Yakov Sinai
First Name:
Yakov
Middle Name or Initial:
G.
Last Name:
Sinai
Place and Date of Birth:
Moscow, 10/21/1935
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
M.Sc., 1957
Degree 1 (School):
Moscow State University
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Ph.D, 1960
Degree 2 (School):
Moscow State University
Degree 3 (Type and Year):
D.Sc, 1964
Degree 3 (School):
Moscow State University
Most Recent Employer:
Princeton University
Field(s):
dynamical systems
probability theory
Vershik, Anatoly
First Name:
Anatoly
Middle Name or Initial:
M.
Last Name:
Vershik
Place and Date of Birth:
12/28/1933 (Leningrad)
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
M.Sc. 1956
Degree 1 (School):
Leningrad State University
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1963
Degree 2 (School):
Leningrad State University
Degree 3 (Type and Year):
D.Sc.1974
Degree 3 (School):
Leningrad State University
Most Recent Employer:
St. Petersburg State University, Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Field(s):
Markov processes
dynamical systems
number theory
Kifer, Yuri
First Name:
Yuri
Last Name:
Kifer
Place and Date of Birth:
1/13/1948 (Moscow)
Employer at time of interview:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
M.Sc. 1971
Degree 1 (School):
Moscow University
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1974
Degree 2 (School):
Moscow University
Most Recent Employer:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Field(s):
Probability
dynamical systems
financial mathematics
Links:
Katok, Anatole
First Name:
Anatole
Middle Name or Initial:
B.
Last Name:
Katok
Place and Date of Birth:
8/9/1944 Washington DC USA
Employer at time of interview:
University of Maryland and Penn State
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1968
Degree 1 (School):
Moscow State University
Most Recent Employer:
Penn State
Field(s):
dynamical systems
Ergodic theory
Honors:
Moscow Mathemtical Society Prize 1967, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2004
Kaimanovich, Vadim
First Name:
Vadim
Middle Name or Initial:
A.
Last Name:
Kaimanovich
Place and Date of Birth:
9/8/1959 (Leningrad)
Employer at time of interview:
University of Edinburgh
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
M.S. 1980
Degree 1 (School):
Leningrad State University
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1985
Degree 2 (School):
Leningrad State University
Degree 3 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1983
Degree 3 (School):
Leningrad State University
Most Recent Employer:
University of Ottawa
Field(s):
Probability
dynamical systems
Analysis on groups and manifolds
Links:
Ilyashenko, Yulij
First Name:
Yulij
Middle Name or Initial:
S.
Last Name:
Ilyashenko
Place and Date of Birth:
4/11/1943 (Moscow)
Employer at time of interview:
Cornell and MSU
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
M.Sc. 1966
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1969
Degree 2 (School):
Moscow State University
Degree 3 (Type and Year):
D.Sc. 1994
Degree 3 (School):
Steklov Institute
Field(s):
dynamical systems
Complex analysis
Gordin, Mikhail
First Name:
Mikhail
Last Name:
Gordin
Place and Date of Birth:
9/9/1944 (Leningrad)
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1970
Degree 1 (School):
St. Petersburg State University
Most Recent Employer:
St Petersburg Branch of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics (POMI)
Field(s):
Probability
dynamical systems
Computer Science
See also Svetlana Katok's page: http://dynkincollection.library.cornell.edu/biographies/863