Russian Assistant professor at the Independent University of Moscow . ... In 1992, from the graduate school of the Institute of Control Science , Moscow. In 1992, I obtained a Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the Institute of Control Science , under the supervision of Dr. Nikolay Bobylev . ... 1993--1995 --- a postdoctoral research position at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) , Haifa. 1992--1993 --- researcher in the Institute of Control Science . ...