Alexander V. Smirnov

Professor Dr. Alexander V. Smirnov (born in 1956) is a head of Computer Aided Integrated Systems Laboratory at SPIIRAS (1994), a Deputy-Director for Research (1996). He received his Ph.D from St.Petersburg University of Electric Engineering (1984) and D.Sc. from St.Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of Russian Academy of Sciences (1994), a Full Professor in 1998 . He is a full professor of St.Petersburg State Electrical Engineering University (SPEU), Department of Research Automation and St.Petersburg State Technical University, Department of Economics and Management in Industry. Prof. Smirnov was a visiting professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Michigan, USA (1999-2000). He has been involved in various European research programs (Information Society Technologies, Esprit, Eureka/Factory, INTAS, COPERNICUS) and Russian projects in area of advanced manufacturing systems, business process reengineering, and concurrent enterprising. His current research is in areas of corporate knowledge management, multi-agent systems, group decision support systems, virtual enterprises, and supply chain management. He is recognized by international research community as an expert in above research areas - currently he is a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Large Scale Systems. Prof. Smirnov published more than 200 research papers in reviewed journals and proceedings of international conferences, books, manuals. He is a Vice-Chairman of Integrated Scientific Council on Computer Science, Communication and Control in the St.Petersburg Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences.

SPIIRAS – St.Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences 39, 14 Line, St.Petersburg, 199178, Russia Tel. (812)328-3311; Fax: (812)328-4450 E-mail: spiiran@iias.spb.su; http:// www.SPIIRAS.nw.ru St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS) was founded in 1978 as a research institute for computer science focusing on information technologies for research, production and education. Currently the institute is the only one research organization in the North-West of Russia operating under the Department of Informatics, Computer Science and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Right now the research personnel of the institute includes 35 doctors of sciences, and more than 60 candidates of sciences (Ph. D). The institute has numerous professional links with research, educational and industrial organizations doing research and development in the similar fields inside and outside Russia, in CIS and other foreign countries. The above contacts were maintained through joint works under the Russian and European programs (INTAS, COPERNICUS, ESPRIT, Eureka, ICT); the research funded partially or to the full scale by the Russian and foreign organizations and companies (FORD, MOTOROLA); bilateral exchange of scientists for short and long terms programs. The institute is well equipped with modern computers, and has an access to international computer networks.