Serge Shishkin's Resume

Serge L. Shishkin

18 Roberts rd., Marlborough, CT
Telephone (860) 610 7252	E-mail: shishkin@ieee.org

Qualifications

Extensive background including both industry and academia in all aspects of applied mathematics including the development of computationally efficient mathematical algorithms for solving optimization, control and modeling problems, with specific emphasis in: Nonlinear Optimization; Nonlinear Control Theory; Numerical Analysis; Neural networks; Nonlinear Differential Systems; Surface acoustic wave theory.

Education

Ph.D.	Applied Mathematics, St. Petersburg State University, 1990 (Thesis: "Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Large Systems of Non-convex Inequalities and Their Application to Adaptive Control")
M.S.	Applied Mathematics, St. Petersburg State University, 1983 (with honors)

Professional Achievements/Applied Research

United Technologies Research Center - 2004 to Present – Staff Research Scientist/Engineer. Played important part in a number of research projects, including: Modification of helicopter control system reducing fatigue of critical parts; development wireless robust control systems (for Sikorsky Aircraft); Development of Security System Design Tool (for Chubb); Verification and validation of advanced engine control system for jet fighter (for Pratt & Whitney); modeling and optimization of building emergency evacuation, development methods for Compressive Sensing by infra-red high-definition camera (for UTC Fire and Security) etc. In most cases, responsibilities covered the whole cycle from the formulation of mathematical problem to development of program code and documentation.

Sawtek, Inc (subsidiary of Triquint, Inc) - 1999 to 2004 - R&D Dept, R&D Engineer responsible for optimization and modeling of surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters. SAW filter is a critical part of most wireless devices. The largest accomplished projects were: formulation and justification of new differential model for IDT SAW filter and its optimal implementation in software package; design of optimal algorithm for withdrawal weighting of SAW filter; development of software package for robust optimization which accounts for parameter tolerances in production process and corrects inaccurate numerical model basing on experimental data; great simplification of 2D PDE model of SAW transducer via accurate approximation by vector ODE model. Responsibilities include supervision and maintenance of all standard optimization software (MATLAB, TOMLAB, SOL packages) and mathematical consultations of company staff on broad range of topics.

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX – 1997 to 1999 - Research Associate, Applied Computational Intelligence Lab, Electrical Engineering Dept., Responsibilities included: Development of real time Wavelet Filter Design for image compression; Development of optimal control algorithm of Induction Motor; and Development of statistical neural net for predicting yarn quality from fiber properties (for International Textile Center). I also taught (with Dr. D. Wunsch) the course entitled “Probability and Statistics” at the graduate level in the Department of Electrical Engineering; maintained an adjunct professorship and taught the course “Passivity and Passivibility of Nonlinear Control Systems” in the Department of Mathematics.

Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan - 1995 to 1997 - Visiting Researcher, Functional Diagnostic Imaging Division – Responsible for development of algorithms for processing 3-dimensional medical images from 2 dimensional CT scans of the human heart and identification of vortices in the blood flow such that potential areas of concern would be identified. Also, provided consultations for students and guest lectures.

University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia - 1994 to 1995 - Visiting Researcher, Electrical Engineering Department – Conducted theoretical research on stability analysis and nonlinear control methods of power systems and mechanical systems.

Russian Academy of Science - 1991 to 1994 - Neuroinformatics Laboratory, Institute for Informatics and Automation, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Head of Laboratory. Was responsible for all applied technical projects in the Laboratory, including technical communication with customers, research and supervision of software development. The largest projects were: development of a parameter estimation method for nuclear decay process; design of a knowledge base for an air monitoring system; software engineering of a system with user-friendly interface for automatic generation of a neural expert system based on a given set of examples.

Institute for Aerospace Research - 1983 to 1991 - St. Petersburg, Russia, Research Fellow – During the tenure of this work, I held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, and performed a variety of tasks. Principal areas of engagement included: Development of online adaptive control for biped walking robot; Development of a real-time adaptive filter for radar signals; Development of a preprocessing system of aerospace images.

Programming experience

Matlab, Fortran, C++, Pascal 7.0; Windows, MAC OS, Unix;
optimization packages: SOL, LAPACK, TOMLAB, MATLAB

Commendations and Awards

Second Degree Diploma, National Young Scientists Competition, Adaptive Control Theory, Russia - 1991

Second Prize at the Competition, Researchers of Research Institute for Aerospace Methods, Russia - 1986

Second Prize, Competition of Student Research Papers, St. Petersburg State University, Russia – 1983

Third Degree Diploma, National School Mathematics Olympiad, Russia – 1977

Personal Information

Languages: Russian; English
INS Status: permanent resident

References are available upon request.

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