09.03.01 Informatics and computer engineering

Brief description of the area of specialization. Specialists are trained in the design and research of computer automatic control systems and information and control systems for various purposes. Students get to know control theory, computer processing of information and various applications for automatic control and management of objects of aviation and space technology, various autonomous/automated ground objects, including special purpose objects. They also study the design of on-board microprocessor control systems, the design of on-board computer networks and systems, their software and algorithmic support, the design of embedded computer control systems for cyber-physical systems. The specialized area of training is one of the most practice-oriented ones and is implemented in close cooperation with the leading enterprises of the aerospace industry.

In this area of specialization, the program provides that specialists are trained in the development and creation of software for intelligent control systems for the hardware of the industrial Internet of things. This is the programming of microprocessors, transmission channels and multi-criteria information processing, cloud computing, and big data processing. The object of study is the algorithms and programs for intelligent group control of complex dynamic objects. The human-machine interface is implemented on the basis of new information technologies.

Educational and research laboratories of the department are equipped with up-to-date equipment and software. The department has four laboratories that are part of the Industry 4.0 Digital robotic production training center. The laboratories are equipped with industrial control systems, robots, means of sensing and modeling. Research and development work is carried out at a test site equipped with mobile robots and multi-copters with intelligent control systems. Control systems for mobile objects with visual sensing are studied in the mobile robots laboratory. 

As part of this program, specialists are trained in the field of automation of technological and production processes for a wide range of industrial enterprises. Students study information systems and technologies that ensure the functioning of a modern enterprise, as well as industrial computer hardware and software used in industrial information systems. Future specialists have access to modern educational laboratories equipped with PLCs manufactured by Siemens – S7-1500, OMRON – CJ1M, CJ1H, NJ301, B&RX20, Symanitron and Cisco industrial network equipment, ABB industrial robots and other modern equipment of Russian and foreign production. Graduates of this educational program will be ready for the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises in conformity with the Industry 4.0 concept.