The joint scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Division of Nanotechnologies and Information Technologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), devoted to the centenary of the birth of Academician V A Kotel’nikov, was held on September 17, 2008 in the Rotunda Hall of RAS. The following reports were presented at the session:

1. Gulyaev Yu V (Kotel’nikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, RAS, Moscow) “Creative career of Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotel’nikov (opening address)”;
2. Pustovoit V I (Scientific and Technical Center of Unique Instrument Making, RAS, Moscow) “Acousto-optics: modern status and prospects”;
3. Zelenyi L M, Armand N A (Space Research Institute, RAS, Moscow) “Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotel’nikov and Solar System studies”;
4. Mikaelyan A L (Research Institute of Systems Studies, RAS, Moscow) “Research on waveguide techniques for communication systems”;
5. Kardashev N S (Astrocosmic Center, P N Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS, Moscow) “V A Kotel’nikov and terrestrial and space radio astronomy”;
6. Kuznetsov N A, Sinitsyn I N (Kotel’nikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, RAS, Moscow) “Development of Kotel’nikov’s sampling theorem”;
7. Kaevitser V I, Razmanov V M (Fryazino Branch of the Kotel’nikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, RAS, Fryazino, Moscow region) “Remote sensing of sea bottom by hydroacoustic systems with complex signals”;
8. Matyukhin V G (Information Technologies Federal Agency, Moscow) “Information protection in an electronic State”.

PACS: 01.60.+q, 01.65.+g, 89.70.−a (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0179.200902g.0201 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2009/2/f/ 2009PhyU...52..183G Citation: Gulyaev Yu V "Creative career of Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotel'nikov (opening address)" Phys. Usp. 52 183–185 (2009) BibTexBibNote ® (generic) BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks TY JOUR TI Creative career of Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotel'nikov (opening address) AU Gulyaev, Yu. V. PB Physics-Uspekhi PY 2009 JO Physics-Uspekhi JF Physics-Uspekhi JA Phys. Usp. VL 52 IS 2 SP 183-185 UR https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2009/2/f/ ER https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNe.0179.200902g.0201 Оригинал: Гуляев Ю В «Творческий путь Владимира Александровича Котельникова (вступительное слово)» УФН 179 201–203 (2009); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0179.200902g.0201 V.A. Kotel’nikov is author of Physics-Uspekhi