In 1962, systematic work in applied statistics and data analysis began with research into automatic identification of speech signals under the guidance of N. G. Zagoruiko, Cand. Sc. (Eng.). In 1964, the first Cand. Sc. degree in this area was awarded to G. Ya. Voloshin. Now Prof. G. Ya. Voloshin is a distinguished scientist who obtained a D. Sc.degree for his research. Later, the research staff extended the domain of investigation to cover identification of images in hydroacoustics, geology, sociology, medicine and some other applied areas. Based on this, research into new methods of data and knowledge analysis and other methods used in the design of systems for decision-making that use statistical analysis of data and knowledge was initiated. D. Sc. degrees in this field area were awarded to N. G. Zagoruiko (1969), G. S. Lbov (1974), G. Ya. Voloshin (1977), V. I. Kotyukov, (1985), K. F. Samokhvalov (1990), A. V. Kelmanov (1996) and Yu. A. Ustyugov (1998).
In 1964, hardware for the statistical analysis of signals was developed under the contract with the Volgograd tractor plant. First it was done under the guidance of senior teacher Yu. K. Postoenko, then in 1965 V. V. Gubarev took charge of this research. In 1971, V. V. Gubarev was awarded a Cand. Sc. degree for his thesis “Multi-Purpose Analysers of Random Processes (principles of constructing and error analysis)” which was written by him independently without any scientific supervision. The first doctoral dissertation within the school of thought was written by A. I. Krichevsky under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. V. V. Gubarev. The doctoral programme in this area was opened in 1978.