Organisation profile: Institute of Engineering Cybernetics (IEC)

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The Institute of Engineering Cybernetics (IEC) of the
Academy of Sciences of Belarus was founded in 1965 on the base of some
cybernetic laboratories of the Institute of Mathematics and Computers.
For more than 30 years the IEC made a significant contribution to the
development of fundamental and applied research in the field of
Computer Aided Design (CAD), image processing, intelligent processes
modeling. The IEC employees have published 128 monographs, more than
340 brochures, 170 collected volumes of articles, about 4000 articles,
reports, preprints.
Main Objectives:
 + Carrying out fundamental and applied research in the fields of
 cybernetics, informatics, computer science, applied mathematics,
 computer aided design and some other closed fields
 + Cooperating with industrial research centers and enterprises in
 solving technical problems faced by the production sector in the
 field of computer aided design, computer aided production
 engineering, new products testing, software and hardware
 development
 + Participating in the preparation of long term plans for research
 and development in Belarus. The IEC plays an important part in the
 formulation of national policies in the above mentioned fields
 + Preparation and training of high-qualified research staff capable
 to tackle the scientific and technological problems