Petrov Boris

Petrov, Boris Nikolayevich (1913-1980) - Soviet scientist in the field of automatic control, academician of the USSR (1960, Corresponding Member of 1953), Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). After graduating from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (1939) worked at the Institute of Control Sciences of the USSR (in 1940-46 Senior Research Fellow, in 1947-51 the director, since 1951 Head of Department). Since 1950 Head of the Department of the Moscow Aviation Institute (Professor since 1948). Academician-secretary of the Department of Mechanics and Control Processes, Academy of Sciences of the USSR (since 1963), VicePresident of the USSR (since 1979), before. Council for International Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space in the USSR ( 'Intercosmos') since 1966. Major works on the theory of automatic control, the theory of invariance of automatic control systems, adaptive system, the problems of information management theory, automatic control systems of moving objects. The results obtained by Petrov in the theory of automatic control of complex objects, are widely used in rocket and space technology. Valid tsp. International Academy of Astronautics (1971), a member of several foreign EN. Lenin Prize (1966), USSR State Prize (1972). Awarded 5 orders of Lenin, Orders of October Revolution, the Labor Red Banner, Red Star and medals, as well as 4 foreign orders and medals.