Vitalii Tron, born in 1985, received a Candidate of Technical Sciences degree (Dr. phil.) from the Kryvyi Rih National University in 2013. Since 2007 he has been working in the field of automation and industrial process control at the Kryvyi Rih National University, where he is currently Associate Professor. His research interests include optimal, adaptive and intelligent control of industrial processes and production systems, design and implementation of information systems. He has published a number of papers in international journals and monographs.