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: 43.30.+m, 43.58.+z, 91.50.Ga (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0179.200902k.0218 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2009/2/j/ 000267067000009 2-s2.0-67849103667 2009PhyU...52..199K Citation: Kaevitser V I, Razmanov V M "Remote sensing of sea bottom by hydroacoustic systems with complex signals" Phys. Usp. 52 199–205 (2009) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS) MedlineRefWorks PT Journal Article TI Remote sensing of sea bottom by hydroacoustic systems with complex signals AU Kaevitser V I FAU Kaevitser VI AU Razmanov V M FAU Razmanov VM DP 10 Feb, 2009 TA Phys. Usp. VI 52 IP 2 PG 199-205 RX 10.3367/UFNe.0179.200902k.0218 URL https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2009/2/j/ SO Phys. Usp. 2009 Feb 10;52(2):199-205 Оригинал: Каевицер В И, Разманов В М «Дистанционное зондирование морского дна гидролокационными системами со сложными сигналами» УФН 179 218–224 (2009); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0179.200902k.0218 V.A. Kotel’nikov is author of Physics-Uspekhi