Anatoly Kitov - Pioneer of Russian Informatics - History of Computing: Learning from the Past - page 80

Anatoly Kitov - Pioneer of Russian Informatics
Vladimir A. Kitov 1 and Valery V. Shilov 2
1 Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Zemlyanoi val 9,
105064 Moscow, Russia
{vladimir.kitov,olga.kitova}@mail.ru
2 "MATI" - Russian State Technological University, Orshanskaja 3,
121522 Moscow, Russia
[e-mail]
Abstract. Anatoly Ivanovich Kitov (1920-2005) is one of the most outstanding
representatives of the first generation of scientists who had created Russian cy-
bernetics, computer engineering and informatics. Due to political reasons his
many-sided scientific and organizational activities were hushed up. Only
recently publications adequately estimating his role appeared. The report repre-
sents biography and summary of main scientific achievements of A.I. Kitov as
well as short description of his scientific school and his collaboration with IFIP
and other international organizations.
Keywords: Anatoly Kitov, cybernetics, informatics, programming languages,
management information systems, Computer Centre № 1, M-100 computer, Red
Book project, computer-aided control systems, TC-4 IFIP, MEDINFO, IMIA.
1 Introduction
This report is about Anatoly Ivanovich Kitov - pioneer of cybernetics, informatics and
management information systems (MIS) in the USSR and Russia.
Anatoly Kitov was brightest outstanding personality who devoted his life to devel-
opment of cybernetics, computer and software engineering, programming languages,
information retrieval systems and management information systems as well as to their
practical implementation in various fields of human activity: national economy, mili-
tary defense, health care and medicine.
A. Kitov was the real pioneer, words "the first" and "for the first time" can be ap-
plied to all stages of his scientific career. In the USSR A. Kitov is the author of the
first positive article about cybernetics, the first thesis on programming, the first Soviet
topic about computers and programming, the first research and articles on non-
arithmetic usage of computers, the first project of all-national computer network, the
first national textbook on computer science, the first scientific report on management
information systems (IMS), etc. He created the most powerful in the USSR computer
at his time, the Computer Centre № 1, associative programming theory, standard
industrial management information system (MIS) (in the Ministry for Radio Engi-
neering Industry), the first Soviet management information systems for health care,
two new high-level programming languages (ALGEM - for solving economic tasks