Mikhail Alexandrovich Gavrilov ( 1903 - 1979 ) - a Soviet scientist who stood at the origins of domestic computer science and cybernetics; Doctor of Technical Sciences (1946), Professor (1948), Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).
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| Date of Birth | November 11 (24), 1903 | |||
| Place of Birth | Moscow Russian empire | |||
| Date of death | April 29, 1979 (aged 75) | |||
| Place of death | Moscow , RSFSR , USSR | |||
| A country |  Russian Empire →  the USSR | |||
| Scientific field | theory of automatic control | |||
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Biography
Born on November 11, 1903 in Moscow in the family of the Bolshoi Theater ballet dancer - Alexander Mitrofanovich Gavrilov, mother - Elizaveta Sergeevna Gavrilova - was a dentist.
After graduating from the 109th Moscow labor school in 1920, he entered the Higher Railway Courses as a cadet, but a year later he transferred to MVTU , which he graduated in 1925 with a degree in electrical engineer.
In 1926-1935, Gavrilov worked as a dispatcher engineer, then as the head of the workshop of the experimental laboratory of the MOGES (since 1932 - Mosenergo). Here, in 1926-1928, he proposed and commissioned one of the first telecontrol systems in the USSR. In 1932, he created the first domestic telecontrol device - a telealarm for power systems. [1] At the same time he lectured at various advanced training courses, as well as at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute , where in 1934 he founded and headed the Department of Automation and Telemechanics. In 1936-1949 - a teacher, then - head of the Department of Automation and Telemechanics of the Correspondence Polytechnic Institute. Candidate of technical sciences since 1938.
From 1936 until the end of his life, Mikhail Aleksandrovich worked at the Commission on Automation and Telemechanics at the Academy of Sciences, then at the Institute of Automation and Telemechanics established on its basis in 1939 (since 1969 - the Institute of Control Problems ) of the Academy of Sciences. M.A. Gavrilov has published over 250 works during his career . The first, devoted to power grids, was published in 1928, the last works devoted to design automation systems, in 1979.
He died on April 29, 1979 in Moscow.
The prototype of engineer Martyanov, the protagonist of the popular science book Yuri Weber "When the answer comes"
Rewards
- three orders of the Red Banner of Labor (including 03/27/1954)
- medals
- medal of the Republic of Romania (1969)
- Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1977) [2]
Sources
- Hambartsumyan A. A. Mikhail Gavrilov (On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth) // Problems of Management, 2003, No. 4.
- Gavrilov Mikhail Alexandrovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
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Links
- Gavrilov Mikhail Alexandrovich
- Gavrilov Mikhail Alexandrovich
- Gavrilov Mikhail Alexandrovich on the site of the Archives of the RAS