EDUCATION:
School (1957-1967). Graduated with Gold Medal.
Electronic engineer. Georgian Polytechnic Institute. Specialty “Electronic computing Machinery”. Diploma with Honors. Tbilisi (1967-1972).
M-4000 super computer maintenance, Kiev, Ukraine (September-December of 1972).
Applied mathematics. Post-graduate course at the Moscow Power Institute (Technical University) – МЭИ, chair of applied mathematics, Moscow, Russia (1974-1978).
Candidate of Sciences (Cand. of Sc.). (Ph.D.) (March, 1978) Specialty: “Technical Cybernetics and Information Theory”. Thesis was defended in Moscow Power Institute (Technical University) – МЭИ (Russia). Thesis theme: “Detection and Tracking of moving object on the basis of radio location measurement information”.
Doctor of Sciences (Dr. of Sc.) (October, 1990) Specialties: “Application of computer science techniques, mathematical simulation and mathematical methods in research” and “Instruments and Methods for controlling the natural environment, substances, materials and goods”. Thesis was defended in D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (Moscow). Thesis title: “Mathematical models, methods and algorithms of the system automation of water media contamination level control”.
Member (Academician) of Georgian National Academy of Science (2022)
EXPERIENCE:
09.2011:
Full professor of Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems.
Main Scientific Worker of the I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia).
Development of original methods and software of statistical inference. Development of high reliable and economic methods of verification in biometric systems.
09. 2007-09. 2012:
Foreign Professor of Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences of GC University, Lahore (Pakistan).
Main Scientific Worker of the I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Tbilisi State University (on a voluntary basis) (Tbilisi, Georgia).
Development of new, original methods (unconstrained, constrained and sequential) of statistical hypotheses testing of Bayesian type. Development of mathematical models and methods for the solution of the problems of sustainable development of production.
Supervisor of two post-graduate students which have defended the following theses for PhD on 07.05.11: 1. Bayesian Approach of Testing Many Hypotheses Concerning Parameters of Multivariate Normal Distribution; 2. Generalization of Bayesian Approach of Testing Many Hypotheses as Conditional Optimization Problem.
08. 2001-09. 2007:
Main Scientific Worker of the I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathema¬tics of the Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Geor¬gia).
Full professor of Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems.
Development of environmental protection mathematical methods and facilities. Processing of environmental, agricultural, medicine data by methods of applied mathematics on the IBM – compatible personal computers. Development of mathematical methods and software for data analysis. Development of methods and algorithms of the Mathematical Statistics.
1992-2001: Head of National Center of Environmental Monitoring (Tbilisi, Georgia).
Full professor of Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems.
Main Scientific Worker of the I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathema¬tics of the Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia) (combined job).
To manage and control environmental monitoring actions, strategy and policy realized by national center of Environmental Monitoring of the Ministry of Environment Protection of Georgia; to participate in the development of strategy, policy and national legislation of the environmental monitoring of Georgia.