On November 13–15, a kick-off meeting for the international research project CyRADARS (Cyber Rapid Analysis for Defense Awareness of Real-Time Situation) took place. Our department participates in this project alongside its partners:

• Bulgarian Defence Institute “Professor Tsvetan Lazarov”
• Chernihiv National University of Technology (CNUT)
• U.S. Army Research Laboratory

At the Applied Mathematics Department. Clockwise: I. Zhuk, I. Tereshchenko, V. Tretynyk, D. Tavrov, T. Rudnyk, O. Chertov, N. Stoianov, M. Bozhilova, A. Kott, B. Rivera

At the Applied Mathematics Department. Clockwise: I. Zhuk, I. Tereshchenko, V. Tretynyk, T. Rudnyk, O. Chertov, D. Tavrov, M. Bozhilova, N. Stoianov, A. Kott, B. Rivera

The project is funded within the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) program. More about the project can be found on the “Foreign Affairs” page.

On November 13, a task meeting took place at the Applied Mathematics Department. The meeting was devoted to issues regarding organizing of the training center at the department. The meeting welcomed the following participants:

• honorable guests from partner organizations: Dr. Alexander Kott, Chief Scientist of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Dr. Brian Rivera, Chief of the Netwrok Science Division of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Col., Dr. Nikolai Stoianov, Associate Professor of the Bulgarian Defence Institute “Professor Tsvetan Lazarov”, Dr. Maya Bozhilova, Associate Professor of the Bulgarian Defence Institute “Professor Tsvetan Lazarov”, Major Tsvetelin Tsonev, Senior Researcher of the Bulgarian Defence Institute “Professor Tsvetan Lazarov”
• representatives of the U.S. Army Attaché: Assistant Attaché Major Ryan Poole and Brendan McKeeney

At the Applied Mathematics Department. Clockwise: A. Kravchenko, N. Stoianov, M. Shchoholiev, A. Kott, K. Stolietova, B. Rivera, B. McKeeney, R. Poole, I. Zhuk, I. Tereshchenko, V. Tretynyk

At the Applied Mathematics Department. Left to right: T. Rudnyk, M. Shchoholiev, A. Kravchenko, D. Tavrov, A. Kott, N. Stoianov, M. Bozhilova

• ScD, Prof. Dmitry Lande
• Head of the Applied Mathematics Department Oleg Chertov and faculty: Dan Tavrov, Violeta Tretynyk, Volodymyr Malchykov, Igor Tereshchenko
• graduate students of the department: Taras Rudnyk, Ivan Zhuk, Anna Kravchenko, Nazarii Nyzhnyk, Mykola Symotiuk, Kateryna Stolietova, Viktoriia Shevchuk, Maksym Shchoholiev

During the meeting, partner organizations presented themselves, main directions of cooperation were discussed along with key research tasks to be solved.

After official part, guests networked with students and faculty of the department.

On November 14 and 15, official kick-off meeting took place on the campus of CNUT. Applied Mathematics Department was represented by its Head Oleg Chertov, and Assistant Professor Dan Tavrov.

Guests from the U.S. and Bulgaria were joined by representatives of CNUT:

At the Applied Mathematics Department. Left to right: N. Nyzhnyk, M. Symotiuk, I. Zhuk, T. Rudnyk, I. Tereshchenko, V. Malchykov, V. Tretynyk, D. Tavrov, O. Chertov, D. Lande, B. Rivera, A. Kott, N. Stoianov, M. Bozhilova, A. Kravchenko, V. Shevchuk, M. Shchoholiev, K. Stolietova, B. McKeeney, R. Poole

At CNUT. Clockwise: I. Skiter, V. Dmytriiev, H. Hulak, B. Rivera, A. Kott, V. Kazymyr, V. Klymenko, Yu. Tkach, N. Stoianov, M. Bozhilova, O. Chertov, D. Tavrov, I. Stetsenko, Yu. Lysetskyi

• ScD, Head of the Department of Software Engineering (DSE) Vitalii Lytvynov
• ScD, Prof., Vice-Rector for Scientific Work Volodymyr Kazymyr
• PhD, Head of the Department of Cybersecurity and Mathematical Simulation Yuliia Tkach
• ScD, Head of the Department of Information and Computer Systems Sergiy Zaitsev
• PhD, Associate Professor of DSE Igor Skiter
• PhD, Associate Professor of DSE Helena Trunova
• Assistant Professor of DSE Alla Grebennyk
• and others

The following invited guests also participated in the meeting:

At CNUT. Clockwise: V. Dmytriiev, H. Hular, B. Rivera, S. Zaitsev, A. Kott, V. Klymenko, V. Lytvynov, N. Stoianov, M. Bozhilova, O. Chertov, D. Tavrov, I. Stetsenko, H. Trunova, A. Grebennyk, Yu. Lysetskyi

• ScD, Deputy Director for Science Work of the Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems of NAS of Ukraine Vitalii Klymenko
• PhD, Chief of Laboratory of the Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems of NAS of Ukraine Hennadii Hulak
• Vice Director for Science Work of the State Research Test Center of Ukraine Armed Forces Col. Vladimir Dmytriiev
• CEO of S&T Yurii Lysetskyi
• ScD, Professor of the Department of Computer-Aided Management and Data Processing Systems of Igor Sikorsky KPI Inna Stetsenko
• and others

During the meeting, project participants discussed main directions of the project and agreed upon the list of activities for the nearest future.