VISITING LECTOR - SCIENTIST FROM SIBERIA
KazNU, named after Al-Farabi, is a world-class research university. The innovative potential of the Kazakhstani economy can be increased only through the construction of an effective scientific and innovative system, the basis of which will be powerful research universities and innovation clusters. Developing this strategic concept, the head of state K.K.Tokayev set the goal of forming science and education as separate sectors of the economy. Scientific schools of KazNU are known far beyond the borders of the country. Further integration into the international scientific community and the internationalization of research and development activities are one of the university's development priorities. The scientific base of the university is developing, foreign scientists are involved, and the results of breakthrough research and technologies are used. Work is being carried out to analyze the achievements of university scientists at the world level. One of the invited scientists at Al-Farabi KazNU, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data of the Novosibirsk State Technical University (RF) Vadim Arkadyevich Zhmud.
Vadim Arkadyevich Zhmud received the degree of candidate of technical sciences during the USSR, in 1981. The candidate's work was devoted to the development of electronic components for a laser Doppler hot-rolled velocity meter. His suggestion that, by integrating the speed signal, to obtain length measurements, was initially perceived with great skepticism by the supervisor and colleagues, they believed that the measurement error would be too large. Experiment and detailed calculations showed the opposite, the error was quite small, at the level of 0.1%, which was excellent for this technical task.
He also proposed to use a semiconductor laser as a source of coherent light in this device. The responsible executor of the project also took this idea extremely skeptically, arguing that a semiconductor laser is not a laser, its coherence length is fractions of millimeters, this device is not suitable for this purpose. Under the guidance of his mentor in electronics, Alexander Stolpovsky, Vadim Arkadievich developed a stable current source and a temperature stabilizer for a semiconductor laser, after which studies showed that this is a laser, the coherence of its radiation exceeds the required indicators by a large margin. This made it possible to make a small-sized, reliable and efficient measuring device for the speed and length of hot rolled products. V.A.Zhmud's personal contribution to science was awarded with a silver medal of VDNKh of the USSR; in general, the development received several such medals, including one gold one.
– I started working at the Institute of Automation and Electrometry as a postgraduate student, which is equivalent to a modern doctoral student. My work was related to the development of new methods for processing signals from a laser Doppler velocity meter of various objects - solids, liquids and gases. I had a chance to develop all the electronic devices for this meter, from photodetectors, to a phase-locked loop system and a frequency meter. Also in the team, we developed a current source and a semiconductor laser temperature stabilizer, which made it possible to make the first speed meter in the USSR based on a semiconductor laser. The dissertation was devoted to a hot-rolled speed and length meter, which was developed for a metallurgical plant and made it possible to automate the processes of hot-rolled pipes, Vadim Arkadyevich recalls.
After several similar works, a senior researcher, candidate of technical sciences, was invited to work by Academician Sergey Nikolaevich Bagaev. By transfer he was admitted to the Institute of Laser Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he first developed and manufactured several systems for stabilizing the regime and controlling the radiation of a semiconductor laser, after which he was asked to head the Laboratory of Electronic Laser Systems. In this capacity, he organized the development of all electronic devices for scientific research of the Institute; some of the developments were carried out personally. In 2009, he headed the Department of Automation at the Novosibirsk State Technical University, where he organized cooperation to create a double degree program with the Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. He also developed cooperation with the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, with the Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany, with the University of Siegen, Germany, with some universities in Mongolia, France and with other foreign and Russian universities.
– Our laboratory ensured the development and manufacture of all electronic components and systems for all scientific installations of the Institute of Laser Physics. There were very interesting works, the purpose of which was to increase the stability of the frequency of various lasers; for this, subsystems for phase locked loop, frequency frequency stabilization, temperature and current stabilization, software and hardware signal processing systems and various intelligent measuring systems were developed. The frequency meters and phase meters developed in the laboratory still have no analogues in terms of accuracy and speed. Very original technical solutions were used here. These ideas are patented, software products are registered with copyright documents. The most important scientific achievements in the USSR were not published anywhere at all, but no one will dispute their importance. This applies, for example, to the development of space research, nuclear power engineering, nuclear physics and other very important research. By the way, the results of research on the creation of artificial intelligence are also not always fully published, sometimes those who publish better just do not have enough important results, because real programmers do not disclose their know-how, - says Vadim Arkadyevich about his scientific achievements .
According to the results of research in 2004, V.A. Zhmud defended his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences. In 2009, he was invited to head the Department of Automation at the Novosibirsk State Technical University, where he was re-elected three times by competition, and held this position from 2009 to 2022. During this time, they have carried out the creation and implementation of a joint educational program in Automation and Mechatronics, together with the Technical University of Liberec, in the Czech Republic. Excellent cooperation has also been established with the Technical University of Sofia, in Bulgaria, also with the Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany, and the University of Siegen, Germany.
According to Vadim Arkadyevich, the joint educational program with the Czech Republic is being implemented to the present, for this, foreign partners annually submit and win applications for financial support from the European Erasmus Plus Foundation. The Foundation finances the trip of three Russian students to the Czech Republic, where they receive a scholarship of 800 euros per month, as well as the exchange of teachers in both directions with payment for flights, accommodation and lecturing at a very high level, about 2.5 thousand euros for 10 days. All this happens due to the high-quality preparation of students and the high-quality selection of applicants for the implementation of this program, so the European University in the Czech Republic is very interested in teaching Russian students from them.
– In 2019, our department was invited to participate in an international project funded by the Erasmus Plus Foundation. The project was aimed at creating double degree programs in the direction of “Smart City Technologies and the Internet of Things”. This project allowed me to expand the circle of colleagues with whom close cooperation began, including he introduced me to the Al-Farabi KazNU University, after which I received an invitation to teach at this university. At KazNU, I teach subjects for doctoral students "Research Methods" and "Academic Writing".
I never had to regret my choice, my decision, each time a new place of work opened up new opportunities, and, most importantly, it gave me the opportunity to meet new people and acquire new knowledge, skills and abilities. Currently, I work as Deputy General Director of the Novosibirsk Institute of Program Systems. Previously, I held this position part-time, primarily as a technical writer and scientific and technical consultant. A new full-time job comes with new responsibilities and a different salary. I would like to hope that this step will only contribute to a more effective opportunity to show their knowledge, skills, and desire to work in the interests of the common cause. And I always consider science and education as a common cause.
KazNU is, apparently, one of the strongest universities in Kazakhstan, and Kazakhstan is one of the most rapidly developing states in the post-Soviet space, the pace of its development, perhaps, is even ahead of the pace of Russia's development. Therefore, of course, any scientist and any teacher will agree that there is a lot to learn at KazNU. People are always different, so it is impossible to characterize all youth in the same way. There are always those who are interested in science and new technologies not in words, but in deeds, improve their skills by participating in real scientific research, and there are always those who pretend to be engaged in science and do not neglect plagiarism, or are simply not diligent enough. are learning. Fortunately, there are few of them. Together with specialists from KazNU, we conducted some preliminary theoretical studies. It is too early to talk about global results. Since at KazNU I teach only doctoral students, that is, the most motivated part of the youth, I meet, basically, well-motivated and conscientious youth representatives. I hope that the subjects taught by me will be useful for doctoral students for more successful scientific research and for better writing of scientific articles, - the scientist shared his thoughts and views.
Kairzhan TUREZHANOV
