About the Author

Alexander Nebylov graduated with honors as an Engineer in Missile Guidance from the Leningrad Institute of Aircraft Instrumentation in 1971 and in 1985 received his Doctor of Science degree in Information Processing and Control Systems from the State Academy of Aerospace Instrumentation. He led many R&D projects in aerospace instrumentation, motion control systems and avionics, and is a scientific consultant for various Russian design bureaus and research institutes. For the last two decades, Dr. Nebylov has been with the State University of Aerospace Instrumentation in St. Petersburg as Professor and Chairman of Aerospace Devices and Measuring Complexes, and director of the International Institute for Advanced Aerospace Technologies. He is an author of fourteen books and numerous scientific papers and has also been a member of the leadership of the IFAC Aerospace Technical Committee since 2002. In 2006 the title of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation was bestowed on Professor Nebylov.