The congratulatory message reads, in part:
“You are known and greatly respected as an outstanding scientist and the founder of an influential school of research. Your fundamental works and genuine breakthroughs were in many ways ahead of their time and helped shape the main directions for systems analysis, mathematical simulation and computer science. They served as the foundation for developing original technology and promising projects that have been used to optimize modern control systems and have great importance for innovative economic development. You are of course also respected as a talented teacher. Many of those who learned how to think and come up with bold new approaches to the most complex problems under your guidance consider it a great honour to follow in your footsteps.”