A.Yu. Smolin received his Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Strength Physic and Materials Science SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia 1988 after post graduated course of Tomsk State University. His Ph.D. research was devoted to modeling deformation and fracture of heterogeneous materials using methods of discrete mechanics. During that time he took part in the development of a new generation of particle based methods in mechanics of materials, namely the Movable Cellular Automaton method. He managed to make an important contribution to the basic principles of the method and its application to modeling shock wave compaction of metallic powder mixtures, deformation and fracture of concrete, transition to steady state regime of deformation. He received his Full Doctor Of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Strength Physic and Materials Science SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia 2009 in modeling and study of mechanical properties of ceramics with complex porous structure, friction layer dynamics at the level of contact patch, sound and noise generation under sliding friction, hip joint implants interaction with bone tissue. His research also made it possible to couple the Movable Cellular Automaton method with FEM for effective multi-scale modeling heterogeneous materials. Now he is a leading scientist in the field of computer simulation of mechanical properties of ceramics and composites using particles. Three Ph.D. theses have been defended under his supervision. He is a part-t