Research Interests

Robust Statistics
Data Analysis
Signal Processing

Education (degrees)

St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia; Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, December 1991;
Thesis title: Methods and Algorithms of Data Analysis under the Conditions of Uncertainty

Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Leningrad, USSR; Ph.D. in Statistics, June 1976;
Thesis Title: Robust Estimation and Detection of Signals by the Least Absolute Values Method

Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Leningrad, USSR; M. Sc. in Cybernetics, March 1973; Diploma summa cum laude
Thesis Title: On Applications of Order Statistics to Estimation of Signals and Rejection of Outliers

Work Experience

Professor (renewable contract), Department of Mathematics, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia,
April 1992-present

Visiting Professor, Department of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology,
March 2006 – present

Visiting IT Professor, Department of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology,
September 2003-February 2006

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia,
September 1986- March 1992

Leading Scientist (part time), Institute for Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg,
October 1994 – August 2003 

Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Kumoh National University of Technology, South Korea,
March 1997-February 1998

Senior Scientist, Department of Mechanics and Control Processes, Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, USSR,1980-1986

Scientist, Department of Biometrics, All-Union Research Institute for Plant Breeding, Leningrad, USSR, 1976 -1979