Senior researcher of the Institute of Information Technology of ANAS, PhD in technical sciences Mammad Hashimov has been appointed national coordinator in the field of information and communication technologies under the European Commission's "Horizon 2020" Research and Innovation Program.

1. Hashimov graduated from Azerbaijan Technical University with a bachelor's and master's degree. In 2016, he defended his dissertation at the Institute of Information Technology on “Development of methods and algorithms for the synthesis of cloud services in a network environment.”

He is currently conducting research in the field of cloud technology and the scientific and theoretical problems of the Things Internet.

Note that “Horizon 2020” is the largest research and innovation program in Europe. The main goal is to strengthen the position of the European Union in the field of science, technology and innovation. Excellence in science, industry leadership and social issues are the project's priorities.