Ismail Ali Ibrahimov is the first expert in informatics in Azerbaijan.

Ismail Ali Ibrahimov was born on December 31, 1915.

After his graduating from the college in 1935 he was sent to study to the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute after М. Azizbeyov. His choice of «Monitoring and Measuring Devices» specialty in the 4th year, determined his future scientific work.

In February 1941 the first Azerbaijani degree engineer on monitoring and measuring devices (MMD) and automation was sent to the Central Industrial and Research Laboratory of the Azerbaijan Power System ("Azerenerji").

Being а specialist in MMD and automatics, I.А.Ibrahimov was sent to study to the Military Power Engineering Academy of Communication Service named after S.М.Budenny (Leningrad)

During Great Patriotic War years (1941-1945) the officer I.А.Ibrahimov proved to be highly qualified specialist and non-ordinary leader and battle commander.

In 1946 the separate communication battalion commander of rifle division I.А.Ibrahimov returned to the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute as а lab assistant of MMD department, and а year later he became an assistant of this department, the first Azerbaijani teacher on MMD and automatics. Since that time I.А.Ibrahimov began his active scientific and research work. Monitoring, measurement and automation in oil producing, oil refining, petrochemical and chemical industries and energetic — these all were included into the sphere of his scientific interests.

Realizing the necessity of investigation and introduction into industry of native devices based on new principles of measurement he wrote his work «Investigation of Electronic Potentiometers», on which, lately, he has defended his candidate's degree.

The following scientific and teaching activity of I.А.Ibrahimov was tightly connected with the scientific, research and teaching work at the MMD department (which was lately re-named «Automation of Manufacturing Processes») where he covered а long path from senior lab assistant (1946-1947), assistant (1947-1948), senior lecturer (1948-1954) and assistant professor up to the Chief of the department (1954-1988) and professor.

In 1960 he was nominated rector of the Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry after M. Azizbekov.

In 1964 he was awarded the title of professor in AMP department; in 1968 he defended his doctor's degree and the same year he was elected the Associated Member of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan on specialty «Automation of Manufacturing Processes».

In 1961 for the first time in the high school experience of the Soviet Union was created a methodical commission on oil, oil-chemistry and gas high education profiles. I.A.Ibrahimov was elected the head of this commission. He was in this post from 1961-1987 (till the commission stopped its activity).

I.A.Ibrahimov was a member of the oil department of Scientific-Technical Council of High and Secondary education ministry of USSR and the editor in chief of “Scientific News” and “Oil and gas” magazines.

Being а chairman of the Azerbaijan Republican Commission on National Economy Management on the basis of mathematical methods and computers (affirmed by the joint decision of the Central Committee of the CP of Azerbaijan and Council of Ministers of the Republic), he laid the foundation to the wide computerization of the national economy.

In 1980 I.А.Ibrahimov was elected a Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic. In 1983 side by side with а number of scientists he was awarded with the State Prize of the USSR in the field of science and techniques for work «Working out and Introduction of Control and Information Systems for the Increasing Effectiveness of Industry».

I.А.Ibrahimov was always in search of optimal solution of problems in science, education and national economy. And the government has estimated his labour and great creative activity at true work and awarded him with Orders of the Patriotic War I and II classes, the Order of the Red Star, the medal «For Bravery», the Order of Lenin, the Order of October Revolution and three Orders of the Red Banner. In 1986 he was awarded with title of Него of Socialist Labour. Не was awarded with the DDR Order «For services to the Motherland» and, а number of medals. Не was also awarded with title of Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Honored Oilman, Honored Worker of gas industry, diplomas of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the republic.

In 1988 the republic community elected him the Chairman of the Azerbaijan Republican Department of the Soviet Children's Fund. Being an adviser of the rector of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, professor of the department of this institute, he continues to b at the head of this charitable organization, which is now independent republican organization.

Computerization and informatization problems take the main part in his aktivity. Now he is a chairman of Problem Council on Cybernetics, Information Technologies and Techniques.

Academician I.Ibrahimov is the scientific adviser of the institute from 2001.