30.08.2026
On 30 August 2026, at the age of 73, Volodymyr Hahanov passed away – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Design Automation Department, renowned scientist and educator, long-standing Dean of the Faculty of Computer Engineering and Control, IEEE Senior Member.
For Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, this is a great and painful loss. Volodymyr Ivanovych was one of those people whose authority was built over decades – through scientific achievements, integrity, the strength of his personality, responsibility for the University, and daily work for its development. He was known and deeply respected by several generations of NURE students, lecturers, researchers and staff.
In 1978, Volodymyr Ivanovych graduated from Kharkiv Institute of Radio Electronics with a degree in Automated Control Systems. In 1985, he received the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences, and in 1996 – Doctor of Technical Sciences. Since 1997, he had worked as a professor at NURE. A special place in the history of the University belongs to the years of his service as Dean of the Faculty of Computer Engineering and Control – from 2003 to 2017. Afterwards, he continued his scientific and educational activities as Professor of the Design Automation Department.
Volodymyr Ivanovych was a scientist of remarkable stature. His research interests included technologies for the synthesis and analysis of digital systems-on-chip, testing and verification of software and hardware components, associative computing structures, intelligent cloud technologies, brain-inspired and quantum computing processes. His scientific legacy comprises around 600 publications.
However, the true stature of a scientist is measured by far more than the number of publications. Volodymyr Ivanovych established and developed his own scientific school, mentored researchers, and passed on to them not only knowledge, but also a distinctive approach to science – demanding, bold and result-oriented. Under his scientific leadership, a strong academic school of Doctors and Candidates of Sciences was formed.
Professor Volodymyr Ivanovych Hahanov also played a significant role in the international scientific community. Since 2003, he chaired the annual IEEE East-West Design & Test Symposium, served on the editorial boards of international scientific journals, as well as on the organizing and programme committees of international conferences. He was a member of the IEEE Computer Society, held the statuses of Senior Member and Golden Core Member, collaborated with international technology companies, managed international projects, including TEMPUS, and led and participated in dozens of research projects.
His professional career was recognised with numerous awards and distinctions. Among them were the title “Excellence in Education of Ukraine”, IEEE Computer Society awards, the Computer Society Outstanding Contribution Award, the Medal “For Scientific Achievements”, distinctions for scientific and organisational accomplishments, as well as recognition from the city of Kharkiv and the professional community.
Yet for the University, Volodymyr Ivanovych was far more than a list of positions, academic degrees, publications and awards. He was one of the defining figures of NURE.
He was a person with whom an entire era in the development of the Faculty of Computer Engineering and Control, the University’s scientific schools, international cooperation, and the education of generations of specialists is associated. A person of strong character, with his own vision of science and the University, and with high standards for himself and for others. His opinion was listened to. His position was known. He was respected.
People like him leave behind not only scientific works, an established scientific school, and trained Doctors and Candidates of Sciences. They leave something much greater – the memory of the University itself. It lives on in the work of his students and colleagues, in the scientific traditions he established, in the faculty to which he devoted many years of his life, and in the achievements of those whom he taught, supported and guided.
The Rectorate, the Academic Council and the entire community of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics express their deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Volodymyr Ivanovych, as well as to his friends and colleagues.
May the memory of Volodymyr Ivanovych Hahanov be eternal.
His name will forever remain in the history of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.