KOTUH YEVHEN VOLODYMYROVYCH

Professor of the Department of Information Security and Telecommunications

Education and Career

    Kharkiv State Technical University of Radio Electronics, specialty: 0804 Computer Science, bachelor’s diploma of Kharkiv Institute of Technology No. 17337627 dated July 30, 2001;

    Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, specialty: 080404 Intelligent decision-making systems, specialist’s diploma Kharkiv No. 21126698 dated 07/05/2002;

    Candidate of Technical Sciences, 05.13.21–Technical protection systems, topic: “Methods and means of universal hashing using Suzuki curves”, DC No. 041304 dated February 28, 2017.

    From 2019 to the present, he is a valid member of the Academy of the Ukrainian Academy of Cyber ​​Security (Decision of the Presidium No. 1256 of March 25, 2019).

    Professor Ye.V. Kotukh was awarded the Honorary Distinction of the IT Dnipro Community.

Educational activities

    Teaches disciplines: “Intelligent systems of cyber protection”, “Methods of construction and analysis of cryptosystems”, “Organization of special office management”, “Intelligent systems in cybersecurity”.

Scientific activities

    Cybersecurity, quantum communication, post-quantum cryptography, group theory, group cryptography, intelligent systems.

    In February 2025, Professor Ye.V. Kotukh participated in the workshop “CYBERSECURE TRENDS 2025: Challenges, Innovations, and Development Prospects.“

    Additionally, in February 2025, Ye.V. Kotukh took part in the online workshop “CYBERSECURE TRENDS 2025: Challenges, Innovations, and Development Prospects” organized within the framework of the Security Education Center for Unified Resilience & Effective Communications – Erasmus+ SECURE project.

International activities

    Responsible executor of the grant program “Quantum security for 5G Emerging network” CRDF Grant 34901212401, Sumy State University (2020-2022).

     In October 2024, as part of an exchange program by American Councils, Professor Ye.V. Kotukh visited Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) and established scientific collaborations in two key areas: quantum informatics and cybersecurity of telecommunications.

     As a result of this collaboration, he delivered a presentation titled “Covariant Integral Quantization Methods on the Discrete Torus with Applications in Quantum Information and Quantum Cryptography” at the APS (American Physical Society) Forum.

Publications and patents

    He has about 132 scientific publications, including 2 monographs and 2 author’s certificates.

Certification training

    Internship from April 1, 2022. to 01.09.2022 at Unlink VR Inc. Topics:

       1. Methodology of development of protected software.

       2. Methodology for the development of secure information exchange channels using quantum key distribution technologies. The volume is 180 hours.

    In 2025, Professor Ye.V. Kotukh participated in an event within the framework of a scientific exchange program organized by American Councils, focusing on two key areas: quantum informatics and cryptography, and telecommunication cybersecurity .