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 Ualikhan Sadyk on the topic: «A Hybrid Deep Feature Extraction–Traditional Machine Learning Ensemble Model for Robust Banknote Recognition Under Various Conditions» in the EP «8D06102 – Computer Science».

The dissertation was prepared at the Department of «8D06102 – Computer Science» of «SDU University». The defense will be held in English.

Official reviewers:

1. Madina Mansurova – Сandidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, associate professor, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, KazNU named after Al-Farabi, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2. Alisher Skabylov – PhD, Acting Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, «Electronics and Astrophysics» Department, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Scientific consultants:

1. Cemil Turan – PhD, Associate Professor, «Computer Science» Department, «SDU University», Kaskelen, Kazakhstan;
2. Haohan Wang  – PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA. 

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, «Computer Science» Department, «SDU University», member of the Dissertation Council;
4. Dana Utebayeva – PhD in specialty «6D071900 – Radio engineering, electronics and telecommunications», assistant professor, «Information Systems» Department, «SDU University», Scientific secretary of Dissertation Council.

Composition of temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Zhandos Dosbayev — PhD, Senior Researcher of the RSE by REM «Joldasbekov Institute of Mechanics and Engineering» of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2. Dauren Zheksebay – PhD, Acting Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer at the «Electronics and Astrophysics» Department, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
3. Ulzhalgas Seidaliyeva – PhD, Leading Researcher, Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;

The defense will take place on August 21, 2026, at 14:00 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://zoom.us/j/95729873248?pwd=D1B2YrE6Vpx750JHqCsGVqLOibmJNE.1  

DC Scientific secretary Utebayeva D.

e-mail: dana.utebayeva@sdu.edu.kz

Тел.: +7 708 313 98 16