Traditions and Innovations: The Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of MAI in the anniversary year

This issue of the journal commemorates the 95$^\mathrm{th}$ anniversary of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and the 55$^\mathrm{th}$ anniversary of its Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, featuring scientific contributions from the Institute's staff. The focus lies on presenting the Institute as a leading center that combines fundamental mathematical training with project-based learning in cutting-edge IT technologies.

The annotation highlights the Institute's achievements in education, including its participation in a pilot project to reform higher education and its success in a competition to establish a Center for training top-level IT specialists. The key research priorities of the Institute are outlined, encompassing numerical modeling, fluid and gas mechanics, and optimization, with their results being implemented at enterprises of the United Aircraft Corporation, the United Engine Corporation, and Roscosmos. The Institute's role as a scientific and methodological center is underscored by the operation of two doctoral dissertation councils.