Chief Scientific Secretary

Ivanov L.A.

Leonid Alekseevich Ivanov

First Vice President and Chief Scientific Secretary of the International Academy of Engineering, First Vice President and Chief Scientific Secretary of the Russian Academy of Engineering, IAE and RAE Academician, Doctor of Information Technology, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Laureate of the Governmental Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology, Foreign Academician and Honorary Member of Engineering Academies of Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan and others, Invited and Honorary Professor of a number of universities and institutes in China, Member of the International Federation of Journalists, Union of Journalists of Russia and Moscow


Field of professional activity
: Information technology. Systems analysis. Nanotechnology.

Awards of academic degrees and dates of their awarding:
– Doctor of Information Technology (November 17, 2023);

– Candidate of Technical Sciences (November 26, 1999).

Subject area and number of scientific papers. The author of 134 scientific papers. 85 publications are cited in the RSCI (Hirsch index in the RSCI – 12); 58 publications – in WoS (Hirsch index in WoS – 10); 34 publications – in Scopus (Hirsch index in Scopus – 10).        

Practical and creative achievements (projects developed and put into practice):
Issue (co-authored) of the Information and Reference Publication Encyclopedia of the Russian Academy of Engineering. The Encyclopedia presents creative biographies of 1750 RAE members i.e. leading scientists, honored engineers and organizers of industrial production. The Encyclopedia systematizes information about people who, at the turn of the 20th – 21st centuries, actively contributed to the preservation and development of the intellectual potential of science and technology in the country in the main engineering areas by effectively implementing the achievements of fundamental science in the production sector.

Preparation and organization of the International Scientific and Technical Symposium “Modern Engineering Problems of Key Industries” of the International Kosyginsky Forum (2017, 2019, 2021, 2024). In 2021, the number of participants in the event (in person and online) amounted to 5,223 people. The forum was attended by leading Russian and foreign scientists, engineers, experts, entrepreneurs and media representatives.

In 2009 creation and development (co-authored) of the electronic publication “Nanotechnology in Construction: Scientific Internet Journal.” The Journal is included in the List of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation, List of Publications of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, in which the main research results of doctoral students and applicants, various citation systems (databases) are published. Each scientific article is assigned DOI and EDN.

Preparation and organization of the International Scientific Forum “Promising Tasks of Engineering Science” (2021, 2023). More than 100 organizations (academies, universities, institutes, associations, enterprises, etc.) from 8 countries that are members of the International Academy of Engineering and 22 regions of the Russian Federation became participants Forum in 2023.

Positions and missions:

– First Vice President and Chief Scientific Secretary of the Russian Academy of Engineering;
– Vice President and Chief Scientific Secretary, Member of the Presidential Council in the International Academy of Engineering;
– Honorary Member of the International Advisory Board of the Base for International Cooperation in Intelligence and Robotics of Guangdong Province, China;
– Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee of All-Russian Competition named after the first printer Ivan Fedorov for the best publication on research, scientific and methodological works (monograph, encyclopedia, textbook, scientific journal);

– Deputy Chairman of the Competition Commission of All-Russian Competition “Young Scientist” named after Ivan Fedorov for the best publication on research work;

– Member of the Competition Commission of the International Professional Competition for the Award named after I.A. Grishmanov for workers of the building materials and construction industries;

– Member of the International Federation of Journalists, Union of Journalists of Russia and Moscow;

– Editor-in Chief of the Journal “Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Engineering”;
– Deputy Editor-in-Chief, in charge of the electronic publication “Nanotechnology in Construction”: Scientific Internet Journal;

– Deputy Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Journal “Information Society”;
– Member of the Editorial Board of Industrial Information Integration Journal (USA), etc.

Organization and participation in International and Russian summits, conferences, symposia:

– Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Committee in the International Scientific Forum “Promising Tasks of Engineering Science” (2021, 2023);
– Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Committee in the International Scientific and Technical Symposium “Modern Engineering Problems of Key Sectors of the Economy”  at the International Kosygin Forum (2017, 2019, 2021, 2024);
– Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee at the International Forum “Solving Scientific and Technical Problems in Various Areas of Engineering for Sustainable Economic Development” (Moscow, Russia, 2016);

– Honorary Chairman of the International Conference on Industrial Informatics – Computing Technologies, Intelligent Technologies, Industrial Information Integration ICIICII (Wuhan, Shantou, China, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023);

– Member of the Organizing Committee at the International Conference on Innovative Design and Production ICIDM (Wuhan, China, 2018, 2023)
– Member of the Organizing Committee at the National Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation “Modeling of Energy Information Processes” (Voronezh, Russia, 2023);

– Participant (co-speaker) at the Forum of the International Academy of Communications at MAS-2020 Expocentre, Scientific Session on Quantum Technologies and Quantum Communications (Moscow, Russia, 2020);
– Participant (co-speaker) of the Forum of the International Academy of Communications at MAS-2021 Expocentre, Scientific Session on Quantum Technologies and Quantum Communications, joint report (Moscow, Russia, 2021);
– Participant (co-speaker) at the Forum “Unique Russia – 2022” (Gostiny Dvor, Moscow), Scientific Session on Quantum Technologies and Quantum Communications (Moscow, Russia, 2022);

– Participant (co-speaker) at the Oil and Gas Forum, Scientific Session “Digital Technologies” (Holiday INN Lesnaya) (Moscow, Russia, 2023);
– Co-speaker at the International Arctic Summit, Moscow University of Transport, Scientific Session on Quantum Technologies and Quantum Communications (Moscow, Russia, 2023);
– Speaker at the International Conference on Innovative Design and Production ICIDM (Wuhan, China, 2018, 2023);
– Speaker at the 6th International Symposium on Nanotechnology in NICOM-6 Construction (Hong Kong, 2018);
– Speaker at the International Seminar on Sustainable Development, Economy and Security of ISSES-2019 (Szczecin, Poland, 2019);
– Speaker at the International Conference on Industrial Informatics – Computing Technologies, Intelligent Technologies, Industrial Information Integration ICIICII (Wuhan, Shantou, China, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022), etc.

State and Public Awards, International Recognition

For his contribution to the development of the Media, Leonid Alekseevich Ivanov was awarded the Badge of Honor of the Journalists Union of Russia “For Services to the Professional Community,” in 2011 he was awarded the National Prize “Russian Construction Olympus” in the nomination: “Leader of the Year” for his great contribution to the development of the Media.

In 2021, Ivanov L.A. as part of the team of authors was awarded the Governmental Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology for the development and implementation of the innovative complex of textile technologies to produce nano-fibre non-woven materials and technical means to protect the population, personnel, the environment from technogenic and biological influences in the interests of strategic state security.

For outstanding contribution to the development of engineering, creation and development of RAE and IAE structures, active participation in publishing, as well as for special achievements in the development of interstate scientific and technical ties, he was awarded the Order of Engineering Glory of the Russian Academy of Engineering, Big Gold Medal of the Engineering Academy of Georgia, Gold Medal of the Engineering Academy of the Kyrgyz Republic “Engineering Glory,” the Gold Medal “Engineering Valor” of the Azerbaijan Engineering Academy; awarded the title “Honorary (Foreign) Academician of the Engineering Academy of the Republic of Tajikistan,” “Honorary Academician of the Engineering Academy of the Kyrgyz Republic”; elected Honorary Member of the Engineering Academy of Armenia, Foreign Member of the Engineering Academy of Georgia, Visiting Professor and Honorary Professor of several foreign universities and institutes in China:

– Visiting Professor at Wuhan University of Technology, China (since 2016 to present);
– Honorary Professor at Shantou University, China (since 2019 up to present);
– Honorary Professor, Digital Signal and Image Processing Laboratory, Guangdong Province, China (since 2021 up to present);
– Honorary Member of the International Advisory Council of the Base for International Cooperation of Evolutionary Intelligence and Robotics of Guangdong Province, China (since 2021 up to present);
– Honorary Professor of Beijing Institute of Intellectual Property, China (since 2023 up to present), etc.

E-mail: L.a.ivanov@mail.ru