Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University

As a part of the Joint Action Program between Ukraine and France in the field of scientific and technological cooperation, the Department of Software Engineering at TNTU is developing long-standing successful collaborations with laboratories of leading French universities.
This year February scientific stay of the Head of the Department of Software Engineering, Director of the Franco-Ukrainian Center for Scientific Cooperation and Personnel Training, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Mykhailo Petryk, at the Higher School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry in Paris (ESPCI Paris Tech), one of the most prestigious universities in Europe and the world, was aimed at developing this cooperation. TNTU is one of the first universities in Ukraine to have had a fruitful long-standing collaboration with it.
My scientific stay aimed primarily at developing the existing areas of cooperation says Professor M. Petryk. These include modeling and identification of complex systems of competitive nano-adsorption in heterogeneous nanoporous media and methods for analyzing electrophysiological signals of abnormal neurological movements, with several laboratories at ESPCI and the Institute of the Brain and Spinal Cord in Paris (ICM Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR 7225), with further involvement of masters students, Ph.D. candidates, and researchers from the department and the university in these studies.
The results of the stay include scientific discussions and the formulation of new tasks, the clarification of approaches to their solution by joint Franco-Ukrainian teams, in particular with the team of the laboratory «Mouvements anormaux et ganglions de la base : physiopathologie et thérapeutique expérimentale» ICM-ESPCI – prof. Marie Vidhaillet,  prof. Andrè-Pierre Legrand,  prof. Stephane Holé, prof. Jacques
Fraissard, Dr Isabele Rivals:
 Mathematical methods for analyzing neuro-feedback effects for the study and analysis of abnormal movements;
 Analysis of electrophysiological signals, automation of movement tracking on digital tablets, and creation of new software architectural models for mobile platforms, etc.;
 Professor Petryk M.R. conducted a scientific seminar at the ICM-ESPCI laboratory on the topic «Tablette itérative pour l’enregistrement et l’analyse de mouvements nerveux anormaux» Iterative tablet for registering and analyzing abnormal neurological movements.

During these discussions, some agreements were reached on the preparation and signing of bilateral agreements on scientific and educational cooperation, the organization of academic exchange programs, internships, and participation in international projects.

The job market in the IT industry in France is currently one of the largest in Europe, requiring over 50,000 highly skilled software engineers and other IT professionals annually. Taken together, these factors provide prospects for further development of successful cooperation between Ternopil National Technical University and universities and higher education institutions in France on student exchange and joint
international scientific research and educational programs.