On April 14, 2026, the leadership of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine visited the Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the NAS of Ukraine. The delegation included President of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician Anatolii Zahorodnii; First Vice President of the NAS of Ukraine and Head of the Section of Physical, Technical and Mathematical Sciences, Academician Viacheslav Bohdanov; Academician-Secretary of the Department of Informatics, Academician Oleksandr Khimich; Scientific Secretary of the Section of Physical, Technical and Mathematical Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences Serhii Bespalov; and Scientific Secretary of the Department of Informatics, Candidate of Historical Sciences Olha Horokhovatska.
The Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the NAS of Ukraine is one of the leading institutions in the fields of mathematical modeling and information technologies, as well as their application to solving problems of the national economy, security and defense, environmental safety, and sustainable use of natural resources.
In his overview report, Director of the Institute, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Oleksandr Trofymchuk, presented general information on research areas, structure, human resources, and international activities. A retrospective highlighted the most significant results achieved by researchers from departments of physical and mathematical modeling, applied informatics, information security, information and communication technologies, environmental studies, and natural resources.
Special attention was given to results aimed at strengthening national security and defense and supporting post-war recovery.
Doctor of Technical Sciences Dmytro Chernii presented the results of the Department of Physical and Mathematical Modeling, headed by Academician Stanislav Dovhyi. The department has long-standing expertise in developing analytical and numerical methods for solving a wide range of aerohydrodynamics problems, applying theories of singular and hypersingular integral equations, and computational technologies for modeling complex systems. This scientific toolkit has enabled a number of practically important results in urban planning, water area monitoring, and the development of new dual-use aviation and marine technologies.
Professor Vasyl Ustymenko outlined the main results of the Department of Information Security in the field of post-quantum cryptography, aimed at protecting information from adversaries equipped with quantum computers and artificial intelligence methods. Since 2021, the department has closely collaborated with the Centre of Excellence in Post-Quantum Cryptography at Royal Holloway, University of London, within an international project involving researchers from England, Scotland, Poland, and Ukraine. The department advances its theoretical developments to implementation at the level of demo models, which are further deployed in practice by professional programming teams.
Professor Yurii Kaliukh reported on the application of Construction 4.0 technologies and Digital Twins for monitoring high-rise buildings damaged by missile strikes. This monitoring enables recommendations for stabilizing destructive processes, restoration, and further operation. Issues of seismic monitoring as an early warning system for border communities were also addressed. These solutions have been implemented in defense units and border communities in the Chernihiv region.
Candidate of Technical Sciences Vladyslav Vasylenko presented the results of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies in research and development of modern wireless data transmission systems using error-correcting codes and neural networks. These technologies are applied in the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), condition monitoring, robotics, autonomous transport, telemedicine, and other domains.
Doctor of Technical Sciences Tetiana Prosiankina-Zharova reported on the work of the Department of Applied Informatics in developing information technologies for decision support in managing socio-economic systems under uncertainty and risk. The developed analytical and forecasting tools—based on new mathematical models, data mining, and artificial intelligence—have been applied in various public administration and local government bodies.
The guests also visited the Institute’s laboratories. Dr. Dmytro Chernii demonstrated an experimental setup for physical modeling of stratified flows. These modeling results have been repeatedly used to assess environmental damage caused by the Russian Federation due to technogenic impacts in the Kerch Strait.
Doctor of Technical Sciences Oleksii Lebid demonstrated a prototype of a Darrieus-type wind turbine with controlled blades. Blade control improves efficiency and expands the operational range under varying wind speeds. The development and production of such systems are of particular interest for distributed power generation under wartime conditions.
Professor Vasyl Trysniuk presented recent results of the Department of Environmental Research, focusing on field monitoring activities. Particular attention was given to the newly established Laboratory of Special Equipment and Artificial Intelligence, as well as developments in unmanned aerial vehicles and mobile robotic systems. These technologies are widely applied in environmental monitoring, search and rescue operations, emergency response, and mapping.
Doctor of Technical Sciences Yevhenii Yakovliev highlighted issues related to uncontrolled flooding of mines by groundwater and other environmental problems in Donbas. Attention was drawn to the risks of depletion of nearby underground water intakes and filtration compression of unstable soils beneath the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant reactors due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. The significant environmental impact of massive artillery shelling (2022–2025), involving up to 50 million large-caliber shells and resulting in the release of up to 1.9 million tons of heavy and toxic metals and 350 thousand tons of nitrate compounds into soils, was also emphasized, particularly regarding geochemical contamination of agricultural landscapes, surface waters, and groundwater.
Summarizing the visit, President of the NAS of Ukraine Academician Anatolii Zahorodnii noted the high scientific level of the Institute’s research, thanked the staff for their productive work during this challenging period, and particularly emphasized significant achievements in the field of national security and defense. He expressed the hope that each scientific result of the Institute would find its practical customer for implementation.
