Alexander Belenky
- Leading Research Fellow: International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis
- Research Professor: Faculty of Economic Sciences / Department of Mathematics
- Tenured Professor (2011)
- Alexander Belenky has been at HSE University since 2009.
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
RAS Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2011–2017
Courses (2024/2025)
- Systems Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Decision Analysis (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Decision Analysis (Master’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Quantitative Methods for Management Decisions (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Applied Problems of Decision Making 2" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Decision Making Modern Models and Methods" (4th year) (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Systems Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Predictive Modelling (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Predictive Modelling (Master’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Public Management Decision-making (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Public Management Decision-making (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Quantitative Analysis in Procurement and Public–Private Partnership (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Systems Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Public Management Decision-making (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Quantitative Analysis in Procurement and Public–Private Partnership (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Systems Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Public Management Decision-making (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Public Management Decision-making (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Quantitative Analysis in Procurement and Public–Private Partnership (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration, field of study Public Administration; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Mathematical and Computational Engineering in Science and Business" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Systems Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 4 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Opinion pieces in the media
1. Alexander S. Belenky, The 2004 Election: Incredible Outcomes. Brookline Bulletin, Volume 2, Issue 26, p.4; 2004
2. Alexander S. Belenky The 2004 Election: Local polls and Campaign Strategies. Brookline Bulletin, Volume 2. Issue 29, p.4; 2004
3. Alexander S. Belenky The 2004 Election: How It Can Be Won. Brookline Bulletin, Volume 2, Issue 35, pp.8,10; 2004
4. Alexander S. Belenky Teaching Mathematics at American Public Schools: What Is Left Behind? Brookline Bulletin, Volume 2, issue 36, pp.4, 8; 2004
5. Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, Faulty system for democracy. Opinions, Boston Herald, February 12, 2007.
6. Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, Voting should not be a heroic act of patience, The Christian Science Monitor, Opinion, September 12, 2006.
7. Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, A call for creating service standards, The Boston Globe, February 20, 2007.
8. Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, Votes are cast. Make sure they’re counted. New York Times, Letters to the Editor, December 13, 2006.
9. Alexander S. Belenky, Belenky: Counting Votes for President, Milford Daily News February 10, 2008
10. Alexander S. Belenky Getting Rid of the Electoral College by Keeping It, Op-Ed News, February `13, 2008
11. Alexander S. Belenky Massachusetts Should Reject the Popular Vote Plan, Telegram&Gazette, February 14, 2008
12. Alexander S. Belenky, Belenky: Avoid electoral crisis by putting the people first, Milford Daily News, April 4, 2008
13. Alexander S. Belenky, Electoral College system benefits Vermont voters, Rutland Herald, April 20, 2008
14. Alexander S. Belenky, Democratic race not over until superdelegates have their say, Telegram&Gazette, June 3, 2008
15. Alexander S. Belenky, U.S. education system gets failing math grade, Times Argus, June 8, 2008
16. Alexander S. Belenky, Should Voters Care About the Rules of Electing a President? Op-Ed News, Sept. 23, 2008
17. Alexander S. Belenky, Belenky: Making Every State a “Battleground” and Every Vote Count, Milford Daily News, October 8, 2008
18. Alexander S. Belenky, Dick Cheney the Next President? Times Argus, November 2, 2008
19. Alexander S. Belenky Return Bay State to election relevancy, The Sun Chronicle. November 19, 2008
20. Alexander S. Belenky Belenky: The Achilles Heel of the popular vote plan, Daily News Tribune, January 30, 2009
21. Alexander S. Belenky Belenky: Challenging the NPV compact, Milford Daily News, February 11, 2009
22. Alexander S. Belenky Belenky: Mistake in math: Leaving analytical thinking behind, MetroWest Daily News, March 24, 2009
23. Alexander S. Belenky: For national vote plan, all states must consent, Buffalo News,April 7, 2009
24. Alexander S. Belenky: Brittle cornerstones of national popular vote plan, Providence Journal, April 11, 2009
25. Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, Voting standards are key to avoiding long lines on Election Day (with Richard C. Larson), Plain Dealer, May 8, 2009
26. Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, The challenge of electric-grid storage, Providence Journal, February 24, 2011
27 Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, How to Fix the Electoral College, The Baltimore Sun, November 6, 2012.
Autumn School “Advances in Decision Analysis” was held.
On November 27 to 29, the HSE was held the Autumn School "Successes of decision analysis" with the participation of leading foreign specialists (Yong Shi, Michel Grabish, Ahmet Alkan, Bhavook Bhardwaj, Siddharth Chatterjee, Manfred J. Holler, K. Markström)
HSE and University of London: Joint BA Programme in Applied Data Analysis
In 2018, the Higher School of Economics will launch an English-taught double degree programme in partnership with the University of London in Applied Data Analysis. Graduates will be awarded an undergraduate degree from HSE in Applied Mathematics and Information Science and a Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Business Analytics from the University of London. International applicants are invited to apply online starting November 15, 2017.
Laureates of Golden HSE 2016
On December 20, 2016, the ZIL Cultural Centre hosted this year’s Golden HSE awards ceremony. This year saw several significant changes to the award rules: new nominations have appeared, many of them were divided into categories for different groups of employees — all to help ensure HSE was able to express its gratitude to a larger number of worthy candidates.