3 Preobrazhenska St., 65026, Odessa, Ukraine
Phone: (0482) 23 2013; fax:
(0482) 23 3532;
e-mail: acoustics@paco.net
The Hydroacoustics Branch was founded in 1974 in Odessa.
The main research areas are: acoustics of the ocean and the theory of linear operators, integral equations. Scientific specialization is information hydroacoustics.
The Hydroacoustics Branch started and furthers theoretical research into mathematical models of the interaction between hydroacoustic fields, taking into account complicated boundary conditions and spatial geometry of non-uniformities of the water environment; carries out applied studies and development works in the field of continuum dynamics, instrument making, environmental safety to develop means and systems of remote environment monitoring, protect coastal zones with the application of information acoustics methods, forecast and prevent emergencies.
Scientific schools 'Information hydroacoustics', headed by M. I. Skipa, and 'Singular integral equations and boundary problems of dynamic systems', headed by G. S. Litvinchuk, promote the upgrading of research and qualification of the scientists.
The Hydroacoustics Branch has developed fundamentals of integral methods of revealing steady informative attributes in dynamic problems – this has been recognized as a new research line; it has substantiated principles of structural-phase methods of acoustic image recognition. The methods developed for studying algebras of the singular integral operators and the described class of nonlinear systems have been recognized by the world scientific community. The awarding of the international prize in mathematics (Barcelona, 1997) to the leading scientist of the Hydroacoustics Branch – Yu. I. Karlovich and holding of the international conference to honour the 70-anniversary of its professor – G. S. Litvinchuk in 2002 in Portugal confirm the international renown of the Hydroacoustics Branch in the field of mathematical research.
Now the Hydroacoustics Branch has marine bases and research ships, which are used for the development and implementation of continuum-dynamics information systems. The methods and principles elaborated, hardware developed can be applied to a wide spectrum of applied problems: prevention of technogeneous accidents, ecological monitoring, medicine etc.