprises and research institutions.
After the death of N. Gabashvili, since 1975, the Department of Computing was headed by professors Konstantine Kamkamidze, Bidzina Mebuke.
Along with the development of computing techniques, a number of directions have gained relevance, and accordingly the terminology has also changed. Therefore, from 1992, the chair was named "Chair of Computer Systems and Networks".
Professor Kamkamidze headed the department for more than 30 years. The years of his work coincided with the active period of the development of computer technologies, which allowed him to leave a very important mark in the education of many young generations and in scientific and engineering work.
In 2008, Professor Zurab Gasitashvili became the head of the department. With his arrival, the activity profile of the department was understood in a new way, it was expanded within the framework of computer engineering. Its organizational aspect was also changed, therefore it was named the Department of Computer Engineering.
Since 2010, the Department of Computer Engineering has been headed by Professor Levan Imnaishvili.
During his activity:
Today, the academic department of computer engineering has a pronounced scientific, engineering and educational "signature".
The Department of Computer Engineering engages in scientific-research, methodical, pedagogical, engineering, inventive activities with a wide range of digital and information technologies. In addition, the Department of Computer Engineering actively participates in raising public awareness of digital technologies through public lectures, exhibitions, science picnics, and other forms of participation.
In different years, the employees of the department have obtained scientific grants from the Ministry of Science and Education of Georgia, the National Science Foundation of Georgia, the United Nations, USAID, the Scientific and Technological Center of Ukraine, Erasmus+, the Engineering Academy of Georgia, and the Technical University of Georgia, in which students of all three levels of education participate. Thus, students have the means to engage in real engineering and scientific activities.
Ioseb Kartvelishvili
Address: room 303d, VI building
Email: s.kartvelishvili@gtu.ge
In today's dynamic world, the dependence of organizations on information and, accordingly, the interest and demands for information are increasing. Modern information technology is a powerful tool for accelerating progress in all areas of social development. Of course, this is one of the important factors that determine the competitiveness of the country, region, industry and individual organization. Information is as essential an asset to an organization as any other important business management asset and needs to be managed accordingly. This issue becomes particularly relevant in an interdependent and connected business environment, resulting in information vulnerability to an increasing number of vulnerabilities and threats. Information processing processes require more accuracy and reliability. As a result, organizations face the reality of adapting and implementing specific management models or practices to their own needs, consistently and step by step. The organization achieves its goal faster and with less cost. This is precisely the advantage of introducing information technology in contrast to other approaches. Any organization can benefit from the help of information technologies regardless of its legal form (private, public), size, activity and complexity of processes. Business partners are also more willing to cooperate with organizations that see the need for correct and reliable processing of information and take it into account in their own activities.
Based on the above, in 2021, the department of "Information Technologies" was established as a separate department at the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems of the Georgian Technical University, with Professor Ioseb Kartvelishvili appointed as its head.
This department includes the following subgroups: information security; web and multimedia technologies; databases; Fundamentals of Information Technology and Information Technology in Nuclear Engineering.
The main goal of the department is to prepare highly qualified and competitive personnel for the local and international employment market, who will have the theoretical and practical knowledge corresponding to the requirements of the international market to implement the requirements of state structures, large corporations, small businesses and various fields of science.
In the department, great attention is focused on the development of quality-oriented educational and scientific-research activities, engineering and teaching-methodical activities.
The Department of Information Technologies is staffed by highly qualified and modernly knowledgeable professors who are actively involved in the creation and development of informatics and related educational programs. The academic staff of the department play a huge role in the life of the faculty and the university.
Medea Tevdoradze
Address: room 304b, VI building
E-mail: medeat@gtu.ge
In 1997, the direction of "Economic Informatics" was established at the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems of the Georgian Technical University under the leadership of Professor Nodar Lominadze, who was the leader of the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems since its inception.
For years, N. Lominadze headed the Department of Economic Informatics, which was established in 2000. The Department of Economic Informatics was staffed by highly qualified professors and teachers equipped with modern knowledge. Students, master's students, doctoral students were actively involved in scientific-practical activities. Many master's and doctoral studies were carried out in the department.
A branch of the CISCO International Networking Academy was opened in GTU by the initiative of the department's employees. Also, with the direct participation of the collective and under N. Lominadze's leadership, a computer network and a university website were created in GTU for the first time among Georgian universities. With the efforts of the employees, a university examination center, a university educational-scientific center for e-learning, as well as a training center "Information technologies in business and economy" were created and are functioning in the university. Even today, the employees of the department play a huge role in the life of the faculty and the university: T. Lominadze, D. Kapanadze, T. Zhvania, T. Kaishauri and others.
At the very beginning of the department's existence, on the initiative of Professor N. Lominadze, two directions were formed - systems and programming. Over the years, the systems direction of the department (headed by M. Tevdoradze) introduced the study of such new issues as: accounting and its information systems and technologies, banking and information systems and technologies in banking, business process management and business process management systems, business analysis information systems, production management systems, organization's financial activities and systems in financial activities. The majority of economic informatics students studied in the direction of systems.
In 2000-2001, as a result of the modification of the undergraduate educational program "Informatics", groups of subjects were identified in it, including one of information systems, which actually fully reflects the training courses, work and experience that took place in the Department of Economic Informatics in the direction of systems. In the summer of 2021, a competition for professors and teachers was held and the relevant departments were established in view of the subject groups of the study program. As a result, a new department was formed - information systems, which included, in most cases, professors and successful graduates of the Department of Economic Informatics.
Highly qualified employees are united in the information systems department, they have published many monographs, many scientific papers, training manuals, methodological instructions, introduced many new training courses, used many new information systems. The department cooperates with the leading companies in the field of IT and various organizations, such as: ORIS-company, ALTA-software, DELTA-programs, practically all banks of Georgia, etc.
Professors and teachers of the department work with undergraduate, master's and doctoral students, who are actively engaged in scientific research. The professors of the department have raised many successful highly qualified young specialists who play a worthy role in the development of Georgia.
Many new training courses have been developed by the employees of the Information Systems Department: Information Systems Architecture, Organizational Systems Analysis, Organizational Process Analysis and Design, Architectural Models of Corporation Management, Information Systems Development Strategy, Strategic Information Systems and Technology Planning and Development.
The Department of Information Systems has developed extensive future plans, many interesting events and activities are scheduled, work in new directions is planned. It can be said that the Department of Information Systems fully continues the traditions and approach to work that took place in the Department of Economic Informatics.
Mariam Chkhaidze
Address: room 512a, VI building
Email: m.chkhaidze@gtu.ge
The Department of Artificial Intelligence belongs to the relatively young departments of the Georgian Technical University. The department is the only one in Georgia that develops training courses in the field of artificial intelligence. Georgian Technical University is the first university that started training students with the profile of artificial intelligence.
In 1999, the "Machine Intelligence Scientific Research and Training Center" was established at the Department of Automation and Telemechanics of the Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems. The center was founded by Professor Otar Verulava, who had conducted significant research in the field of face recognition in the laboratories of the Moscow Institute of Management Problems and the University of Bochum (Germany). From the beginning, the activity of the center was directed towards the development of identification systems and the solution of unsolved practical problems for the Georgian reality. During this period, the center implemented the program of automatic recognition of printed text for the "Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia", thus it was possible to convert the entire text of the encyclopedia into electronic format, which became the basis for the creation of an electronic library of Georgian printed texts. From here, theoretical-practical studies in the fields of recognition systems and neuroinformatics began.
In 2001, the center received the first flow of students and was established as an independent unit of the Faculty of IMS - the Department of Artificial Intelligence. The first head of the department was Professor O. Verulava. From this period, work on the creation of training programs, courses and manuals in the disciplines of artificial intelligence began, which is of great importance in Georgia from the point of view of the development of this field. They reflect the results of ongoing scientific research and teaching-methodical work in the department.
At different times, according to the university charter, the department has changed its status several times: it was a department, a department, a direction, and since 2013 it has been approved as a department of artificial intelligence. In the fall of 2013, the head of the department, Professor O. Verulava received the title of emeritus and withdrew from organizational activities. Since 2015, the department has been headed by Professor Mariam Chkhaidze.
The department is involved in the teaching-methodical work of the faculty and participates in the development of programs, training courses, and syllabi. Appropriate manuals and methodical instructions in artificial intelligence, computer vision, artificial neural networks and other topical areas, which are published in Georgian for the first time, have been prepared and are in the process of being developed. More than one scientific grant has been processed in the department and a number of monographs have been published.
In 2005-2021, memorandums of mutual cooperation were signed with groups of researchers and organizations of the relevant profile. As a result of the mentioned cooperation, the researches and educational process rise to a qualitatively new level, new projects are developed.
International collaboration started shortly after the establishment of the department with the University of Mexico City (Mexico), which continued with active collaboration with German universities.
Active scientific-research works are carried out in the department, where, along with doctoral students, master's students and students are also involved, which ensures the establishment of research-based teaching. Research topics include the latest topical tasks of artificial intelligence.
In the department, students acquire knowledge in such areas of artificial intelligence as:
Today, there is no field of human activity where artificial intelligence and its methods are not used. Artificial intelligence will be the foundational technology that will completely embrace technical progress and fundamentally change the way we live and work.
Teimuraz Tsabadze
Address: room 515b, VI building
The history of the department begins in the early 90s. At the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems, since 1991, there has been a Department of Applied Mathematics, then Applied Mathematics and Computer Modeling, and since 2017 it has been named the Department of Computational Mathematics.
Until 2017, the chair was headed by Professor Aleksandre Lashkhi, and then Professor Teimuraz Tsabadze - Academician of the Engineering Academy of Georgia, co-editor of the international magazine AIS: Advances in Information Sciences, included in the Encyclopedia of Energy Scientists of Georgia, chief scientist-collaborator of the Institute of Cybernetics of the Technical University of Georgia, was appointed as the head of the department. Council member.
Scientific research works in the department are carried out in different directions: methods of applied mathematics in informatics and management systems, mathematical and computer modeling, use of mathematical apparatus in various fields of science and practice.
The department cooperates with various foreign universities (Kiev Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv Aviation University, Kaunas University of Technology, Transylvania University, University of Mary Washington, Wroclaw Agricultural University, Warsaw and Łódź Universities, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Vigo, University of Coruña, University of Debrecen; University of Rzeszów University of Technology; West Pomeranian University of Technology) common scientific projects are developed within the framework of cooperation.
In addition, the department has close cooperation with institutes of applied mathematics and cybernetics in Georgia.
The Department of Applied Mathematics of the Technical University of Georgia organizes international conferences.
Ketevan Kotrikadze
Address: room 220b, VI building
E-mail: k.kotrikadze@gtu.ge
The Department of Automation and Telemechanics was established in 1963 at the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia, at the Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems. The first governor of the department was Professor Giorgi Tkeshelashvili, a widely recognized scientist in the field of energy and management, distinguished by high intellectual and personal qualities.
During the mentioned period, already well-known scientists led the teaching-scientific process at the department: Professor Akaki Kereselidze, Associate Professor Karlo Bakanidze, Associate Professor Ivane Machavarian, Associate Professor Shota Garsevanishvili, Associate Professor Givi Chikhladze.
With the joint work of generations, the material and technical base of the chair was created; The first Georgian manuals in the field of automation and management were printed; The first exchange programs in the field of education were implemented (Slovakia, Brno); educational-industrial ties were strengthened and expanded; Students' scientific-research work continued actively; A number of doctoral and candidate theses were defended.
In 1976, Professor Almaskhan Gugushvili, a well-recognized scientist awarded with creative and innovative talent, took the position of head of the department.
Professor A. Gugushvili made a special contribution to raising the Department of Automation and Telemechanics, currently the Department of Control Systems and Automation, to a new level, forming a rational structure. With his efforts in establishing the best traditions, the material and technical base of the department was radically refreshed and raised to the level of new requirements. With an impressive victory, we were awarded the participation in the international student competition; Many scientific-research projects were implemented in production; high-level manuals and methodical literature were created; International relations with US universities were activated.
In 2004, after the death of Professor Almaskhan Gugushvili, Professor Nodar Jibladze became the head of the department. A number of changes and reforms related to the educational programs "Management Systems, Automation and Test Engineering" are associated with his name. These programs were developed for all three levels of higher education (bachelor's, master's and doctorate) and received accreditation; New laboratories were opened with the participation of international sponsors.
In 2008-2014, an important collaboration took place between the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems, the Department of Management Systems of the Georgian Technical University and the Technical University of Kaiserslautern. On the basis of management systems, a project was implemented within the framework of the grant: "Embdded Systems Education in Georgia", with the support of the Volkswagen Foundation. Undergraduate students and academic staff were on exchange at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.
Since 2015, the department has been headed by Professor Ketevan Kotrikadze. This period is associated with significant modification of educational programs; their repeated accreditation; preparation of educational literature; A number of contracts signed with employers and partners within the program.
2015-2016 within the framework of the Tempus program "Development of embedded systems courses and implementation of innovative virtual approaches for the integration of research, education and production in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia", workshops were held for students and professors of the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems of the Technical University of Georgia and the Department of Georgia with the participation of representatives of various universities. Within the framework of the project, the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems, Department of Management Systems was given modern equipment;
From the same period, the professors of the department began to become active in terms of deepening international cooperation: participation in international conferences; various exchange programs for both academic staff and students; participation in workshops and various types of seminars with the involvement of foreign partners; Participation of department employees in local and international grant programs.
The Department of Management Systems and Automation is actively continuing its scientific and academic activities to successfully serve the education of future generations.
Merab Akhobadze
Address: room 306b, VIII building
Phone: 2 77 11 11 (7829)
Email: m.akhobadze@gtu.ge
The history of the department begins in 1975, when under the leadership of Professor Mikheil Gotoshia, the Chair of Computer Use in Engineering and Economic Calculations was created with a general technical status. Since 1995, it has been operating under the name of the Department of Informatics Fundamentals and Computer Technologies, and since 2012, after the transition to the new structures of the Technical University, under the name of the Department of Interdisciplinary Informatics, which is headed by Professor Merab Akhobadze. Despite the general fundamental character, the use of informatics in certain fields, depending on the specificity, is accompanied by certain features. This circumstance is reflected in the name of the department, interdisciplinary informatics, which implies the application of the fundamental principles of informatics, taking into account the requirements of a specific field.
The academic staff works to improve the syllabi of study disciplines with the necessary literature to ensure the learning process. New manuals and methodical works are published and prepared.
The faculty of the department participates in various grant programs and scientific-practical projects, in international conferences, their works are published both in local and foreign scientific journals. The department works in the direction of specialization of social informatics (Social Informatics), which is a relatively new and rapidly developing field of informatics, and which studies information issues in the social sphere. Its purpose is the synthesis of social and information technologies. Specialization involves the study of issues related to information technology, management, psychology, computer analysis of social processes, design and operation of social networks and web technologies. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the department maintains its fundamental function and provides teaching of both general university and academic disciplines related to the use of computer technologies in specific fields. The department has laboratories and auditoriums equipped with the latest computer equipment.
The educational process is ensured by the manuals prepared by the employees of the department, methodical works, abstracts, supporting literature available in the library of GTU and the faculty.
The main task of the department is to promote and implement the principle of student-oriented teaching in life, care for raising the quality of teaching.
Graduates successfully work in public organizations and commercial firms as office and information technology managers, in branches of leading banks, mobile communication companies, public registry, human resources (HR) management and monitoring, production and others.
Akaki Gigineishvili
Address: room 310, IV building
The Department of Physics (formerly the Department) is one of the oldest departments of the Georgian Technical University, it is a powerful and modern structural unit of the Technical University. 14 teaching-scientific laboratories, the Republican Center for Structural Research, the Scientific-Engineering Center of Microelectronics, the Problem Laboratory of Solid State Research, and the Center for Forensic Techniques and Technologies serve to educate students.
The Department of Physics has: a multi-disciplinary teaching laboratory of physics equipped with ultra-modern equipment, where educational and scientific works of applied physics are planned, completed and implemented; Computer Modeling Center where computer modeling of all physical phenomena takes place.
Students of the Department of Physics participate in various exchange programs in foreign countries, which allows us to dramatically improve the quality of students' education.
More than 20 international conferences have been held on the basis of the Department of Physics in recent years.
The Department of Physics of the Georgian Technical University closely cooperates with the Jülich Scientific Research Center of the Federal Republic of Germany within the framework of the Georgia-Germany Scientific Bridge.
The Department of Physics actively cooperates with England's Creamfield, Sweden's Linneaus University, Athens University of Technology, and Socorro University of Technology, USA.
Organized by the Department of Physics, in the fall of 2013, 2015, 2019, "Autumn Lectures in Tbilisi" were held in GTU in an extended format, in which lectures and practical lessons were given by professors of the Universities of Cologne, Bonn and Aachen of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Within the framework of the project, a memorandum was signed between the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the Yulich Research Center. With the financing of the targeted program of the Foundation, from 2019, the Georgian Technical University, one of the universities included in the consortium The SMART|MRI_lab laboratory was established, which serves to deepen the scientific educational ties of the consortium of universities with the researchers of the Yulich Center.
With the support of the Institute of Neuromedicine and Medicine of the Yulich Scientific Research Center at the Technical University of Georgia, a joint master's program "Medical Physics" was created. The program has successfully passed the accreditation. Since 2014, master's students have been undergoing regular internships at the Yulich Research Center.
The area of employment of specialists trained in the engineering physics program includes both engineering work and fields quite distant from technical fields - power structures, banking sector, diplomatic service, political activity. Graduates of the faculty are in leading positions in all these directions, and this proves once again that it is quite easy for a young person well versed in physical sciences to find out and orient himself in other fields.
The Department of Engineering Physics provides high-quality education, education of competitive specialists equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge.
A virtual modeling and construction center operates in the physics department. The center is involved in the educational space in various directions, in particular, within the framework of the National Center for Professional Development of Teachers, the "Applied Physics and Programming" training is systematically conducted, where the teachers of natural sciences deepen their knowledge and practice the use and implementation of STEM in the educational process. A webinar is held as part of the training, where the teachers and students participating in the project will present various integrated innovative projects, smart measuring tools and interactive models created by them, the use of which will make the learning process interesting and fruitful.
Over the years, the projects created by students and teachers under the guidance of the mentioned center participate in the competition announced by the "Millennium Challenge" Foundation, as well as in the "Leonardo da Vinci" competition of student inventors and researchers. Students are multiple winners and prize-winners of the said competitions.
Davit Natroshvili
Address: room 513b, VI building
Scientific and technical progress is inconceivable without the use of mathematics. The development of natural science, engineering, information and economic fields requires broad and deep mathematical education. The use of mathematical methods at the modern stage is of crucial importance in the fields of technological and industrial processes, banking-economic and governance systems.
The Department of Mathematics is one of the oldest departments at the Georgian Technical University.
In 1919-1921, there was a Russian Polytechnic Institute (Polytechnicum) in Tbilisi, where G. Kharazov, Z. Eliashevich, assistants N. Berg and L. Leibenzon used to work. Since 1921, outstanding Georgian mathematician Professor Andria Razmadze has been at the head of teaching mathematics in the same institute.
On January 16, 1922, the Polytechnic Faculty was solemnly opened at Tbilisi State University. Andria Razmadze gave the first lecture in mathematics to the students of the polytechnic faculty.
From the first day of the opening of the faculty, the theoretical mathematics course was taught by the founding four of the mathematical school: Andria Razmadze, Giorgi Nikoladze, Niko Muskhelishvili and Archil Kharadze. Andria Begiashvili, Ivane Gvarishvili, and later - Levan Gokieli worked as assistants.
Polytechnic Institute of Georgia was established in 1928 on the basis of the Polytechnic Faculty of Tbilisi State University and Tbilisi Polytechnic University.
Various subject commissions were formed in the newly created polytechnic institute. Higher mathematics, theoretical mechanics and linear geometry were united in the mathematical subject commission. G. Nikoladze was elected as the chairman of this commission on the proposal of N. Muskhelishvili, and N. Muskhelishvili himself assumed the position of temporary deputy.
In the Georgian sector, since September 1928, the subjects of the mathematics group were led by:
Russian sector:
In December 1929, in connection with the admission of an additional contingent of students, it was necessary to invite high school teachers to the institute, these were famous teachers: A. Devidze, I. Gachechiladze, N. Kvinikadze, N. Florinski, G. Gegelashvili. At the same time, G.Khazhalia, I.Metsvarishvili, A.Gorgidze were elected as scientific collaborators. A.Kharadze, D.Vashakidze, Sh.Mikeladze, A.Eliashvili also worked at the institute at that time.
This year, group-laboratory teaching was introduced, conducted by: K. Marjanishvili, G. Gegelashvili, A. Kharadze, N. Berg, N. Florinsky, N. Mgeladze, N. Kvinikadze, V. Gigineishvili, N. Baranovsky, A. Gorgidze and I. Mechvarishvili. Engineer Melik-Farsadanov, M. Mirianashvili, D. Dolidze were invited for the same activity in 1930.
In order to attract workers to the high school, preparatory groups were established, in which mathematics was taught: V. Chelidze, V. Gogoladze, E. Kharadze, Sh. Mikeladze.
In 1930, the Polytechnic Institute was again divided into educational institutes according to separate fields: construction, transport, mining-metallurgical, chemical-technological, energy and reclamation. Mathematics was taught in them by the same cadres who worked at the Polytechnic Institute.
In 1931, Tbilisi University was transformed into a pedagogical institute. From this year, the main base of the Georgian Mathematical School is the Construction Institute of Georgia.
Since 1932, the unification of branch institutions began. In 1936, there were only two large higher technical schools in Tbilisi: the Kirov Industrial Institute of Georgia and the Tbilisi Lenin Institute of Railway Transport Engineers. In the latter, the mathematics department was headed by A. Kharadze, then Sh. Mikeladze, E. Tsitlanadze, D. Avazashvili. Department of Mechanics - N. Muskhelishvili, then I. Vekua, I. Kvirkvelia, Sh. Mikeladze.
The Department of Higher Mathematics in the Industrial Institute was headed by A. Kharadze first, then by V. Kupradze, and from 1944 it was headed by A. Rukhadze. From 1958 D. Avazashvili became the head of the department. Docent N. Artmeladze worked at this institute in different years, who later continued his long teaching career at the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia.
In 1959, the Industrial Institute of Georgia and the Tbilisi Railway Institute were united again and the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia was created, where Professor D. Avazashvili was appointed as the head of the Department of Higher Mathematics. After his death (1984), Prof. A. Lashkhi (from May 1984 to August 1985), in 1986 he became Prof. L. Mdzinarishvili replaced him.
In 1962, the Department of Higher Mathematics was established separately for students of the part-time and evening study department, which was headed by Professor B. Khvedelidze. In 1967 he was replaced by Professor Stofuria.
In 1970, another department of higher mathematics was established separately, and professor S. Shatashvili was appointed as its head. In 1987, he was replaced by Professor D. Natroshvili.
In 1990, the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia received the name "Technical University of Georgia".
In 2007, on the basis of three departments of higher mathematics, the Department of Mathematics was established at the Georgian Technical University, the head of which was appointed Professor D. Natroshvili. The department combined three directions: the direction of algebra and geometry - headed by professor L. Mdzinarishvili, the direction of mathematical analysis - headed by professor S. Topuria and the direction of mathematical physics - headed by professor L. Giorgashvili.
In 2012, the directions were canceled and the Department of Mathematics was created, the head of which is Professor D. Natroshvili.
Since 2008, for the first time in the Georgian Technical University, bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in mathematics have been launched.
Currently, highly qualified professors, world-renowned scientist-mathematicians are teaching mathematics at the Georgian Technical University. They have close scientific contacts with leading scientific centers and universities abroad, such as Imperial College of London and Brunel University of London - Great Britain, Harvard University of Washington, Delaware and Florida University - USA, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe Universities - Germany, Athens University - Greece, Technical University of Lisbon and University of Aveiro - Portugal, University of Rennes - France, Technical University of Krakow and University of Poznan - Poland and others. They carry out joint scientific research within the framework of memorandums signed between the Georgian Technical University and foreign universities, as well as on the international grant base.
Zviad Ghurtskaia
Address: room 313, IV building
Email: z.gurtskaia@gtu.ge
"Biomedical engineering" is a particularly rapidly growing, multidisciplinary field of science of the 21st century, which combines the knowledge of engineering, biology and medicine, computer sciences and is aimed at ensuring human health protection.
The history of the direction of biomedical engineering in Georgia begins in 1983, when the Department of Medical Technology was established at the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia. The initiator and founder of the department was the first head of the department of medical technology, Professor Otar Khomerik. He made a great contribution to the development of technical means of management and the scientific direction of medical equipment manufacturing.
In 1994 - 2007, the department was headed by the prominent scientist and public figure Professor Raul Kuprava. The main direction of his scientific activity was mathematical modeling and management of biomedical systems.
Since the establishment of the department, provision of the organizations of the health care system of Georgia with engineering clinical personnel is carried out by young specialists graduated by the department of biomedical techniques.
On the basis of the scientific works carried out at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, under the guidance of the department's professors, candidate and doctoral theses are defended, foreign specialists and postgraduate students are trained.
In 2007-2021, the Department of Biomedical Engineering was headed by Professor Irine Gotsiridze. With his direct initiative and participation, the department developed new educational programs in Georgian and English for all three levels of higher education. Preparation of undergraduate English and Georgian language programs, engineering programs for ABET (USA) accreditation, under the co-leadership of the TEMPUS project "Development of educational programs of biomedical engineering in Eastern partner countries" - initiation and implementation of the joint master's program "Biomedical Engineering", with partner universities (Tbilisi State Medical University, Akaki Tsereteli State University). The results of the Tempus project, initiated by Professor Irine Gotsiridze, paved the way for the work within the framework of the ERASMUS + project and the constant international activity of students and academic staff among the partner universities. The department cooperates with the West Pomeranian University of Technology (WZUT, Poland) and the University of Patras (Greece).
From September 2021, the department is headed by Professor Zviad Ghurtskaia.
Medical devices and systems of various directions were created on the basis of the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Technical University:
Namely:
Since 2013, a medical equipment inspection body has been established on the basis of the biomedical engineering department, which is equipped with the latest equipment of the world's leading American company Fluke and is staffed by highly qualified engineers.
In 2018, the inspection body was accredited according to the ISO 17020 standard and is currently the only medical equipment inspection service accredited according to this standard in Transcaucasia.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering has great achievements in terms of internationalization of higher education, students, masters, doctoral students from different countries of the world study at different educational levels: USA. Turkey, Republic of Yemen, Arab Republic of Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Republic of South Africa.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering actively cooperates with clinical organizations in the field of health care, with various firms and organizations of medical equipment and technologies.
Marina Kurdadze
Address: room 515, VIII building
Phone: 2 77 11 11 (7459)
Email: m.kurdadze@gtu.ge
From September 2021, the "Telecommunications" and "Radio Engineering and Broadcasting" departments were merged and the "Digital Telecommunication Technologies" department was formed, which is currently a structural unit of the Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems.
The Department of "Digital Telecommunication Technologies" is a kind of scientific-research center in the field of information and telecommunications in Georgia, whose areas of interest are mass service theory and systems, digital connection theory, information theory, tamper-resistant coding theory and modulation, coding systems, digital telecommunication systems and computer engineering of networks, fiber-optical systems. The results of research in these areas have been published by professors and specialists of the faculty mainly in scientific publications of the United States of America and Europe.
At all three levels of education in the department, the educational process is carried out with the "Digital Telecommunication Technologies" educational program, which have been granted 7-year accreditation from 2021. The undergraduate program is branched out and includes: Telecommunication Networks and Systems; next generation networks; digital telecommunication; Management of telecommunication companies. The master's program includes: telecommunication networks, nodes and information distribution; cellular mobile connection technologies; optical telecommunication systems; digital signal processing, coding and transmission; telecommunication spectrum management and regulation; Telecommunications Marketing and Management. Fields of research in doctoral studies are: theory and design of antennas; Theory of signals; coding theory; tamper-resistant coding and modulation-coding systems; modern concepts of mobile connection development; in digital image distribution systems; information security and safety; strategic management of telecommunication companies and analysis of economic activity; Introduction of new types of services.
In 2021, teaching on the bachelor's program was supported by the state and 4 years of funding was allocated for students, which will continue in the future.
Some facts about the history.
The foundation for the training of telecommunication engineers in Georgia was laid in 1970, when the Faculty of Communications and Electronics was established at the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia (now Georgian Technical University). In 1974, the Faculty of Communication and Electronics was transformed into the Faculty of Communication. And then, on the basis of the ongoing higher education reforms in Georgia, as a result of the reorganization of the Georgian Technical University in 2007, the faculties of energy and communication were united, as a result of which the faculty of energy and telecommunications was formed.
The first symposium on videotelephony was held at the Faculty of Communication and the first trial videotelephone network was launched in the city of Tbilisi. On the basis of the results achieved in the field of effective image coding, a device was created, which made it possible to transmit two television programs in digital format in one high-frequency channel of the satellite communication system. The experiments were conducted at the satellite communication center in Dubna (Russia). At the World Exhibition of Communication Achievements in Geneva (Switzerland), the exhibition space of the Soviet Union was equipped with an automatic videophone system, which was created at the Faculty of Communication of the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia and is currently kept in the department. American and European scientific publications have noted the special importance of the training in the theory of obstacle-resistant coding at the Faculty of Communications.
Over the years, the employees of the Department of Telecommunications have been invited as professors at the universities of Drexel and Cornell in the United States of America, Darmstadt in Germany, Ulm, Konstanz and Essen, Lyngby in Denmark, Linkoping in Sweden and Lund, Lancaster in England to conduct joint scientific research work and give lectures. Dozens of doctoral dissertations have been defended under his guidance.
Zaal Azmaifarashvili
Address: room 218d, VI building
Email: z.azmaiparashvili@gtu.ge
There is no field of human activity where the results of measurement, control and testing are not intensively used. In the sixties of the last century, when all over the world the issues of measurement, metrology and standardization, without which it is almost impossible to recognize the regularity around us, were developing and solving at a high pace, almost nothing was happening in this direction in Georgia. During this period, the famous scientist Giorgi Zedginidze created a large metrology center in the Caucasus region, a branch of the D. Mendeleev Scientific-Research Institute of Metrology in Leningrad, which later became completely independent. In the same institute, postgraduate admissions in this direction began, and since 1966, Georgian Polytechnic Institute has begun accepting students majoring in information and measurement techniques. Soon, in 1969, the Chair of Information and Measurement Techniques was opened at the Polytechnic Institute of Georgia, the initiator and head of which was Giorgi Zedginidze. Irina Chkheidze, PhD, academician of the International Academy of Communications, professor-emeritus, has been working at the chair since its opening. The first employees of the department were: Zurab Gogiashvili, Anzor Melia, Guram Begiashvili and the post-graduate students of the time - graduates of the scientific-research institute of metrology: Liana Kharatishvili, Karlo Mgaloblishvili, Nodar Zhgenti, Guram Kevanishvili gave lectures to the students of information-measuring technique specialty, as well Soso Rogava, Nodar Giorgobiani.
Since 1972, the chair has been headed by Irakli Zedginidze, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Communication, Academician of the International Academy of Informatization.
Irakli Zedginidze's research deals with mathematical planning of measurement experiments, product quality control and management, metrology, standardization and certification issues. The Georgian School of Mathematical Planning of Experiments is associated with his name.
Under the leadership of Irakli Zedginidze, the department developed dynamically. Educational laboratories were created, textbooks were prepared. During this period, the department became one of the successful subdivisions of the university.
Professors Irina Chkheidze, Liana Kharatishvili, Levan Narchemashvili, Nodar Zghenti, Karlo Mgaloblishvili, Guram Murjikneli, Omar Tomaradze, Revaz Zhvania, Vladimir Fadiurashvili have made a significant contribution to the development of the department.
Graduates of the department successfully work in various organizations and state structures.
Among the employees of the department are academicians of the International Academy of Informatization, the International Academy of Communications, the International Engineering Academy, the Engineering Academy of Georgia, about 30 monographs, more than 600 scientific articles, more than 100 patents and copyright certificates for inventions have been published;
Employees of the department have been awarded a state prize for scientific works, 2 prizes of the Georgian Youth Organization in the field of science and technology.
Graduates of the department work in various organizations, both in Georgia and abroad.
Professors Vladimir Dolidze, laureate of the state prize, T.M.K. Natela Vekua, T.M.K. Levan Narchemashvili, T.M.K. Teimuraz Tabidze.
Dora Tzadik and Lev Malkin, who currently live in Israel and continue to work there, worked at the chair at different times, while Dr. Elene Sitnikova lectures at the University of Sydney.
Graduates of the department successfully work in various state and private organizations and productions, such as BP, SOCAR-Georgia, National Metrology and Standardization Agency, Barambo, Tolia, Georgian Railways, Tbilisi Metro, Batumi and Poti ports, accreditation and certification organizations, commercial banks.
Since 2011, the department has been headed by Prof. Zaal Azmaifarashvili.
Since 2011, the department has been renamed "Department of Microprocessor and Measurement Systems. From this period, special attention was paid to tasks of automation of measurements, study and analysis of modern methods and tools used in automation, management systems and quality control. This is evidenced by the achievements of the faculty and students of the department in the last decade.
Currently, two scientific centers are functioning in the department: scientific research and diagnostic center "Expert" and training-scientific center for standardization, certification and metrological assurance "Standard".
Many types of projects have been implemented in the scope of the mentioned centers and the Department of Microprocessor Measuring Systems during 2011-2022, among them the following projects are noteworthy:
Since its establishment, the department has been cooperating and has exchange programs with leading European universities and scientific centers in this field.
Currently, there are 5 professors, 8 associate professors, 1 assistant professor and 2 senior teachers working in the Department of Microprocessor and Measurement Systems.
In the last 10 years, 18 master's students and 16 doctoral students have been graduated
Head of Department
Zaal Azmaifarashvili
Address: room 218d, VI building
Phone: 2 77 11 11 ( )
Email: z.azmaiparashvili@gtu.ge