Alexander Kolesnikov
- Deputy Dean for Academic Progress, Professor: Faculty of Mathematics
- Leading Research Fellow: Faculty of Computer Science / AI and Digital Science Institute / International Laboratory of Stochastic Algorithms and High-Dimensional Inference
- Alexander Kolesnikov has been at HSE University since 2009.
Education and Degrees
2006
Doctor of Sciences* in MathematicsSteklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2003
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Mathematics2002
Doctoral programmeLomonosov Moscow State University
1999
DegreeLomonosov Moscow State University
* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Optimal transportation theory, Monge-Ampere equation, Sobolev spaces, isoperimetric inequalities, infinite dimensional analysis, convex geometry, geometric flows, elliptic and parabolic PDE's, analysis on Riemannian manifolds, Gaussian measures, stochastics
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2021, 2012