Biography

Sergey Kolyubin, DSc, is a professor at ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics and a deeptech entrepreneur. 

Education

2010 – graduated from ITMO University with a degree in automation and control;

2012 – earned his PhD degree;

2018 – earned his DSc at ITMO University in system analysis, control, and information processing in technical systems.

Research internship

• Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (France);

• Personal Robotics Lab, Imperial College London (UK);

• Robotics and Control Systems Lab, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics Umea University (Sweden).

Career

2018-present – the head of the Master's Programs Department, ITMO University;

2016-present – an associate professor and then a professor (2020) at the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics and the deputy head of the School of Computer Technologies and Control, ITMO University;

2017-present – the head of the International Laboratory “Biomechatronics and Efficient Robotics” and an employee at the Adaptive and Nonlinear Control Systems Lab, ITMO University;

2012-present – a co-founder and the head of the robotics company Iksturion;

2012-2016 – a researcher at the Industrial Robotics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU);

2010-2011 – a visiting researcher at the main research center of General Motors;

2008-2016 – an engineer, a junior researcher (2010), a research engineer (2012), and then a researcher (2014) at the Department of Computer Science and Control Systems, ITMO University;

2007-2010 – a design engineer for control and measuring instruments and automation at Proektneftegaz.

Research and teaching

Sergey Kolyubin maintains an active research and teaching career: he supervises a Master’s program in robotics and leads the International Laboratory “Biomechatronics and Efficient Robotics.” He also has experience in managing science and technology projects as part of Russian and international science foundations and on request by Russian companies. 

Fields of interest

• adaptive control;

• hybrid systems;

• robotics;

• motion planning;

• non-all-wheel-drive systems and identification.

Publications

• Scopus;

• Google Scholar.

Taught courses

• Robotic Systems Dynamics;

• Automatic Control Foundations;

• Automatic Control Theory;

• Modern Science and Science Predictions.

Social and expert activities

• Chairman of the organizational committee and methodological commission of the Robotics track at the I Am a Professional contest (2019-2020, 2020-2021);

• Expert at the Russian Science Foundation and a member of the editorial boards of several Higher Attestation Commission journals;

• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a current member of the international public association Academy of Navigation and Motion Control;

• Member of the Academic Council, Science and Technology Council, Scientific and Methodological Council, and the Coordination Council of ITMO’s development strategies;

• Coordinator of the Youth Program ITMO YRobotics;

• Permanent participant of educational projects and a speaker at popular science events. 

Hobbies

Swimming, cycling, and team sports.