The scientific direction of Prof. L. S. Sikora is "Cybersecurity of integrated systems infrastructure with a management hierarchy."
Prof. L. S. Sikora, Prof. Ya. P. Dragan, Yu. G. Miyushkovich, R. S. Martyshchin, N. K. Lysa, O. Yu. Fedevich, V. I. Sabat, B. I. Fedina are working on the further development of a new paradigm in automatic control theory, namely the intellectualisation of control systems and logical-cognitive decision-making methods in conditions of risk. The needs of modern production structures for the automation of complex technological processes under conditions of disturbances and existing resource constraints have led to certain scientific and technical problems related to the optimal synthesis of automatic control systems, which must have robust properties and be resistant to active threats of an informational, cognitive, and resource nature. The tasks of synthesising technological process control systems are characterised by incompleteness, vagueness of input data on the dynamics of the control object, the existence of restrictions on energy and material resources, the action of disturbance sources on information and technological structures, and the informational complexity of determining the relationships and interactions between elements of the production system. The informational vagueness of images of dynamic situations leads to their incorrect classification and inadequate decision-making procedures for the situations. The research is based on modern achievements and trends in fundamental science, the experience of other branches of technical science, and the use of modern tools. To this end, researchers draw on new concepts that have already been formulated: energy resources ā analysis and synthesis of the control system structure; energy activity of an object ā formation of a state space and target space, laser technologies and their integration with information and measurement systems The team's efforts are focused on researching the problems of synthesising robust-optimal control systems for non- stationary objects under limited disturbances and in emergency situations.
Research is being conducted in the field of automated control of complex
human-machine systems using logical-cognitive decision-making models and laser information and measurement systems.
Between 2004 and 2024, seven doctoral and 20 candidate dissertations were defended, and 12 doctoral and 35 candidate dissertations were reviewed. Twenty scientific monographs were published and over 700 articles were published in professional journals in Ukraine and abroad, and two patents for inventions were obtained. Every year, researchers report on the results of their work at international scientific conferences.
The use of research results has ensured success in the design and implementation of the following developments: an automated glass furnace control system, a laser system for stabilising the glass mass level in glass furnaces (Rokytne, Gostomel, Kostopil, and Bucha glass factories), 's automatic data collection and processing system for the environmental performance of the Burshtyn TPP power units, an intelligent system for controlling coal dust emissions and protecting electrostatic precipitators at the Burshtyn TPP power units based on a laser concentrator developed and implemented in production (four systems).