1. Higher Education

1989	Attestat of Senior Researcher from Highest Attestation Commission of USSR (Moscow).
1984	Ph.D in the USSR Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Academgorodok. Field: "Operation Research for enterprise control  systems". Thesis: "Optimization of Coal Mining Control using self- organization heuristics".
1967- 1971	M.Sc. in Organization  and Managing of enterprises, Moscow Mining Institute (Technical Cybernetic Faculty.

2. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

2007	AGORA Institute, Jyvaskyla University of Finland. Guest Researcher.
2005	IOWA State University, Ames, IA, USA. Guest Researcher.
1999-2000	System Analysis Institute, Dortmund University, Germany. Guest Researcher.
1996-2002	Computer Training courses of Information Databank & Business Network LTD, Haifa, Israel. Senior lecturer and scientific consulting.
1996-2000	Minerva O Otimization Center, Engineering and Management Faculty, Technion, Haifa, Israel. Research Fellow.
1994-1995	Information Technology Faculty of Karaganda Polytechnic Institute. Vice-Dean of the faculty. Kazakhstan.
1990-1995	Automated Information Systems cathedra, Karaganda Polytechnic Institute, Kazakhstan, associated Professor.
1978-1994	Scientific-Research Mining Institute, Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Mathematical modeling and Optimization Lab.

  3. Offices in University Academic Administration

1994-1995	Information  Technology  Faculty  of  Karaganda Polytechnic Institute. Vice - Dean.
1994-1995	Karaganda  Polytechnic Institute,  Kazakhstan.  Vice - Chairman  of  Scientific Advice of the Faculty, Secretary of Computer Advice of the Institute.

 4. Scholarships, Awards, Research Grants, etc.

 

2006 -	Building   Consensus   Genetic   Maps   for   Maize  and  Wheat.   BARD  Grant (on 2006-2008 years, 283.000$) of  Dept. of Electrical   &  Computer  Eng.,  Iowa State University,  (USA)  and  Institute  of  Evolution,  University  of  Haifa,  (Israel).
2006	Constructing  Consensus Genetic  Maps using Guded Evolution Strategy Algorithm.  Grant of Haifa University.
2003	Constructing  Large  Scale  Genetic  Maps  Using  Evolutionary Strategy  Algorithm. Grant of Haifa University

 5. Teaching

Supervision of graduate students in recent years:
      

• Glazman Alex.  Algorithms of Genetic Mapping: Multi-Locus Marker Ordering        and QTL Analysis. M.Sc. Degree, 2004.
• Burd Alex. Evolutionary Tree Reconstruction (ETR).  B.Sc. Degree, 2004.
• Picus Veronica. Synchronized optimization in several linked Traveling Salesperson Problems with application in genetic mapping.  Degree II, 2006.                 
• Cohen Alona. Genetic Algorithms  for optimization of  likelihood  function  in  QTL analysis M. Sc. Degree, 2007 
• Naruzni Svetlana. Adopting Genetic Algorithms for optimization of mapping criteria in QTL analysis based on method of moments. M.Sc. Degree, 2007.

 6. Research interests:

• Mathematical modeling, nonlinear and discrete optimization, optimization in distributed networks
• Genetic and evolutionary algorithms for optimization problems (for genetic mapping and vehicle routing applications
• Optimization NP-hard problems

 Ph. D.

 Title in English: Improvement of the planning methods of coal lava loads under limited resources based on self-organization heuristic searching of optimal solutions.

TitleinRussian: Совершенствование методов расчета нагрузок очистных забоев при ограниченных ресурсах на основе эвристической сaмоорганизации поиска оптимальных решений.

Language:  Russian.

University: Novosibirsk Department of Science Academy of USSR.

Number of pages: 117, short digest - 23p.

Date of the dissertation: October 26, 1984.

Supervisor names:

1. Prof. Mukushev M.M (Karaganda, Kazachstan).
2. Prof. Kwon S.S (Karaganda, Kazachstan).
3. Dr. Ordin A.A (Novosibirsk, Russia)

Bibliographical details: Mester D.I. 1984. Improvement of the planning methods of coal lava loads under limited resources based on self-organization heuristic searching of optimal solutions. Typography of Polytechnic Institute, Karaganda. Kazachstan. 23pp.

By the dissertation basis three special books were published for using in USSR Coal Mining Association (see below the edited books 1-3).

• 1. Mester D.I., Popov K.P., Lapteva G.I., et al. (1988) The methodology by calculation on the PC COMPUTER of loading, the organization of mining works and productivity in clearing faces at planning and designing of mountain works on mines of Karaganda Coal Association, 57 pages edited by Dr. Belinickaja S.S. Typography of Science-Technical Book House, Karaganda. Kazachstan, (Russian).
•  2. Mester D.I., Novikov B.J., Lapteva G.I., et al. (1986) The maintenance instruction of a complex of problems of management of loading of the mechanized clearing faces at annual planning development of mountain works in conditions of mines of Karaganda Coal Association, 29 pages edited by Dr. Belinickaja S.S. Typography of Science-Technical Book House, Karaganda. Kazachstan, (Russian).
•  3. Mester D.I., Hardin N.N., Novikov B.J., Popov К.P., Тir I.D. (1981) Management by calculation on the computer of scheduled and normative loadings on clearing faces, optimum number of complex brigades and the organization of work in view of complex influence of major factors in conditions of the Karaganda pool, 68 pages edited by Dr. Belinickaja S.S. Typography of Scientific Coal Institute, Karaganda. Kazachstan, (Russian).