Volodymyr Olexandrovych Lyubchak

Volodymyr Olexandrovych Lyubchak or Vladimir Alexandrovich Lyubchak (born 29 April 1956) is a lecturer, Candidate of physical and mathematical sciences (1984), Honored scientific and pedagogical worker of Sumy State University (2008), Laureate of the State Prize in Education (2017), Vice-Rector of Sumy State University (2006-2021), Professor of the Department of Computer Science of SumDU.
== Biography ==
Volodymyr Olexandrovych Lyubchak was born on April 29, 1956 in Zhashkiv, Cherkasy region, in the employee's family. 
1973-1978 – studied at the Sumy branch of the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, majoring in "hydraulic machines".
1981 – graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.
He worked in various positions in the Sumy branch of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute: researcher (1981), assistant (1984), senior lecturer at the Department of Applied Mathematics (1985).
1984 – defended his dissertation on "mathematical modeling" in a specialized council at Kazan State University.
1986 – Associate professor of Higher Mathematics of Sumy branch of KhPI (later - Department of Applied Mathematics).
1991-2002 – head of the Department of Applied Mathematics, which since 1991 has been training students in the specialty "Applied Mathematics". V. Lyubchak taught disciplines related to programming, informatization, computer science, modeling..
1993-1999 – head of the Center of Computer Technologies of the Sumy Branch of KhPI (now - Sumy State University). The center worked on the development of the automated control system "University", information network, Distance education learning system and Web-resources of the university.
2002-2008 – head of the Department of Informatics of SumDU, which since 2002 has been training specialists in the specialty "Informatics".
2004-2006 – Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of SumDU.
2006-2021 – Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work of SumDU.
In different years he took care of distance and evening learning; second higher education; retraining courses; informatization and computerization of the university; library-information activity; e-learning technologies; organization of international relations and grant projects; accompanying the participation of SumDU in national and international rankings; technical support of the university; Web-system; activities of the Media Center and the Press Center of SumDU.
Since March 2021 – Professor of the Department of Computer Science of SumDU.
== Scientific activities ==
A significant role in the life of V. Lyubchak played Leonid Anshelovich Filshtynsky. It was him who attracted V. Lyubchak to scientific research work. Studying in the fourth year, Volodymyr Olexandrovych already had scientific publications.
Since the early 90's Lyubchak was developing methods and projects for the development of a computer information system of a higher educational institution, was introducing an automated control system and a Web-system.
90's – in cooperation with the International Research and Training Center for Information Technologies and Systems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine launched the first distance learning project in Ukraine.
2006 – co-founder of the branch of the UNESCO department "New information technologies in the education for all" on the basis of the department of computer science and distance learning laboratory.
2007-2008 – specialists of the department branch headed by V. Lyubchak took an active part in the implementation of the project of the international program TEMPUS "Practice of improving the Ukrainian e-learning system", within which materials and experience in the implementation of e-learning tools were obtained.
Volodymyr Lyubchak was a member of the Working Group of SumDU of many international grant projects: European Union, Erasmus, etc. He was the executor of the program "INURE" of the European Commission TEMPUS I, international grants on e-learning, editor of the materials of coordination meetings and conferences of projects of the European Commission.
Since 2011 V. Lyubchak represents SumDU in the Consortium of Ukrainian Universities and the University of Warsaw to support cooperation between the University of Warsaw and Ukrainian universities, for the exchange of experience in the academic mobility of researchers and students, implementation of joint projects, promoting the development of research in the region of Eastern Europe.
V. Lyubchak is a member of the IELA organization. He worked in the scientific and methodological commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on applied mathematics and computer science.
He is a participant and organizer of various conferences, a member of program and organizational committees, in particular the 3rd International Scientific and Methodological Conference "Education and Virtuality", Kharkiv, 1999; 4th International Conference of the Ukrainian Association of Distance Education, Kharkiv-Sevastopol, 2000; 4th International Conference «New Technologies in Education for All: Innovation Methods and Models», Kyiv, 2009 etc.
== Organizational activities ==
1990-991 – founder together with L.A. Filshtynsky of the Department of Applied Mathematics; initiator of the opening of the relevant specialty.
1993 – organizer of the Center for Computer Technology, developer of management information system projects and Web-system, organizer of the development of the IT structure of SumDU under the leadership of A.V. Vasylyev.
1993-2003 – founder and developer of methodical, technological and technical principles of distance and e-learning systems of SumDU.
2000 – the initiator of the opening of distance learning at SumDU. 
2002 – the initiator of the opening of the specialty "Informatics" and the founder of the Department of Informatics.
Since 2005 V. Lyubchak has been the organizer and project manager of introduction in SumDU of modern integrated systems for management, educational and library-information activities of the university, electronic document management system.
Since 2006 V. Lyubchak has been the initiator and organizer of participation in international grant programs of the EU, organizer of joint centers with international companies Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Netcracker Technology.
In 2016, V. Lyubchak together with A.V. Vasylyev founded the Benchmarking and Web Management Center of SumDU. The main tasks of the Center: ensuring the participation of the university in the rankings of world, European and national importance; monitoring of European and world indicators of university efficiency and analysis of benchmarking methods; development and implementation of software, hardware, methodological and organizational tools for presenting the university in the web-space.
V. Lyubchak is a head of self-supporting and state budget topics, in particular «Development of ASU "University" based on local area networks», «Development of methods and tools for building complex information systems», «Theoretical-methodological and technological principles of university management system as innovative» etc.
V. Lyubchak created an effective model for managing international activities at the university. SumDU is an active participant in international programs and projects in the field of science and education (Tempus, Erasmus +, etc.), annually performs more than 150 grants funded by foreign organizations and foundations.
In different years, V. Lyubchak was a member of the Council for Ensuring the Quality of Educational Activities and the Quality of Higher Education of SumDU, the Academic Council of SumDU, the Scientific Council; Chairman of the Informatization Council of SumDU (2018-2021).
== Awards ==
2008 – honorary title Honored Scientific-Pedagogical Worker of SumDU.
2010 – edition "Methods and algorithms of calculations" by V. Lyubchak and L. Nazarenko took the third place in the nomination "The best educational edition on computer science and computer engineering" in the first All-Ukrainian competition of publications for higher educational institutions "University Book-2010".
2010 – awarded the Diploma of the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine.
2011 – received the Badge "Excellence in Education" for the introduction of the results of scientific research in information technology in the educational process from the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
In 2017 V. Lyubchak received the State Prize in the field of education in the nomination "Higher Education" for the work "Scientific-theoretical, methodological and technological aspects of integrated IT support of the innovative university" in accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine № 374/2017. Also among the recipients: A.V. Vasylyev, A.S. Dovbysh, Yu.O. Zuban
2017 – laureate of the All-Ukrainian competition "Innovation in modern education" for the work "Electronic environment for teaching and research activities of a modern university."
2018 – awarded the medal of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine "Ushinsky K.D.".
== Selected works ==
Author of more than 150 scientific and scientific-methodical works from various fields: mathematical modeling, mechanics of a deformed body, computer technology; about 20 publications abroad (Spain, Slovakia, Brazil, Italy, Lithuania and others).
Scientific profiles
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Proceedings of conferences
* Proceedings of the Coordination Meeting of Universities Representatives in Yerevan, 28 September – 3 October, 2009 / Under the editorship of: S. V. Chernyshenko, V. A. Lyubchak, K. I. Kyrychenko. – Sumy : Sumy State University, 2009. – 77 р.
* Proceedings of the 1st workshop of the training programme for developers of educational courses, Lublin, Poland, November 02-06, 2009 / Under the editorship of: K.G. Troitzsch, S. V. Chernyshenko, V. A. Lyubchak, K. I. Kyrychenko, A. Wodecki. – Sumy : Sumy State University, 2010. – 137 p.
* Proceedings of the third Workshop of the training programme for developers of educational courses, Kosice, Slovakia, 8-14 April, 2010 / Under the editorship of K. G. Troitzsch, S. V. Chernyshenko, V. A. Lyubchak, K. I. Kyrychenko, J. Genci. – Sumy : Sumy State University, 2010. – 195 р.
* 4th Workshop for course developers Germany, Koblenz-Landau University, Summer Academy 2010, 21 June-16 July, 2010 / Under the editorship of: K. G. Troitzsch, S. V. Chernyshenko, V. A. Lyubchak, K. I. Kyrychenko. – Sumy : Sumy State University, 2010. – 236 р.
* Chernyshenko S. V. Project introduction. Proceedings of the kick-off meeting : Tempus programme Joint European project. Brochure 1 / S. V. Chernyshenko, V. O. Lyubchak, K. I. Kyrychenko. – Sumy : Sumy State University, 2013. – 216 p.
Publications in editions indexed by Scopus and / or WoS databases
* Fil'shtinskii, L. A., & Lyubchak, V. A. (1984). Effect of reinforcement by stiffening ribs of an anisotropic shell with slits. Soviet Materials Science, 20(1), 46-50. doi:10.1007/BF00720962
* Fil'shtinskii, L. A., & Lyubchak, V. A. (1980). One method of designing a macromodel of a disk with ribs in a centrifugal-force field. Soviet Applied Mechanics, 16(7), 602-606. doi:10.1007/BF00884026
* Iatsyshyn, A. V., Kovach, V. O., Lyubchak, V. O., Zuban, Y. O., Piven, A. G., Sokolyuk, O. M., . . . Shyshkina, M. P. (2020). Application of augmented reality technologies for education projects preparation. Paper presented at the CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2643 134-160. Retrieved from www.scopus.com
* Lubchak, V., Kupenko, O., & Kuzikov, B. (2012). Approach to dynamic assembling of individualized learning paths. Informatics in Education, 11(2), 213-225. Retrieved from www.scopus.com
* Lyubchak, V. A., & Fil'shtinskii, L. A. (1982). Bending of a semiinfinite anisotropic plate weakened by curvilinear cuts. Soviet Applied Mechanics, 18(10), 910-913. doi:10.1007/BF00883592
* Tretskaya, T. A., Shakhgildyan, I. V., Yashina, T. L., Kravchenko, V. K., Lyubchak, V. A., Mikhno, L. A., . . . Favorov, M. O. (1993). Rate of hepatitis C virus antibody findings in different age groups of the population in the north-west Ukraine. Voprosy Virusologii, 38(3), 137-138. Retrieved from www.scopus.com
 
Category:1956 births
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