From November 14 to November 16, the capital of Siberia hosted the IEEE International Scientific and Technical Conference "Actual Problems of Electronic Instrumentation" APEP-2025, organized by Novosibirsk State Technical University (NETI) with the support of the Siberian Branch of IEEE.
The chairman of the conference is Professor of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering of NSTU-NETI, Doctor of Technical Sciences Sergey Brovanov.
The scientific event, which brought together about 300 participants from 16 countries and 60 regions of Russia, confirmed the high status of an authoritative platform for sharing the results of advanced research in the field of electronic instrumentation. Within the framework of the conference, more than 200 scientific reports were presented, more than 40 of which were prepared by scientists of NSTU-NETI.
Irina Manuilova, Deputy Governor of the Novosibirsk Region, emphasized the significance of the event for the region and the country as a whole in her welcoming speech: "It is a great honor for us to host leading scientists, engineers and representatives of high-tech business in Novosibirsk. It is no coincidence that our region, which has a powerful scientific, educational and industrial potential, has become the platform for this authoritative forum. Electronic instrument engineering is one of the priority areas of development in the Novosibirsk region. We are not just a scientific and innovative region, we try to give an opportunity to "sprout" everything that is created in our universities, scientific organizations and enterprises. Since the time of Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentiev, the famous triangle of unity of science, education and production has become the main principle of the organization of the scientific and industrial sphere of our region. Today, it includes regional and federal authorities. And that's right: as part of the implementation of national projects, including the achievement of technological leadership, we have a long way to go. And we will go through it together, including through similar scientific conferences that allow us to find interesting ideas and cutting-edge developments."
This year, the APEP-2025 organizing committee received more than 400 reports, 200 of which were approved for presentation and publication after serious examination. According to Arthur Otto, Vice-rector for Research and Innovation at NSTU-NETI, such demand determines the high status of the scientific event.
"As a representative of a high-tech company that has been developing and manufacturing night vision devices for almost 30 years, I can say that participation in such large-scale events combining science, education and manufacturing allows us all to go beyond current tasks and see the general vector of development of the entire ecosystem. To exchange opinions, argue, learn new things and share your experiences. And, of course, this is the best opportunity to meet talented young scientists whose ideas can become the basis for our future innovative projects and provide the state with technological leadership. This close relationship gives us a direct advantage: we are not looking for personnel in the market, but purposefully "grow" the best specialists, integrating knowledge directly from the training bench into real production tasks," he said during the opening ceremony. Dmitry Kulikov, General Director of Ekran FEP JSC, who acted as a partner of the conference.
Recalling the milestones in the history of APEP, which dates back to 1986, Sergey Kharitonov, Co—chairman of the conference, Director of the Center for Technological Excellence at NSTU-NETI, Head of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at NSTU-NETI, Doctor of Technical Sciences, noted the international status of the event - it became possible thanks to the support of the IEEE Siberian Section, which sets world standards for work.
The conference was attended by representatives of such countries as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Mongolia, Turkey, China, Kyrgyzstan, India, Bangladesh, USA, Sweden, Indonesia, Pakistan, Belarus. In person, the foreign delegation included: Hao Chen, Director of the International Joint Center of the School of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Mining and Technological University with the topic Numerical analysis of Power Generation Process and Performance on Reverse Electrodialysis for Oceanic Salt Gradient Power, and Merdan Torehan Turan, lecturer at Alaaddin Keykubat University in Alanya (Turkey) with a report Integration of Drone Systems in the Construction Industry: Applications.
The start of the conference was given by the plenary session, at which the recognized leaders of their scientific fields made presentations.
Sergey Babin, Director of the Institute of Automation and Electrometry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physico-Mathematical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, presented breakthrough developments in the field of fiber optics. The topic of digitalization was continued by Sergey Khalyutin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Aviation Electrical Equipment of the Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation, with a report on the methodology of predictive control based on the technology of digital twins of electric power systems.
The connection between advanced electronics and medicine was vividly demonstrated by Anton Pashkov, Senior lecturer at the Department of Data Collection and Processing Systems at the Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering at NSTU-NETI. Researchers at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU), in partnership with the Federal Center for Neurosurgery, have begun developing a comprehensive computer model of the brain, the so—called digital twin. This innovative project aims to introduce significant changes in the planning and conduct of neurosurgical operations.
The plenary session concluded with a speech by Mikhail Kurnosov, Head of the Department of Computing Systems at SibGUTI, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, on key challenges in creating communication systems for supercomputers and artificial intelligence.
Within the framework of the conference, the mechanisms of personnel training for high-tech production were discussed. The initiator of the strategically significant issue was JSC Ekran FEP.
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The conference "Actual problems of electronic instrumentation" dates back to 1986. It was initially held as a regional one, but in 1990 it received its current name. Every two years, NSTU-NETI gathers specialists in the field of electronic technology. Since the 2010s, the IEEE, one of the world's largest professional associations, has provided the conference with a stable international status and high quality standards for the selection of reports and their publication.
For more information about the history of the conference, follow the link.