The purpose of mastering the discipline is to form the basics of knowledge and skills of students in the automation of technological processes and production, mastering the methods of building functional devices and control systems, regulation and management of technological objects and systems, acquisition by students of skills in engineering methods of object research, control algorithms and programs, checking their operability on a computer. As a result of studying the discipline, students will gain skills in the practical application of a complex of technical means of integrated and distributed systems by technological processes.

The purpose of the discipline is to provide students with a set of orienting knowledge on the basic concepts of intelligent information systems, as well as practical skills necessary for the implementation and practical use of such systems. As a result of studying the discipline, the student will know and be able to find information, process and transmit any type of data in a variety of formats. The student can use the acquired knowledge in the future in the research, design and operation of electric power systems.