At the Dissertation Council of “SDU University”, within the EP “8D06102 – Computer Science”, a doctoral dissertation will be defended for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Zhanserik Nurlan on the topic: «Development and research of a routing algorithm for a wireless Mesh network» in the specialty «6D070400 – Computing Systems and Software».

The dissertation was prepared at the Department of Computer and Software Engineering of the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

The defense will be held in English. The defense is being conducted for the second time.
The dissertation is presented as a series of publications.

1. Z. Nurlan et al., EZ-SEP: Extended Z-SEP Routing Protocol with Hierarchical Clustering Approach for Wireless Heterogeneous Sensor Network, Sensors 2021, 21, 1021. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041021
2. Z. Nurlan et al., Resource Allocation Approach for Optimal Routing in IoT Wireless Mesh Networks, IEEE Access, VOLUME 9, 2021.
3. Z. Nurlan et al., “Wireless Sensor Network as a Mesh: Vision and Challenges”, IEEE Access, VOLUME 10, 2022.

Official reviewers:

1. Sayat Akhthanov — PhD, Associate Professor in the scientific field “20200 – Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Information Technologies”, Associate Professor of the Department of “Electronics and Astrophysics”, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;
2. Rassim Suliyev — PhD, Associate Professor, Director of the School of “Digital Technologies”, Narxoz University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Scientific consultants:

1. Tamara Zhukabayeva — PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of “Information Systems”, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan;
2. Mohamed Othman — PhD, Associate Professor of “Computer Science and Information Technology” Faculty, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.

Composition of permanent members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Andrey Bogdanchikov – PhD, associate professor, vice-rector for Strategic Development and Digitalization at «SDU University», Chair of Dissertation Council;
2. Vitaliy Levashenko — PhD in the specialty “Computer Science”, Assistant Professor of the Department of Informatics, University of Žilina, Slovak Republic, foreign member of the Dissertation Council;
3. Al-Hadeethi Mohammed Alaa Fadhil – PhD in specialty «Computer Science and Information Technology», assistant professor at «SDU University», member of the Dissertation Council;
4. Dana Utebayeva – PhD in specialty «6D071900 – Radio engineering, electronics and telecommunications», assistant professor at «SDU University», Scientific secretary of Dissertation Council.

Composition of temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Raissa Uskembayeva — Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;
2. Kassymbek Ozhikenov — Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor, Institute of “Automation and Information Technologies”, Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;
3. Shamoi Pakizar — PhD, professor, School of Information Technology and Engineering, Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;
4. Dana Turlykozhayeva — PhD in the specialty “8D06201 – Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications”, Senior Lecturer of the Department of “Electronics and Astrophysics”, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Additional expert composition of the Dissertation Council:

1. Katipa Chezhimbayeva — Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Department of “Telecommunications Engineering” at Energo University named after Gumarbek Daukeyev, Almaty, Kazakhstan;
2. Alisher Skabylov — PhD in the specialty “8D06201 – Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications”, Senior Lecturer of the Department of “Electronics and Astrophysics”, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The defense will take place on October 10, 2025, at 10:30 in a hybrid format (offline/online) at the Dissertation Council for the EP “8D06102 – Computer Science” at “SDU University” at Almaty region, Kaskelen city, Abylai Khan 1/1 / on Webex platform.

Link: https://onlinesdu.webex.com/onlinesdu/j.php?MTID=m1d892afc9f7722acbe3e2187a554480d