Prof. Dr. Vadim Zhmud works at the Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. He graduated from the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute, Novosibirsk, with a degree in engineering in Automation and Telemechanics, Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering, in 1981. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 in Technical Sciences in Elements and Devices of Automation and Computer, He received his Doctor of Technical Sci. (Professor) in 2004. His research interests include laser physics, automation, measuring technology, data collection and processing systems, robotics, radio physics, and radio electronics.