Preface

XVII International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD-2020) conf-prfn.org 21-24 April, 2020 Tomsk, Russia The XVII International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD-2020), held on 21-24 April, 2020 in Tomsk, Russia, is an annual multidisciplinary conference gathering together students, young researchers, post-docs, and experienced researchers working in the different research areas in order to facilitate aggregation and sharing interests and results for a better collaboration. This year the conference took place virtually because of the restriction of travelling inside the country and accepting participants from abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Organizing Committee was mainly located in Tomsk; some members of Organizing and Program Committee were in other cities. The technicians respecting all safety requirements were working at universities to ensure uninterrupted technical support to the Conference. The Model of the conference practically did not change: invited experts and keynote speakers made plenary reports (40-60 minutes), session reports were about 10 minutes, the time for questions and answers was not practically limited. It is worth noting that the virtual conference allowed expanding significantly the geography and the number of participants. The whole research groups took an active part in the work of the sessions and there were no limits for attendees who would like to listen to the speech of their colleagues. The colleagues from other universities, professors and their students were actively involved in discussions. All conference participants had the opportunity to pose and answer questions.