Founded on December 13, 1957.
Major research trends of the Institute are: developing systemic-analysis general theory and methods; developing computing mathematics for mathematical simulation, optimization and machine intelligence; developing general control theory, methods and means of building intelligent control systems of various levels and purposes; constructing general theory of computing machines and developing advanced hardware for computations, machine intelligence and informatics; producing advanced general-purpose and applied systems of mathematical backup; developing novel information technologies and intellectual systems; solving fundamental and applied problems of society informatization.
Radically new mathematical optimization methods were developed in solving high-dimension problems, dealing with stochastic and discrete optimization tasks. Major results were obtained in computations-paralleling theory, programming theory, systemic analysis, information protection, theory and practice of knowledge-bases development, machine intelligence systems, general control theory, computer technologies development, mathematical backup for a wide range of hardware and data processing systems; forecasting methods.
Computer technologies were developed to solve optimization problems ocurring in economic-processes simulation, designing heat-and-power engineering facilities, ecology and environment protection. They include a number of technologies for analyzing soil condition, forecasting land slides, for rational design of various engineering structures, hydraulic works in particular, assessing efficiency of engineering measures to prevent ecological disasters.
Efficient methods were developed to solve a wide range of problems of analyzing the reliability of complex engineering systems, assessing risks related to environmentally faulty enterprizes, producing highly reliable information-protection systems.
‘Geopoisk’ information technology for integral interpretation of geophysical survey data was developed and commercialized. Applied problems of spacecraft control, aircraft soft landing, search for moving objects in water etc. were solved.
Technologies for registration, presentation and analysis of human-heart magnetic field parameters were developed with the purpose of heart diseases diagnostics. Numerous video-computer systems for controlling dynamic parameters of physical, chemical and biological objects were developed; a domestic portable non-invasive chromofluorometer for on-line photosynthesis diagnostics was produced.
Of great importance are Institute’s activities concerning the tasks set by the National Program of Informatization in Ukraine, in particular, developing information technologies to automate government bodies’ work.
A most significant achievement of the Institute is a family of supercomputers for information technologies (SCIT), produced in 2004-2008. SCITs are highly efficient computing cluster systems relying on the state-of-the-art hardware components integrated into a supercomputer complex with the capacity of 6 trillion operations per second. It is one of the units of the international GRID system.