50 years of the department

The collective of the Department of Computer Engineering of FICT celebrated its half-century anniversary. Established in 1960, the department is practically a peer of the computer technology era in Ukraine. Among the department’s lecturers were developers of the first computer in the USSR and continental Europe—the MESM, created under the leadership of Academician S. O. Lebediev in Kyiv. Over half a century, the department has graduated about three and a half thousand highly qualified computer engineering specialists who have made a significant contribution to the development of computer technologies. Among the department’s graduates are academicians and corresponding members of the NASU, more than two dozen doctors and 350 candidates of sciences, as well as directors and chief designers of leading enterprises in the industry. The Departments of Applied Mathematics and Specialized Computer Systems were also established on its foundation.

On April 6, the Central Scientific and Practical Conference of NTUU “KPI” was held, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the creation of the first Department of Computer Engineering in Ukraine, which brought together teachers, students and graduates of the department. The speech of the founder of the department, Corresponding Member of NASU, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor K.G. Samofalov, was met with heartfelt applause. The Deputy Director of the Institute of Cybernetics of NASU, Academician O.V. Palagin, who was among the first graduates of the Department of Computer Engineering, shared his memories of studying at KPI. The role of the department in the development of computer technologies in Ukraine was revealed in their speeches by Corresponding Members of NASU B.M. Malinovsky, V.V. Petrov, A.O. Morozov, Dean of the Institute of Computer Engineering O.A. Pavlov, Deputy Dean of the Institute of Computer Engineering M.M. Tkach. Foreign guests – graduates of the department – spoke about the alma mater with gratitude and warmth. The role of the department in training personnel for modern Ukraine was noted in their speeches by guests from related departments of technical universities in Donetsk, Kharkiv and other cities of Ukraine. A bright greeting to the participants and guests of the conference was a concert of student amateur art. The audience accompanied the miniatures of the ETA theater, the performance of vocalists, a dance group of Turkish students and many others with friendly applause.