On March 29, for the first time at our university, the defense of a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy took place. Senior Lecturer of the Department of Systems Engineering I. Urniaieva completed an educational and scientific program and successfully defended her dissertation work in specialty 124 – System Analysis under the guidance of Professor of the Department of Applied Mathematics T. Romanova. The defense took place in a one-time specialized scientific council DF 64.052.001 chaired by Professor A. Tevyashev. Congratulations to our colleagues for a successful defense!