BIRTH DATE: 1/28/50
BIRTHPLACE: Moscow, USSR
EDUCATION:
-1972 Moscow State University, Dept. of Mechanics and Mathematics
-1975 Institute of the Information Transmission Problems of Academy of Sciences of USSR
DEGREES:
Ph.D. Two-dimensional systems of statistical mechanics with continuous symmetry, Leningrad, Steklov Institute of Mathematics (Referees V.A. Malyshev, S.Vallander.)
Doctor Degree: Correlation inequalities in the theory of the first order phase transition, Kiev, Ukrainian Institute of Mathematics (Referees Skorokhod, Holevo, Surgailis)
RESEARCH AREAS:
Algebraic Topology, Mathematical Physics, Probability Theory, Combinatorics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1967-72 Student of the Dept. of Mathematics, Moscow State University
1973-75 Post-graduate student, Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Academy of Science, USSR
1976-87 Senior scientific researcher, Institute of the Oil Economy
1987- now Leading scientific researcher, Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Academy of Science, Russia
1991 – 1996 Professor of the Dept. of Math., University of California, Irvine, USA
1996 – now Directeur de Recherche, CPT, CNRS, Luminy, Marseille