Leading Engineer, CRDIRTC, Leningrad, USSR

1982 - 1980

Senior Engineer, CRDIRTC, Leningrad, USSR

1980 - 1974

Engineer, CRDIRTC, Leningrad, USSR

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

I am trained in algebraic topology and my master thesis was in this area. Thesis was supervised by Vladimir A. Rokhlin.

Then, while working in CRDIRTC (1974-1992), I was involved in research related to a large variety of applications: information processes of control systems, computer simulation of complex systems, software development for the Soviet space-shuttle program "Buran", and image processing. During that period I took my part in 14 projects related mainly to spacecraft industry and defense; in CRDIRTC I obtained in co-authorship certificates for several patents listed below. My PhD dissertation was based on the results obtained for those projects. A concise description of my personal impact in the projects developed in CRDIRTC can be found here.

During my work in ITM Ltd., (1992-1994), I dealt with 2 projects: development of an integrated computer system for the power plant at the city of Surgut (Siberia, Russia); and development of a system for simulation of social and economic processes of the region of Surgut for urban planning. This project was supported by the Administration of Surgut. The first turn subsystem of the integrated system for the power plant was successfully incorporated in practice. For both projects my role included as supervision as well as research &development functions.

While working with UAM (1994-present), I have developed several novel techniques. The two most relevant of them are briefly described below:

• I invented a periodicity-based image processing, [33], [50]. This approach is applicable for different goals, for example: for a high-precision detection of shift-invariant image locations; transformation of the raster images to some data structures convinient for a semantical analysis of the image content [48]; and it leads to a novel technique of noise-tolerant computation of optical flow[52], which is particularly promising for medical applications and night-vision systems.

• For non-Cartesian robot navigation, I proposed a bi-graph model of the robot and its environment, and an extended shortest-path problem that represents mathematically a robot navigation task posed in a natural language, [47]. It turns out to be that the extended shortest-path problem has an efficient solution by dynamic programming. This approach can be applied to creation of human-robot interface based on natural geographic concepts.

GRANTS

2000- 2003 (October 16, 2000- October 15, 2003), Grant 400200-5-34812-A of CONACYT for research project "Structural Recognition in Images".

1996-1998 - Grant 400200-5-1453PA of CONACYT for research project SAVER (Sistema de Aprendizaje Visual Experimental para Robots; i.e. An Experimental Robot Learning System Based on Vision) .

1994-1996 - a grant of CONACYT for visiting research position to work with Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico.

DISTINCTIONS 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Running lecture courses for master students (Computer Vision, Functional Analysis, Machine Learning, Optimal Filtering, Control Theory, and others), and for ungraduate students (Probability and Statistics, Numerical Methods, Introduction to Computer Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics (OpenGL), and several special courses on advances in Image Processing), La UAM , Mexico , 1994-2015.

Supervising a number of theses (Master in Computer Science) and terminal projects (Computer Engineearing, ungraduated level). Two master students were graduated with Honour Medal. La UAM, Mexico, 1995-2014.

A number of tutorials held at Czech Technical University, Prague,where I was invited to by the Center for Machine Perception for a two months period, November-December 2001.

A number of tutorials held at Vrije Universiteit Brussel organizaed by the Belgian research community on Image Processing Systems, 1998.

Supervising a thesis in Computer Science, the Leningrad Radio Polytechnic College, 1988

Lecturing at Leningrad Pedagogic Institute (some topics of Mathematical Analysis, undergraduate level), 1973

Teaching at Summer School of Leningrad Region for Children Clever at Mathematics, 1970

LANGUAGES

My native language is Russian. I can speak and write English and Spanish.

EXTRA-PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Swimming. Growing grapes.

LIST of PUBLICATIONS

In the list of works below the following notation is used:
• "#" means a technical report;
• "ACP" means author’s certificate on an USSR national patent.

I. IMAGE PROCESSING AND ROBOT INTELLIGENCE

57. " QPA*: Design of a searching and path planning algorithm for intelligent agents in two dimensions " (with Brian Garcia-Sarmina), in Proceedings of 2020 IEEE 19th International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC 2020) , Sept. 26 – 28, 2020, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, pp. 202-209, ISBN 978-1-7281-9594-0 | 978-1-7281-9593-3, (to appear in IEEE Xplore), 2020.  

56. " Generation of Non-Coordinate Navigation Knowledge from a Flow of Input Views " (with Josue Figueroa-Gonzalez, Juan M. Martinez-Hernandez), in Research in Computing Science, Volume 148(10), Center for Computing Research of IPN., pp. 139-151, ISSN: 1870-4069, October 2019.  

55. " Heavy Changes in the Input Flow for Learning Geography of a Robot Environment " , (with J. Figueroa-Gonzalez, S. Gonzalez-Brambila, and J. Martinez-Hernandez), in "L. Rutkowski et al. (Eds.): ICAISC 2017, Part I, LNAI 10245", Proc. of ICAISC 2017, 11 - 15 June 2017, Zakopane, Poland, Springer, pp. 518-529, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59063-9_46, 2017.  

54. " Applying Spatio-Temporal Analysis to Angle-Distance Views for Detection of Relevant Events. " , (with J.A. Espinosa de los Monteros and J. Figueroa-Gonzalez), in "Avances en las Tecnologías de la Información", Proc. of XXIX Congreso Nacional y XV Congreso Internacional de Informática y Computación de la ANIEI, (CNCIIC-ANIEI 2016) 19 - 21 de octubre de 2016. Toluca, Estado de México , ALFA-OMEGA, ISBN: 978-607-622-834-0, pp. 215-223, 2016.  

53. " Reconocimiento de movimientos corporales humanos a través de video " (in Spanish, Human gestures recognition in video) , (with S.B. Gonzalez-Brambila and M. Juganaru-Mathieu), in Proc. of 12ª Conferencia Ibero Americana WWW/INTERNET 2014, 25 – 27 Octubre, Porto, Portugal ,ISBN: 978-989-8704-12-2,IADIS Press, pp.153-157, 2014.  

52. " Periodicity-Based Computation of Optical Flow ", (with S.B. Gonzalez-Brambila and J.I. Gonzalez-Trejo), Computación y Sistemas, ISSN 1405-5546, Vol. 18, No. 4, doi: 10.13053/CyS-18-4-1557, pp. 741–754, 2014.

51. " Characterization of the level fluctuations in a physical model of the steel continuous casting mold through image processing ", (with J.R. Miranda-Tello, F. Sanchez-Rangel, C.A. Real-Ramirez, J.A. Aragon-Lezama, L.F. Hoyos-Reyes, E.A. Andrade, and J.I. Gonzalez-Trejo), LA REVISTA MEXICANA DE FISICA, vol. 58,2, pp.166-173, 2012.  

50. " A Scalable, High-Precision, and Low-Noise Detector of Shift-Invariant Image Locations ", Pattern Recognition Letters, 32, DOI 10.1016/j.patrec.2010.10.002, pp.145-152, 2011  .  

49. " Development of a simulator for training a virtual robot and construction of the graphs of GT-model (in Spanish) ", (with N.Rormero-Duran and J.Figueroa-Gonzalez) in Proceedings of the "XX Congreso Nacional y VI Congreso Internacional de Información y Computación, 24-26 December 2007, Chihuahua, Mexico. pp. 155-160, 2007  .  

48. " Synthetic Image of Multiresolution Sketch Leads to New Features ", (with Rafael Moncayo-Muños) in Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT 2004), 6-9 September 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece. pp. 872-879, IEEE Computer Society 2004,   ISBN 0-7695-2223-8 .  

47. " An Approach to Trip- and Route-Planning Problems ", Cybernetics and Systems: An International Journal , Vol. 33, pp. 43-67, 2002, Taylor & Francis Group. 

46."Robust Identification Based on a Processing-Oriented Object Representation"(with  F.Macías-Rangel and H. Moncayo) Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XX: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, D. P. Casasent &E. L. Hall, Eds., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4572, pp. 411-421, 2001.

45. "Structural Matching to Control the Low-Level  Processing" , (with F. Macias-Rangel), in Proc. of Congreso International De Computación , CIC2000, 13-17 November 2000,  IPN, Centro de Investigación en Computación, Mexico,  pp. 273-284, 2000. 

44."An Approach to the Natural Posed Trip and Route-Planning Problems",  in Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Robotics and Automation, ISRA'2000, Monterrey, Mexico, pp. 87-92, 2000. 

43."Knowledge-Based and Processing-Oriented Object Representation" (with F. Macias-Rangel), in Proceedings of the Workshop AAPR'2000:  Advances in Artificial Perception and Robotics, Eduardo Bayro Corrochano (Ed.), M-00-26 (CC/CIMAT), Guanajuato, Mexico, pp. 151-158, 2000.

42." Detector-Based Visual Identification of Known Objects ", in Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2000, J.G. Verly, Ed., Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4023, pp. 269-279, 2000.

41. "A Graph-Based Approach To Intelligent Robot Navigation" ,in Proc. of Congreso International De Computación , (CIC1999), 15-19 November 1999, pp. 453-461, IPN, Centro de Investigación en Computación, Mexico, 1999.

40.  "Robot Navigation with an Almost Natural Interface", in Proc. of 10th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science (AICS99), pp. 116-122, University College Cork, Ireland, 1999.

39. "Non-uniformity of a pattern and "the best" single view 3D pose estimator",Computación y Sistemas (an international journal in Computer Science, published in CIC IPN, Mexico, ISSN 1405-5546), vol II, no.2 and 3, pp. 114-125, 1999.

38. "An approach to the non-Cartesian navigation", in Proc. of SIARP’99 - 4^th Iberoamerican Simp. on Patt. Recogn., pp. 67-78, Havana,1999.

37. " An Approach to Full Pose Estimation for an Automatic Control System Based on Vision" , (with H.Moncayo) in Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 1998, J.G. Verly, Ed., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3364, pp.303-313, 1998.

36. " A Monocular 3D Pose Estimator Based on Fourier Technique", in Proc. of III Iberoamerican Workshop on Pattern Recongnition, (Memorias del III Taller Iberoamericano de Reconocimiento de Patrones), March 23-27, 1998, pp.113-129, ICIMAF (Cuba), CIC IPN, IPN (Mexico), 1998.

35. "Generalization of Local Elements of Pictures",in Proc. of 30th Intl. Symposium on Automative Technology & Automation, ISATA-97, Florence, Italy 16-19 June 1997, pp.257-264, 1997.

34.  "Non-matching detection of the local image elements", (with I. Grandi)  in Proc. of TIARP’97 – 2^d Iberoamerican Workshop on Patt. Recogn., pp. 17-27, Havana, 1997,

33. "An Approach to Detection of Line Elements". In Proc. of the Second Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV’95), Vol. III, pp.559-563, 5-8 December 1995, Singapore,1995.

32."Conceptual design of a system of visual understanding" (in Spanish), (with S. González, J.M. Ibarra, H. Moncayo), in Proc. of Simposium International De Computación "Tendencias De La Computación Hacia El Mundo Milenio", 8-10 November 1995, IPN, Centro Nacional de Calculo, Mexico, 1995.

31."Map indexation for simulation of distributed knowledge of robot supplied by vision" in Proc. of 3d Conference on Computer Simulation, 15-17 November 1995. pp 151-157, Mexico City: Universidad Panamericana, Mexico, 1995.

30. "Architecture and basic algorithms of an adaptive videoprocessor". (in Russian) Abstracts of the 4-th All Union conference Mathematical Methods in Pattern Recognition., part 5, pp. 145-147, Riga, 1989.

29. "A control of the basic conveyer algorithms for video processing in robot vision systems". (in Russian) Abstracts of the 2-nd Republican conference Problems of Creation of Systems for Image Processing, Analysis and Recognition, part 1, pp. 23-24, Tashkent, 1989.

28. "A system for programming and video image processing for the equipment TEZIS based on PDP-11/70(11/30)" (in Russian) (with O.N.Tsyganov and S.N. Nesgovorov). In Abstracts of the 3-rd All-Union conference Mathematical Methods in Pattern Recognition., part 2, pp.144-145, Lvov, 1987.

27. " Processing video information for a robot control system". (in Russian) Ibidum, pp. 29-30, 1987.

26. " TEZIS - the equipment for research of computer vision algorithms. The structural possibilities and software". (in Russian) (with O.N.Tsyganov and S.N.Nesgovorov). In Abstracts of the 4-th Robotics All-Union Meeting., part 2, Kiev, 1987.

25ACP. "Method and device for measurement of position and orientation of visible object by processing video information" (in Russian) (with O.N.Tsyganov, V.S.Ryzhkov and K.N.Stupin),  {ACP No. 252388}, 1987.

24. "Universal operations of video analysis as the basis of a knowledge representation system for robot ". (in Russian) in Abstracts of the All-Union Meeting on Robotics, Voronezh, 1984.

II. ROBOT PROGRAMING

23. "Experience on software development for a many-functional manipulator" (in Russian) (with S.A.Polovko, V.P.Makarychev, K.N.Stupin) in Proceedings of Science and Technical Conference on Robotics and Manipulators for Extreme Work Conditions, May 21-22, E.I.Yurevich, Ed., pp. 20-22, Saint-Petersburg, 1992.

22. "Technology of software development for control of an anthropomorphic manipulator" (in Russian) (with S.A.Polovko and K.N.Stupin). In Abstracts of the First All Union workshop for young scientist and specialists Modern State of the Theory and Development Software for Control Systems (October 20-24, 1990, Samarkand), , pp. 77-78, Moscow, 1990.

21. "Flexible management of control processes of an anthropomorphic manipulator"(in Russian) (with K.N.Stupin). Ibidum, pp.80-81, 1990.

20#. "Hardware and Software problems for a special space robot system"(in Russian) (with V.V.Voloshin, K.N.Stupin and others),  CRDIRTC No. 4560, Leningrad, 1987.

III. SIMULATION OF ELECTRIC PROCESSES OF SUN BATTERIES

19#. "Apparatus for control and testing a feed power system"(in Russian), (with O.V.Leikin, Yu.M.Makarov, and others), CRDIRTC No. 03-27-63, Leningrad, 1983.

18#. "Modelling the logical device and the power regulator of generator of the system 17M121" (in Russian) (with L.V.Volodina, N.S.Dmitriev, and others), CRDIRTC, Leningrad, 1982.

IV. EFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES AND OTHER MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO PHOTONIC SYSTEMS

17ACP. "Method and device for measurement of parameters to navigate a flying object with respect to landing strip" (in Russian) (with D.V.Galochkin, I.N.Korobkov, S.A.Polovko), {ACP No. 157986}, 1981.

16. "System to research the possibility of estimation of parameters of a mixture of liquid and gas based on use of ionize radiation"(in Russian) (with V.N.Barkovsky, Yu.A.Bessonov, and others),  in Abstracts of All-Union Workshop on Automation of Research in Nuclear Physics, Dushanbe, 1980.

15#. "Research on precision limits of photonic systems including many sources and detectors" (in Russian),  Ph.D. degree dissertation, CRDIRTC No. 3393, Leningrad,1980.

14#. "Estimation of parameters to navigate a flying object with respect to landing strip"(in Russian) (with V.N.Nikolaev, L.A.Bessmertny, and others), CRDIRTC No. 3311, Leningrad, 1980.

13ACP. "Method and device for selection and precise measurement of directions to several photonic sources"(in Russian) (with I.N.Korobkov), ACP No.147496, 1980.

12#. "Finding parameters of a photonic navigation system that combines a robust detector and a precise one which produces a periodic set of possible values for optimal measurement direction to source",(in Russian) (with V.N.Nikolaev, V.I.Alexandrov, and others),  CRDIRTC No. 3178, Leningrad, 1979.

11#. "A method to find the limits of precision of estimation of direction to a photonic source by means of a spherical system of detectors", (in Russian) (with V.N.Nikolaev, R.S.Shliapnikov, and others),  CRDIRTC No. 3164, Leningrad, 1979.

10#. "Algorithms and precision limits of estimation of parameters of an active space object with respect to a passive one for a photonic navigation system", (in Russian)(with V.N.Nikolaev, R.S.Shliapnikov, and others), CRDIRTC No. 2929, Leningrad, 1978.

9ACP. "Device for measurement of direction and distance to a source of X-rays" (in Russian) (with L.T.Vasiljieva, I.N.Korobkov and others),ACP No. 123471, 1978.

6-8#. "Some problems of optimal prediction of movement of an object in atmosphere by processing a set of independent measurements of its position" (in Russian) (with S.V.Trifonov, L.T.Vasiljieva and others), part 1: CRDIRTC No. 2725, 1977; part 2: CRDIRTC No. 2812, 1978; part 3: CRDIRTC No. 2963, 1978.

5#.  "Processing the flow of photonic detection to minimize dispersions of parametric estimation of movement of their source"(in Russian) (with E.I.Yurevich, L.T.Vasiljieva and others), CRDIRTC No. 2310, 1976.

V. AUTOMATION OF MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATED COMPUTER SYSTEMS

4#. "System of Intelligent Support of Town Control: Specifications" (in Russian). ITM No.16-02-93, 1993

3#. "System of Intelligent Support of Town Control: Report on the Draft Project" (in Russian). (with I.G.Belov, M.A.Klupt and others) ITM No.10-02-94, 1994.

2#. "Integrated Computer System for the Power Plant No.1 at the City of Surgut: Technical Project on the First Turn Subsystem" (in Russian) (with A.L.Medyntsev, A.A.Nazarov and others). ITM No.18-05-93, 1993.

1#. "Integrated Computer System for the Power Plant No.1 at the City of Surgut: Draft Project on the Second Turn Subsystem" (in Russian). ITM No.21-10-93, 1993.

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