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Professor of Mathematics / Professeur titulaire des mathématiques, University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Pesquisador Visitante Especial (Linha 1 - CAPES), Departamento de Matemática,
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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Professor, status only, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Contacts and photo: | see official profile at U of O.
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| Current teaching etc.: | web page
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| Born: | Dec. 1956, Tomsk, then USSR |
| Dual citizen: | New Zealand 
and Canadian
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| Languages: | Russian (native), English (OK), French (getting there), Brazilian Portuguese,
Italian, Te Reo Māori (tried to learn at some point in time). |
| Research interests: | infinite-dimensional groups
of transformations, functional analysis;
statistical learning, similarity search
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| Research publications: | Some 100+
articles and two
editions of a book (1st at IMPA, 2nd at AMS)
Here are a list of research publications and
Google Scholar citations profile
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| Awards: | 1995 New Zealand Mathematical Society Award for Mathematical Research
2001 Victoria University of Wellington Award for Excellence in Research
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| Education: | 1973-1978, Diploma in Mathematics with Distinction, Tomsk State University, Russia, then USSR
1980-1983, Ph.D. in Mathematics (Geometry and Topology), Moscow State University,
Russia, then USSR
(advisor: Alexander V. Arhangel'skii)
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| Positions held: |
| 01.2011-04.2011 | Pesquisador visitante do CNPq (nível 1), Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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07.2002 to present: | Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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07.1999-12.1999
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Visiting research scientist, Computer Sciences Laboratory, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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01.1992-06.2002 |
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer (since 01.1994), Reader (since 01.1996), School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computing Science, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
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09.1991-01.1992 | Sessional Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Victoria, and Camosun College, Victoria, B.C., Canada
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| 05-07.1991 |
Professore visitatore dal Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Dipartimento di Matematica, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italia
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| 09.1988-01.1991 | Visiting senior scientist, Laboratory of Functional Analysis, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, then USSR |
| 06.1983-01.1991 |
Assistent, Senior Lecturer (since 03.1985), Dozent (since 03.1986), Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Tomsk State University, Russian Federation, then USSR
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11.1978-05.1980 | Junior scientist,
Laboratory of Probability Theory,
Institute for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Tomsk, Russian Federation, then USSR |
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| Service to the academic community: |
07.2004-06.2008: Associate Director (2004-06) and Director (2006-08),
Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Mathematics and Statistics.
(One of the largest graduate programs in Mathematics and Statistics in Canada.)
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(Co-)organizer of various mathematical events, including the Fall 2010 Fields Institute thematic program on Asymptotic Geometric Analysis and about 20 conferences. |
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Associate Editor, Canadian Mathematics Bulletin and Canadian Journal of Mathematics.
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Editor, Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae.
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Permanent member of the Program Committee, international conference series on Similarity Search and Applications (SISAP).
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| Research supervision: |
Ph.D. theses, completed:
Aleksandar Stojmirović (VUW, 2005, cosupervised with Bill Jordan; arXiv thesis page);
Brice Rodrigue Mbombo Dempowo (Université de Yaoundé I, 2012, cosupervised with François Wamon); arXiv thesis page). |
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Ph.D. theses, current:
Gaël Giordano (U of O, co-supervised with George A. Wells);
Micheal Pawliuk (University of Toronto, cosupervised with Stevo Todorcevic).
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M.Sc. research theses, completed:
Siofilisi Hingano (VUW, 2001; arXiv version of thesis-based paper), Todd Rangiwhetu (VUW, 2002), Yousef Al-Gadid (UoO, 2007), Verne Cazaubon (UoO, 2008; thesis page),
Ilya Volnyansky (UoO, 2009; thesis page), Robert Davis (UoO, 2009, co-supervised with George A. Wells), Damjan Kalajdzievski (UofO, 2012, thesis page).
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M.Sc. research theses, current:
Igor Artemenko,
Hubert Duan.
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| Research fellow: Warren Moors (VUW, 1998-99). |
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Postdocs: Finlay Thompson (VUW, 1999-2001), Aleksandar Stojmirović (UoO, 2005-2006).
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Summer RA and Honours projects, completed:
Sebastian Dewhurst (UoO, 2005, 2006), Jason Pólak (UoO, 2006, jointly with Phil Scott), Adrian Maler (UoO, 2006, jointly with Phil Scott), Igor Artemenko (UoO, 2010-11, his project at arXiv), Hubert Duan (UoO, 2010-11, his project at arXiv).
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Honours researcb project, current: Stan Hatko.
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Summer MITACS research project, completed: Varun Singla (U of O, 2012).
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USSR diploma theses (at Tomsk State University): Natalia Amelina (1988), Olya Shirokova (1988), Lyuda Golomidova (1989), Yana Dobronravova (1989), Andreï Faustov (1990).
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