History of V.V. Popovskyy Department of Infocommunication Engineering

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2020–2022 years

2023–2025 years

1975–1992

The Department of Multichannel Telecommunications (MCT) was founded in 1975. During these years, the department trained communication engineers in two specialties - "Multi-channel telecommunications" and "Automatic telecommunications".

The first Head of the Department was Associate Professor Tymofyi Petruchek, a well-known specialist in the field of radio communications, a talented researcher who worked in Antarctica and managed to organize extensive scientific and experimental economic works, which helped to establish the Department – both in staff preparation and equipping laboratories with devices and communication elements. Associate Professor Petruchek T.P. had led the department for 10 years. The leadership board of the university strengthened the Department with young talented teachers.

In 1976, the Department created a training Laboratory of Communication Lines. Two years later a Laboratory of Automatic Switching Systems, Radio Relay Communication, Transmission Systems was established.

Most of the scientists and teachers with scientific degrees came to the Department from other teams and organizations. Among such employees was the second Head of the Department, Professor M.D. Plotnikov, who led the Department from 1986 to 1992. He graduated from the Artillery Radio Engineering Academy; in 1968 he defended his dissertation in the speciality 20.02.14 "Arms and Military Equipment". In 1975 he was approved as an Associate Professor of Automated Control Systems Depatment. Since 2004 M.D. Plotnikov had been a Professor of our Department. Research interests: digital transmission systems, data encoding and modulation methods, mobile communication technologies. He published more than 80 scientific papers.

The 1990s were associated with the collapse of the Soviet Union, which severed connections between individual universities and groups. The economic downturn and the economic crisis began. Nevertheless, the telecommunications industry during this period not only survived, but also actively developed. Mobile communication systems began to be introduced, high-efficiency fiber-optic communication lines appeared, and the transition to digital technologies began. All this contributed to the formation of the Department. When Ukraine bcame independent, with the beginning of the era of informatization, the need for telecommunications specialties increased and it was decided to establish a Faculty of Telecommunications and Measuring Equipment. It included the Department of Multi-Channel Telecommunications (later - Telecommunication Systems), the Department of Signal Reception and Processing (later - Communication Networks) and the Department of Metrology and Measurement Technology.

1992–2010

Since 1992, Volodymyr Popovskyy, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Academician of two Departmental Academies, has been elected as the Head of the Department. This was a significant event in the development of the Department for the next 25 years. The name of Professor V.V. Popovsky known in Ukraine and abroad. In different years he was a member of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission, IEEE, Academies of Applied Radio Electronics and Communications.

Since 1998, the Department had trained bachelors, specialists and masters in the specialty "Telecommunication Systems and Networks". Since 1999, the Department had changed its name to a more modern one - the Department of Telecommunication Systems (TCS). Since 2006, the specialty "Information Security Management" had been added to the Department. During these years, the Department annually admitted about 200 entrants from Ukraine and foreign countries for full-time, part-time and external training as well as postgraduate studies. Training of Ukrainian and international specialists in English had been open.

The Department of TCS increases the number of training laboratories, the total area of which is more than 800 square meters. They are equipped with modern digital equipment from leading manufacturers: Cisco, Intel, Samsung, D-Link, Iskratel-Monis, Sun Rise, etc., represented by access equipment, mobile and wireless communication, switching and routing, digital transmission systems, fiber optical, satellite and radio relay systems.

The staff of the Department actively participates in the scientific life of the university, is constantly engaged in research activities. The Department has postgraduate studies, which numbered from 16 to 20 graduate students, and doctoral studies (one or two applicants per year). The total number of employees of TCS Department, including employees of training and research centers of the Department is about 100 people. Graduates of the Department are employed in state and commercial organizations: OJSC "Ukrtelecom", CJSC "Kyivstar", "MTS", "Astelit", banking and business structures.

During 1995-2010, more than 500 articles, 5 monographs, 14 textbooks on the subject of the Department were published.

In the period from 2000 to 2010 the technical park of laboratory equipment of the Department was updated almost completely. Several new laboratories have been established. Since 2003, due to sponsors, the Department has opened a Samsung Training Center, a Next Generation Networking (NGN) Center, a Mobile Communications Center, a D-Link Laboratory, an Information Security Laboratory, an Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, and more.

Since 2004, the Cisco Regional Networking Academy has been opened at the Department, where training and retraining of specialists in the maintenance of modern telecommunications equipment, who receive certificates of international level, as well as advanced training of teaching staff has been carried out. Two certification centers, Thomson Prometric and PIRSON VUE, have been opened, where students and teachers have the opportunity to take the necessary tests to obtain an international certificate.

Since 2001, the Department has been training specialists and masters of communication as a second (postgraduate) education, which has led to the need to develop and modernize curricula and programs. In the early 2000s there was a significant increase in the popularity of specialties of our Department. In particular, the competition of entrants has increased; the number of those wishing to study on a contract basis, part-time (4-5 groups) and PhD training has grow. The number of international students, external students, and students receiving a second (postgraduate) education has also increased.

During this period, the Department annually trained 150-200 communication engineers, including part-time students, graduates of second (postgraduate) education, international students.

Table. Characteristics of the TCS Department teaching staff (2008)

	2005/2006		2006/2007		2007/2008
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
The total number of teaching staff (full-time emplyees), Together in particular:	19	100	21	100	25	100
- Dr.Sci.	2	10 %	2	10 %	4	16 %
- Cand.Sci.	9	47 %	11	52 %	12	40 %
Till 30 y.o.	5	26 %	4	20 %	3	12 %
30–60 y.o.	9	48 %	12	60 %	18	72 %
Over 60 y.o.	5	26 %	5	20 %	4	16 %
Full-time emplyees, together in particular:	9	-	15	-	17	-
- Dr.Sci.	1	11 %	2	13 %	2	12 %
- Cand.Sci.	4	44 %	5	33 %	10	59 %
Till 30 y.o.	1	11 %	3	20 %	2	12 %
30–60 y.o.	6	67 %	10	67 %	13	76 %
Over 60 y.o.	2	22 %	2	13 %	2	12 %

In the period from 2007 to 2010 prof. V.V. Popovsky was a member of the Higher Attestation Committee of Ukraine in the specialties 05.12.02 "Telecommunication systems and networks", 05.12.13 "Radio engineering devices and means of telecommunications"

2010–2018

In 2010 on the initiative of prof. V.V. Popovsky a Specialized Scientific Council D 64.052.09 for the defense of dissertations for the Doctoral and Candidate of Enginering Sciences degree in specialties 05.12.02 "Telecommunication systems and networks", 05.12.13 "Radio engineering devices and means of telecommunications" was established. The Deputy Chairman of this Council, and later the Chairman became prof. Popovsky V.V. Members of the Council were employees of the Department - prof. Loshakov V.A., prof. Lemeshko O.V., prof. Kolyadenko Yu.Yu., prof. Savanevich V.Ye., Assoc. Prof. Duravkin Ye.V. (Secretary of the Council).

During this time, the following employees defended their doctoral dissertations at the Department: Yevseieva O.Yu. (2010) - research supervisor prof. Lemeshko O.V.;

Aheyev D.V.; Shostko I.S. (2011), Duravkin Ye.V. (2012) - research supervisor prof. Popovskyy V.V.

Later, these scientists also became memebers of the Council D 64.052.09.

In 2014 Garkusha S.V. successfully defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Enginering Sciences (research supervisor - Prof. O.V. Lemeshko).

International postgraduate students, who represented Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and many others countries, Ahmad Mahsin Hailan, Amer Muhsin Salman, Ahmed Jamil Muslim, Naors Y. Anad, Ziyad Tariq Wadia, Ali Salem Ali, Haidara Andallah, Halava Said Fawaz, Taha H.H. Almakadma, Ikram Qadir Abdullah, Hussam Dhea Kamil Al-Janabi, Yahya Tareq Hussein, Fuad Wahbe, Isaam Saad, Alali Abdullah, Keenan Mohamad Arus, Abdurahman Ahmed Issa Ali, Moat Talat, Ramadan Salah actively passed and successfully completed their postgraduate studies and defended their dissertations for the degree of Candidate of Engineering Sciences.

In 2010 the scientific professional eddition of e-journal "Problems of Telecommunications" was founded, which published articles on specialties 05.12.02 "Telecommunication systems and networks", 05.12.13 "Radio engineering devices and means of telecommunications", and since 2020 - on specialty 172 "Telecommunications and radio engineering". The editorial board of the journal included scientists from the Department of TCS. The editor-in-chief was prof. Popovskyy V.V., and the deputy editor-in-chief – prof. Lemeshko O.V.

Focus and Scope:

General problems of telecommunications;
Mathematical modeling of telecommunication systems (TCS), networks and individual communications;
Information security in telecommunication systems;
Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection;
Resilient networks;
Fiber-optic communication technologies;
Electromagnetic compatibility;
Internet of Things;
Information security of TCS;
Data and signal processing;
Software-Defined Networks;
Design and optimization of telecommunication systems and networks;
Traffic management;
Cloud Technologies.

Many scientists of the Department and the University presented their new scientific results in this journal.

Since 2013, the International Scientific Conference “PROBLEMS OF INFOCOMMUNICATIONS. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY» has been founded. Proceedings of the Conference are indexed by scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science.

Prof. Popovskyy V.V. was elected as a chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference and the deputy chairman was prof. Aheiev D.V. (since 2018 he is a chairman)

Scientists of the department regularly participate in international IEEE conferences such as TCSET, CADSM, CrimiCo, UkrMiCo, CSIT, AICT, ELNANO and others.

In the period from 2013 to 2017, the staff of the Department participated in the International project ENGENSEC - "Educating the Next generation experts in Cyber security of IT sphere in European Union and Ukraine." The project was funded by the European Commission in the field of education TEMPUS IV.

Our partners were leading universities and organizations in Europe, namely:

Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH, Karlskrona, Sweden);
Wroclaw University of Technology (Wroclaw, Poland);
University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia);
Federal Criminal Police Department of Germany (Wiesbaden, Germany);
University of the Aegean Sea (Mytilene, Greece);
State University of Telecommunications (Kyiv, Ukraine);
Lviv Polytechnic National University (Lviv, Ukraine);
Ukraine Information Security Group (Kyiv, Ukraine);
AIESEC Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine);
Kharkiv State Regional Scientific and Technical Center for Technical Protection of Information (Kharkiv, Ukraine);
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

As a result of fruitful cooperation of teachers of the Department with international partners within the Project the following results were obtained:

Seven disciplines for the preparation of students at the Master’s educational and qualification level in the specialty 125 "Cybersecurity" were prepared;
The most modern cloud computing laboratory ReSeLa + for the training of highly qualified personnel and research on cybersecurity at the ICE Department was received;
The Erasmus + program on exchange of students and teachers between the universities of Ukraine and the Blekinge Institute of Technology in the specialty "Cybersecurity" was launched;
A Memorandum of cooperation between KNURE and VTN and double degree programs in the specialty "Cybersecurity" at the Master’s educational and qualification level were signed;
Two International Summer Schools on Cyber Security were held, where students of our University participated.

In addition, as a result of international trainings and internships held at various universities in Sweden, Poland, Germany and Latvia, more than ten employees of the Department have improved their skills in cybersecurity and received relevant international certificates.

According to the results of the Educating the Next generation experts in Cyber security of IT sphere in European Union and Ukraine in 2017, the department created a training and research laboratory of cybersecurity and cloud technologies (Cybersecurity & Cloud laboratory). Specialists from Sweden, Poland, Germany, Latvia and Ukraine worked on the concept of creating this laboratory, namely on the development of the ReSeLa + virtual environment. ReSeLa + offers many options for designing and experimenting with different network topologies and different software. With ReSeLa + in a secure virtual environment, students can investigate attacks on operating and physical systems, network protocols and cloud environments, detect and protect against malware, analyze vulnerabilities in web applications, and more.

Since 2014, the football cup of the TCS Department has been held.

Basketball matches between teachers of the department and students take place regularly. As a rule, students win.

In 2016, it was decided to rename the Department - since then it is called "Department of Infocommunication Engineering". This was due to the need to meet the trends of future development of telecommunications in the modern world, the content of recommendations and standards of ITU-T, IETF, IEEE and 3GPP.

2018–2020

In March 2018, Prof. V.V. Popovskyy, who led the Department for almost 25 years, died at the age of 78. He made a great contribution to the development of the Department of Infocommunication Engineering (formerly the Department of Multichannel Telecommunications and Telecommunication Systems), development of its training and laboratory base, increasing the level of qualification of the teaching staff of the Department and increasing the weight of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics in Ukraine and the world in general.

Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor O.V. Lemeshko was appointed as a temporary ad interim of the Head of ICE Department. In January 2019, he was elected the Head of the Department of Infocommunication Engineering.

Lemeshko O.V. is one of the many students of the previous Head of the Department - prof. Popovskyy V.V., under whose guidance the new Head of the Department defended his PhD (1999) and doctoral (2005) dissertations.

According to the proposal of the staff of the Department and by the decision of the Academic Council of the University from 2018 the Department is named after V.V. Popovskyy.

In 2018, after graduating from Doctoral studies, Associate Professors M.V. Moskalets (research adviser - Prof. Popovskyy V.V.) and Yeremenko O.S. (research adviser - Prof. Lemeshko O.V.) successfully defended their doctoral dissertations.

Since 2019, new Doctors of Science have held the positions of Professors at the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department.

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

In March 2018, following the results of the second round of the All-Ukrainian competition of student research papers in the specialty "Telecommunications", organized on the basis of the O.S. Popov Odesa National Academy of Communications, Sereda-Levitina Bohdana (group TK-14-4) with the work on the topic "Study of fault-tolerant routing with load balancing" (supervisor - Prof. O.V. Lemeshko) won 3rd place in the section “Information communication networks”.

Students of the department became more actively involved in scientific activities and cooperation with foreign partners. Thus, during August 2020, students of the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department Anastasia Kruhlova, Anna Zhuravliova, Vladyslav Shestakov and Yuri Afanasiev attended a series of webinars organized by the IEEE BUET Student Branch - IEEE BUET Student Branch & IEEE Bangladesh Section, as well as with the support of the IEEE Region 10 Student Activities Committee. On August 11, 2020, the webinar "Energy Efficiency in Smart Building Through IoT Sensor Integration" was held by Dr. Saifur Rahman, IEEE 2021 Presidential Candidate. On August 20-21, 2020, students participated in the IEEE Student Membership International Summit & Leadership Summit, where they got acquainted with the activities of numerous student branches and groups of Women in Engineering - WIE.

In September 2020, with the support of ACM-W Europe, the International Conference womENcourage 2020 (Baku, Azerbaijan) was held, which brought together more than 200 participants from 40 countries and 5 continents. From the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department the conference, in addition to teachers, also was attended by students Kruhlova A.O. and Zhuravliova A.S. Student Kruhlova A.O. received a scholarship for participation in this conference.

Due to the program of academic mobility ERASMUS + and the current program of double diplomas, undergraduate students of the group AMЗІмі-18-1 of the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department - Akintunde Adedamola Emmanuel, Iquuegbu Chigosie Charles, Obod Edidiong Ime and Olaide Jamieu Olalekan studied for one year at the Blekinge University of Technology (BTH, Karlskrona, Sweden) and received double degrees. At BTH University, PhD Ievhenia Kuzminykh and Anders Carlson traditionally coordinated the training of our students.

At the same time, three students from Sweden studied at the ICE Department in KNURE under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Yevdokymenko M.O.

According to the European program of academic exchange Erasmus + KA1 "Mobility between program and partner countries" under the agreement concluded between KNURE and UJA, two students of TРТК-16-2 (IV course) of V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department - Maslik Anna and Resnenko Yaroslav, who studied in the specialty 172 "Telecommunications and Radio Engineering" (educational program "Telecommunications"), in the autumn semester of 2019/2020 academic year studied at the University of Jaén (UJA) in Spain.

During the autumn semester of the 2019/2020 academic year, three students of the КУІБ-17-1 group Oleksiy Bykov, Viacheslav Polishchuk, Dmytro Semenov (specialty 125 “Cybersecurity”) studied at the Pomeranian Academy in Slupsk (Poland).

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Due to the scientific activity of the professor of the Department Yeremenko O.S. Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics has joined the project COST CA15127 - Resilient Communication Services Protecting End-user Applications from Disaster-based Failures (RECODIS), which aims to develop appropriate techniques and services to provide end-user applications with reliable infocommunication network services in case of disaster failure, namely: natural disasters (floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires), technological catastrophes related, for example, to power outages, etc., malicious attacks on network security, compromise of network elements (often leads to failure of nodes and channels servicing a significant portion of traffic).

2020 thanks to the fruitful cooperation of scientists of the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department KNURE and the University of Coimbra (Portugal) signed an interinstitutional agreement on academic mobility of students and teachers as a result of the Erasmus + KA107 competition for 2020-2023 - ICM.UC Algeria, Tunisia and Ukraine. This project is coordinated by the University of Coimbra and cooperates with six higher educational institutions from three countries (Algeria, Tunisia and Ukraine). Note that the Erasmus + Academic Exchange Program (International Credit Mobility, ISM) offers students and staff the opportunity to apply for grants for exchange training or teaching in European higher educational institutions.

In 2020, the staff of the Department became the winner of the Erasmus project + Jean Monnet module "Integrating the EU cybersecurity framework and policies in Ukraine" 621250-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE. Project Coordinator Associate Professor of V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department Yevdokymenko M.O., participants - prof. Yeremenko O.S., Assoc. Prof. Kuzminykh Ie.D. The main goal of the project is to promote and disseminate EU experience and good practice in the field of cybersecurity among research and educational institutions through the development and implementation of appropriate training courses for students.

EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THEIR SCORES IN UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RATINGS

Employees of the Department began to publish the results of their research in international publications included in the first and second quartiles (Q1 and Q2) of the scientometric platforms Scopus and Web of Science. We can thank Professors Titarenko L.O., Yeremenko O.S., Associate Professors Radivilova T.A. and Yevdokymenko M.O. for this work.

In June 2020, the electronic scientific periodical "Problems of Telecommunications" (founder - KNURE), which in March 2020 turned 10 years old, was included in category B of the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine. Articles in the specialty 172 "Telecommunications and Radio Engineering" can be published in the e-journal "Problems of Telecommunications". The editorial board included well-known specialists of higher education institutions of Ukraine and abroad, including 13 doctors of technical sciences, 5 candidates of technical sciences, 5 representatives of the European Union. From 2018, each article in the e-journal "Problems of Telecommunications" has a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The articles of the journal are publicly available on the website of the journal, as well as in the bibliometric database of the V.I . Vernadskyy National Library of Ukraine, on the national technological platform "Scientific Periodicals of Ukraine", in the repositories of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (http://openarchive.nure.ua/). In addition, journal articles are indexed in such International scientometric databases, repositories, libraries, search engines as Google Scolar, Index Copernicus, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE). To date, applications have been submitted for inclusion in five International scientometric databases and libraries. The journal's website has been completely updated.

AWARDS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT

In 2018, Professor of the Department Yeremenko O.S. was awarded a scholarship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for Young Scientists (Resolution of the Presidium of the Committee on State Prizes of Ukraine in the field of science and technology dated November 5, 2018 № 7). In the same year she was awarded the Note of Acknowledgement of the Kharkiv Regional Council Chairman.

In 2019, Associate Professor of the Department Yevdokimenko M.O. was awarded the prize of the President of Ukraine for Young Scientists in 2019 for the work "Models and Methods of Structural and Functional Self-Organization of Wireless Infocommunication Networks."

In the same year she received the Note of Acknowledgement from the Kharkiv mayor for many years of conscientious and fruitful work, high professionalism and significant contribution to the development of Kharkiv education and science on the occasion of the professional holiday - the Day of Educators.

In 2019, Professor of the Department Yeremenko O.S. won the XXI regional competition "Higher School of Kharkiv Region - the Best Names", nomination "Young Scientist". And in 2020 she was awarded a nominal scholarship of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Young Scientists - Doctors of Sciences.

According to the results of the annual competition "The Best Scientific, Scientific and Pedagogical Worker of KNURE" for 2019, scientists of the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department received diplomas of winners in almost all categories:

Head of the Department Lemeshko O.V. - in the category of Dr.Sci., professors;

Professor of the Department Yeremenko O.S. - in the category of young scientists;

Associate Professor Yevdokymenko MO - in the category of Cand.Sci., associate professors.

Thus, following the results of 2017/2018 and 2019/2020 academic years, V.V. Popovskyy Department of Infocommunication Engineering won an honorable second place in the integrated rating of departments of NURE. For 2018/2019 academic year the Department took the third place in the same rating.

Rating of departments for 2017/2018

Rating of departments for 2018/2019

Rating of departments for 2019/2020

New monographs have been published

1. Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Bieganowski J. Logic Synthesis for Finite State Machines Based on Linear Chains of States: Foundations, Recent Developments and Challenges. Springer, 2018. – 225 p.

2. Кіріченко Л.О., Радівілова Т.А. Фрактальний аналіз самоподібних і мультифрактальних часових рядів: монографія. – Харків: ФОП Панов А.Н., 2019. – 106 с. ISBN 978-617-77-22-82-2.

3. Лемешко О.В., Єременко О.С., Невзорова О.С. Потокові моделі та методи маршрутизації в інфокомунікаційних мережах: відмовостійкість, безпека, масштабованість. – Харків: ХНУРЕ, 2020. – 308 с. DOI: 10.30837/978-966-659-282-1

4. Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Mielcarek K., Chmielewski S. Logic Synthesis for FPGA-Based Control Units. Structural Decomposition in Logic Design // Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. - Springer International Publishing, 2020, Series Volume 636. 240 р. ISBN 978-3-030-38294-0, DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-38295-7.

5. Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Mazurkiewicz M. Foundations of Embedded Systems / Studies in Systems, Decision and Control. Vol. 195. Springer International Publishing, 2019. 167 p. ISBN 978-3-030-11960-7 ISBN 978-3-030-11961-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11961-4.

Participation in joint monographs

1. Радивилова Т., Агеев Д. Методы и приложения анализа социальных сетей / Bezpieczeństwo w cyberprzestrzeni społeczna przestrzeń internetu w kontekście wartości i zagrożeń. – Słupsk, Polska, 2019. – P. 267–282. ISBN 978-83-63680-28-2.

2. Радивилова Т., Кириченко Л., Булак В. Обнаружение DDOS атак методами машинг ленинг на основе фрактальных свойств / Bezpieczeństwo w cyberprzestrzeni społeczna przestrzeń internetu w kontekście wartości i zagrożeń. – Słupsk, Polska, 2019. – P. 299–316. ISBN 978-83-63680-28-2.

In addition, scientists of the Department in 2018-2020 co-authored many joint monographs published by Springer:

1. Yeremenko O., Lemeshko O., Persikov A. (2018) Secure Routing in Reliable Networks: Proactive and Reactive Approach // Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing II. Springer. 2018. Vol 689. P. 631–655.

2. Kirichenko L., Radivilova T., Zinkevich I. (2018) Comparative Analysis of Conversion Series Forecasting in E-commerce Tasks. In: Shakhovska N., Stepashko V. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing II. Springer, Cham. Vol. 689. P. 230–242. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70581-1_16.

3. Yeremenko O., Lemeshko O. (2018) QoS Ensuring over Probability of Timely Delivery in Multipath Routing // Hu Z., Petoukhov S., Dychka I., He M. (eds) Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education. ICCSEEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham. Vol. 754. P. 244–254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91008-6_25.

4. Lemeshko O., Lebedenko T., Yeremenko O., Simonenko O. (2018) Mathematical Model of Queue Management with Flows Aggregation and Bandwidth Allocation // Hu Z., Petoukhov S., Dychka I., He M. (eds) Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education. ICCSEEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham. Vol. 754. P. 165–176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91008-6_17.

5. Kuzminykh I., Carlsson A., Yevdokymenko M., Sokolov V. (2019) Investigation of the IoT Device Lifetime with Secure Data Transmission // Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networks and Systems. Springer, Cham. P. 16–27.

6. Lemeshko O., Yeremenko O., Yevdokymenko M., Hailan A.M. (2021) Tensor Multiflow Routing Model to Ensure the Guaranteed Quality of Service Based on Load Balancing in Network // Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education III. ICCSEEA 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham. Vol. 1247. Р. 120–131. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55506-1_11.

7. Lemeshko O., Yevdokymenko M., Yeremenko O., Shapovalova A. (2021) Investigation of Load-Balancing Fast ReRouting Model with Providing Fair Priority-Based Traffic Policing // Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education III. ICCSEEA 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham. Vol. 1247. Р. 108–119. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55506-1_10.

8. Chugay A.M., Zhuravka A.V. (2021) Packing Optimization Problems and Their Application in 3D Printing // Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education III. ICCSEEA 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Springer, Cham. Vol. 1247. Р. 75–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55506-1_7.

9. Lemeshko O., Yeremenko O., Hailan A.M., Yevdokymenko M., Shapovalova A. (2020) Policing Based Traffic Engineering Fast ReRoute in SD-WAN Architectures: Approach Development and Investigation // Al-Bakry A. et al. (eds) New Trends in Information and Communications Technology Applications. NTICT 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer, Cham. Vol. 1183. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55340-1_3.

10. Kirichenko L., Zinchenko P., Radivilova T. (2021) Classification of Time Realizations Using Machine Learning Recognition of Recurrence Plots // Babichev S., Lytvynenko V., Wójcik W., Vyshemyrskaya S. (eds) Lecture Notes in Computational Intelligence and Decision Making. ISDMCI 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham. Vol. 1246. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54215-3_44.

11. Lemeshko O., Yeremenko O., Yevdokymenko M., Sleiman B. (2021) System of Solutions the Maximum Number of Disjoint Paths Computation Under Quality of Service and Security Parameters // Ilchenko M., Uryvsky L., Globa L. (eds) Advances in Information and Communication Technology and Systems. MCT 2019. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Cham. Vol. 152. Р. 191–205. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58359-0_10.

Cooperation with companies, firms, universities

In December 2019, the status of NURE ISACA student group was confirmed and extended by the Head Office of ISACA (Chicago, USA). The group is headed by Associate Professor of ICE Dobrynin I.S. In parallel with the extension of the validity of our ISACA student group, Assoc. Prof. Dobrynin I.S. confirmed the personal Silver status of the Academic Advocate of ISACA. In 2020, V.V. Popovskyy Department of Infocommunication Engineering, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, became a partner of the CRDF Global project on the development of cybersecurity in Ukraine. Memoranda of cooperation were signed with WorkNest Technologies LLC, the National IP Operator Wnet LLC, the CompTIA IT Company, and the State Enterprise Industry Center for Digitalization and Cybersecurity.

During the last three years, six employees of the Department are the members of the ACM, eight are the IEEE members. In 2019, Professor of the V.V. Popovskyy ICE Department Yeremenko O.S. received the status of IEEE Senior Member, which testifies to recognition of her technical and professional skills, allows to obtain leadership positions of IEEE volunteers, recommend other applicants for IEEE Senior Member status and be a member of the Committee that considers this applications. In addition, from January 2018, Prof. Yeremenko O.S. holds the position of Deputy Chairman of the Women in Engineering Community of the IEEE Ukrainian Section.

In 2020, the staff of our Department under the leadership of Oleksandra Yeremenko organized the first Ukrainian Chapter of ACM Women Europe (ACM-W Europe), which also included Maryna Yevdokymenko, Anastasia Shapovalova, Tamara Radivilova, Yana Krasnozheniuk, students Anastasia Kruhlova, Anna Zhuravliova , Maria Herus, Maria Pichiienko and Valeria Romanchenko. Note that the main goal of ACM-W Europe is to create and support a transformed European professional and scientific space where women receive help and inspiration to acheive their ambitious dreams, ideas and achievements in the field of computer technology.

Participation in international scientific conferences

Traditionally, scientists of the Department participate in international scientific IEEE conferences, such as ATIT, AICT, TCSET, CADSM, PICST, CSIT, DESSERT, UkrMiCo, UKRCON. In many of them, our employees were members of the organizing committees.

In 2019, our scientists also took in-person part in scientific conferences held abroad - IDT’2019 (Žilina, Slovakia) and IDAACS’2019 (Metz, France).

Modernization of the Department laboratory base

In November 2019, a new educational and scientific Network Security & Resilience Laboratory was opened at the Department. The Laboratory was opened due to Lifecell support, which kindly donated the server and switching equipment tothe university, helped to connect and configure it. The Laboratory was also equipped with firewalls, switches and routers, which the Department received as a result of international cooperation with BTH University (Sweden).

Also in the period 2019/2020, the Routing & Switching Laboratory, which also serves as a Cisco training center, was retrofitted and re-equipped.

Cooperation and relations of the Department with other HEIs

National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

National Aviation University

O.S. Popov Odesa National Academy of Telecommunications

Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National University of Air Force

Lviv Polytechnic National University

State University of Telecommunications

National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"

University of Zielona Góra (Poland)

Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

Military Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technologies named after the Heroes of Kruty

Poltava University of Economics and Trade

Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

2020–2022

The Department's Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered the department’s operations. NURE switched to a hybrid teaching model, in which lectures were recommended to be conducted remotely, while practical and laboratory sessions were held in classrooms (laboratories). However, during outbreaks of the disease, the vast majority of classes were held online using platforms such as Google Classroom, Moodle, Zoom, and Webex—which Cisco allowed the department to use free of charge for a certain period of time. Under these circumstances, faculty and students quickly mastered the skills needed to teach and learn using these platforms, as well as the NURE DL (Distant Learning) system.

Ranking of Departments at NURE

Based on the results for the 2020/2021 academic year, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering topped the comprehensive ranking of graduating departments at NURE.

Throughout the year, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies steadily increased its contribution to KNURE’s webometric achievements:
І Quarter of 2021 - 10,602 %;
ІІ Quarter of 2021 - 10,967 %;
ІІІ Quarter of 2021 - 11,449 %;
ІV Quarter of 2021 - 11,83 %.
If we break down the results in more detail, compared to other departments and teams, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies made the highest contribution according to the “Google Scholar” metric, at 12.154%, as well as the highest contribution according to the “Scopus+WoS” metric - 12.108%. The strong performance of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies secured the Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies an honorable second place in the webometric ranking of NURE faculties based on the results of the fourth quarter of 2021.

Thanks to its outstanding quarterly results, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies topped the overall Webometrics ranking of departments at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics for 2021.

Dissertation Defenses

In accordance with Order No. 157 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated February 9, 2021, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Associate Professor of the Department, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences in the specialty 05.12.02 “Telecommunications Systems and Networks.” The defense took place on December 27, 2020.

By Order No. 420 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated April 15, 2021, the decision of the Special Council to award Professor Tamara Radivilova of the Department the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences in the specialty 05.13.21 “Information Security Systems” was approved. The defense took place on January 27, 2021.

Pursuant to Order No. 735 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated June 29, 2021, the decision of the Scientific Council (SRD) No. 64.052.09 was approved, awarding Anastasia Shapovalova, an assistant professor in the V.V. Popovsky at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), the academic degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences in the specialty 05.12.02 “Telecommunications Systems and Networks.” The defense took place on April 27, 2021.

Awarding of Academic Titles

By Order No. 886 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated November 26, 2020, Mykola Moskalets, Doctor of Technical Sciences, was awarded the academic title of professor.

Pursuant to Order No. 157 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated February 9, 2021, Oleksandra Yeremenko, a professor in the department and Doctor of Technical Sciences, was awarded the academic title of professor.

In accordance with Order No. 1290 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated November 30, 2021, the decision of the Academic Council of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) to confer the academic title of professor upon the following female faculty members of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, who hold the degree of Doctor of Science, has been approved:
- Maryna Yevdokimenko
- Tamara Radivilova.
Pursuant to Order No. 735 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated June 29, 2021, Yevgeniya Kuzminykh was awarded the academic title of associate professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.
Pursuant to Order No. 1017 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated September 27, 2021, Yulia Kulia and Kateryna Popovska were awarded the academic title of associate professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE).

Publication of New Monographs

Москалець М.В., Коляденко Ю.Ю., Коляденко О.В. Методи доступу у перспективних системах мобільного зв’язку: монографія. – Харків: ХНУРЕ, 2021. – 539 с. DOI: 10.30837/978-966-659-296-8
This monograph addresses issues related to the need to improve existing models and methods of effective access and to develop new ones, which would serve as a further theoretical foundation for designing new access protocols with enhanced performance in next-generation mobile communication networks, while maintaining the existing algorithms of mobile communication systems. It is intended for researchers and educators, particularly master’s students, graduate students, and doctoral candidates working in the field of information and communications.

Fort Publishing House has published the first volume of the monograph *Information Security Technologies in Decentralized Distributed Networks*, edited by Roman Oliynikov, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, and Oleksandr Lemeshko. The monograph was published with financial support from the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (grant 2020.01/0351). It contains the results of research conducted as part of the project “Analysis, Research, Development, and Implementation of Modern Information Security Technologies for Global Monitoring of Ukraine’s Cyberspace in Crisis and Emergency Situations.”

Технології інформаційної безпеки в децентралізованих розподілених мережах : монографія / Л. Ковальчук, Р. Олійников, Ю. Беспалов та ін.; за загальною редакцією Р. Олійникова, О. Кузнецова та О. Лемешка. – Харків: Видавництво «Форт», 2021. – 300 с. ISBN 978-617-630-065-6
The co-authors of the monograph are Professors O.V. Lemeshko, T.A. Radivilova, O.S. Yeremenko, M.O. Yevdokymenko, and research assistant A.S. Shapovalova.

Contributions to collective monographs

Publication activity of the department's faculty members

The department is strengthening its position through publications in specialized journals that are ranked in the first and second quartiles of Scopus and WoS.
In 2020, the journal “Sensors” published by MDPI (Switzerland) featured an article co-authored by Dr. O.S. Yeremenko, a professor at the V.V. Popovsky ICE Department and Doctor of Technical Sciences. This journal is ranked in the first quartile of the Web of Science and Scopus platforms: Papan J., Segec P., Yeremenko O., Bridova I., Hodon M. Enhanced Multicast Repair Fast Reroute Mechanism for Smart Sensors IoT and Network Infrastructure. Sensors 2020, 20, 3428. P. 1-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20123428

In 2020, Larisa Titarenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences and professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, also published a series of scientific articles in international journals ranked in the first and second quartiles (Q1 and Q2) of the Scopus and Web of Science scientometric platforms:
1. Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Chmielewski S. Improving characteristics of LUT-based Moore FSMs // IEEE Access, 2020. - P. 1-14. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3006732.
2. Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Krzywicki K. Reducing LUT Count for FPGA-Based Mealy FSMs // Appl. Sci. 2020, Vol. 10, Issue 15. - P. 1-25. doi: 10.3390/app10155115.
3. Barkalov A. A., Titarenko L. A., Baiev A. V., Matviienko, A. V. Mixed Encoding of Collections of Microoperations for a Microprogram Finite-State Machine // Cybernetics and Systems Analysis. – 2020. – №56. - Р. 343–355.

In 2020, Yevgeniya Kuzminykh, an associate professor in the department, published an article in the journal “Electronics” (published by MDPI), which is ranked in the second quartile (Q2) on the Scopus and WoS scientometric platforms:
TajDini M., Sokolov V., Kuzminykh I., Shiaeles S., Ghita B.. Wireless Sensors for Brain Activity – A Survey. Electronics 2020, 9(12), 2092; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9122092
In 2021, the journal “Sensors” published by MDPI (Switzerland) featured an article authored by the head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Prof. O.S. Yeremenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, and M.O. Yevdokimenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, in collaboration with Slovak partners from the University of Žilina. This journal is ranked in the first quartile on the Scopus and Web of Science platforms:
Lemeshko O., Papan J., Yeremenko O., Yevdokymenko M., Segec P. Research and Development of Delay-Sensitive Routing Tensor Model in IoT Core Networks. Sensors. 2021; 21(11): 3934, P. 1-23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113934

In 2022, the journal “Applied Sciences” published by MDPI (Switzerland) featured an article authored by the Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, Dr of Technical Sciences, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, Professor O.S. Yeremenko, Dr of Technical Sciences, and Professor M.O. Yevdokimenko, Dr of Technical Sciences, in collaboration with their Slovak partner, J. Papan from the University of Žilina. This journal is ranked in the second quartile on the Scopus and Web of Science platforms: Lemeshko O., Papan J., Yevdokymenko M., Yeremenko O. Advanced Tensor Solution to the Problem of Inter-Domain Routing with Normalized Quality of Service. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(2): 846. P. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020846.

The staff of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering continue to improve their publication output in the Google Scholar Citations scientometric database, which also has a positive impact on NURE’s standing in national and international university rankings.

As 2021 draws to a close, the following achievements are worth highlighting:
- the total number of citations of academic papers has exceeded 8,000;
- the number of citations from 2020 publications came very close to 1,500, which is a record of sorts for the number of citations in a single year;
- recently, since 2018, the average number of citations per year has been 900.
In addition, we would like to extend our special congratulations to Doctors of Science and Professors D.V. Ageyev, O.S. Yeremenko, and T.A. Radivilova on joining the ‘NURE Google Scholar Citations 1000+’ club, as the total number of citations of their research papers over the course of their research careers has exceeded the 1,000-citation mark!!!

As of early 2022, four researchers – lecturers from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering – were among the top five staff members at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) according to the Scopus Hirsch index.

ORGANISATION AND CONDUCT OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

On 6–9 October 2020, the Synergy Science Park at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference ‘Problems of Information Communications. Science and Technology’ (IEEE International Scientific-Practical Conference ‘Problems of Infocommunications. Science and Technology’ (PIC S&T-2020)) was held at the ‘Synergy’ Science Park of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

The IEEE International Conference on Problems of Infocommunications, Science and Technologies (PIC S&T’2021) took place on 5–7 October 2021! The aim of the conference was to exchange information on theoretical, scientific and practical achievements, as well as to summarise and systematise the results and experience of applying scientific research to the development of new information and communication technologies and the design of modern infocommunications systems. The conference was held in a hybrid format: an in-person component, with all quarantine restrictions in place, alongside remote participation and a poster session on a video platform. As is traditional, the conference brought together specialists from various universities in Ukraine and abroad. Number of papers submitted: 164. Number of papers accepted for the conference: 133.

From 26 to 27 November 2020, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering hosted the Sixth International Scientific and Technical Conference ‘Electromagnetic Compatibility Issues in Future Wireless Communication Networks’ (EMC-2020) online. The event was attended by PhD students, Master’s students and researchers with a scientific interest in issues of electromagnetic compatibility in existing and future wireless communication networks and systems. A total of 28 abstracts were presented.

From 25 to 26 November 2021, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics hosted the Seventh International Scientific and Technical Conference ‘Electromagnetic Compatibility Issues in Advanced Wireless Communication Networks’ (EMC-2021) online. A total of 30 papers were presented.

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

In keeping with a long-standing tradition, academics from the department take part in international IEEE conferences such as ATIT, AICT, TCSET, CADSM, PICST, IDAACS, UkrMiCo, ICEET, OT4ME!, UKRCON and EUROCON, as well as workshops including CPITS, MoMLeT&DS and CMIS. At many of these events, our staff have served on the organising committees. A distinctive feature of academic conferences during this period was the remote, online format.

COMPETITION WINS, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, AND HONOURS

Traditionally, members of the department take part in the regional competition ‘Higher Education in Kharkiv Region – The Best Names’. In 2020, Associate Professor Arkadii Snihurov, of the department, won the 22nd regional competition ‘Higher Education in Kharkiv Region – The Best Names’ in the ‘Dean of Faculty’ category. In 2021, the Head of the Department, O.V. Lemeshko, won the 23rd competition in the ‘Head of Department’ category.

On 14 May 2021, the Speaker of Parliament, D. Razumkov, presented diplomas to young scientists who had been awarded scholarships by the Ukrainian Parliament. Among the 30 recipients of the Ukrainian Parliament's scholarships for young scientists holding a Doctor of Science degree, Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Professor at the V.V. Popovskyi Department of Infocommunication Engineering, also received a diploma.

Staff members of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering have won this year’s competition for state-funded named scholarships awarded to the best young academics to commemorate the events of the Revolution of Dignity and honour the heroism of the Heroes of Ukraine – the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred – for 2022. Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko has been awarded the Ustym Holodniuk Scholarship. Professor Maryna Yevdokymenko has been awarded the Yurii Popravka Scholarship.

Dr D.V. Ageyev, Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering and Doctor of Technical Sciences, was ranked amongst the top 2% of scientists worldwide on two occasions (in 2020 and 2021) according to the results of a prestigious ranking. The Top 2% ranking is compiled by analysts at Stanford University, Elsevier and SciTech Strategies. The ranking is based on an analysis of a publicly available database of over 100,000 leading scientists, which provides standardised information on citations, h-index, adjusted co-authorship index, citations of articles with different author roles, and a composite score. Researchers are categorised across 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. Selection was based on the top 100,000 researchers by score (with or without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or higher.

On 23 December 2020, at a regular meeting of the Academic Council of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, staff members of the department were presented with state awards and certificates of commendation:
- a letter of commendation from the Ministry of Education and Science – to Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko of the department;
- a letter of commendation from the Ministry of Education and Science – to Associate Professor Maryna Yevdokymenko of the department.

On 28 May 2021, at a meeting of the Academic Council of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), Rector V.V. Semenets congratulated the university’s academics on receiving academic titles and honours from the Ukrainian Parliament, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Kharkiv Regional Council, and the Kharkiv City Council. Among those honoured were staff members of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering:

- Olexander Lemeshko, Head of the Department, was awarded a Certificate of Commendation from the Ukraine Parliament;
- Professor Tamara Radivilova of the department and the Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunication, Associate Professor Arkadii Snihurov, were awarded a Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

On 24 December 2021, at a meeting of the Academic Council of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Professors V.A. Loshakov and M.V. Moskalets of the department were awarded certificates and honours from the Kharkiv Regional Council.

From 12 to 14 August 2021, as part of the 10th Festival of Innovative Projects ‘Sikorsky Challenge 2021: Ukraine and the World’, the Sikorsky Challenge 2021 Start-up Competition took place. Professor Ihor Shostko received a certificate confirming that the project team behind ‘Networked technologies for intelligent video monitoring of airspace in the visible and infrared frequency ranges and high-precision guidance of weapons targeting aerial objects’, of which he was the lead researcher, had reached the final of this prestigious competition.

WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL COMPETITION “BEST SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBER AT NURE”

At the meeting of the Academic Council of NURE on 24 November 2020, the results of the 2020 annual competition ‘Best Researcher and Academic Staff Member at NURE’ were announced. In 2020, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering significantly improved its standing in this competition compared with the results of last year’s competition. As is traditional, the department’s researchers received winners’ certificates in virtually all categories (except for the ‘Other Staff’ category):
the Head of Department, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko – in the category for Doctors of Science and Professors;
Associate Professor O.S. Yeremenko of the department – in the category for young scientists, Doctors of Science under 40;
Associate Professors M.O. Yevdokymenko and T.A. Radivilova of the department – in the category for Candidates of Science and Associate Professors.
The top five winners also included two Master’s students: Anna Shcherbak – AMSZIm-19-1, and Yurii Afanasyev – IKIm-20-1, who received a certificate of appreciation ‘For active participation in student research work’.

At the end of 2021, as is customary, staff from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering represented their department with distinction in this prestigious competition, organised across numerous categories using the ‘TRUST’ Higher Education Quality Assurance Portal. This year, researchers from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering received winners’ certificates in the following categories:

- Head of Department O.V. Lemeshko topped the rankings in the ‘Doctors, Professors’ category;
- Professors O.S. Yeremenko and M.O. Yevdokymenko of the department were named leaders in the ‘Young Researchers’ category;
- A.S. Shapovalova, a lecturer at the department, was ranked among the top five researchers in the ‘Other Staff’ category.

At the end of 2020, O.V. Lemeshko, Head of the V.V. Department of Infocommunication Engineering, was awarded the status of IEEE Senior Member. It should be noted that the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering has had a thriving IEEE community for the past seven years, comprising nine members – all lecturers from the department (as of January 2022). Of these, two – the Head of the Department, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, and Professor O.S. Yeremenko – are IEEE Senior Members.

Between April and June 2020, A.A. Akulinichev, Associate Professor at the V.V. Department of Infocommunication Engineering, undertook training at the Cisco Academy Instructor Training Centre at the Dnipro Polytechnic National Technical University as part of the Cisco Networking Academy’s ‘CCNA Cybersecurity Operations’ programme, and was awarded instructor status for this course.

ERASMUS+ PROJECT – JEAN MONNET MODULE: “INTEGRATING THE EU CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES IN UKRAINE”

In August 2020, it was announced that Associate Professor at the V.V. Department of Infocommunication Engineering M.O. Yevdokimenko, and the project team members – Professor O.S. Yeremenko of the Department, Associate Professor E.D. Kuzminykh of the Department, and Senior Lecturer O.S. Adamov of the APOT Department – were announced as the winners of the competition for the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module project “Integrating the EU cybersecurity framework and policies in Ukraine” (CyFra) 621250-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE. The main objective of the project is to promote and disseminate EU experience and best practice in the field of cybersecurity amongst academic and educational institutions through the development and implementation of relevant training courses for students.

On 4 November 2020, Valerii Semenets, Rector of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, signed a grant agreement to launch the Jean Monnet project 621250-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE, which received funding in 2020 under the European Union’s – ERASMUS+.
In May 2021, a course began as part of the Jean Monnet project on ‘EU Best Practices in the Security of the Internet of Things and Smart Infrastructures’, taught by Yevheniia Kuzminykh, Associate Professor at the Department of Infocommunication Engineering. As part of the course, students will learn to identify the assets of an IoT system that need to be protected, the technologies, protocols and communication patterns that should be selected for building an Internet of Things network, carry out threat modelling and determine protection methods for specific scenarios, as well as delve into European Parliament documentation on meeting the security requirements in force in EU countries, and the future certification of information and communication technology devices and products (NIS Directive, EU Cybersecurity Act).

As part of the same project, between 19 April and 10 June 2021, students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering undertook training on the courses “EU Framework and Policies on Cybersecurity” and “EU Best Practices for the Internet of Things and Smart Infrastructure”.

Between 19 November and 30 December 2021, students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering undertook a course entitled "EU Best Practices and Strategies for Cyber Resilience" under the supervision of Prof. O.S. Yeremenko.

In total, in 2021, more than 100 students from various universities across Ukraine took courses as part of this project. More than 30 of the participants were students from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

PARTICIPATION IN THE USAID INTERNATIONAL PROJECT “CYBERSECURITY OF UKRAINE’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE”

In March 2021, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics was selected to take part in the USAID project, “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”. Professor Maryna Yevdokimenko of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering has been appointed as the project coordinator for the educational component. This means that NURE will play a direct role in a four-year programme to train instructors (lecturers) in cybersecurity and will further strengthen its leading position in the field of training cybersecurity specialists!

On 24 May 2021, representatives of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure” (Project Director Timothy Dubel and Technical Director Hank Nelson) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation with Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

The V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering is the lead department in this project, and during 2021–2022, 24 lecturers from the department will undertake training in the following courses: Incident Response; Digital Forensics; Security of Cyber-Physical Systems; IoT Security and Privacy; Fundamentals of Computer and Network Security; Audit and Risk Management; Web Application Security; and Malware Analysis. Throughout this project, these courses will be integrated into the curriculum for postgraduate students and undergraduates enrolled on the "Information Security Management" programme (specialisation 125: Cybersecurity) and the ‘Infocommunications Engineering’ programme (specialisation 172: Telecommunications and Radio Engineering).

On 28 September 2021, as part of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”, an event entitled “Regional Dialogue on Cybersecurity” took place at the “Synergy” Science Park of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

the event concluded with a certificate presentation ceremony for university lecturers who had completed the summer courses in cybersecurity as part of the Project. Twelve lecturers from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering completed the summer courses in cybersecurity and received the relevant certificates.

In December 2021, a further four lecturers from our department received certificates following their successful completion of the “Digital Forensics” courses as part of this project.

Maryna Yevdokymenko, a professor in the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, received a certificate recognising her outstanding achievements in meeting objectives and organising various activities and events as part of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure” at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

As part of the project, around 30 students from the Department of Infocommunication Engineering, with the support of USAID, completed courses on the RangeForce platform.
Between 13 September 2021 and 11 January 2022, Professors Maryna Yevdokymenko and Tamara Radivilova from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering undertook training as part of the 2021 USAID CTO Peer Mentoring Programme (CTO peer mentoring programme) as part of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”. The aim of the mentoring programme was to enhance the country’s preparedness for cyber threats, build robust defences around Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, and deepen knowledge and skills in the field of cybersecurity, specifically in incident response, risk management and the development of security processes within organisations.

PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF UKRAINE

From 1 September 2020 to 31 December 2021, the Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infoсommunication Engineering, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, and department professors D.V. Ageyev and T.A. Radivilova took part in the project “Analysis, research, development and implementation of modern information security technologies for the global monitoring of Ukraine’s cyberspace in crisis and emergency situations’, which was selected as the winner following a competition for research and development projects entitled “Science for the Security of People and Society”. Eighteen researchers were involved in the project, including: 7 Doctors of Science; 5 Candidates of Science; and 6 other staff members. The researchers are employees of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and others.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES

In the spring semester of the 2020/2021 academic year, third-year students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infoсommunication Engineering, Maria Pichienko and Akhmat Atvi, were given the opportunity to travel to France to study as part of the international semester programme at the University of Limoges. The students were awarded an Erasmus+ grant to cover their travel expenses. Their studies on the Electrical Engineering and System Control programme began on 1 March 2021.

During the 2019/2020 academic year, Al Halbuni Hadi, a master’s student from Sweden, studied on the dual-degree programme with BTH University (Sweden) at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, specialising in “Cybersecurity”.

During the 2021/2022 academic year, Master’s students (specialising in “Cybersecurity”) from the V.V. Popovsky Institute of Information and Communication Engineering are studying at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BIT, Karlskrona, Kingdom of Sweden). The student exchange has been running for seven years as part of the ERASMUS+ international mobility programme and thanks to a signed agreement on dual degrees between Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and Blekinge Institute of Technology. Master’s students Oleg Yachin and Andriy Yaitsky are enrolled on the dual-degree programme, studying subjects in English and preparing their final degree projects under the supervision of Ukrainian and Swedish lecturers. Master’s student Oleg Yachin also works as a teaching assistant at BTH.

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT AWARDS

Maryna Shapoval, a student in the AMSZIm-19-1 cohort, has been awarded a named scholarship from the Parliament of Ukraine for the 2020/2021 academic year!
Maximilian Fuks, a student at the V.V. Popovsky Infocommunication Engineering (study group KUIB-18-1), has been awarded an academic scholarship from the President of Ukraine for the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic year for his outstanding academic performance! Lesia Borysenko, a student at the V.V. Popovsky Infocommunication Engineering, has been awarded the President of Ukraine’s academic scholarship for the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic year!

STUDENTS’ SUCCESSES IN COMPETITIONS AND OLYMPIADS

Yurii Afanasyev, a student in the TRTK-17-2 group, took first place at the Youth Technical Creativity Exhibition as part of the 24th International Youth Forum “Radio Electronics and Youth in the 21st Century” in the section “Development of Electronic Devices and Systems”, held at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics on 19 October 2020. The exhibition featured a working prototype of the “Access Control System in Smart Home Sensor Networks”, designed to ensure integration with promising technologies within the “smart home” concept. The system provides access to smart home functions via RFID cards. The developed system is of practical significance for ‘smart home’ systems and for the department’s teaching programme when studying Internet of Things (IoT) systems.

The paper by fourth-year students Anna Zhuravleva and Anastasia Kruglova was recognised as one of the two best, presented at the 13th International Scientific and Technical Conference for Undergraduates and Postgraduates “Prospects for the Development of Information and Telecommunications Technologies and Systems”, which took place from 12 to 16 April 2021 in Kyiv at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”:
Zhuravleva A., Kruglova A., supervised by Lemeshko O.V. “Stream model of load balancing in an information and communications network”

Oleksandr Shloma, a student at the Department of IKI, won the scientific and technical development competition at the International Youth Forum 2021 exhibition. The student presented a project on behalf of the V.V. Popovsky Department of IKI entitled “Software for remote control of the drives of a laser optoelectronic station via a CAN bus”, which was showcased in the “Software and Hardware Developments, Instruments and Devices” section. The academic supervisor of the student’s project was Prof. Igor Shostko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering.

On 30 April 2021, the Central Ukrainian National Technical University, in collaboration with the Institute of Special Communications and Information Protection at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, hosted the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad “Forming critical thinking through the identification of reliable, unreliable, conditionally reliable and possibly reliable information”. A team of third-year students – Maximilian Fuchs, Valeria Krasyukova, Lesya Borysenko, who are studying at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering on the “Information Security Management” programme (specialisation 125: Cyber Security), took first place in the team competition. The team’s academic supervisor is the Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunications, Associate Professor A.V. Snihurov.

On 29 April 2021, the 7th International Student Olympiad was held at Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, in collaboration with the Institute of Special Communications and Information Protection at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (National Technical University of Ukraine) and the National Aviation University “Ways and Mechanisms for Protecting Ukraine’s Information Space from Harmful Information and Psychological Influences”. Third-year student Valeria Romanchenko, who is studying at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering on the 125 Cybersecurity degree programme (specialising in “Information Security Management”), took second place with her research paper on the topic “An approach to detecting a special information operation using risk theory”. The research supervisor was the Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunications, Associate Professor A.V. Snihurov.

The second round of the All-Ukrainian competition for student research papers in the field of “Aviation and Rocket and Space Technology” took place at the National Aviation University from 21 to 22 April 2021. Following the evaluation of the presentations submitted by the competition participants, whose papers had undergone preliminary peer review and received high marks across a range of criteria, a second-class diploma was awarded to Yurii Afanasyev, a fifth-year student at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE). Research paper: “Software and hardware model of an information support system for the “Aviation navigator–crew” unit” was carried out under the supervision of Senior Lecturer Igor Mazhara (Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National University of Air Force) and Oleksandr Lemeshko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor and Head of the Department of Infocommunication Engineering (NURE).

On 21 May 2021, to mark Science Day in Ukraine, an online scientific quest entitled “Searching for the Treasures of Science” was held amongst universities in the Kharkiv region, on the initiative of the Council of Young Scientists at the Kharkiv Regional State Administration. The team from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics comprised female students from various faculties and degree programmes. The V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering was represented in the university team by fourth-year students
• Anastasia Kruglova, TRIKI-17-1;
• Anna Zhuravleva, TRTK-17-2.
The team was led by Oleksandra Yeremenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the V.V. Popovskyi Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE, and Chair of the Council of Young Scientists. Thanks to their coordinated efforts and thorough preparation, the students secured victory! We congratulate the NURE team on their first place and wish them continued success in the field of science!

On 27–28 May 2021, the State University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications (formerly the O.S. Popov ONAS) hosted the Final Scientific and Practical Conference of the second round of the All-Ukrainian Competition for Student Research Papers for the 2020/2021 academic year in the “Telecommunications” specialty. Following the results of the second round of the All-Ukrainian Competition for Student Research Papers, which were determined by a closed vote by representatives (lecturers) from many higher education institutions across Ukraine, Anna Zhuravleva and Anastasia Kruglova, students of the Department of Infocommunication Engineering, won second place in the “Telecommunications Systems and Networks” section.

In June 2021, the results were announced for the research paper competition “Young Science in the Kharkiv Region: Directions for Development”, launched by the Council of Young Scientists at the Kharkiv Regional State Administration under the patronage of the Department of Science and Education as part of the SCIENCE FESTIVAL – 2021 to mark Science Day in Ukraine. Students from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics took part in the competition in the category “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, ELECTRONIC AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING”. Anastasia Kruglova and Anna Zhuravleva, students of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, successfully defended their research paper on the topic “Research on an improved flow-based routing model with load balancing in an infocommunication network”, carried out under the supervision of the Head of Department, Dr of Technical Sciences, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, and were awarded a Second-Class Diploma!

On 30–31 August 2021, Ukraine’s National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre, in collaboration with CRDF Global in Ukraine and with the support of the US Department of State, held a two-day course entitled “Network Vulnerability Testing and Ethical Hacking”, developed by Purdue University (USA) for specialists from key organisations responsible for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. As part of the CYBER EDUCATION DAY 2021 event, a CTF competition was organised and held among students from various universities across Ukraine. A total of 62 students were selected to take part in the competition from over 200 applications from 14 universities. The team of students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) came fifth out of 10 teams, which is a very good result for students who were mainly in their second or third year and were taking part in such an event for the first time. Our students were supervised by Professor T.A. Radivilova of the Department of Infocommunication Engineering.

COOPERATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS

On 13 October 2021, another extended meeting took place between representatives of Huawei and staff from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, as well as students studying at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. The meeting was held online and involved up to 70 participants. During the meeting, issues relating to student employment, internships and work placements at Huawei were raised and discussed. Clear requirements were set out regarding the level of knowledge and skills expected of future young employees at this leading IT company. The students and postgraduate students heard from the heads of the company’s Ukrainian office, representatives of the recruitment department, as well as interns who are just starting their careers.

On 26 October 2021, an online meeting took place between representatives of Lifecell and students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering. The meeting featured a presentation of the social and educational programme “JUMP into life:)”, which engages talented young people and supports the development of future Ukrainian professionals. Participation in the programme is free of charge, and a flexible schedule is drawn up individually with a personal mentor to ensure that students can continue their studies.

On 30 November 2021, an online lecture was held by speakers from Distributed Lab for second- to fourth-year students of the V. V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering. The event focused on the principles behind Bitcoin. The lecture also addressed and discussed issues relating to the list and content of modules in the “Information Security Management” degree programme, as well as student placements and work experience opportunities at Distributed Lab. Alexander Kurbatov, Olena Voloshchuk and the company’s CEO, Pavel Kravchenko, spoke to the students and postgraduate students.

On 17 June 2021, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and the Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine. The purpose of the Memorandum is mutually beneficial cooperation on combating cybercrime in Ukraine, namely the employment of higher education students studying for a degree in specialisation 125 – “Cybersecurity”, the professional development of police officers, civil servants, students and academic staff, and the integration of cutting-edge scientific and professional expertise into the educational process.

On 25 June 2021, first- to fourth-year students studying at the V.V. Popovsky, specialising in 125 – Cybersecurity and 172 – Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, visited the Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine (CPD NPU) in Kharkiv. The student delegation was accompanied by Professor Maryna Yevdokymenko of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering. The visit sparked considerable interest among the students regarding employment opportunities at the CPD NPU, particularly amongst the senior students. First-year students were given further motivation to enhance their knowledge and practical skills with a view to successfully completing work placements and internships at the CPD NPU.

On 17 June 2021, Valerii Semenets, Rector of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, and Anastasia Shapovalova, a representative of WORKNEST Ltd, signed an agreement on cooperation and the organisation of relations. Under this agreement, fruitful cooperation will be established regarding the use of new information and telecommunications technologies in production activities and the teaching process; the organisation of work placements and internships for higher education students; the employment of NURE graduates; and participation in exhibitions, conferences, seminars, presentations and job fairs. Overall, WORKNEST Ltd has been collaborating with the V.V. Popovskyi, employing graduates and serving as a placement base for students studying the specialisations 172 – “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering” and 125 – “Cybersecurity”.

ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

The National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education has taken a decision following its consideration of the accreditation dossier for the educational and research programme “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering” at the third (educational and research) level of higher education, under the specialism “172 Telecommunications and Radio Engineering”. The programme guarantor is Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, Head of the V.V. Popovsky Infocommunication Engineering Department at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. Conclusion: to accredit the educational programme.
Criteria for assessing the quality of the educational programme by compliance levels:
Level A: 6.7
Level B: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10.
The accreditation took place from 2 to 4 July 2021.

2022–2025
THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF MOSCOW’S FULL-SCALE INVASION

Muscovy’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022. The education sector, like most sectors in the country, was unprepared for the invasion – no evacuation of students or lecturers had taken place, and universities lacked secure environments and prepared shelters. From the very first day of the full-scale invasion, Kharkiv was under constant rocket and bomb attacks by the Russian armed forces. The vast majority of the department’s lecturers, who lived in the northern and eastern districts of the city, and numerous students who were living in halls of residence at the time, found themselves cut off. Public transport was not running; even getting to the underground was a major challenge.

The Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunication, Associate Professor A.V. Snihurov, together with the head of the university’s legal department, used his own vehicle to organise the evacuation of students from the halls of residence to the railway station to board evacuation trains. It was not until 7 March 2022 – that is, two weeks after the start of the invasion – when Muscovite troops were already stationed on the ring road and were intensively shelling the city with all types of weaponry – from artillery and missiles to aerial bombs – that the evacuation of staff and students from NURE took place.

A total of 486 people boarded the Kharkiv “educational” evacuation train: more than 350 students from all universities and members of the teaching and academic staff. For several months, the halls of residence at the Zbarazh Lyceum, run by the Ternopil Regional Council, became a home away from home for many of our lecturers.

In addition, many lecturers and students at NURE were forced to evacuate on their own to other regions of Ukraine that were safer at the time – towns and villages in the Poltava, Volyn, Prykarpattia and Zakarpattia regions, as well as in Galicia and Podillia. Some lecturers, together with their families, were able to leave and seek refuge in EU countries (Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Belgium, France and Lithuania) and the USA. This situation stood in stark contrast to the actions of most private Ukrainian and international companies (including IT firms) and some state-owned enterprises, which had offered and organised the evacuation of their staff to the western regions of Ukraine and even abroad well in advance.

However, even under such difficult conditions, the department’s staff and students continued the educational process (with a forced break in March 2022) online, mostly away from home, amidst constant threats of shelling and bombing, power cuts and a lack of communication. The experience and skills gained in working within the NURE DL (Distant Learning) environment, on platforms such as Google Classroom, Moodle, Zoom and Webex, proved invaluable.

The bloody war being waged against Ukraine by the Moscow Federation has once again tested the strength of the friendly relations that existed and were being built by staff of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and staff at other Ukrainian and foreign universities.

From the very first day of the Russian invasion, a spirit of mutual support was established amongst staff from various departments at NURE, as well as with colleagues and friends at universities in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv and many other Ukrainian cities. It is they who have offered, provided and continue to provide assistance with temporary and long-term accommodation for students and lecturers of NURE and their families.

Our colleagues abroad deserve special thanks. The ties forged during academic conferences in Ukraine and Europe were subsequently strengthened through the implementation of joint European programmes and projects; in the first weeks and months of the invasion, they proved invaluable during the evacuation of female lecturers and their families to European countries. The United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and even South Korea – this is by no means an exhaustive list of countries whose academics are constantly taking an interest in the situation in Kharkiv, expressing words of support and marvelling at the heroism of Ukrainians in their stand-off against such a vile and bloody enemy as muscovy.

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RANKING OF DEPARTMENTS AT NURE

In 2022, no ranking of departments at NURE was compiled, although our department has traditionally achieved high results in research, international collaboration and publishing. Furthermore, the webometric ranking and the annual competition for “Best Scientific and Academic Staff Member at NURE”, using the “TRUST” Higher Education Quality Assurance Portal, were “put on hold” and never resumed by 2025.

In January 2022, the results of the webometric ranking of the departments at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics for the fourth quarter of 2021 and for the year as a whole were summarised.
The ranking takes into account the quality of the departments’ websites, as well as the level of publication activity among staff at NURE’s departments, which was assessed using indicators from the Scopus and Google Scholar scientometric databases. Throughout the year, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering steadily increased its contribution to NURE’s webometric achievements:

І quarter of 2021 - 10,602 %;

ІІ quarter of 2021 - 10,967 %;

ІІІ quarter of 2021 - 11,449 %;

ІV quarter of 2021 - 11,83 %.

If we examine the results in more detail, compared with other departments and research groups, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering made the highest contribution according to the “Google Scholar” indicator, at 12.154%, as well as the highest contribution according to the “Scopus+WoS” indicator – 12.108%.

The strong performance of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering secured the Faculty of Infocommunication an honourable second place in the webometric ranking of faculties at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) for the fourth quarter of 2021.

According to the results of the 2022/2023 academic year ranking of graduating departments at NURE, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took second place in this competitive race! During these challenging times, the department’s staff managed to rally and maintain a high pace of work and excellent results. We congratulate the department staff and our students on this traditionally high achievement! The Faculty of Infocommunications also rose to second place in the faculty rankings for the 2022/2023 academic year!

Between 2021 and 2025, the rankings of the departments at NURE were assessed based on key performance indicators (KPIs). The results enable us to quantitatively assess the contribution of each department to the university’s overall achievements, compare the performance of teaching staff, and draw informed conclusions regarding the development and optimisation of our university. Thanks to the coordinated and systematic work of the entire team over these five years, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering has consistently ranked among the top three departments at NURE in terms of key performance indicators. These indicators are based on the same criteria used by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MESU) when calculating the formula-based funding allocations for higher education institutions (HEIs) in Ukraine in previous years. These criteria and indicators are also important components that are analysed and taken into account when HEIs are ranked by leading national and international institutions, agencies and laboratories.

The V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering represents NURE to great effect on the SciVal analytical platform. According to the results of monitoring the scientometric indicators of our university’s researchers from 2018 to 2023, SIX professors from the V.V. (O.V. Lemeshko, O.S. Yeremenko, M.O. Yevdokimenko, T.A. Radivilova, L.O. Titarenko and D.V. Ageyev). FOUR professors from our department – T.A. Radivilova, D.V. Ageyev, O.V. Lemeshko and O.S. Yeremenko – are among the top ten most cited researchers over the same period! We congratulate the professors of the Department at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering on their consistently high levels of publication activity, and for finding the time, energy and motivation to continue their research work amidst the war!

Researchers from the department in the Ukrainian National H-index Ranking

Since 2023, the Ukrainian National H-index Ranking has been compiled on a quarterly basis. Based on its results, researchers from NURE are included in the top 1,000 Ukrainian researchers in the Scopus 2025 database; among them are always several professors from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication System Engineering.

On 20 November 2023, the “Cyber Action” Centre for Innovation and Competence was officially opened in Kharkiv. The Centre has been established at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) and operates under the supervision of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Engineering. The Regulations governing the “Cyber Diya” Centre for Innovation and Competence at NURE were approved at the October meeting of our university’s Academic Council. The Centre is headed by Marina Yevdokimenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering.

Georgiy Dubinsky, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, attended the opening of the “Cyber Action” Centre for Innovation and Competence at NURE. Speakers at the Centre’s presentation included the Acting Rector of NURE, Prof. I.V. Ruban; the Head of the Centre, Prof. M.O. Yevdokymenko; and representatives from departments whose work relates to areas of technological development that are of particular relevance to Ukraine, such as cyber defence, artificial intelligence and robotics. In the near future, the Centre is set to become a powerful hub for attracting investment and for the implementation and commercialisation of scientific and educational projects by proactive teams from the departments and other units of NURE. The first step in this direction has been taken. Since 1 November, the Centre has been providing retraining for male and female veterans for municipal administrative service centres.

Awarding of academic degrees

On 1 March 2024, PhD candidate El Hajj Sulaiman Batoul Gadi (supervised by Professor M.O. Yevdokymenko) successfully defended her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the specialisation 172 “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering”.

Awarding of academic titles

Order No. 491 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, dated 27 April 2023, approved the decision of the Ministry’s Attestation Board to confer the academic title of Associate Professor upon Anastasia Serhiivna Shapovalova and Amal Mersni, members of the V.V. Popovskyi Department of Infocommunication Engineering.

Publication of new monographs

Lemeshko, O.V., Yeremenko, O.S., Yevdokymenko, M.O., Shapovalova, A.S., and Sleyman, B. Modelling and Optimisation of Safe and Fault-Tolerant Routing Processes in Telecommunications Networks: Monograph. – Kharkiv: NURE, 2022. – 198 pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30837/978-966-659-378-1 ISBN 978-966-659-378-1

Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Mielcarek K., Mazurkiewicz M., Kawecka E. (2022) Logic Synthesis for VLSI-Based Combined Finite State Machines. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 922. Springer

Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Krzywicki K. Logic Synthesis for FPGA-Based Mealy Finite State Machines Structural Decomposition in Logic Design. 2024 by CRC Press. 332 Pages. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003536734 ISBN 9781032882277

Contributions to collective monographs

Radivilova, T., Kirichenko L., Alghawli A.S., Ageyev D., Mulesa O., Baranovskyi O., Ilkov A., Kulbachnyi V., Bondarenko O. (2022). Statistical and Signature Analysis Methods of Intrusion Detection. In: Oliynykov, R., Kuznetsov, O., Lemeshko, O., Radivilova, T. (eds) Information Security Technologies in the Decentralized Distributed Networks. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 115. P. 115–131. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95161-0_5
Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M. (2022). Models and Methods of Secure Routing and Load Balancing in Infocommunication Networks. In: Oliynykov, R., Kuznetsov, O., Lemeshko, O., Radivilova, T. (eds) Information Security Technologies in the Decentralized Distributed Networks. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 115. P. 225–242. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95161-0_10
Ageyev, D., Radivilova, T., Mulesa, O., Bondarenko, O., Mohammed, O. (2022). Traffic Monitoring and Abnormality Detection Methods for Decentralized Distributed Networks. In: Oliynykov, R., Kuznetsov, O., Lemeshko, O., Radivilova, T. (eds) Information Security Technologies in the Decentralized Distributed Networks. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 115. P. 287–305. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95161-0_13
Hu, Z., Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Mersni, A., Yevdokymenko, M. (2022). Investigation of the Multicast Routing Model with Support of Traffic Engineering and Its Application in Software-Defined Networking. In: Advances in Artificial Systems for Logistics Engineering. ICAILE 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 135. pp. 481–492. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04809-8_44
Papan, J., Filipko, A., Chovanec, T., Yeremenko, O. (2022). New Trends in Fast Reroute. In: Rocha, A., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F. (eds) Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 470. Springer, Cham, pp. 585-598. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_53
Kirichenko, L., Pichugina, O., Radivilova, T., Pavlenko, K. (2023). Application of Wavelet Transform for Machine Learning Classification of Time Series. In: Babichev, S., Lytvynenko, V. (eds) Lecture Notes in Data Engineering, Computational Intelligence, and Decision Making. ISDMCI 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 149. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16203-9_31
Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M., Mersni, A., Lemeshko, V., Persikov, M. (2023). Resilience Improvement by Traffic Engineering Fault-Tolerant Routing in Programmable Networks. In: Ilchenko, M., Uryvsky, L., Globa, L. (eds) Progress in Advanced Information and Communication Technology and Systems. MCiT 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 548. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16368-5_12
Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M., Harkusha, S., Dobryshkin, Y. (2023). Research and Implementation Directions of the Fast ReRoute Facility Backup Scheme in Programmable Networks. In: Klymash, M., Luntovskyy, A., Beshley, M., Melnyk, I., Schill, A. (eds) Emerging Networking in the Digital Transformation Age. TCSET 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 965. Springer, Cham, р. 102–114. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24963-1_7
Shostko, I., Kulia, Y. (2023). Implementation of Private 4G/5G Networks for Polygon Measuring Complex Provision. In: Faure, E., Danchenko, O., Bondarenko, M., Tryus, Y., Bazilo, C., Zaspa, G. (eds) Information Technology for Education, Science, and Technics. ITEST 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 178. Springer, Cham. pp 732–748. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35467-0_43
Pastushenko, M., Krasnozheniuk, Y. (2023). Results of Experimental Research on Phase Data of Processed Signals in Voice Authentication Systems. In: Faure, E., Danchenko, O., Bondarenko, M., Tryus, Y., Bazilo, C., Zaspa, G. (eds) Information Technology for Education, Science, and Technics. ITEST 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 178. Springer, Cham. pp 679–696. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35467-0_40
Tokar, L., Krasnozheniuk, Y. (2023). Analysis of Airtime Fairness Technology Application for Fair Allocation of Time Resources for IEEE 802.11 Networks. In: Faure, E., Danchenko, O., Bondarenko, M., Tryus, Y., Bazilo, C., Zaspa, G. (eds) Information Technology for Education, Science, and Technics. ITEST 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 178. Springer, Cham. pp 635–655. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35467-0_38
Kuzminykh, I., Mathur, S., Ghita, B. (2023). Performance Analysis of Free Text Keystroke Authentication Using XGBoost. In: Hu, Z., Dychka, I., He, M. (eds) Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education VI. ICCSEEA 2023. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 181. Springer, Cham. pp. 429–439. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36118-0_39
Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M., Sleiman, B. (2023). Research and Development of Bilinear QoS Routing Model over Disjoint Paths with Bandwidth Guarantees in SDN. In: Hu, Z., Dychka, I., He, M. (eds) Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education VI. ICCSEEA 2023. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 181. Springer, Cham. pp. 223–235. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36118-0_20
Koliadenko, Y., Moskalets, M., Badieiev, V., Savchenko, R. (2023). Method Radio Resource Allocation in Cognitive Radio Network. In: Dovgyi, S., Trofymchuk, O., Ustimenko, V., Globa, L. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies and Sustainable Development. ICT&SD 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 809. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46880-3_7.
Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M., Lemeshko, V., Persikov, M. (2023). QoS-Aware Adaptation Traffic Engineering Solution for Multipath Routing in Communication Network. In: Dovgyi, S., Trofymchuk, O., Ustimenko, V., Globa, L. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies and Sustainable Development. ICT&SD 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 809. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46880-3_9.
Tevjashev, A., Zemlyaniy, O., Shostko, I., Paramonov, A. (2024). Mathematical Models and Methods of Observation and High-Precision Assessment of the Trajectories Parameters of Aircraft Movement in the Infocommunication Network of Optoelectronic Stations. In: Seyman, M.N. (eds) 2nd International Congress of Electrical and Computer Engineering . ICECENG 2023. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52760-9_21
Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M., Maiba, M. (2024). Intelligent Hierarchical Coordination Fault-Tolerant Routing Method Under End-to-End Quality of Service Protection in Multidomain Softwarized Networks. In: Luntovskyy, A., Klymash, M., Melnyk, I., Beshley, M., Schill, A. (eds) Digital Ecosystems: Interconnecting Advanced Networks with AI Applications. TCSET 2024. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1198. pp. 110–126. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61221-3_6
Yeremenko, O., Nedostup, D., Mersni, A., Persikov, M. (2025). Comparative Analysis of Flow-Based Models for Fast ReRouting in Softwarized Networks. In: Hu, Z., Yanovsky, F., Dychka, I., He, M. (eds) Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education VII. ICCSEEA 2024 2024. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 242, pp 371–384. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84228-3_32
Lemeshko O., Yeremenko O., Yevdokymenko M., Porokhniak V., Harkusha S., Harkusha O. System of Routing Solutions Based on Security-Aware Traffic Engineering Models. Advancements in Cybersecurity: Next-Generation Systems and Applications. CRC Press. 2025. pp. 253–271. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003546153-11
Yeremenko O., Khanzadeh R., Jelenc D. Trustworthy 6G Networks: Metrics, Methods, and Future Directions. In: Emerging Cybersecurity Paradigms in Wireless Networks: Physical Layer Innovation, Trust, and AI-Enhanced Defenses WG1 White Paper (BEiNG-WISE), Volume editors: Iraklis Symeonidis, Valeria Loscri. 2025. pp. 37 - 43.
Vujošević Janičić, M., Ábrahám, E., Mersni, A., Yeremenko, O., Goulão, M. (2025). WoCa Lunch: A Program for Female Students to Get Informed About PhD Studies. In: Penzenstadler, B., Boudaoud, K., Di Marco, A., Caner-Yıldırım, S. (eds) Actions for Gender Balance in Informatics Across Europe. Springer, Cham. pp. 137–173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78432-3_7
Lemeshko, O., Persikov, A., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M. (2025). Method of Hierarchical Queue Management on Network Routers Based on the Goal Coordination Principle. In: Ilchenko, M., Uryvsky, L., Globa, L. (eds) Advanced Smart Information and Communication Technology and Systems. MCT 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1470. pp 200–214. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94799-5_11
Afanasiev, Y., Puzhai-Chereda, A., Afanasiev, V., Andrieiev, S., Andrieiev, O. (2025). Model of Information Technology Integration for Solving Ecosystem Monitoring Tasks. In: Lytvynov, O., Pavlikov, V., Krytskyi, D. (eds) Integrated Computer Technologies in Mechanical Engineering - 2024. ICTM 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1473. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94845-9_16
Lemeshko, O., Yeremenko, O., Yevdokymenko, M., Kurenko, V., Fuks, M. (2025). Designing Cyber-Resilient Information and Communication Networks: Integrating Information Security Metrics for Enhanced Sustainability. In: Luntovskyy, A., Klymash, M., Melnyk, I., Beshley, M., Gütter, D. (eds) Networks and Sustainability. TCSET 2024. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1473. pp. 505–520. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02272-1_22

Publication of new textbooks and study guides

Discrete Analysis in the Design and Implementation of Digital Automata: a study guide for students of degree programmes 122 “Computer Science” and 125 “Cyber Security” and 113 “Applied Mathematics” / O. O. Barkalov, L. O. Titarenko, A. V. Baev, T. V. Neskorodeva. Vinnytsia: Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University, 2022. 320 pp.

Digital Television Systems and Technologies: A Study Guide / V.A. Loshakov, T.M. Narytnik, S.O. Saburova et al.; edited by Prof. V.A. Loshakov. — Kyiv: Talkom, 2022. — 285 pp. ISBN 978-617-8016-76-0.

“Database Administration and Security Management” for full-time students on degree programmes 125 “Cyber Security” (study programme: “Information Security Management”) and 172 “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering” (study programmes: “Telecommunications” and “Infocommunications Engineering”) [Electronic resource], / edited by: A.V. Zhuravka, O.Y. Kadatska, A.V. Snihurov, S.V. Shtanhey. − Electronic edition. – Kharkiv: NURE, 2024. – 120 pp. – pdf 1,76 Mb.

Containerisation in Information and Communication Infrastructure Virtualisation Technologies: A Study Guide for Students of Specialisation 126 “Information Systems and Technologies”. [Electronic resource] / A.V. Marchuk. Electronic edition. Kharkiv: NURE, 2024. 205 pp. – pdf 7,75 Mb УДК 004.457

Loshakov V.A., Narytnyk T.M., Saburova S.O., Avdieienko H.L. Digital television broadcasting technologies and systems. Manual for graduate students. Under the general aditorship og professor V.A. Loshakov. Kyiv, ТОВ «Талком», 2025. 345 c.

Publication output of the department’s staff in highly-ranked journals

Lemeshko O., Papan J., Yevdokymenko M., Yeremenko O. Advanced Tensor Solution to the Problem of Inter-Domain Routing with Normalized Quality of Service. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(2): 846. P. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020846.

Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Chmielewski S., Mielcarek K. Improving Characteristics of FSMs With Mixed Codes of Outputs, in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 36152-36165, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3162070. (Q1)

Barkalov A, Titarenko L, Krzywicki K. Improving Characteristics of LUT-Based Sequential Blocks for Cyber-Physical Systems. Energies. 2022; 15(7):2636. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072636. (Q2)

Barkalov, A.; Titarenko, L.; Krzywicki, K.; Mielcarek, K. Using Codes of Output Collections for Hardware Reduction in Circuits of LUT-Based Finite State Machines. Electronics 2022, 11, 2050. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11132050. (Q2)

Barkalov, A.; Titarenko, L.; Krzywicki, K. Improving Hardware in LUT-Based Mealy FSMs. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 8065. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12168065

Barkalov A, Titarenko L, Krzywicki K. Using a Double-Core Structure to Reduce the LUT Count in FPGA-Based Mealy FSMs. Electronics. 2022; 11(19):3089. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11193089 (Q2)

Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Mazurkiewicz M. . Reducing Hardware in LUT-Based Mealy FSMs with Encoded Collections of Outputs. Electronics 2022, 11, 3389. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11203389 (Q2)

Kirichenko, L.; Radivilova, T.; Sydorenko, B.; Yakovlev, S. Detection of Shoplifting on Video Using a Hybrid Network. Computation 2022, 10, 199. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation10110199

Lemeshko O, Yeremenko O, Titarenko L, Barkalov A. Hierarchical Queue Management Priority and Balancing Based Method under the Interaction Prediction Principle. Electronics. 2023; 12(3):675. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12030675.

Barkalov, A.A., Titarenko, L.A., Baev, A.V. et al. Twofold State Assignment for the Moore Finite State Machines. Cybern Syst Anal (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10559-023-00539-5 (Q2)

Barkalov, A.; Titarenko, L.; Mazurkiewicz, M.; Krzywicki, K. Improving the Spatial Characteristics of Three-Level LUT-Based Mealy FSM Circuits. Electronics 2023, 12, 1133. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12051133 (Q2)

TajDini M., Sokolov V., Kuzminykh I., Ghita B. Brainwave-based authentication using features fusion, Computers & Security, 2023, 103198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2023.103198. (Q1)

Barkalov, A.; Lemeshko, O.; Yeremenko, O.; Titarenko, L.; Yevdokymenko, M. Solving Load Balancing Problems in Routing and Limiting Traffic at the Network Edge. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9489. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179489

Barkalov, A.; Titarenko, L.; Krzywicki, K.; Saburova, S. Improving Characteristics of FPGA-Based FSMs Representing Sequential Blocks of Cyber-Physical Systems. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 10200. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810200

Barkalov, A.; Titarenko, L.; Bieganowski, J.; Krzywicki, K. Basic Approaches for Reducing Power Consumption in Finite State Machine Circuits — A Review. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 2693. https://doi.org/10.3390/ app14072693

Alghawli A.S.A., Radivilova T. Resilient cloud cluster with DevSecOps security model, automates a data analysis, vulnerability search and risk calculation, Alexandria Engineering Journal, Volume 107, 2024, P. 136-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2024.07.036. (Q1)

Titarenko, L.; Kharchenko, V.; Puidenko, V.; Perepelitsyn, A.; Barkalov, A. Hardware-Based Implementation of Algorithms for Data Replacement in Cache Memory of Processor Cores. Computers 2024, 13, 166. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13070166 (Q2)

Barkalov, A.; Lemeshko, O.; Persikov, A.; Yeremenko, O.; Titarenko, L. Evaluation of Traffic Engineering Routing Models Based on Type of Service in Communication Networks. Electronics 2024, 13, 3638. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13183638 (Q2)

Barkalov A., Titarenko L., Krzywicki K., Saburova S. Improving temporal characteristics of Mealy FSMs with composite state codes. - Electronics, 2025, 14, 1406.- pp. 1 -24. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14071406. (Q2)

Barkalov, A.; Titarenko, L.; Mielcarek, K. Transforming Group Codes in Mealy Finite State Machines with Composite State Codes. Applied Sciences, 2025, 15, 4289. - pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15084289. (Q2)

Ábrahám, E., Goulão, M., Vujošević Janičić, M., Delany, S.J., Mersni, A., Yeremenko, O., Buyukdagli, O., Boudaoud, K., Oehlhorn, C., Schmid, U., Büsing, C., Bolke-Hermanns, H., Köhnle, K., Pato, M., Sunar Cerci, D. and Schmid, L. (2025) “Why do women pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science?”, The Journal of Systems & Software. Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2025.112586 (Q1)

Titarenko, L.; Lemeshko, O.; Yeremenko, O.; Savchenko, R.; Barkalov, A. Traffic Engineering Queue Optimization Models with Guaranteed Quality of Service Support. Electronics 2025, 14, 4078. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14204078 (Q2)

During the war years (2022–2025), staff members of the V.V. Popovsky at NURE prepared and published around a hundred articles, monograph chapters and papers in scientific journals (IEEE, MDPI, CRC, Springer, etc.), which are indexed by the international scientometric databases Scopus and WoS. Analysis has shown that, compared with the pre-war years, the total number of articles published has declined slightly. However, among the ranked publications, the proportion of those appearing in first and second quartile (Q1/Q2) journals has increased. Currently, almost one in four articles by the department’s researchers, which are indexed by Scopus or WoS, is published in a Q1/Q2 journal. This indicates a conscious choice by the department’s researchers in favour of “quartile” publications, taking into account the scientific calibre of the research findings, as well as the expenditure of effort, time and other resources (including financial).

The following academics from the department are the leaders in terms of the number of publications in Q1/Q2 journals for the period 2022–2025:

Prof. L.O. Titarenko – 18 (24)* articles;

Prof. O.S. Yeremenko – 6 (8) articles;

Prof. O.V. Lemeshko – 5 (7) articles;

Prof. M.O. Yevdokymenko – 2 (4) articles;

Prof. T.A. Radivilova – 2 (2) articles;

Assoc. Prof. E.D. Kuzminykh – 2 (5) articles;

Associate Professor S.O. Saburova – 3 (4) articles.

The total number of the author’s publications in Q1/Q2-level journals since 2020 is shown in brackets.

On 14 April 2025, the number of citations of research and methodological papers by staff at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics surpassed the 12,000 mark for the entire period of data collection in the Google Scholar Citations scientometric database!

ORGANISING AND HOSTING SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

On 14 July 2022, the first International Scientific Conference on Next Generation Cybersecurity Systems and Applications – NGSEC’2022 – began. The conference was held online.

Whilst the conference was taking place, Muscovy carried out yet another terrorist attack, firing three missiles at the centre of the peaceful city of Vinnytsia, one of which struck a civilian medical centre. Dozens of people were killed (including children), and hundreds were injured.

The conference was organised by research teams from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, the National Aviation University and V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The conference featured around 30 presentations by researchers from various universities and organisations in Ukraine, as well as from other countries – Italy, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Poland.

The conference programme consisted of a plenary session (moderators: Prof. R.S. Odarchenko and Prof. D.V. Ageyev) and three sessions: - Cryptography and cryptanalysis (moderator: R.V. Oliynikov, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University);

- Next-generation network security systems (moderator: Prof. M.O. Yevdokymenko, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics);

- Critical information infrastructure and applications security (moderator: Prof. S.O. Hnatiuk, National Aviation University).

Staff from the V.V. Popovsky Institute of Computer Science and Information Technologies presented a paper in the “Next generation network security systems” session:

Oleksandr Lemeshko, Oleksandra Yeremenko, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Volodymyr Porokhniak, Serhii Harkusha and Olena Harkusha. System of Routing Solutions Based on Security-Aware Traffic Engineering Models.

Conference participants congratulated Professor O.S. Yeremenko, whose birthday coincided with the opening day of the conference.

An expanded and supplemented version of the conference proceedings was published in 2025 in the book “Advancements in Cybersecurity. Next-Generation Systems and Applications” by CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003546153

On 10 October 2022 at 10.00, amidst heavy rocket attacks by Russia on many Ukrainian cities, the International Conference “Problems of Infocommunications: Science and Technology” (PIC S&T ’2022) commenced online with a plenary session. The aim of the conference is to exchange information on theoretical, scientific and practical achievements, as well as to summarise and systematise the results and experience of implementing scientific research in the field of developing new infocommunication technologies and designing modern infocommunication systems. The conference will run until 12 October across six sections.

On 26–27 April 2023, the international scientific and practical conference NGSec 2023: International Conference on Next Generation Cybersecurity Systems and Applications was held online. The event was organised by the National Aviation University, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and Karazin Kharkiv National University. It is also worth noting the event’s partners – the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine and the Scientific Association for Cybersecurity of Ukraine.

Following the rebranding, the International Scientific and Technical Conference on “Infocommunication Technologies and Cybersecurity” (ITC) was launched; from 2023 to 2025, it will be held in place of the “EMS” conference.

Conference organisers: Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Working languages of the conference: Ukrainian and English.

Conference topics:

Communication networks and services.
Information Systems and Technologies.
Cybersecurity and information security.

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

From 20 to 22 February 2022, the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Logistics Engineering (ICAILE2022) took place, organised jointly by the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, the National Aviation University, and the International Centre for Informatics and Computer Science (ICICS).

Staff from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part in the conference: the Head of Department, Professor O.V. Lemeshko; Professor O.S. Yeremenko; Professor M.O. Yevdokymenko; and Senior Lecturer A. Mersni.

From 22 to 26 February 2022, the 16th International Conference on Advanced Trends in Radioelectronics, Telecommunications and Computer Engineering (IEEE TCSET’2022) took place online. The conference was organised into 12 main sections, which were attended by around 230 registered participants from various countries around the world.

As has been the tradition since 1992, staff from the Department of Radio Engineering at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), took part in this renowned IEEE conference: the Head of the Department, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko (a member of the IEEE TCSET’2022 Programme Committee), Professors O.S. Yeremenko and M.O. Yevdokimenko of the Department, as well as Senior Lecturer A. Mersni, who presented a paper entitled:

Lemeshko O., Yeremenko O., Yevdokymenko M., Mersni A., Al-Dulaimi A.M.K., Hailan A.M. "Fault-Tolerant Multicast Routing with Path and Bandwidth Protection," 2022 IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Trends in Radioelectronics, Telecommunications and Computer Engineering (TCSET), 2022, pp. 1-4.

From 16 to 18 June 2022, the 28th IEEE ICAT 2022 International Conference (28th International Conference on Infocommunication and Automation Technologies, ICAT 2022) took place in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The conference was organised into eight main sections, which were attended by participants from various countries around the world.

The conference was organised by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Sarajevo, with technical support from the IEEE Control Systems Society and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. ICAT 2022 aims to create a forum for researchers and practising engineers from around the world to present the latest research and ideas in the fields of computer science, information technology, control systems, communication technologies and energy. Staff from the Department of Infocommunication Engineering named after V.V. Popovsky at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) took part in the IEEE ICAT 2022 conference for the first time: the Head of the Department, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko; Professor O.S. Yeremenko; Senior Lecturer A. Mersni; and Associate Professor Juraj Gazda from the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Technical University of Košice (Slovakia), who delivered a presentation entitled:

Lemeshko O., Yeremenko O., Mersni A., Gazda J. “Improvement of Confidential Messages Secure Routing over Paths with Intersection in Cyber Resilient Networks”, 28th International Conference on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies (ICAT 2022), 16-18th June 2022, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, p. 1-6.
Senior Lecturer Amal Mersni from the department presented the research findings.

From 21 to 23 September 2022, the Ninth International ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage™ 2022 conference was held with the support of ACM-W Europe. In 2022, the conference was organised in Larnaca (Cyprus) at the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (UCLan CYPRUS).

womENcourage brings together students, postgraduates, researchers, academics and engineers not only from Europe but from all over the world to present and share their achievements and experiences, as well as to discuss current issues facing women in IT professions. Representing the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, the following took part in the conference: Professors O.S. Yeremenko and O.V. Lemeshko, Senior Lecturer Amal Mersni, as well as students Sh. Khatib, M.A. Persikov and V.O. Lemeshko, who presented the following papers:

Yeremenko O., Lemeshko O., Persikov M., Lemeshko V. ICT Disruptive Technologies: Starlink in Ukraine Case. ACM womENcourage 2022. P. 1.

Mersni A., Buyukdagli O., Copra S., Khatib C. CML – Simulation-based software: an effective educational tool for distance learning. ACM womENcourage 2022. P. 1.

On 25–26 October 2022, researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the Institute of Computer Science: Dr O.S. Yeremenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, and A. Mersni, Candidate of Technical Sciences, A. Mersni, took part in the annual “Women in Research and Education in Computer Science” workshop – WIRE-EUGAIN Workshop – held as part of the 18th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2022).

The main theme of this year’s ECSS was “Workforce for Digital Transformation”. The conference was organised by the University of Hamburg in collaboration with GI – Gesellschaft für Informatik and SICP – Software Innovation Campus Paderborn. The annual European Computer Science Summit is the only forum where leaders and decision-makers in the field of computer science in Europe come together to discuss strategic topics and trends relating to research, education and policy.

For its part, the WIRE-EUGAIN workshop was organised as part of the EUGAIN COST Action – CA19122 project, in which Professor O.S. Yeremenko of the IKI Department serves as a Management Committee Member representing Ukraine and as a member of the second working group.

From 15 to 18 November 2022, the annual DeepSec In-Depth Security Conference took place in Vienna, Austria, attended by our colleagues and researchers Maryna Yevdokimenko and Anastasia Shapovalova. The DeepSec In-Depth Security Conference is an annual European two-day training course and two-day conference on computer, network and software security. We are proud of our colleagues’ ambition and their commitment to developing their professional skills, even in such challenging times. The conference highlighted issues relating to cyberwarfare in Ukraine from the perspective of international experts, which once again demonstrated the global consensus on the horrific crimes committed by the terrorist state of Russia.

From 22 to 25 February 2023, the 17th IEEE International Conference on the Experience of Designing and Application of CAD Systems (CADSM’2023) took place in Jarosław (Poland). Representatives of the V.V. Popovsky Institute of Computer Engineering have regularly taken part in this conference since as far back as 2011. This year, the conference was held in a hybrid format, with research papers presented both in person and remotely. As is traditional, the conference was attended by researchers from various countries around the world. Ukraine’s contributions were represented by staff from Ukrainian universities in Kyiv, Lviv, Chernivtsi and Kharkiv. A research paper by Oleksandr Lemeshko, Oleksandra Yeremenko, Amal Mersni, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Mykhailo Persikov and Anastasiia Kruhlova was presented on behalf of the V.V. Popovsky Institute of Computer Science. Analysis of Proactive Models of Fault-Tolerant Routing under Load Balancing and Border Routers Availability.

The authors of the paper, Professor O.S. Yeremenko and student M.A. Persikov, presented their research findings in person at Session 2. The paper sparked lively discussion and generated considerable interest. Incidentally, Professors O.V. Lemeshko (remotely) and O.S. Yeremenko (in person) chaired this session at the IEEE CADSM’2023 conference.

From 17 to 19 March 2023, the 6th International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Education Applications (ICCSEEA’2023) was held. Staff from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Engineering took part in the conference: the Head of Department, Professor O.V. Lemeshko; Professor O.S. Yeremenko; Professor M.O. Yevdokimenko; and postgraduate student B. Sleyman.

This year, at the conference, which was held virtually, research findings were presented in the following paper: Oleksandr Lemeshko, Oleksandra Yeremenko, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Batoul Sleiman “Research and Development of a Bilinear QoS Routing Model over Disjoint Paths with Bandwidth Guarantees in SDN”.

From 20 to 22 September 2023, the Tenth International ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage™ 2023 conference was held with the support of ACM-W Europe. This year, the conference was organised in Trondheim (Norway) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). As part of the poster session, Professor O.S. Yeremenko and Associate Professor Amal Mersni from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, along with students K. Goryainova, R. Kapusta, M. Persikov and V. Lemeshko, took part in the conference with the following presentations:

Kapusta R., Horiainova K., Yeremenko O. Analysis of the Peculiarities of Phishing Attacks on Enterprise Employees. ACM womENcourage 2023. P. 1-2. URL: https://womencourage.acm.org/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/womencourage2023-posters-paper40.pdf

Mersni A., Yeremenko O., Persikov M., Lemeshko V. Gender Issues and Solutions in the ChatGPT AI Tool. ACM womENcourage 2023. P. 1-2. URL: https://womencourage.acm.org/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/womencourage2023-posters-paper61.pdf

The Sixth IEEE International Conference UkrMiCo’2023 (2023 IEEE Sixth International Conference on Information and Telecommunication Technologies and Radio Electronics, UkrMiCo) is taking place from 13 to 16 November 2023. At the plenary session, which took place on 14 November 2023, a paper was presented by researchers from the Department of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering:

Oleksandr Lemeshko, Batoul Sleiman, Oleksandra Yeremenko, Valentyn Lemeshko, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Mykhailo Persikov. Investigation of the Hard QoS and Security-Aware Routing over Disjoint Paths (Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine)

On 25 November 2022, the international scientific conference “Information security: problems and prospects”, organised by Azerbaijan University in collaboration with Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, opened in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. During the plenary session of the conference, the following papers, co-authored by staff members of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, were presented, amongst others:

CYBER SECURITY EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS. Murad Omarov, Maryna Yevdokymenko.

SECURITY-BASED ROUTING MODELS WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SUPPORT. Oleksandr Lemeshko, Oleksandra Yeremenko, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Volodymyr Porokhniak.

From 21 to 25 November 2023, Lviv Polytechnic National University is hosting the fifth International Conference on Advanced Infocommunication Technologies – the 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information and Communication Technologies (AICT’2023). The conference is being held in a hybrid format, with many renowned researchers from Ukraine and abroad – including Germany, Slovakia, China and other countries – taking part. The following papers by researchers from our department were presented at the conference:

Oleksandr Lemeshko, Oleksandra Yeremenko, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Artem Akulynichev, Valentyn Lemeshko, Mykhailo Persikov Traffic Engineering QoS-Driven Disjoint Path Routing Model Research
Maksym Pastushenko, Mykola Pastushenko, Maksym Petrachenko Clarification of Procedures for Voice Signal Pre-Processing in Authentication System

The 7th International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Education Applications (ICCSEEA’2024) took place from 27 to 28 April 2024. ICCSEEA’2024 brought together leading researchers from around the world to share their research findings and address outstanding issues in the fields of computer science, engineering and educational programmes. This year, at the conference, which was held virtually, the research findings of the department’s staff were presented in the following papers:

Yeremenko O., Nedostup D., Mersni A., Persikov M. “Enhancing Network Resilience: Comparative Analysis of Flow-based Models for Fast ReRouting in Softwarized Networks” (Invited Speech);
Lemeshko O., Yeremenko O., Yevdokymenko M., Sleiman B., Lemeshko V., Persikov M. “Extended Fast ReRouting Model under Multipath and Bandwidth Protection in Resilient Networks”.

From 21 to 22 April 2024, the final conference of COST ACTION CA19122 EUGAIN, entitled “Opening the doors to the world”, took place in Lisbon (Portugal) with the support of the Ordem dos Engenheiros (Association of Engineers). Professor O.S. Yeremenko of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering is a member of Working Group 2 (WG2) “From Bachelor/Master Studies to Ph.D” and was the author of the corresponding booklet, which can be downloaded via the following link: https://eugain.eu/wp-content /uploads/2024/04/EUGAIN_Booklet_Best_Practices_From_BSc-MSc_to_PhD.pdf

From 12 to 14 July 2025, the 7th International Conference on Natural Sciences and Technologies (ICONAT) took place. The conference was launched in 2019 by Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and Eskişehir University (Turkey). Maryna Yevdokimenko, a professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, was a guest speaker at the plenary session as a co-author of the paper “FORMATION OF A CYBER-RESILIENT ECOSYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND PRACTICAL APPROACH”.

Between 4 and 6 September 2025, researchers from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering – comprising Professors O.S. Yeremenko, O.V. Lemeshko and M.O. Yevdokymenko, Associate Professor O.I. Filippenko, and postgraduate students R.O. Savchenko, D.G. Fokin, and Master’s students M.A. Persikov and V.O. Lemeshko, took part in the 13th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS’2025).

From 27 to 29 September 2024, Lviv hosted IT Arena – a technology conference dedicated to technical innovation in the IT and AI sectors. The conference also featured business projects and start-ups. A team from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Computer Science, comprising PhD student Dmytro Tsybulnikov and Master’s student Oleksandr Shloma, presented the results of their research into the use of artificial intelligence technologies for image recognition, identification and classification. An experimental prototype of the system was demonstrated, on which the methods were tested.

On 18 July 2023, the International Conference “Advanced Technology in Information and Communication Engineering” (ATICE’2023) commenced at the International Humanitarian University, within the Faculty of Cybersecurity, Software Engineering and Computer Science. The conference was organised by a team led by the Dean of the Faculty, Professor Iryna Strelkovska. A number of interesting presentations were delivered at the plenary session, including a presentation by researchers and students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE): O.V. Lemeshko, O.S. Yeremenko, V.O. Lemeshko, M.A. Persikov: A hierarchical method for two-level packet queue management on routers, based on classes

On 15 March 2023, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Application of Information Technologies in the Training and Operations of Law Enforcement Agencies” took place. The conference was organised by the National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine (Kharkiv) and Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (Kharkiv). Among the conference participants were two professors from our department and three students, who presented four papers.

From 18 to 21 April 2023, the 17th International Scientific and Technical Conference “PROSPECTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS” and the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference for Undergraduates and Postgraduates “PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS”. The conferences were organised by the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (Kyiv). Postgraduate students and undergraduates from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part in PRITS 2023, presenting seven papers.

From 24 to 28 April 2023, the annual International Scientific Conference for Young Scientists “Informatics, Mathematics, Automation” (IMA :: 2023) was held. The conference was organised by Sumy State University (Ukraine) and Astana International University (Kazakhstan). Postgraduate students and undergraduates from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Computer Science at the Institute of Computer Science took part in IMA :: 2023, presenting five papers.

The 23rd International Scientific and Technical Conference “Problems of Informatics and Modelling (PIM-2023)” took place from 20 to 22 September 2023. Lecturers and students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Engineering took an active part in the conference, presenting the following three papers.

On 14 March 2024, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Application of Information Technologies in the Training and Operations of Law Enforcement Agencies” took place. The conference was organised by the National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine (Kharkiv) and Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (Kharkiv). The conference served as a platform to present the results of research conducted by professors and students from our department (7 papers).

From 15 to 19 April 2024, the XVIII International Scientific and Technical Conference “PROSPECTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS” and the 16th International Scientific and Technical Conference for Undergraduates and Postgraduates “PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS”. The conference was organised by the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (Kyiv). Students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Technologies took part in PRITS 2024, presenting nine papers.

From 22 to 24 April 2024, the annual International Scientific Conference for Young Researchers “Informatics, Mathematics, Automation” (IMA :: 2024) was held. The conference was organised by Sumy State University (Ukraine) and Astana International University (Kazakhstan). Students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Computer Science presented three papers at IMA :: 2024.

From 14 to 18 April 2025, the 19th International Scientific and Technical Conference “Prospects for Telecommunications” and the 17th Scientific and Technical Conference for Undergraduates and Postgraduates “Prospects for the Development of Information and Telecommunications Technologies and Systems” were held. The conference was organised by the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (Kyiv). Postgraduate students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Engineering took an active part in PRITS 2025, presenting 21 papers.

From 21 to 25 April 2025, the International Scientific and Technical Conference for Students and Young Scientists “Informatics. Mathematics. Automation” (IMA-2025), organised by the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technologies at Sumy State University (SumDU), Sumy, and Astana International University (AMU), Astana, Kazakhstan. Postgraduate students and undergraduates from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Engineering took part in the conference, presenting three papers.

From 15 to 17 May 2025, the international scientific and practical conference “X INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE – PREDT 2025", dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Yuri Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University and the 35th anniversary of the Department of Radio Engineering and Information Security. Lecturers and postgraduate students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part in the conference, presenting six papers.

On 27 March 2025, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Application of Information Technologies in the Training and Operations of Law Enforcement Agencies” took place, organised by the National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine (Kharkiv) and Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (Kharkiv). Lecturers, postgraduate students and undergraduates from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part in the conference, presenting six papers.

COMPETITION WINS, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, AND HONOURS

Between 13 September 2021 and 11 January 2022, lecturers from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, Professor Maryna Yevdokymenko and Professor Tamara Radivilova, took part in the 2021 USAID CTO Peer Mentoring Programme (CTO Peer Mentoring Programme) as part of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”.

Following the summer training sessions organised between 11 July and 31 August 2022 by USAID as part of the joint project with KhNURE, “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”, 10 professors and senior lecturers from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE received certificates:

Oleksandr Lemeshko, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Oleksandra Yeremenko, Tamara Radivilova, Tetiana Kovalenko, Svitlana Shtanhey, Dmytro Ageyev, Ihor Tereshchenko, Anastasia Shapovalova and Amal Mersni.

The issue, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of ACM Women Europe, features an interview with the founder of the Kharkiv ACM-W Infocmmunication Technologies Chapter – the Kharkiv ICT ACM-W Chapter – Dr of Technical Sciences, Professor at the V.V. Popovsky, Chair of the Council of Young Scientists at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), O.S. Yeremenko. The newsletter can be viewed via the link https://acmweurope.acm.org/newsletter–march-2022/

Elsevier has compiled a ranking of researchers worldwide based on their publication output and citations for 2021. This publicly accessible database of researchers with the highest citation rates provides standardised information on the number of citations, the h-index, the co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations of articles with different author roles, and a composite indicator (the c-index).

The ranking list includes metrics with and without self-citations, as well as the ratio of citations to cited articles. Researchers are classified across 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields. Percentiles for individual fields and sub-fields are also provided for all researchers. This database utilises data from Scopus, provided by Elsevier via the ICSR laboratory. The calculations were carried out using all Scopus author profiles as at 1 September 2022.

This year, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics was represented by no fewer than eight researchers, four of whom are members of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Engineering. As is customary, Professor D.V. Ageyev occupies the highest position in the ranking; for the third year running, he has been included among the world’s 100,000 most prolific and highly cited researchers. Professors T.A. Radivilova, O.S. Yeremenko and O.V. Lemeshko have been included in the list of the world’s top 200,000 researchers for 2021.

Pursuant to Resolution No. 6 of the Presidium of the Committee on State Prizes of Ukraine in Science and Technology, dated 4 November 2022, Dr Maryna Yevdokymenko, a professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, has been awarded a scholarship from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists.

Maryna Yevdokimenko, a professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, has been awarded a named scholarship from the Parliament of Ukraine for young scientists holding a Doctor of Science degree, to carry out research (scientific and technical) work on: “Design and optimisation of cyber-resilient, multi-service, software-defined networks under conditions of network equipment failure and compromise”.

On 27 May 2024, at the Rector’s Office of NURE, Maryna Yevdokymenko, a professor in the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, received honours. To mark Science Day in Ukraine, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, was awarded the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine’s “Talent, Inspiration, Work” award for young scientists. It is worth noting that the awarding of honours to young scientists who are not employees of the NAS of Ukraine is an exception. In addition, the professor received a letter of appreciation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for her many years of dedicated work, her significant contribution to the training of highly qualified specialists, and her fruitful scientific and pedagogical activities.

On 17 July 2024, a ceremony was held to present diplomas from the Parliament of Ukraine to the recipients of the Parliament’s named awards and scholarships for 2022 – young scientists and doctors of science. From the V.V. Popovskyi, Maryna Yevdokimenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Professor, received a Ukraine Parliament scholarship diploma for her scientific and technical work carried out in 2022 on the topic “Design and optimisation of cyber-resilient, multi-service, software-defined networks under conditions of network equipment failure and compromise”.

On 14 February 2025, a ceremony was held in Kharkiv to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. As part of the event, the mayor, Ihor Terekhov, honoured female scientists who have made a significant contribution to the development of education and science in the city. Maryna Yevdokimenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Professor at the department, received a letter of thanks from the mayor for her high level of professionalism and significant contribution to scientific work. Her active research and involvement in the development of modern information technologies help to train highly qualified specialists and improve the standard of educational processes.

On 22 October 2025, celebrations were held to mark the 95th anniversary of the founding of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. At the celebratory ceremony, staff members of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering received well-deserved awards:

- Professor Maryna Yevdokymenko of the department was awarded a Certificate of Honour from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;

- Professor Yulia Kolyadenko of the department was awarded a Letter of Appreciation from the Kharkiv Regional Council;

- Associate Professor Igor Dobrynin of the department was awarded a Letter of Appreciation from the Mayor of Kharkiv;

- Associate Professor Svetlana Saburova of the department was awarded a Letter of Appreciation from the Kharkiv Regional State Administration.

Congratulations to the finalist from the Information Technology section of the Small Academy of Sciences, a school pupil and member of the cybersecurity and information security club at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, on his victory in the third stage of the competition! Third place – Roman Nikitin, a Year 10 pupil at Kharkiv Lyceum No. 131 of the Kharkiv City Council, supervised by Arkadii Snihurov, Associate Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies at NURE.

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PROJECTS

The V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering has been awarded the Jean Monnet module of the ERASMUS+ International Project, entitled “The European experience for enhancing the resilience of critical entities in Ukraine”.

This project is particularly relevant and important during the war. The main objective of the project is to promote and disseminate European experience in the protection of critical infrastructure in order to enhance the resilience of critical entities in Ukraine through active information and awareness-raising activities at institutional and national levels, involving representatives of all stakeholders, from the business sector to the government.

Project Coordinator: Maryna Yevdokymenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor.

Project team members: Dr Oleksandr Lemeshko, Professor; Dr Oleksandra Yeremenko, Professor; Arkadii Snihurov, PhD, Associate Professor; and Yanina Roy, PhD, Head of the Information Security Process Implementation and Control Section within the Information Security Department of the Information Technology Directorate at NEC “Ukrenergo”. Yanina Roy.

In accordance with Order No. 1190 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 30 December 2022, a list has been approved of fundamental scientific research projects, applied scientific research and scientific and technical (experimental) developments by young scientists working (or studying) at higher education institutions and scientific organisations under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, which have passed a competitive selection process and for which funding will commence in 2023 from the Ukrainian state budget.

Among the winners of the competitive selection is the project “Development of Algorithmic and Software Solutions for Cyber-Resilient Infocommunication Systems and Critical Infrastructure Networks”, led by Prof. O.S. Yeremenko, with Prof. M.A. Yevdokymenko, Assoc. Prof. Y.E. Kulia, Assoc. Prof. A.S. Shapovalova, as well as students from the department. With a view to establishing scientific and technical cooperation between higher education institutions in Ukraine, Prof. R.S. Odarchenko, Head of Department at the National Aviation University (Kyiv), who is a renowned young specialist in this field of research, will also act as a co-investigator on the project.

From 12 to 15 June 2023, meetings of the COST CA19122 EUGAIN working groups and the 2nd International EUGAIN Summer Training School – Research Recharge, in which staff members from the Department of the V.V. Popovsky of Infocommunication Engineering took an active part: Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko and Associate Professor Amal Mersni.

The COST CA19122 EUGAIN working group meetings, held on 12–13 June 2023, served as a platform for leading experts, researchers and professionals to address critical issues and explore opportunities related to the European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics (EUGAIN). The event took place at the renowned Sapienza University of Rome, specifically at the Department of Computer Science, Automation and Management (Dipartimento di Ingegneria informatica, automatica e gestionale – DIAG). Representatives from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took an active part in this two-day meeting, sharing valuable ideas and helping to establish cooperation within the framework of the second working group – WG2: From Bachelor’s/Master’s Studies to Ph.D., the main objectives of which are to update and develop a set of measures to encourage more female students to pursue postgraduate studies.

On 27 October 2023, a closing event was held on the theme: “Sustainable integrating EU cybersecurity frameworks in Ukraine”, marking the successful completion of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet module project “Integrating the EU cybersecurity framework and policies in Ukraine” (CyFra). Project coordinator: Maryna Yevdokimenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the Department of the V.V. Popovsky Infocommunication Engineering. Project team members: Oleksandra Yeremenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the V.V. Popovsky of Infocommunication Engineering Department; Oleksandr Adamov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Automation, Control and Telecommunications; Yevheniia Kuzminykh, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering .

Another significant achievement for the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) is its team victory in the competition and the award of an ERASMUS+ grant to implement the project “Security Education Centre for Unified Resilience and Effective Communications” (SECURE). The project will commence in autumn 2024 and will run for three years.
The implementation of the SECURE project is extremely relevant and important for Ukraine. The main objective of SECURE is to establish innovative research and educational hubs in Ukraine and Georgia to develop human resources in the field of cybersecurity for 5G networks. As part of the project, researchers from the department will develop and deliver training courses, investigate complex cyber threats using artificial intelligence and machine learning at the AI/ML Sec Lab, and exchange experiences with fellow researchers and representatives from companies in Europe and Georgia.

Between 1 and 4 December 2024, the University of Aveiro (Portugal) hosted the inaugural working meetings of the partners involved in the international project “Security Education Centre for Unified Resilience & Effective Communications – Erasmus Secure”. The aim of the project is to implement EU best practices, frameworks and strategic documentation on 5G network security; to develop new, innovative courses on 5G network security; to establish an innovative education and research centre comprising three interconnected virtual laboratories in each participating country for the development of 5G networks; to create the R&EHub platform to facilitate communication between academia, business, government and the labour market; and to provide teacher training and professional development for academic and administrative staff. It should be noted that the establishment of research and education hubs in Georgia and Ukraine, linked to Portugal, Spain and Lithuania, will significantly accelerate the exchange of knowledge and capacity building, which will benefit the participating countries and the European Union as a whole.

From 2 to 4 July 2025, a scheduled meeting of participants in the international Erasmus+ SECURE project took place at Kaunas University of Technology (KUT), Lithuania. The event brought together representatives from universities in Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Portugal and Spain to discuss the current status of the project’s implementation and to jointly plan the next stages. Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) was represented by three professors from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering: Prof. M.O. Yevdokymenko (coordinator from NURE), Prof. O.S. Yeremenko and Prof. O.V. Lemeshko. The meeting took place in a hybrid format, with Associate Professor Oleksandr Adamov also joining online, ensuring comprehensive expert representation from the university.

Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics has joined the CA22104 project – Behavioural Next Generation in Wireless Networks for Cyber Security (BEiNG-WISE) – which aims to promote the development of new, non-traditional wireless solutions in the field of cyber security, comprising both technical and social characteristics. The Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, and Prof. O.S. Yeremenko have joined the following working groups:

WG1 – Cybersecurity in new wireless communications.

WG3 – Optimal approaches to security and their impact on the user.

WG4 – The human factor in wireless communications security.

Statistics have been published on the number of successful applications for Jean Monnet Actions projects in Ukraine for the period 2021–2024 among Ukrainian higher education institutions (HEIs). Our university, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, has secured eight projects following four years of participation in the competitions and shares 7th–8th place amongst Ukraine’s top HEIs with Zaporizhzhia National University. It is worth noting that, of these eight successful Jean Monnet projects for NURE, three were directly initiated by the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering:

Project No.: 621250-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE “Integration of EU Cybersecurity Frameworks and Policies in Ukraine” (2021–2023);

Project No.: 101085825 – ERASMUS-JMO-2022-MODULE “European experience for enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure in Ukraine” (2023–2025);

Project No.: 101177024 – ERASMUS-JMO-2024-HEI-TCH-RSCH “Integration of the EU’s forward-looking cybersecurity ecosystem in Ukraine” (2024–2027).

Staff from the department are also co-investigators on another project.

Projects Nos. 101085825 and 101177024 were prepared, secured and are being implemented under extremely difficult circumstances for NURE and the department, amidst Russia’s open armed aggression against Ukraine.

Overall, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering and its staff have secured 50 per cent of the projects submitted and awarded to NURE over the last four years. A decisive contribution to the preparation of applications and the success of the Jean Monnet projects was made by their long-standing coordinator,

Professor M.O. Yevdokymenko.

The team of Jean Monnet project implementers from our department over the years comprises the following staff members:

professor O.S. Yeremenko;
associate professors E.D. Kuzminykh and A.V. Snihurov;
professor Lemeshko O.V.

📢 On 19 December 2024, a formal presentation was held for the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet module project “Integration of the EU’s Promising Cybersecurity Ecosystem in Ukraine” (EUCyberEcoUA). The project aims to promote European expertise for the effective integration of a promising cybersecurity ecosystem in Ukraine through active information and awareness-raising activities at institutional and national levels, involving representatives of all stakeholders, from the business sector to the public sector. The project leaders are Oleksandr Lemeshko – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE; Oleksandra Yeremenko – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE; Oleksandr Adamov – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Design Automation at NURE; and Andrii Pazyuk – Doctor of Law, Professor at the Department of International Law at the Kyiv Aviation Institute. The EUCyberEcoUA project will be an important step towards enhancing Ukraine’s cyber resilience and implementing European standards in the field of cybersecurity.

The course “EU Regulatory Framework and Standards for the Cybersecurity Ecosystem” has been completed (12–30 May 2025)

We are proud to announce the successful completion of the training course, which formed part of the international Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module project “Integration of the EU’s Future-Oriented Cybersecurity Ecosystem in Ukraine”.

💡Over the course of three weeks, more than 50 participants from various higher education institutions across Ukraine studied:

- EU policy on cybersecurity and digital sovereignty;

- the NIS and NIS2 Directives;

- the GDPR and its link to cybersecurity;

- DORA, CRA and the Cybersecurity Act;

- cybersecurity standards and certification models;

- issues relating to auditing, compliance, risk management and future developments.

👩‍🏫 Course lecturers:

Maryna Yevdokymenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Infocommunication Engineering Department

Oleksandr Lemeshko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering

Oleksandra Yeremenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering

Andriy Pazyuk, Doctor of Law, Professor at the Department of International Law, Kyiv Aviation Institute

From 28 July to 1 August 2025, as part of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet project “European experience for enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure in Ukraine”, the second course of the Summer School ’25 – “EU Risk Management Frameworks for Critical Entities” – was successfully held.

During these intensive days, over 100 participants gained an in-depth understanding of:

- European approaches to risk assessment in the field of critical infrastructure,

- tools for identifying internal and external risks,

- methodologies for formulating recommendations to reduce the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure entities,

- communication mechanisms within the framework of crisis response.

Speakers included lecturers from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE: Oleksandr Lemeshko, Maryna Yevdokymenko, Oleksandra Yeremenko and Arkadii Snihurov.

Between 2023 and 2025, three summer schools were held as part of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet module project “European experience to enhance the resilience of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure”

From 5 to 8 June 2023, the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Köthen (Germany) hosted the international workshop “Blended Learning – a Learning Form of the Future” as part of the “Digin.Net 2: German-Ukrainian Network of Digital Innovations 2", supported by the DAAD. Representatives from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part: Professor O.S. Yeremenko and student M.A. Persikov from the TRIKI-21-2 cohort. It is worth noting that the DigIn.Net project is creating an infrastructure that facilitates the effective use of modern ICT tools at technical universities in Ukraine (https://digin-net.de/start-proyektu-u-2019-roczi/). This project, in collaboration with expert groups in Germany, expands the use of innovative potential and utilises the established infrastructure to build a transnational network of researchers engaged in the development of innovative ideas.

From 23 to 25 May 2025, a strategic seminar was held at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Keten, Germany) as part of the “DigiJED: Digital Education with Joined Efforts – 3", organised with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as part of the “Ukraine Digital: Ensuring Academic Success in Times of Crisis” programme.
The event was attended by Professor Oleksandr Lemeshko, Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, and Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko from the same department.

Overall results of the participation of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics in the international educational projects DigiJED-2 and DigiJED-3 (2023–2025)

PROJECT HISTORY

As part of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) initiative “Digital Education with Joined Efforts”, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) played an active role in the implementation of two large-scale educational projects:

DigiJED-2 (2023) – aims to support digital education in Ukraine during the war, with a focus on modern ICT disciplines and distance learning;
DigiJED-3 (2024–2025) – a continuation of the initiative, involving the expansion of teaching methods, the addition of laboratory modules and the enhancement of academic mobility for lecturers and students.

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES AND UNIVERSITIES

Countries:

Germany;
Ukraine.

Partner universities:

Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Germany);
NURE (Ukraine);
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute;
"Odessa Polytechnic" National University;
Dnipro National University named after Oles Honchar.

STATISTICS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS FROM THE V.V. POPOVSKY DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AT KHNURE IN THE DigiJED-2 AND 3 PROJECTS

Over the course of five semesters, more than a hundred students were involved in the project, 85 of whom received certificates confirming they had successfully completed a particular course. More than 10 students from the department received certificates for several courses within the project. The 55 top-performing students were awarded scholarships through the project!

Semester	Participants (people)	Scholarship holders	Certificates
Spring 2023	16	8	14
Autumn 2023	22	10	14
Spring 2024	20	6	15
Autumn 2024	27	20	24
Spring 2025	22	11	18
In total	107	55	85

PARTICIPATION IN A STRATEGIC SEMINAR AS PART OF THE “DIGIJED: DIGITAL EDUCATION WITH JOINED EFFORTS – 3” PROJECT

From 23 to 25 May 2025, an international seminar was held at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Keten, Germany) as part of the DigiJED-3 project.

Organiser: DAAD as part of the Ukraine Digital: Ensuring Academic Success in Times of Crisis programme.

Participants: representatives from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (NTUU KPI), Odessa Polytechnic National University, and Oles Honchar Dnipro National University.

Representing the Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE were: Prof. Oleksandr Lemeshko and Prof. Oleksandra Yeremenko.

Main topics of the seminar:

analysis of the results of project implementation for 2022–2025
Presentation of the ICT Security distance-learning module, developed by the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering;
discussions on new initiatives, in particular the forthcoming EDUBA project – Erfolgreiches Deutsch-Ukrainisches Bildungsnetzwerk Ausbauen.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has published a list of projects to be funded between 2025 and 2029. Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics is involved in the project “Expanding the German-Ukrainian Education Network / EDUBA”. This project is a continuation of the DigiJED-2 and DigiJED-3 projects: digital education through joint efforts. The aim of this project is to deepen the integration of Ukrainian universities into the European educational and scientific landscape, to create and implement dual-degree programmes, to expand academic exchanges between lecturers and students, and to carry out joint research, amongst other things.

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

On the initiative of staff from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Industry at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE, a memorandum of cooperation between the two universities has been drawn up and signed.

Maryna Yevdokimenko, a professor in the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering and a member of the European Advisory Board of the international non-governmental organisation Cyber Institute (USA), took part in a meeting of a United Nations Special Committee. The UN meeting took place at the Vienna International Centre (Austria), which serves as the UN’s third headquarters. During the committee meeting, the International Convention on Combating the Use of Infocommunication Engineering for Criminal Purposes was discussed. This convention is of paramount importance, particularly at a time of cyber warfare in the information space of Ukraine and European countries.

From 13 to 17 May, training sessions were held at the University of Jaén, Spain (Universidad de Jaén, UJA) as part of the Erasmus+ International Staff Week, in which Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part. The training session on internationalisation brought together academic and administrative staff from over 30 partner universities of the NEOLAiA Alliance and other UJA partners under the Erasmus+ KA131 and KA171 programmes, to discuss common issues and best practices in international cooperation and project activities.

On 23 May 2025, a round-table discussion was held at the Saxony Cooperative State University (Duale Hochschule Sachsen, DHSN, Dresden, Germany), attended by Professor Oleksandr Lemeshko, Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, and Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko of the same department. The host was Professor Andrii Luntovskyi, Head of the Department of Information Technology at DHSN, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) and the Dual University of Saxony (Germany) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which provides for closer cooperation in the field of research, as well as student and academic staff exchanges. The Memorandum provides for the joint implementation of research projects, publications, the organisation of conferences and seminars, as well as other forms of academic collaboration. This collaboration will contribute to the implementation of educational and scientific initiatives at both universities. The coordinators from NURE were Oleksandr Lemeshko, Head of the V.V. Popovskyi Department of Infocommunication Engineering, and Professor Oleksandra Yeremenko of the same department.

An article has been published on the ACM-W portal highlighting the activities of the Kharkiv ICT ACM-W Chapter. The article discusses:
• Dedicated leadership in unprecedented times

The Chapter’s Journey: Resilience in the Face of Crisis
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INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Thanks to the Erasmus+ European academic exchange programme, Maryna Shapoval, a postgraduate student in group KBDF-21-1 (first year) of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering (specialising in 125 “Cybersecurity”) began work on her thesis at ECAM EPMI in Sergy (France) during the spring semester of the 2021–2022 academic year.

9 June 2023. Victoria Semerenska and Yulia Tovkun, Master’s students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Technologies at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), completed their studies under the ERASMUS+ double-degree programme at Blekinge University of Technology (BTH, Karlskrona, Sweden). Following the completion of their studies, the students successfully defended their Master’s theses both in person at BTH (Karlskrona, Sweden) and remotely at NURE:

Y. Tovkun. Personal data protection in the context of cyberwarfare.

V. Semerenska. Anomaly detection in surveillance cameras.

From 1 to 18 June 2023, Maryna Yevdokimenko, a professor in the Department of Infocommunication Engineering at the V.V. Popovsky Department, visited Blekinge University of Technology (Sweden) as part of the Erasmus+ academic mobility and staff exchange programme. The aim of the visit was to exchange experiences regarding the defence of Master’s theses and the procedures for students sitting examinations in the “Cybersecurity and Information Protection” programme, as well as to discuss further cooperation between the universities on international projects.

During the visit, Prof. Maryna Yevdokimenko attended the defence of a PhD thesis on automated context-dependent management of vulnerabilities in software-defined networks and associated risks. During the visit, Anders Carlson was awarded an honorary professorship in recognition of his fruitful collaboration, joint scientific achievements and contribution to cooperation between NURE and VTN.

In the 2022/2023 academic year, Master’s students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), Viktoria Semerenska and Yulia Tovkun, were given a unique opportunity to study under the ERASMUS+ double degree programme at Blekinge University of Technology (BTH, Karlskrona, Sweden).

Since February 2023, two second-year students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering (Specialisation 125: Cyber Security) have been studying at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) as part of the Erasmus+ KA107 international academic mobility programme. They have decided to share with us their experiences of studying at the historic University of Coimbra and the various events they took part in during their stay in this beautiful country.

(YouTube: https://youtu.be/T3K4MFt-Fsg )

Students of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, Karina Goryainova (TRIKI-21-1) and Larisa Pilyuk (KUIB-20-1) have embarked on a new stage of their studies as part of the Erasmus+ academic mobility programme at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany (Köthen). These two students were selected from among the most well-prepared students, thanks to their excellent academic results and active participation in the social (including sporting) life of the department and the university.

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT AWARDS

Huawei Ukraine LLC provided charitable assistance in accordance with the Agreement (No. 5-221121, dated 22 November 2021) with Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) in the form of a grant totalling 267,680 UAH. This is to fund named scholarships during the second semester of the 2021–2022 academic year as part of the Huawei ICT Scholarship programme for the seven top students in the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics:

Master's student D.Y. Reznichenko of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering has been awarded the President of Ukraine’s academic scholarship for the second semester of the 2023/2024 academic year (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 316 of 13 March 2024).

Student of the V.V. Popovsky at NURE, Yaroslav Bazukov, who is studying for the degree programme 126 “Information Systems and Technologies”, has been awarded an academic scholarship from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the second semester of the 2024/2025 academic year (Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 339-r of 11 April 2025).

A student of the V.V. Popovsky at NURE, Roman Sitnikov, who is studying for a degree in specialisation 172 “Electronic Communications and Radio Engineering”, has been awarded a named academic scholarship from the Parliament of Ukraine for the 2025–2026 academic year (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1236 of 12 September 2025)!

As part of the international DIGIJED-2 and DIGIJED-3 projects, 55 students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of IKI at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics received semester scholarships between 2023 and 2025.

On 17 November 2023, the Mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, took part in an event to mark Students’ Day on 16 November and presented the Mayor’s Certificates of Appreciation to the best students and cadets from 23 higher education institutions. Among the best students in Kharkiv were students from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE). For his active civic engagement, outstanding academic achievements, participation in research and community activities, and contribution to the development of Ukraine’s intellectual potential, a Mayor’s Commendation was awarded to Roman Kapusta, a student at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE (class AMSZIm-23-2).

By order of the Mayor of Kharkiv, the lists of recipients of the “Talent” scholarships for children and young people for the 2024/25 academic year have been approved. Karina Goryainova, a fourth-year student at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, studying for a degree in “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering”, has been awarded the Kharkiv Mayor’s “Giftedness” scholarship! The scholarship was awarded following a competitive selection process based on an analysis of the students’ academic and research performance. Our student’s excellent academic record, active participation in the department’s research work and outstanding sporting achievements undoubtedly contributed to her success!

PREPARATION, PARTICIPATION AND VICTORIES OF STUDENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN CYBER COMPETITIONS

During the 2021/2022 academic year, students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics studied at the state-of-the-art RangeForce cyber training centre, access to which was provided as part of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”.

As part of the “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure” project, which is funded by USAID and implemented in partnership with Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), lecturers and students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering have access to powerful educational resources and testing facilities provided by the Range Force cyber range. Many lecturers from the department, ranging from teaching assistants to the head of department, have undergone training and testing at the cyber range over the past 1.5 years and are applying the knowledge and skills they have acquired in the teaching process when delivering courses and conducting practical sessions with students enrolled on the department’s degree programmes.

On 22 April 2023, an online cybersecurity competition in the Capture the Flag format, organised by the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine – UA30CTF – took place. Over 400 participants, divided into 107 teams from across Ukraine, took part. Among them was the “Bavovna” team, comprising students from the V.V. Popovsky – Dmytro Shedin (KUIB-19-2), Roman Kapusta, Danylo Vakulenko (KUIB-19-1), Volodymyr Porokhnyak and Andrii Shpilkin (KUIB-20-1). The competition took the form of a #Jeopardy CTF game. Over the course of 12 hours, the teams tackled 25 challenges involving the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities, combined with solving interesting logic puzzles. The “Bavovna” team came 24th in the overall rankings. We congratulate the competition winners and our students on the experience they have gained and their high ranking, and we will continue to work on improving our results!

On the first weekend of July 2023, an online cybersecurity competition in the Capture the Flag format took place, organised with the support of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure” in collaboration with the National Technical University “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Sikorsky CTF 2023. Over 600 participants, organised into more than 150 teams from across Ukraine, took part in the competition. Among them was the “Bavovna” team, comprising students from the V.V. Popovskyi – Roman Kapusta, Danylo Vakulenko (KUIB-19-1), Dmytro Reznichenko (KUIB-19-2), Volodymyr Porokhnyak and Andrii Shpilkin (KUIB-20-1).

On 15 July 2023, an online cybersecurity competition organised by the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics – ICE Capture The Flag – took place. The competition lasted 10 hours, during which participants had the opportunity not only to solve 20 challenges covering various topics and levels of difficulty, but also to test a new, state-of-the-art platform that had been specially created and adapted for this event. The tasks were developed and technical support for the platform was provided by Roman Kapusta and Volodymyr Porokhnyak, laboratory assistants at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering.

More than ten teams took part in the competition, comprising NURE students from various years (from first to final year) and different degree programmes. Despite the differences between the degree programmes, the competition was characterised by fierce yet friendly rivalry throughout.

On 21 July, an awards ceremony was held for the event’s participants, at which Igor Ruban, Acting Rector of NURE, Oleksandr Lemeshko, Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, and Maryna Yevdokimenko, coordinator of ICE Capture The Flag, delivered welcoming speeches. They all emphasised the importance and benefits of holding such competitions for raising students’ awareness of cybersecurity. During the awards ceremony, all teams received commemorative diplomas and certificates.

The winners of the competition were the team from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, “KUIBUSKY”.

On 25 October 2023, an awards ceremony was held for participants in the “Kharkiv Regional CTF” cyber competition, which took place on 21 October. The competition was organised with the support of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure” in partnership with Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering. Following a fiercely contested competition, first place went to the “Cybercops” team from Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, second place went to the “3xplo1t” team from the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, and third place was taken by the “$up3rm1nd5” team, comprising fourth-year students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE.

On 18–19 June 2024, with the support of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), the All-Ukrainian Championship in coding, cryptography, cybersecurity (CTF) and information security, organised by the Security and Defence Division of the Kyiv Junior Academy of Sciences for Schoolchildren, Mariupol State University, the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, and the Kyiv City Department of Education and Science. The competition took place on a CTF platform developed by the regional cybersecurity laboratory, established with the support of the USAID Cybersecurity Project at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. Engineers from the department, Volodymyr Porokhnyak and Roman Kapusta, devised some extremely interesting challenges for the championship participants.

Staff from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part in the “CYBERTEENS PLATFORM” project. The aim of the project is to raise schoolchildren’s awareness of cyber hygiene through an online learning platform, which will help protect them in the digital space from social and digital threats, cyber fraudsters and extortionists, etc., as well as support their psychosocial well-being. The CyberTeens online platform is packed with a wide variety of educational materials. In addition to teaching and learning resources, the platform also features comics, scenarios illustrating potential influences on schoolchildren, incidents and common situations that teenagers most frequently find themselves in. Overall, the platform is an extremely useful resource where school pupils can not only learn but also find answers to their questions and, if necessary, seek advice via the feedback form.

The project was led by Maryna Yevdokymenko, a professor in the Department of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering. Roman Kapusta, a senior laboratory assistant and Master’s student in the department, taught the educational courses for school pupils, whilst his colleague, fourth-year student Volodymyr Porokhnyak, served as the platform’s technical manager https://www.cyberteens.education/.

On 19 March 2024, as part of the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”, a webinar was held to present a newly developed CTF platform for competitions and training in the field of cybersecurity. This platform was developed by Vladimir Porokhnyak and Roman Kapusta, senior laboratory assistants at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), based at the regional cybersecurity laboratory established with the support of the USAID Cybersecurity Project.

STUDENTS’ SUCCESSES IN COMPETITIONS AND SUBJECT OLYMPIADS

Dear colleagues, the "Black Sea Science 2023" International Competition for Student Research Papers was held at Odessa National Technological University under the auspices of the Black Sea Universities Network and the ISEKI-Food Association. The judging panel for the 2023 competition comprised 145 academic experts, 78 of whom were from 22 countries abroad. In the “Information Technology, Automation and Robotics” category, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) presented a research paper by fourth-year students (specialism 172: Telecommunications and Radio Engineering) by Illia Bondarenko and Oleksii Dushenkov, entitled “Development complex of laboratory works for research into digital television and mobile communication systems based on SDR technology”. Supervisor: Professor Valery Andriyovych Loshakov of the department. Our students’ research paper was included in the list of the six best projects out of 120 entries, with authors from various countries competing in this category.

On 25 November 2022, the National University “Chernihiv Polytechnic”, in collaboration with the Institute of Special Communications and Information Protection at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and the National Aviation University, hosted the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad “Social Engineering: Ways and Mechanisms of Protection" was held at the National University “Chernihiv Polytechnic”, in collaboration with the Special Communications and Information Protection Department of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and the National Aviation University. Representing our department and Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), fourth-year students Roman Kapusta, Angelina Pashkova and Dmytro Shedin, who are studying for a degree in 125 Cybersecurity (the “Information Security Management” programme), took part in the Olympiad. The team’s academic supervisor was the Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communications, Associate Professor A.V. Snihurov.

Congratulations to Mykhailo Drobiaz, a Master’s student at the V.V. Popovsky at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (group IKI-22-1), who won third place in the first round of the All-Ukrainian Competition for Student Research Papers on Artificial Intelligence with his paper “Development of Automatic Allocation of Channel Resources Among Users in Cognitive Communication Networks”. The competition took place between September and November 2023. The research supervisor for the project was Prof. Y. Y. Kolyadenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

On 28 April 2023, the second All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad, “Social Engineering: Methods and Mechanisms of Protection”, took place at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics was represented by a team of fourth-year students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering: Roman Kapusta, Angelina Pashkova and Dmytro Shedin, who are studying for a degree in specialisation 125 “Cybersecurity” (the “Information Security Management” programme). The team’s academic supervisor was the Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunications, Associate Professor A.V. Snihurov.

On 25 April 2025, the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad “Social Engineering: Methods and Mechanisms of Protection” was held at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. As is traditional, the Olympiad was dedicated to raising students’ awareness of how to protect individuals, society and the state from negative information influences. Students from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE, who are studying for a degree in “Cybersecurity and Information Protection” under the “Information Security Management” programme, took part in the Olympiad. A team of third-year students comprising Pavlo Zaika, Veronika Strilets and Yaroslav Tarasov took first place. A team of first-year students comprising Oleksii Yefimov, Oleksandr Dreval and Oleksandr Bezzubikov took third place. The team leader is Arkadii Snihurov, Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunications.

On 3 May 2024, the State University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications (Odessa) hosted the 3rd All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad “Social Engineering: Approaches and Mechanisms of Protection”. The aim of the Olympiad was to examine a wide range of real and potential threats to the information security of the state, society and individuals; to foster critical thinking among students and cadets; and to develop recommendations for improving the educational process aimed at training specialists in ensuring Ukraine’s information security.

Academic year 2022–2023

On 19 April 2023, the first round of the All-Ukrainian Competition for Student Research Papers took place, covering specialisations 172 “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering” and 125 “Cyber Security”. The panel for specialisation 172 “Telecommunications and Radio Engineering” selected the following students’ papers as the best:

Ilya Bondarenko (TRTK-19-2) and Alexei Dushenkov (TRIKIu-20-1) – 1st place for their student research project “The use of SDR technology for modelling and developing next-generation communication systems”. Research supervisor: Professor Valery Loshakov.
Bogdan Sazonov (TRIKIu-20-1) – Second place for his student research project “Ensuring the quality parameters of smart home access resources to Internet services”. Research supervisor: Associate Professor Svitlana Saburova.
Danylo Belikov (KUIB-21-2) – Third place for his student research project “Improving service quality in sensor networks using a Kohonen neural network”. Research supervisor: Associate Professor Lyubov Melnikova.

In the 125 “Cybersecurity” specialty, the research paper by student Lesia Borysenko (AMSI-22-1) was recognised as the best. She took first place for her student research paper entitled “Methodology for developing information security management systems under conditions of a priori uncertainty”. Her research supervisor was Associate Professor Igor Dobrynin.

On 3 May 2023, the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) hosted the first round of the subject Olympiad for third-year students studying the degree programmes 125 “Cybersecurity and Information Protection” and 172 “Electronic Communications and Radio Engineering”. Around fifty students took part in the Olympiad.

Among students on programme 125 “Cybersecurity and Information Protection”, the prize-winning places were awarded as follows:

1st place: Yaroslav Sokolov (KUIB-20-2) – 78 marks. 2nd–3rd places: Andrii Shpilkin (KUIB-20-1) and Ivan Vasylenko (KUIB-20-2) – 71 marks.

Among students on the 172 “Electronic Communications and Radio Engineering” programme, the winners were as follows:

1st place: Adam Chernyavsky (TRIKI-20-1) – 88 marks. 2nd place: Valentin Lemeshko (TRIKI-20-1) – 82 marks. 3rd–4th places: Oleksandr Vydashev (TRIKI-20-2) and Yegor Ryabiy (TRIKI-20-2) – 78 marks.

2003–2024 academic year

In April 2024, in accordance with Order No. 2 of the Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunication dated 6 February 2024 and Order No. 71 of the Acting Rector of KhNURE dated 5 March 2024, the V.V. Popovsky, the first round of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the specialisations 125 Cybersecurity and 172 Telecommunications and Radio Engineering was held, as is traditional.

Among the students who took part in the Olympiad in the specialisation 125 Cybersecurity, the following students emerged as winners:

1st place – Andrii Shpilkin (KUIB-20-1);

2nd place – Vladyslav Momot (KUIB-20-1);

3rd place – Volodymyr Porokhnyak (KUIB-20-1) and Maksym Trubeko (KUIB-20-2).

Among the students who took part in the Olympiad in the specialisation 172 Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, the winners were the following students:

1st place – Karina Goryainova (TRIKI-21-1);

2nd place – Maksym Bidnenko (TRIKI-21-2);

3rd place – Eduard Kravchenko (TRIKI-21-2) and Artem Zverev (TRIKI-21-1).

The results of the student research paper competition organised by the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering have been announced.

Ten papers were submitted for the competition in the 125 Cybersecurity specialism. The winners were:

1st place: Angelina Pashkova (AMSI-23-1). Thesis topic: Methodology for auditing access to information security management system components, developed in accordance with the requirements of the ISO/IEC 27001 standard. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. I.S. Dobrynin.

2nd place: Daria Gontar (KUIB-20-2). Thesis topic: The use of artificial intelligence to gain access to wireless network data. Supervisor: Prof. V.S. Marchuk

Amir Baryshevsky (KUIB-21-1), Alina Pshonkina (KUIB-21-3). Thesis topic: Research into methods of protecting information in Internet of Things services. Supervisor: Senior Lecturer V.V. Satsyuk.

3rd place: Maksym Petrachchenko (IKIm-23-1). Thesis topic: The use of artificial intelligence in voice authentication systems. Supervisor: Prof. M.S. Pastushenko

Basil Azhrab (KUIBi-20-1). Thesis topic: The cloud of information and communication technologies and penetration testing. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. O.Y. Kadatska

Nine entries were submitted for the competition in the 172 Telecommunications and Radio Engineering specialism. The winners were:

1st place: Oleksandr Shloma (TSMm-23-1). Topic: A method for controlling a wireless sensor network of optoelectronic stations using LoRa technology. Supervisor: Prof. I.S. Shostko

2nd place: Danilo Belikov (KUIB-21-2). Project topic: Heuristic methods for optimising the routing of mobile traffic in a sensor-based infocommunications network. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. L.I. Melnikova

Artem Liutyi (TRIKI-20-1). Thesis topic: A mathematical model of 6G communication systems under conditions of joint use of millimetre and sub-millimetre radio waves. Supervisor: Prof. Y.Y. Kolyadenko

3rd place: Bohdan Kotolupenko (TRTK-20-2). Thesis topic: Assessment of energy efficiency in LTE network base stations. Supervisor: L.O. Tokar

2024–2025 academic year. The results of the first round of the All-Ukrainian Student Research Papers Competition at the Faculty of Infocommunications for the 2024/2025 academic year have been announced.

In the 125 Cyber Security and Information Protection programme, the following students were declared winners:

First place: Diana Ibraimova (KUIB-21-3). Thesis topic: Selecting the optimal strategy for protecting an organisation using the mathematical apparatus of game theory. Supervisor: Associate Professor I.S. Dobrynin.

Second place: Pavlo ZAIKA (KUIB-22-1). Thesis topic: The role of artificial intelligence in information and psychological special operations. Supervisor: Prof. T.A. Radivilova

In the 126 Information Systems and Technologies programme, the winners were the following students:

First place: Yaroslav BAZUKOV (IST-22-1). Topic: A study of the queue management process based on the automated configuration of the CBWFQ mechanism in an information and communications network. Supervisor: Prof. O.V. Lemeshko

Second place: Yelyzaveta HREBENIUK (IST-23-1). Thesis topic: Adaptation of multi-class classification methods for detecting the type of network attack in routing protocols. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. S.V. Shtanhey

SOKOLOV Kuokovich (IST-23-1). Thesis topic: The use of graph neural networks to solve routing problems. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. S.V. Shtanhey

Third place: Nadiia SLONCHINSKA (IST-22-1). Thesis topic: A study of methods for preserving the state of virtual application containers. Supervisor: A.V. Marchuk

In the 172 Electronic Communications and Radio Engineering programme, the winners were the following students:

First place: Valentyn LEMESHKO (TSMm-24-1). Thesis topic: Analysis of the structural reliability of local information and communication networks. Supervisor: Prof. O.S. Yeremenko

Second place: Danylo BELIKOV (IST-22-1). Thesis topic: Analysis of VoIP system parameters using an E-model. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. L.I. Melnikova

Third place: Roman SYTNIKOV (IKIMB-22-1). Thesis topic: Investigation of local network reliability indicators during the implementation of a port aggregation scheme. Supervisor: Prof. O.V. Lemeshko

Rostyslav MUKHA (IKIM-23-1). Thesis topic: Investigation of energy-efficient short-range wireless communication protocols in an IoT network. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. L.O. Tokar.

The V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering has announced the results of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad for the 2024/2025 academic year.

In the 125 Cybersecurity and Information Protection programme, the winners were the following students:

First place: Sofiia Shmatko (KUIB-22-1) – 184 marks, Oleksii Shaposhnik (KUIB-22-1) – 183 marks, Illia Trepilets (KUIB-22-1) – 181 marks.

Second place: Artem NIZHYVENKO (KUIB-23-2) – 180 marks, Serhiy STESHENKO (KUIB-22-1) – 178 marks.

Third place: Andrii TRAVKIN (KUIB-22-1) – 171 marks, Artem FEDCHYK (KUIB-22-1) – 171 marks.

In the 126 Information Systems and Technologies programme, the winners were the following students:

First place: Yaroslav BAZUKOV (IST-22-1) – 100 marks, Kyrylo ZAVADSKYI (IST-22-1) – 100 marks, Yelyzaveta HREBENYUK (IST-22-1) – 100 marks.

Second place: Oleksandr Sokolov (IST-23-1) – 98 marks, Nadiya Slonchynska (IST-22-1) – 98 marks.

Third place: Valeria Achkasova (IST-22-1) – 94 marks, Georgiy Kuzmenko (IST-23-1) – 94 marks, Gleb Podlisny (IST-23-1) – 92 marks.

In the 172 Electronic Communications and Radio Engineering programme, the winners were the following students:

First place: Roman SYTNIKOV (IKIMB-22-1) – 95 marks, Yelyzaveta ILCHENKO (IKIMB-23-1) – 94 marks.

Second place: Kateryna KOBYLENKO (IKIMB-22-2) – 92 marks, Tymofii ISTOMIN (IKIMB-22-2) – 87 marks.

Third place: Maksym MUKHIN (IKIMB-22-2) – 79 marks.

In 2022, the “Outstanding Students of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Information and Communication Engineering” competition was launched. The results are announced at the end of each semester.

VICTORIES BY STUDENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN SPORTS COMPETITIONS

Elizaveta Khrystenko, a student in the TRIKI-21-2 group at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, won a silver medal in the Olympic taekwondo competition at the 2022 European University Games, which took place in Łódź, Poland. At the start of Russia’s full-scale aggression, whilst under shelling, Yelyzaveta was wounded and underwent a long period of treatment; after her recovery, she found the strength to resume training and prepare for the competition. On the competition mat, she first defeated an experienced taekwondo athlete from Poland, and in the second round, a strong opponent from Germany. In the final, Yelyzaveta lost to a competitor from Great Britain.

On 5–6 February 2022, the Kharkiv Regional Championships in classic powerlifting and classic bench press for adults and juniors took place. Students from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics took part in the competition. In the triathlon, Larisa Pilyuk (group KUIB-20-1), a student from our department, became the Kharkiv Regional Champion in classic powerlifting in the junior women’s under-52 kg weight category. In addition, our student took third place in the open weight category.

Yelyzaveta Khrystenko, a student in the TRIKI-21-2 group at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, took part in the Ukrainian WTF Taekwondo Championships. At the competition, she won two silver medals in different age groups – the adult and youth categories. The event took place from 30 November to 1 December in Ivano-Frankivsk.

On 25 February 2023, the Kharkiv Open Classic Powerlifting Championship for junior boys and girls took place. Athletes from the strength sports section, under the guidance of coach Nataliia Didyuk, performed well at this competition and secured podium places. In the junior women’s under-52 kg weight category, Larysa Pilyuk, a student in the KUIB-20-1 group, took first place with a total lift of 185 kg (65 kg + 45 kg + 75 kg).

From 5 to 12 April 2023, the Ukrainian University Students’ Classic Powerlifting Championship took place in Lviv. Teams from 15 higher education institutions took part in this prestigious competition, including the powerlifting team from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. At the end of the competition, NURE took second place in the team standings, finishing behind only the hosts – Lviv University of Physical Culture. Congratulations to the coaches and to student Larisa Pilyuk, a third-year student at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering (group KUIB-20-1), who competed in the under-52 kg category with a total of 222.5 kg in the triathlon (squat – 72.5 kg, bench press – 50 kg, deadlift – 100 kg), who secured victory and took 3rd place.

Karina Goryainova, a student in the TRIKI-21-1 group at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, took part in the Ukrainian Junior Athletics Championships, which took place on 1–2 July 2023 in Lutsk. Karina competed in the hammer throw (4 kg). Following the results of the competition, she won a bronze medal with her best performance of the season – 40.06 m. As a result, our student has qualified for the upcoming Ukrainian Senior Championships, which will take place at the end of July 2023.

A student from the V.V. Popovsky Department of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), Karina Goryainova (group TRIKI-21-1), took part in the final of the Ukrainian Athletics Throwing Cup, the “All-Ukrainian Throwing Competition in Memory of ZTU E. Syuch”, which took place on 14–15 October 2023 in Kyiv. In the hammer throw, Karina took an honourable second place with a new personal best for the season of 40.29 m. The competition took place at the "Koncha-Zaspa" Olympic Training Centre, which is designed to prepare top-level athletes for the Olympic Games and international competitions.

On 19–20 February, the 19th Ukrainian Summer Universiade in WTF Taekwondo took place in Khmelnytskyi, with 56 athletes from 12 regions of Ukraine taking part. Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics was represented at these competitions by Yelyzaveta Khrystenko, a third-year student at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at NURE and a Master of Sport of Ukraine.

Karina Goryainova, a student in the TRIKI-21-1 group at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, took part in the Ukrainian Team Athletics Championships for adults and young people, which took place on 18–19 May 2024 in Lutsk. In the hammer throw, she finished third in the overall standings with her best result of the season – 38.13 m.

On 15 June, despite extremely adverse weather conditions, the fourth stage of the Ukrainian Athletics Throwing Cup, held in memory of ZTU’s L. Smelash and A. Konchits, took place in Kyiv. Competition in the throwing events was suspended twice due to heavy rain. Despite the challenging conditions, Karina Goryainova, a student in the TRIKI-21-1 group at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, managed to secure second place with the best result of the season.

On 21 October 2025, a competition for students and lecturers of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, marking the 95th anniversary of NURE, took place at the “Aquarena” Olympic Sports Centre. Over 40 swimmers took part in the competition. Sofia Shmatko, a student from the KUIB-22-1 group, represented the department and her study group with distinction at the competition. Sofia took first place in the women’s 50-metre freestyle event!

Career guidance work at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies

On 19 January 2022, Year 11 pupils from Kharkiv General Education School No. 63 (Stages I–III) visited the V. V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering. The prospective students were shown the cyber range and the teaching laboratories for information and network technologies. The guests were particularly interested in the degree programmes offered by the department: 125 Cybersecurity, 126 Information Systems and Technologies, and 172 Telecommunications and Radio Engineering. The Head of the Department, Prof. O.V. Lemeshko, Senior Lecturer V.S. Volotka and third-year student Roman Kapusta gave the school pupils a detailed introduction to the specifics of studying at the V.V. Popovsky Department of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), and also spoke about the department’s and the university’s collaboration with leading IT companies, foreign universities and so on.

On 10 February 2022, a meeting was held at the “Synergy” Science Park with prospective students – pupils from Kharkiv Lyceum No. 89. During the meeting, Marina Yevdokimenko, a professor at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, spoke about the specifics of studying at NURE on the 125 Cybersecurity degree programme and presented the achievements of the Department of Infocommunication Engineering in this field of study. This included students’ participation in international projects such as the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet module “Integration of EU Cybersecurity Frameworks and Policies in Ukraine” and the USAID project “Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure”, as well as the Erasmus+ academic exchange programmes and opportunities for dual degrees. The meeting also covered issues relating to cyber hygiene, the most notorious cyberattacks and interesting case studies in cybersecurity, which sparked a lively discussion and prompted many questions from the school pupils. Overall, the topic of cybersecurity generated considerable interest and enthusiasm among the prospective students, and the meeting proved to be very useful. We would like to thank Vadym Khachatryan, Director of the "Synergy" Science Park, for organising such a wonderful event.

On 17 May 2023, an online meeting took place between representatives of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) and graduates of Sakhnovshchyna Lyceum No. 2 in the Kharkiv region. The Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunication, Executive Secretary of the KNURE Admissions Committee, Associate Professor Arkadii Snihurov, spoke about the specifics of organising the 2023 admissions campaign and the list of degree programmes offered by our university. Professor Oleksandr Lemeshko, Head of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunications Engineering, focused on the training of students in the specialisations offered by the department, outlined the department’s potential, the facilities of its laboratories, and its experience of participating in international projects and student exchange programmes.

On 28 April 2024, staff from the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering took part in a large-scale promotional event, “NURE Open Space”, which took place in the very heart of the city – the Nikolsky shopping and entertainment centre. Alongside other leading departments at NURE, representatives from our department – students Karina Goryainova and Roman Kapusta – presented school pupils with examples of simple yet interesting ethical hacking challenges. The winners of the competition – guests at the event – received valuable themed prizes from the department and the university.

On 29 March 2024, as part of career guidance activities, a meeting was held between the department’s leading members and school pupils at Metro School. The speakers were Karina Goryainova and Roman Kapusta, senior laboratory assistants at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE), who presented a masterclass to the school pupils on the topic “Internet Safety: Secrets and Practical Tips”. During the meeting, the speakers explained the tactics of a potential cybercriminal using key social engineering techniques and phishing emails, which pose the main threat to users’ personal data online. The masterclass also covered mechanisms for protecting against and preventing such attacks. The pupils were given a clear demonstration of exactly how a cybercriminal might deceive us whilst using the internet. The speakers presented and illustrated in detail the procedure for protecting against phishing attacks. Karina Goryainova spoke about the specifics of applying for degree programmes at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering, as well as the prospects for studying at the department, additional opportunities to study abroad through academic mobility and dual-degree programmes, and employment options even whilst studying at the department.

In 2023, a series of four webinars entitled “Secrets of Career Success from Graduates of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering” took place, dedicated to a series of meetings with graduates of the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Engineering. Graduates from previous years were invited to speak at the webinars:

- Vadym Chakryan (Head of the Cybersecurity Department at DataArt);

- Dmytro Andrushko (Head of the Technical Architects Team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at VMware);

- Yulia Proskurina (Vice-President of Solution Development at FORM);

- Anton Tugay (Software Engineer at Google).

The department’s cooperation and links with other higher education institutions

National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Director of the Institute of Telecommunications Systems, Honoured Scientist and Engineer of Ukraine, Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mykhailo Ilchenko

Head of the Department of Telecommunications Systems, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Leonid Uryvskyi

Head of the Department of Telecommunications, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Serhiy Kravchuk

Head of the Department of Information and Telecommunications Networks, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Larisa Globa

Professor in the Department of Telecommunications, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Romanov

Head of Department at the Institute of Special Communications and Information Security, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Viktor Yerokhinч

Professor in the Department of Telecommunications, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor Teodor Naritnyk

Associate Professor in the Department of Information Security, Candidate of Technical Sciences Oleksii Baranovskyi

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University

Head of the Department of Cyber Security and Information Protection, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Natalia Lukova-Chuyko

Professor of the Department of Cyber Security and Information Protection, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Serhii Tolyupa

Professor in the Department of Cyber Security and Information Protection, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Senior Research Fellow Volodymyr Nakonechny

Professor in the Department of Cyber Security and Information Protection, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Tetyana Babenko

Associate Professor in the Department of Cyber Security and Information Protection, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Vera Vyalkova

Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin

Head of the Department of Applied Electrodynamics, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Mykola Horobets

Head of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Systems Engineering, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Serhii Shmatkov

Deputy Dean for Student Recruitment, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Kuznetsov

National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”

Professor of the Department of Information Systems, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Serkov

Head of the Department of Information Systems, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Pavlo Pustovoytov

Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Programming, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Georgy Kuchuk

National Aviation University

Head of the Department of Telecommunications and Radio-Electronic Systems, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Roman Odarchenko

Professor in the Department of Aviation Radio-Electronic Systems, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Konstantin Sunduchkov

Head of the Department of Information Technology Security, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Korchenko

Professor in the Department of Information Technology Security, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Khoroshko

Kharkiv National Air Force University named after Ivan Kozhedub

Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Colonel Kostiantyn Vasyuta

Head of the Department of Radio-Electronic Systems for Air Force Command Posts, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Colonel Volodymyr Vasylyshyn

Head of the Department of Mathematics and Software for Automated Control Systems, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Colonel Maksym Pavlenko

National University “Lviv Polytechnic”

Professor in the Department of Radio-Electronic Devices and Systems, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Ivan Prudius

Head of the Department of Telecommunications, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Mykhailo Klymash

Professor in the Department of Theoretical Radio Engineering and Radio Measurement, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Bogdan Volochiy

State University of Telecommunications

Rector, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Tolubko

Vice-Rector for Academic and Teaching Affairs, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Lyubov Berkman

Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Information Security, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Vitalii Savchenko

National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”

Vice-Rector for Research, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Pavlikov

Head of the O.O. Zelenskyi Department of Information and Communication Technologies (504), Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Lukin

Zielona Góra University (Poland)

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Barkalov

Poltava University of Economics and Trade

Vice-Rector for International Relations, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Serhiy Harkusha

Blekinge Institute of technology, Sweden

PhD Carlsson Anders

History of V.V. Popovskyy Department of Infocommunication Engineering

1975–1992

1992–2010

2010–2018

2018–2020

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THEIR SCORES IN UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RATINGS

AWARDS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT

New monographs have been published

Participation in joint monographs

In addition, scientists of the Department in 2018-2020 co-authored many joint monographs published by Springer:

Cooperation with companies, firms, universities

Participation in international scientific conferences

Modernization of the Department laboratory base

Cooperation and relations of the Department with other HEIs

2020–2022

Ranking of Departments at NURE

Dissertation Defenses

Awarding of Academic Titles

Publication of New Monographs

Contributions to collective monographs

Publication activity of the department's faculty members

ORGANISATION AND CONDUCT OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

COMPETITION WINS, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, AND HONOURS

WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL COMPETITION “BEST SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBER AT NURE”

ERASMUS+ PROJECT – JEAN MONNET MODULE: “INTEGRATING THE EU CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES IN UKRAINE”

PARTICIPATION IN THE USAID INTERNATIONAL PROJECT “CYBERSECURITY OF UKRAINE’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE”

PARTICIPATION IN A RESEARCH PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF UKRAINE

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT AWARDS

STUDENTS’ SUCCESSES IN COMPETITIONS AND OLYMPIADS

COOPERATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS

ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

2022–2025 THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF MOSCOW’S FULL-SCALE INVASION

RANKING OF DEPARTMENTS AT NURE

Awarding of academic degrees

Awarding of academic titles

Publication of new monographs

Contributions to collective monographs

Publication of new textbooks and study guides

Publication output of the department’s staff in highly-ranked journals

ORGANISING AND HOSTING SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

COMPETITION WINS, SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, AND HONOURS

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PROJECTS

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT AWARDS

PREPARATION, PARTICIPATION AND VICTORIES OF STUDENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN CYBER COMPETITIONS

STUDENTS’ SUCCESSES IN COMPETITIONS AND SUBJECT OLYMPIADS

VICTORIES BY STUDENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN SPORTS COMPETITIONS

Career guidance work at the V.V. Popovsky Department of Infocommunication Technologies

The department’s cooperation and links with other higher education institutions

Teaching staff

2022–2025
THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF MOSCOW’S FULL-SCALE INVASION