Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IA&E, SB RAS) was founded in 1957 among the first institutions of the Siberian Branch. The Institute is a research institution of physical and technical profile. Its research directions comprise actual problems of optics and laser physics, including physical processes in gaseous and condensed media induced by a radiation, nonlinear phenomena at the interaction of the radiation with structured materials; fundamental as well as applied research and development in the field of laser and optical technologies; architecture, system solutions, mathematical models and software for data processing and computing systems of recognition, analysis and representation of information and control systems for complex dynamic processes. The Institute cooperates with many foreign universities, institutes and research institutions of the USA, Germany, France, Sweden, China, Korea and other countries. IAE SB RAS serves as a base for three specialized departments of the Novosibirsk State University (NSU): - Automation of Physical and Technical Research - Quantum Optics - Informational-measuring Systems. Based on these departments and Institute’s laboratories the Scientific Educational Centers are established to facilitate training of highly qualified young professionals.