Dr. Konstantin AVRACHENKOV

Education and Professional Experience

2002-present: Senior Researcher, INRIA CR1 level (Associate Professor level)

INRIA Sophia Antipolis, MISTRAL/MAESTRO Team

2000-2002: Researcher, INRIA CR2 level (Assistant Professor level)

INRIA Sophia Antipolis, MISTRAL Team

1999-2000: Postdoctorate position

INRIA Sophia Antipolis, MISTRAL Team

1996-1999: Ph.D. Degree in Mathematics

University of South Australia

Thesis topic: Analytic Perturbation Theory and its Applications

Thesis advisors: Prof. Jerzy A. Filar and Prof. Phil G. Howlett

1990-1996: Masters Degree with Honours in Control Theory and Mechanics

St.Petersburg State Polytechnic University

Thesis topic: Learning Control for Singularly Perturbed Mechanical Systems

Thesis advisor: Prof. A.A. Pervozvansky

1988-1990: Elite high school No 30 of Physics and Mathematics, St. Petersburg

Research Interests

Computer and Wireless Networks

Trust and Reputation Measures

Queueing Theory and Stochastic Scheduling

Markov Chains and Markov Decision Processes

Theory of Singular and Analytic Perturbation