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Iryna Tabakova is a leading researcher in astronomical instrumentation and autonomous robotic systems, with a focus on enhancing the precision of robotic telescopes and the automated processing of astronomical data. Her most influential work, "Optical 3D laser measurement system for navigation of autonomous mobile robot" (128 citations), demonstrates her foundational contributions to sensor-based navigation technologies. Tabakova has significantly advanced the field of automated astronomy through her development of mathematical methods for accurate sky identification, enabling robotic telescopes to navigate celestial coordinates with high precision—critical for reliable observations and new discoveries. She is a key contributor to the CoLiTec project, notably co-developing the CoLiTecVS software (24 citations), which automates the creation of light curves for variable stars from CCD-frame data, streamlining photometric analysis. Her innovative algorithm for pixelizing big astronomical data (21 citations) addresses the challenge of indexing and analyzing massive star catalogues containing billions of objects, with applications in machine vision and celestial sphere partitioning. Tabakova’s work bridges robotics, big data, and observational astronomy, providing essential tools that empower researchers to conduct more accurate and efficient astronomical surveys.