Rector
Aminaga Sadigov
Acting rector of Sumgayit State University
Aminaga Bahman oglu Sadigov was born on December 18, 1962 in the Lerik region. In 1980, he graduated from secondary school No. 1 with a focus on physics and mathematics in Baku and was admitted to the Faculty of Applied Mathematics of Dnepropetrovsk State University (now Dnepropetrovsk National University), graduating from the aforementioned university in 1985. In 1992, he received the degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics) from the same university. In 2013, he defended his doctoral dissertation on "Mathematical models and information technologies for solving management problems in emergency situations" at the Institute of Control Systems of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and received the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences. He was awarded the title of associate professor in 2010 and professor in 2016. On May 2, 2017, he was elected a corresponding member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in the specialty "Computer Science". He began his career in 1985 at the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of ANAS. Since 1988, he has worked as a scientific secretary at the Presidium of ANAS, since 1998, he has been the head of the Scientific and Organizational Department of the Presidium of ANAS, since 2013, he has been the head of the Scientific and Organizational Department of the Presidium of ANAS, and since 2015, he has been the head of the Main Department of Science and Education of the Presidium of ANAS. On May 1, 2019, he was elected Academician-Secretary (Vice-President) of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Presidium of ANAS. On December 1, 2020, he was appointed Director of the Institute of Control Systems of ANAS. In 2022–2023, he worked as Executive Director of the Institute of Control Systems of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and on January 12, 2024, he was appointed Deputy Director of the State Agency for Science and Higher Education. On February 10, 2025, Aminaga Sadigov was appointed Acting Rector of Sumgayit State University. Aminaga Sadigov has worked as a teacher at leading universities in Azerbaijan for various years. He is the chairman of the Intellectual Property and Innovation Public Association, a member of the dissertation councils operating at the Institute of Management Systems and the National Defense University of the Ministry of Defense, an expert of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and a member of the Scientific Council on Science of the International Association of Academies of Sciences. A. Sadigov has represented the Republic of Azerbaijan at more than 60 prestigious international events held in nearly 40 countries around the world, including the United States of America, Canada, Israel, Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Malaysia, etc. He is the author of 190 scientific works, including 4 scientific monographs, 6 books, as well as 2 patents and 2 inventions. A. Sadigov was awarded the "Taraggi" medal of the Republic of Azerbaijan for his services to the development of Azerbaijani science by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated December 14, 2005, medal of the Republic of Azerbaijan "100th Anniversary of Baku State University (1919–2019)" by order of the Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Honorary Decree of the Presidium of ANAS for his effective scientific-organizational activities. He has been awarded gold medals from the International Rating Academy, the World Intellectual Property Organization, as well as awards from a number of international and republican-level non-governmental organizations. According to a survey conducted by the Trade Union of Media Workers of Azerbaijan in 2017, A.Sadigov was awarded the highest media award "Influential Intellectual of the Year". In addition to his native language, he speaks English, Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian.
He is married and has 3 children.
