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Mykhailo Zghurovskyi
Михайло Згуровський
Zghurovskyi in 2006
Rector of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
In office
April 1992 – July 2024
Preceded byPetro Talanchuk
Succeeded byAnatoliy Melnychenko
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
In office
November 1994 – January 1999
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Prime Minister
Preceded byPetro Talanchuk
Succeeded byValentyn Zaichuk
Personal details
Born (1950-01-30) 30 January 1950 (age 74)
Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Alma materKyiv Polytechnic Institute

Mykhailo Zakharovych Zghurovskyi[a] (Ukrainian: Михайло Захарович Згуровський), Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (in office 1994-1999). Today he is a rector of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

He is also a Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Presidium member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (On 8 April 2022 announced withdrawal from the foreign Academy members)[1], corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences in the Austrian Academy of Sciences.[1] He is also a renowned scientist and specialist in the field of cybernetics, systems analysis, big data mining and decision theory. He is a Scientific Supervisor of the Institute for Applied System Analysis (part of both Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), former Ukrainian education minister.

He generalized the main provisions of the theory of system analysis, laid the foundations of system mathematics, proposed a new approach to the theory of extremal problems for nonlinear operator, differential-operator equations and inclusions, variational inequalities. The most famous applications of his scientific research results relate to the field of mathematical geophysics, geoinformatics, socio-economic problems of modern society.

Biography

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Mykhailo Zghurovskyi was born on 30 January 1950 in the city of Skala-Podilska in Ukraine's Ternopil Oblast. In 1975, he graduated from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, faculty of control systems, with a specialty in "Automated control systems". His PhD thesis was titled "Optimal discrete control of one class of distributed processes of unsteady heat transfer" (1979). His Doctoral thesis was titled "Computer-aided design and optimal control of non-stationary processes and fields under data uncertainty" (1984).

From March 1975 to August 1986 he was a engineer, senior engineer, senior researcher, and professor of the Department of Technical Cybernetics at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. From May 1986 to August 1987 he was the Deputy Head of the Research Department of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Ukrainian SSR.

From August 1987 to March 1988 he was again a Professor of the Department of Technical Cybernetics at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. From March 1988 to April 1992 he was Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. From April 1992 till July 2024 he was the Rector of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.[2][3][4]

He was Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine from November 1994 to January 1999.[5]

From 1996 to 2015 he was Director (since 2015 - the Scientific Supervisor) of the Institute of Applied Systems Analysis of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (based on Kyiv Polytechnic Institute). Currently holds this position and the position of professor in Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

In 2006 Zghurovskyi was the founder of the operation in Ukraine of non-governmental organization (WDS-Ukraine), which is a full member of the World Data System (WDS) of the International Science Council (ISC). The Center (WDS-Ukraine) specializes in interdisciplinary researches of complex systems of various nature.

The scientific school of Zghurovskyi prepared and trained fourteen doctors and more than 50 candidates of sciences. He is the author of 52 inventions, the author and co-author of more than 820 scientific papers, 43 monographs and textbooks published in Germany, USA, Switzerland, Poland, Japan, China, Ukraine and other countries of the world.[6]

Public service

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Since March 1995 - Deputy Head of the Commission on Higher Education Reform in Ukraine.[7]

Since August 1995 - Member of the State Commission on the Science Reorganization field.[8]

From October 1995 to January 1999 - Chairman of the State Accreditation Commission of Ukraine.

From February 1997 to January 1999 - Member of the Council on Language Policy under the President of Ukraine.[9]

From 18 January 2018 to 9 July 2019 - member (from 23 January 2018 - Chairman) of the Supervisory Board of the State Concern "Ukroboronprom".[10][11][12]

From 2023 - Head of the Ukrainian Peace Council[13]

Membership in foreign/international scientific communities

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National Representative of the Scientific Committee of the World Data System - WDS (Paris, France).

Member of the Board of the Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange - EDNES (Strasbourg, France).

National Representative to the International Science Council - ISC (Paris, France).

National Representative of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology - CODATA (Paris, France).

Member of the UNESCO Governing Committee on the Education for Sustainable Development Program.

President of the Network of the Black Sea Universities Network - BSUN (Constance, Romania) 2008-2010.

Awards and medals

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Selected publications

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also spelled as Zghurovskyi, Zhurovsky, Zhurovskyi or Zgurovsky

References

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  1. ^ "Oeaw Members Detail". www.oeaw.ac.at. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  2. ^ "М.З.Згуровського призначено ректором НТУУ "КПІ" | КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського". kpi.ua. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. ^ "The first round of the election of the rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has been held | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". kpi.ua. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  4. ^ "Засідання ректорату від 8 липня 2024 року | КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського". kpi.ua. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  5. ^ "Архівована копія". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  6. ^ "Bibliography of Michael Zgurovsky | WORLD DATA CENTER". wdc.org.ua. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  7. ^ "Архівована копія". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  8. ^ "Архівована копія". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  9. ^ "ІПС ЛІГА:ЗАКОН - система пошуку, аналізу та моніторингу нормативно-правової бази". ips.ligazakon.net. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  10. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №8/2018". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  11. ^ "Головою Наглядової ради "Укроборонпрому" обрано ректора КПІ Михайла Згуровського". Укроборонпром (in Ukrainian). 2018-01-23. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  12. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №499/2019". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  13. ^ "ABOUT US - Ukrainian Peace Council". www.peacecouncil.org.ua. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  14. ^ Kitsoft. "Міністерство освіти і науки України - Премія Кабінету Міністрів України за розроблення і впровадження інноваційних технологій 2023". mon.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  15. ^ "Президент Российской академии наук академик Ю.С.Осипов вручил дипломы и знаки иностранных членов РАН". www.ras.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  16. ^ "Medal for the Rector of the Kiev Polytechnic". Politechnika Poznańska - Poznan University of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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