HSE Researchers Become Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
On October 28, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) held a meeting to announce the results of elections of new members: 176 scholars were selected as academicians, and 323 scholars as corresponding members. HSE researchers are among the new RAS members.
The following HSE researchers were named as academicians:
Nanotechnology and Information Technology
Yuri Popkov — Professor, Head of the ‘Mathematical Methods of System Analysis: Joint Department with the Research Institute of System Analysis (RAS)’ (Faculty of Computer Science)
Power Industry, Machine Building, Mechanics and Control Processes
Sergey Filippov — Academic Supervisor of the Energy Institute
Physical Sciences
Igor Kukushkin — Chief Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics
The following HSE researchers were named as RAS corresponding members:
Mathematical Sciences
Vladimir Popov — Professor at the School of Applied Mathematics (HSE Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics)
Alexander Holevo — Professor at the School of Applied Mathematics (HSE Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov — Head of the Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications
Vladimir Protasov — Professor at the Big Data and Information Retrieval School (Faculty of Computer Science)
Physical Sciences
Vladimir Pudalov — Professor at the School of Electronic Engineering (HSE Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics)
Historical and Philological Sciences
Mikhail Andreev — Leading Research Fellow at the Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities
Feodor Uspenskij — Leading Research Fellow at the Centre for Medieval Studies (Faculty of Humanities)
Global Problems and International Relations
Rostislav Kapeliushnikov — Deputy Director of the Centre for Labour Market Studies
Sergey Afontsev —Lecturer at the School of Russian Studies (Centre for International Education)
Irina Semenenko — Professor in the Public Policy Department (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Mikhail Andreev
Sergey Afontsev
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Yuri Popkov
Vladimir Protasov
Feodor Uspenskij
Sergey Filippov
Alexander Holevo
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