“God gave me talent”: Gennady Ososkov celebrated his 95th birthday On 13 February 2026, the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies celebrated the 95th birthday of Gennady Ososkov, a MLIT veteran, Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Chief Researcher of the Scientific Department of Computational Physics. Friends, students, colleagues, and everyone who had ever fallen under the spell of this incredible person gathered at the solemn seminar dedicated to this momentous event. JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov was the first to congratulate Gennady Ososkov. In his warm and informal congratulatory address, Grigory Trubnikov highlighted Gennady Ososkov’s remarkable energy, curiosity, and interest in life. He expressed profound gratitude on behalf of all students of G.A. Ososkov, underlining that he himself was one of them.Grigory Trubnikov was the first to congratulate Gennady Ososkov. In his warm and informal congratulatory address, Grigory Trubnikov highlighted Gennady Ososkov’s remarkable energy, curiosity, and interest in life. He expressed profound gratitude on behalf of all students of G.A. Ososkov, underlining that he himself was one of them. MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov noted Gennady Ososkov’s significant contribution to Russian and global science, as well as his influence on the development of the Laboratory and the entire Institute. MLIT Deputy Scientific Leader Tatiana Strizh supplemented the congratulations with warm words and a wish to add quantum computing to the list of Gennady Ososkov’s outstanding achievements.Sergei Shmatov noted Gennady Ososkov’s significant contribution to Russian and global science, as well as his influence on the development of the Laboratory and the entire Institute. MLIT Deputy Scientific Leader Tatiana Strizh supplemented the congratulations with warm words and a wish to add quantum computing to the list of Gennady Ososkov’s outstanding achievements. MLIT Scientific Leader.Vladimir Korenkov described the huge enthusiasm and creative energy with which Gennady Ososkov tackles every task, and how he inspires his young colleagues with his ideas. The scientific part of the solemn seminar was opened by Gennady Ososkov himself. In his talk entitled “65 Years of Service to JINR. Retrospectives and Prospects”, he recounted his life and scientific journey, dividing it into three eras: student, scientist, and teacher. Gennady Ososkov was born in Vyatka (Kirov), spent his childhood in pre-war Stalingrad, and lived through difficult war years in Mordovia. After the war, he studied at School No. 9 in Kolomna, where, as the speaker pointed out, he was very fortunate in his teachers. His Russian language teacher Zinaida Grigorievna taught him to write correctly, think logically, and speak publicly. His mathematics teacher Georgy Mikhailovich instilled in him a love of mathematics. All the skills he acquired during that period proved highly useful to Gennady Ososkov later in life. He entered and graduated with honors from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Lomonosov Moscow State University. He received his diploma from Academician I.G. Petrovsky. During his postgraduate studies at MSU, Gennady Ososkov was again blessed with brilliant mentors, two prominent mathematicians Alexander Khinchin and Andrei Kholmogorov. They taught young Ososkov to feel the joy of making scientific discoveries and resolving complex problems. Thanks to the support of his teachers, Gennady Ososkov defended his PhD thesis at the age of 26. In 1961, at the invitation of his university colleagues E.P. Zhidkov and N.N. Govorun/strong>, G.A. Ososkov moved to Dubna and has been working at JINR ever since. Such iconic scientists as Nikolay Govorun, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and Mikhail Meshcheryakov had an enormous impact on the scientific formation of Gennady Ososkov. In 1987, Gennady Ososkov successfully defended his doctoral thesis. It focused on developments in the field of mathematical software for automated measurement systems designed to process experimental data and summarized the results of his research from 1961 to 1987. After defending his thesis, Gennady Ososkov continued to be involved in scientific activities and teaching. Gennady Ososkov’s scientific output is impressive not only in its quantity, but also in its thematic diversity. Under his supervision and with his participation, research on the application of neural network methods for tracking and of deep learning methods for the NICA megascience project and high-luminosity experiments was conducted. Another focus was the simulation of complex physical processes, as well as the simulation of distributed physical data processing and storage systems. Work on the development of the theory and applications of robust fitting methods and wavelet analysis and on the application of neural networks in ecology and biology was carried out. His creative longevity is also noteworthy: 175 papers were written by him before the age of 60, and 185 articles in the following 35 years. At present, Gennady Ososkov actively participates in the Laboratory’s scientific and educational events, including JINR IT schools and conferences such as “Distributed Computing and Grid Technologies in Science and Education” (GRID) and “Mathematical Modeling and Computational Physics” (MMCP). Beyond science, Gennady Ososkov also realizes his potential through creative work. His multifaceted talent encompasses poetry, photography, drawing, and painting. Norayr Akopov, Professor at the Yerevan Physics Institute (formally the A.I. Alikhanyan National Scientific Laboratory), Head of the Computational Physics and IT Department, delivered a talk at the solemn seminar. He focused on work on the application of the Monte Carlo method performed at YerPhI under the influence of the ideas of G.A. Ososkov. The speaker warmly recalled their shared work and joint projects and, in concluding his speech, wished what is perhaps pivotal for a scientist — a multitude of new scientific achievements. Gennady Ososkov’s student Pavel Goncharov shared what he calls the “Ososkov method”, an approach to educating the next generation of scientists. This method is based on six sequential steps: Engage the student in solving an interesting problem. Establish a trusting, almost friendly relationship. Develop the student to a level where they can discuss tasks as colleagues, on equal terms. Teach how to explain what has been done in accessible language. Entrust partial supervision to other students. Repeat for new students. Pavel said that he had experienced the method on himself, and thanks to it, he not only completed interesting research projects, but also became passionate about teaching. One of the highlights of Pavel’s work under G.A. Ososkov’s supervision was the Yandex Scientific Prize named after Ilya Segalovich. Pavel Goncharov currently leads the IT team at a large international company. Another student of Gennady Ososkov, Yauheni Talochka, joined in the congratulations. In his speech, he described their joint work on a completely new scientific field, namely, tensor networks, which arose thanks to the ideas of Gennady Ososkov. Gennady Ososkov is not only a staff member of the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, he also teaches at the Institute of System Analysis and Management (ISAM) at Dubna University. Gennady Ososkov received warm congratulations from ISAM colleagues. Head of the Department of System Analysis and Management Evgenia Cheremisina noted his unique teaching talent and ability to “feel people”, wishing him new victories and talented students. ISAM Director Elena Kirpicheva joined in the congratulations, expressing admiration for his mentoring enthusiasm, which serves as an example and inspires young teachers. t is a well-known fact that the best gift is a book. And that is exactly what Gennady Ososkov received that day, but it was a very special book. He was presented with the first volume of his autobiography entitled “Riffles”, which opens the trilogy “In the Flow of Events”. The publication was created jointly by the JINR Chief Scientific Secretary Office, the JINR Museum, and the Higher School of Economics, with a significant contribution from Gennady Ososkov himself. The book was presented by Scientific Leader of the JINR Historical Archive Galina Orlova and Head of the Archive Elena Malaya, who described the creation of the trilogy, which embraces the life, creative work, and scientific investigations of Gennady Ososkov. Advisor to the FLNP Directorate Marina Frontasyeva congratulated Gennady Ososkov and particularly highlighted his contribution to the creation of a cloud-based biomonitoring data management platform. This development, carried out with the direct participation of Gennady Ososkov, was highly praised by UN experts and became an essential part of international projects implemented at JINR. His Czech colleague Petr Jančík sent a video congratulation. Warmly recalling their tea parties and conversations about Gennady Ososkov’s brilliant ideas, he expressed hope for continued collaboration in the future. Nikolay Govorun Jr. congratulated Gennady Ososkov on behalf of the entire Govorun family. MLIT Chief Researcher Gheorghe Adam praised Gennady Ososkov’s scientific legacy, underlining that his work had enriched global science and would be in demand by many generations of researchers. Head of the MLIT Department Jan Buša congratulated Gennady Ososkov, recalling that Gennady Ososkov had received the highest award of the Slovak scientific community, namely, the Gold Medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Gennady Ososkov received numerous letters and congratulatory addresses from students, colleagues, and associates from all over the world.
