Systems engineering department

Information about the department

The department was founded in 1967 by authoritative scientist professor I.V. Kuzmin as the department of Theoretical Cybernetics of Kharkiv Institute of Radio Electronics. The department became a part of the faculty of Control Systems when it was founded in 1972 and was renamed to the department of Systems Engineering (SE).

Since 1968 the department has been training the students of the following specialties: initially “Automatics and Telemechanics” (“AT”), then “Automated Control Systems” (“ACS”). The development of science and technology led to differentiation of the specialties and the “ACS” separated into several specialties related to engineering and control computer systems development (in different years there were “CAD Systems”, “Computer Design Systems”, “Automated Control in Technical and Organizational Systems”, by now it is “Information Engineering Technology”) and systems of control and automation (“SCA”).

Since 1998 the Systems Engineering department has been training specialists in “IET” (Information Engineering Technology) of 050101 – Computer Science and “SCA” (Systems of Control and Automation) of 050201 – Systems Engineering.

Since 1976 the academician of International Academy of Informatization, Doctor of Science (Technology), Professor Eduard G. Petrov has been in the head of the department.

The Systems Engineering department has a branch in SJSC “Institute of Automated Systems (IAS)” which is a scientific and production basis for students’ practical training. The head of the branch is general director of the IAS, Doctor Bronislav A. Kolesnik.

Computer Science

All of the students of Computer Science study obligatory general disciplines of humanist and social-economic training, natural-science training, professional and practical training. The bachelor training program is intended for 4-year education and includes such disciplines as “Discrete Mathematics”, “System Analysis”, “Object-oriented Programming”, “Computer-aided Design Technologies”, “System modeling”, “Web-technologies and Web-design”, “Operating Systems”, “The Database and Knowledgebase Fundamentals”, “Methods and Systems of Artificial Intelligence”, “IT-projects Management”, “Information Systems Engineering”, “Computer Networks” and others. Beginning with the 3rd year System Engineering department offers the students the block of disciplines devoted to the “Information Engineering Technology”:

• Object-Oriented Analysis in System Engineering;
• Service Architecture of Software;
• Computing Systems Organization and Operation;
• Information and Organizational Support of Design Processes;
• System Administration and Maintenance;
• Software Environment Engineering in Information Technology;
• Internet-technologes of Distributed Processing of Information;
• Re-engineering Information Technologies.

In addition, the SE department offers the block of optional disciplines for the 3rd and 4th year students:

• Simulation in the Engineering of Computerized Systems;
• Developing Tools of Computerized Systems;
• Testing and Quality Estimation of Information System;
• Geoinformation Systems in Information Technology;
• Information Engineering Technology of Computing Systems;
• Corporate Systems Development and Distribution: Methods and Tools;
• Developing of Web-services;
• Specialization  Databases;
• Organizational Management;
• Statistic Analyses Methods of Organization System;
• Social Groups Behaviour Management;
• Personnel Administration Systems;
• Large-Scale Systems Project Management.
• Systems Engineering

All of the students at Systems Engineering study obligatory general disciplines of humanist and social-economic training, natural-science training, professional and practical training. The bachelor training program is intended for 4-year education and includes such disciplines as:

• Programming;
• Information Theory and Coding;
• Database and Knowledgebase Fundamentals;
• System Programming and Operating Systems;
• Automatic Control Theory;
• Mathematic Modeling;
• Computer Networks;
• Peripherals Automation;
• Microprocessor Units;
• Materials of Mechatronic Devices;
• Organization of Information and Computing Processes and Systems;
• Technology and Design of Robots;
• Simulation of Robotic Systems;
• Robotics and Mechatronics;
• Software Technology;
• Systems and Means of Processing and Transmission Information;
• Project management in Systems Development.

The SE department offers the block of optional disciplines devoted to the “Systems of Control and Automation” for the 3rd and 4th year students:

• Graph Theory in Project Management Problems of SCA;
• Models and Tools in Project Management of SCA;
• Internet-Technologies;
• Software Engineering;
• Object-Oriented Modeling.

Students studying at SE department use the following knowledge in their activity:

• C# .NET, VB .NET, C++, Java, Assembler programming languages and others;
• Windows, Unix, Linux Operating Systems;
• MS Visual Studio, Sun Java Studio, Eclipse software development facilities and other;
• Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL Database Management Systems and other;
• SOAP, HTML, XHTML, XML, VRML data markup protocols and languages and others;
• Web-applications development technologies: ASP .NET, JSP and PHP servlets and others;
• Computer networks: Ethernet, FDDI, WiFi and others.

The department trains Masters at “Information Engineering Technology” at the basis of Computer Science Bachelors Program and Masters at “Systems of Control and Automation” at the basis of System Engineering Bachelors Program.

The graduates of SE department are the highly qualified specialists, who can work at the following branches:

• development of systems of technical, technological and organizational objects planning and control involving up-to-date information technologies;
• development and maintenance of automatics and computing facilities devices based on up-to-date electronic, microelectronic and microprocessor elements and complexes of domestic and foreign production;
• development and support of objects and processes distant control systems;
• development and maintenance of program-technical complexes for automated design of various application systems;
• development and maintenance of multifunctional hardware and software complexes for simulation of functioning and visualization of technological processes and systems;
• intellectual technologies of databases and knowledgebases management, decision making and Web-technologies.

The graduates of the department work in Ukrainian organizations and branches of international companies, occupying various positions:

• corporate computer networks administrator;
• distributed databases administrator;
• complex large-scale systems administrator;
• integrator;
• computerized systems analyst;
• software expert;
• software developer;
• developer of hardware-based complexes for multipurpose control systems;
• graphical and gaming systems developer;
• manager of projects of information control systems and automatics systems development;
• problem originators;
• advisor in the field of automation and intellectualization of manufacturing and financial enterprise activity;
• key specialist in technical and computer departments of banks and establishments.

Scientific research

Scientific direction of the department: Development of methodology and tool facilities of analysis and synthesis of integrated information control systems for large-scale social-economic and technical objects.

The following establishments are available at the department:

1. Scientific-educational lab “The Problems of Automation and Control of Discrete Technological and Information Processes” (scientific advisor – Professor V.M. Kuzmenko). Scientific direction – studying of the problems of automation of discrete technological and information processes management;
2. scientific-educational center “Administrative Department Informatization” (the director of the center ­­­­– Associate professor V.P. Pisklakova). Scientific direction – development of methodological and scientific fundamentals of social-economic, technical systems control and informatization of territorial operating control. The center includes two labs:
   1. the research lab “Informatization” (scientific advisor ­­­­– Professor E.G. Petrov). Scientific direction – development of methodological and scientific fundamentals of multipurpose ICS creation;
   2. the research lab “Resources Utilization” (scientific advisor ­­­­– Professor E.G. Petrov). Scientific direction – development of technologies and facilities of harmonious utilization of municipal and regional resources.

Student scientific groups

Student workshops are available at the department:

• Development of methodological foundations for creating multipurpose Information Control Systems (scientific advisors – Professor E.G. Petrov, Associate professor V.P. Pisklakova);
• Developmet of methodological foundations of information and technological systems creating and management (scientific advisor – Professor V.M. Kuzmenko);
• Development of algorithms and software for solving the problem of structural synthesis and analysis of geographically-distributed  systems (scientific advisor – Professor V.V. Beskorovainyj);
• Development of learning systems (scientific advisor – Professor V.V. Evsejev);
• Development of visual engineering toolkit (scientific advisor – Associate professor V.G. Ivanov).
• SE department laboratories

Concerning the technical side of learning process, modernization and development of new laboratories is permanently held.

At the moment the following laboratories are used in the learning process of SE department:

• scientific-educational laboratory “System Simulation” (room 264);
• scientific-educational laboratory of “The Problems of Discrete Processes Control” (room 389а);
• scientific-educational center of informatization of operating control (room 265);
• scientific-educational laboratory of informatization (room 389b).

The laboratory base of the SE department is broadened by means of involving the department’s branch in Kharkiv “Institute of Automated Systems” (IAS). The fact makes it possible to familiarize the students with various types of production computer systems of control and automatics and with the directions of research in the professional field. In addition, the computer labs of Information-computer Center of the University are actively involved in the learning process. Fifteen workplaces are equipped in the department’s computer lab for practical and laboratory classes of computer-oriented disciplines. At the moment the department owns 32 personal computers of IBM type which are connected by means of the local network, which is connected to the KNURE network and Internet. It makes possible such activities as individual tutorials and practical training with lecturers, making the term papers and graduation works, carrying out research.

Contact information:

14 Lenina Av., rooms 270, 277, 264a
Kharkiv, Ukraine.
phone: +38 057 702-10-06.
E-mail: stdep@kture.kharkov.ua
Web–site: http://st.kture.kharkov.ua