Vladimir Vasilyev, Rector of ITMO University

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Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education (2008) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011);
Current member and corresponding member of numerous industrial and international academies;
Author of over 220 scientific papers, as well as 26 patents and inventions in advanced methods of optical fiber manufacturing and global telecommunication systems, which had a significant impact on the development of the Internet in Russia;
Co-creator and supervisor of the largest federal university computer network RUNNet (Russian University Network).

1974 – graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (currently Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University);
1983 – joined Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (LITMO);
1991 – established the Department of Information Technologies;
1993 – became the First Vice Rector of ITMO University;
1996-present – became the Rector of ITMO University;
2004-2017 – headed the Council of St. Petersburg Rectors;
2017-present – lead the university-based Smart St. Petersburg program;
2018-present – elected the honorary consul of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in St. Petersburg.

Russian Government Award (2000 and 2008) and President's Award for Academic Excellence (2002 and 2003);
Russian Order of Honor (2007), Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class (2011), Order of Alexander Nevsky (2018), and other state and non-state awards;
Honored Worker of Science and Education (2000) and Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (2013).

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