Sergei Lando
- Laboratory Head:Faculty of Mathematics / International Laboratory of Cluster Geometry
- Professor:Faculty of Mathematics
- Tenured Professor (2016)
- Distinguished Professor (2018)
- Member of the HSE Academic Council
- Sergei Lando has been at HSE University since 2008.
Education and Degrees
- 2006
Doctor of Sciences* in Geometry and Topology
Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences - 1986
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Geometry and Topology
Lomonosov Moscow State University - 1984
Doctoral programme in Mathematics
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mechanics and Mathematics - 1977
Degree in Mathematics
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mechanics and Mathematics
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Experience
January 2008 till present: HSE Faculty of Mathematics, Professor, Dean
February 1996 till present: Department of Mathematics, RAS Institute of System Research, Senior Research Fellow
September 1991 till present: Moscow Independent University, Professor
November 1990 - January 1996: Institute of New Technology, Moscow, Leading Research Fellow
December 1984 - November 1990: RAS Institute of Software Systems, Pereslavl Zalessky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Junior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Laboratory, Leading Research Fellow
October 1977 - November 1981: Research Institute of Control Machines and Systems, Perm, Junior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow
Temporary positions
Repeated collaboration (for periods of 1 to 4 months) with the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics (Bonn, Germany), as well as with universities in France (Bordeaux, Rennes), Germany (Bochum, Bielefeld), Sweden (Stokholm), the Netherlands (Utrecht), USA (Ohio), Canada (Toronto), and Great Britain (Liverpool).
Courses (2022/2023)
- Invariants of Graphs, Knots, and Embedded Graphs (Optional course (faculty); 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Invariants 1" (Optional course (faculty); 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Invariants 2" (Optional course (faculty); 3, 4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Introduction to Riemann Surfaces (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Introduction to Riemann Surfaces (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
- Discrete Mathematics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 4 module)Rus
- Introduction to Algebraic Topology (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mathematics Practical Training (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Permutations, Coverings, Integrability" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2017/2018)
- Basic Algebraic Topology (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Graphs and Topology (Minor; Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Combinatorics of Vassiliev Invariants 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
Editorial board membership
2021: Member of the Editorial Board, Успехи математических наук (Russian Mathematical Surveys).
2008: Member of the Editorial Board, Moscow Mathematical Journal.
Conferences
- 2022Квантовая интегрируемость и геометрия (Москва). Presentation: Skew characteristic polynomial of graphs and embedded graphs
- 2021Nonlinear waves and Frobenius structures in geometry and physics (Москва). Presentation: Real Hurwitz numbers
- Second Korean-Russian Conference on Knot Theory and related topics. Presentation: Lie algebras weight systems and graph invariants
- Diffieties, Cohomological Physics, and Other Animals (Москва). Presentation: Polynomial graph invariants and the KP hierarchy
- 2020• The Winter School on Integrable Systems and Representation Theory (Болонья). Presentation: Combinatorial Integrability
- • Matematicke Kolokvium Karlov University Prague (Прага). Presentation: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Geometry in Combinatorial Problems
- 2019New York University at Abu Dabi (Abu Dabi). Presentation: Integrability property of graph invariants
- 9th Slovenian International Conference on Graph Theory (Блед). Presentation: Integrability property of graph invariants
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS (Новосибирск). Presentation: Complex and real Hurwitz numbers: from symmetric groups to new algebras
- Integrability Combinatorics And Representations (Тулон). Presentation: Integrability property of graph invariants
- 2018
Международная конференция «Алгебраическая топология, комбинаторика и математическая физика» (Москва). Presentation: Integrability property of polynomial graph invariants
The International Conference and PhD-Master Summer School on Graphs and Groups, Representations and Relations (Новосибирск). Presentation: Delta-matroids and Vassiliev invariants
Russian-Chinese Conference on Integrable Systems and Geometry (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Integrability property of polynomial graph invariants
Flat Surfaces and Algebraic Curves (Oberwolfach). Presentation: Universal cohomological expressions for singularity classes
- Коллоквиум "Москва-Пиза" (Москва). Presentation: Algebraic combinatorial structures underlying finite order knot and link invariants
- 2017
On crossroads of analysis, algebra, and geometry or Boris' 60-th birthday (Стокгольм). Presentation: Polynomials: Real Hurwitz Numbers and Colored Jones
Galois Meets Newton: Algebraic and Geometric aspects of Singularity Theory (Реховот). Presentation: Combinatorial solutions to integrable hierarchies
Knots in Washington (Washington). Presentation: Delta-matroids and Vassiliev invariants
- 2016Moduli spaces, integrable systems, and topological recursions (Монреаль). Presentation: On Dubrovin's Frobenius structures on Hurwitz spaces
- Moduli, Integrability and Dynamics (Djursholm). Presentation: Computation of universal polynomials for characteristic classes of singularities
- Комбинаторика инвариантов Васильева 2016-2017 (Москва). Presentation: Алгебра Хопфа хордовых диаграмм
Classical and quantum integrable systems and supersymmetry (Тянцзинь). Presentation: Combinatorial solutions to integrable hierarchy
- 2014The Legacy of Vladimir Arnold (Торонто). Presentation: On graph invariants related to finite order knot invariants
- 2013
Integrable Systems an Moduli Spaces (
Publications39
- Article Казарян М. Э., Ландо С. К. Весовые системы и инварианты графов и вложенных графов // Успехи математических наук. 2022. Т. 77. № 5(467). С. 131-184. doi
- Article Kazaryan M., Lando S., Zvonkine D. Double Hurwitz Numbers and Multisingularity Loci in Genus 0 // International Mathematics Research Notices. 2021. P. 1-30. doi
- Article Kazaryan M., Lando S., Natanzon S. M. On framed simple purely real Hurwitz numbers // Izvestiya. Mathematics. 2021. Vol. 85. P. 1-30. doi
- Article Krichever I. M., Lando S., Skripchenko A. Real-normalized differentials with a single order2 pole // Letters in Mathematical Physics. 2021. Vol. 111. No. 2. Article 36. doi
- Article Chmutov S., Kazaryan M., Lando S. Polynomial graph invariants and the KP hierarchy // Selecta Mathematica, New Series. 2020. Vol. 26. No. 3. P. 1-22. doi
- Chapter Lando S. On Dubrovin's Frobenius structures on Hurwitz spaces, in: Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics (Primitive Forms and Related Subjects - Kavli IPMU 2014) Vol. 83: Primitive Forms and Related Subjects - Kavli IPMU 2014. Tokyo : Mathematical Society of Japan, 2019. P. 221-236.
- Book Казарян М. Э., Ландо С. К., Прасолов В. В. Алгебраические кривые. По направлению к пространствам модулей. М. : МЦНМО, 2019.
- Book Kazaryan M., Lando S., Prasolov V. Algebraic curves. Towards moduli spaces / Пер. с рус. Switzerland : Springer, 2018. doi
- Article Kazaryan M., Zvonkine D., Lando S. Universal Cohomological Expressions for Singularities in Families of Genus 0 Stable Maps // International Mathematics Research Notices. 2018. No. 22. P. 6817-6843. doi
- Article Lando S., Zhukov V. Delta-Matroids and Vassiliev Invariants // Moscow Mathematical Journal. 2017. Vol. 17. No. 4. P. 741-755.
- Article Lando S. Mathematical Education in Universities in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia // Higher Education in Russia and Beyond. 2015. No. 4(6). P. 6-8.
- Article Казарян М. Э., Ландо С. К. Комбинаторные решения интегрируемых иерархий // Успехи математических наук. 2015. Т. 70. № 3. С. 70-106. doi
- Article Kulakova E., Lando S., Mukhutdinova T., Rybnikov G. On a weight system conjecturally related to sl2 // European Journal of Combinatorics. 2014. Vol. 41. P. 266-277. doi
- Preprint Kulakova E., Lando S., Mukhutdinova T., Rybnikov G. On a weight system conjecturally related to $\sl_2$ / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2013.
- Preprint Kulakova E., Lando S., Mukhutdinova T., Rybnikov G. On a weight system conjecturally related to sl2 / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2013. No. 1307.4933.
- Chapter Ландо С. К. Учителя // В кн.: Поколения ВШЭ. Учителя об учителях. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2013. С. 84-87.
- Article Kazaryan M., Lando S. Topological Relations on Witten–Kontsevich and Hodge Potentials // Moscow Mathematical Journal. 2012. Vol. 12. No. 2. P. 397-411.
- Chapter Ландо С. К., Казарян М. Э. Приложение: Алгебро-геометрическое доказательство гипотезы Виттена // В кн.: Графы на поверхностях и их приложения. М. : МЦНМО, 2010.
- Article Lando S., Kazaryan M. An algebro-geometric proof of Witten's conjecture // Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 2007. Vol. 20. No. 4. P. 1079-1089.
- Article Zvonkine D., Lando S. Counting Ramified Coverings and Intersection Theory on Spaces of Rational Functions I (Cohomology of Hurwitz Spaces) // Moscow Mathematical Journal. 2007. Vol. 7. No. 1. P. 85-107.
- Article Ландо С. К. J-инварианты орнаментов и оснащенные хордовые диаграммы // Функциональный анализ и его приложения. 2006. Т. 40. № 1
- Book Lando S., Звонкин А., Zagier D. Graphs on Surfaces and Their Applications. Berlin : Springer, 2004.
- Article Казарян М. Э., Ландо С. К. К теории пересечения на пространствах Гурвица // Известия РАН. Серия математическая. 2004. Т. 68. № 5
- Article Ландо С. К. Разветвленные накрытия двумерной сферы и теория пересечений на пространствах модулей мероморфных функций на алгебраических кривых // Успехи математических наук. 2002. Т. 57. № 3
- Article Vainshtein А., Lando S., Shapiro М., Ekedahl T. Hurwitz numbers and intersections on moduli spaces of curves // Inventiones Mathematicae. 2001. Vol. 146. P. 297-327.
- Article Lando S. On a Hopf algebra in graph theory // Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A. 2000. Vol. 80
- Article Ландо С. К., Звонкин Д. О кратностях отображения Ляшко-Лойенги на стратах дискриминанта // Функциональный анализ и его приложения. 1999. Т. 33. № 2. С. 21-34.
- Article Lando S., Kazaryan M., Habsieger L. On the second number of Plutarch // American Mathematical Monthly. 1998. Vol. 105. No. 5
- Article Lando S. Geometry of Stokes sets for families of functions of one variable // Journal of Mathematical Sciences. 1997. Vol. 83
- Article Ландо С. К. Эквивариантно замкнутые продолжения для действия ортогональной группы // Успехи математических наук. 1997. Т. 52. № 2
- Article Ландо С. К. Деформации дифференциальных форм // Труды Математического института им. В.А. Стеклова РАН. 1995. Т. 209. С. 167-199.
- Article Ландо С. К. Нормальные формы степеней форм объема // Функциональный анализ и его приложения. 1985. Т. 19. № 2. С. 67-68.
Employment history
January 2008 – present Professor, Dean Department of Mathematics, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
February 1996 – November 2010 Senior Researcher Institute for System Research Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
November 1990 -- January 1996 Leading Researcher Institute of New Technologies, Moscow, Russia
September 1991 -- present Professor Higher College of Mathematics, Independent University of Moscow, Moscow, Russia; Deputy Rector
January 1989 -- November 1990 Leading Researcher, Program Systems Institute USSR Academy of Sciences, Pereslavl-Zalessky, USSR
May 1988 -- January 1989 Head of Laboratory, Program Systems Institute USSR Academy of Sciences, Pereslavl-Zalessky, USSR
January 1986 -- May 1988 Senior Researcher Program Systems Institute USSR Academy of Sciences, Pereslavl-Zalessky, USSR
December 1984 -- January 1986 Junior Researcher, Program Systems Institute USSR Academy of Sciences, Pereslavl-Zalessky, USSR
October 1979 -- November 1981 Senior Researcher Research Institute of Controlling Machines and Systems, Perm, USSR
October 1977 -- October 1979 Junior Researcher Research Institute of Controlling Machines and Systems, Perm, USSR
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First International Recipient of DSc Degree in Mathematics From HSE University
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Traditional summer math-school in Yaroslavl
9th summer school "Algebra and Geometry" for graduate and postgraduate students and young researches has finished
HSE Staff Members Receive University Awards
On January 18, several university staff members were awarded HSE medals and notes of acknowledgement from the Rector.
Summer Mathematics Programme Tailored to Students’ Research Interests
The HSE Summer University is off to a strong start this year, and one of its programmes – the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Mathematics – has already been met with considerable enthusiasm by participating students. Designed for undergraduate students majoring in Mathematics or related areas, participants work on research projects under the supervision of distinguished mathematicians.
HSE Staff Members Awarded Status of Tenured Professor
On June 22, several HSE lecturers and staff members were awarded the status of Tenured Professor at a meeting of HSE Academic Council. Sixteen HSE staff members became Distinguished Professors at the Higher School of Economics for the first time.
First PhD at HSE Received under New Procedure
On May 22, the first thesis for an HSE PhD degree was defended. Following the new procedure, mathematician Pavlo Gavrylenko defended his thesis on isomonodromic deformations and quantum theory. This took place not before a big dissertation council, but a committee of experts in this particular field of mathematical physics.
Short Lists for Golden HSE
The second stage of the Golden HSE competition has come to an end, and the short-listed nominees have been announced.
‘HSE Offers Solutions Aimed at the Future…’
On November 27, the HSE Academic Council held an awards ceremony dedicated to the university’s 25th anniversary. The meeting saw the participation of representatives of the Russian President, members of government, and members of the Russian Federal Assembly. Governmental awards were given to a number of HSE employees for their tremendous accomplishments.
'I’ve Liked HSE and Moscow a Lot'
Carlos Cortez, a bronze medallist of the International Mathematical Olympiad (2011, 2012, 2013) and a Mathematics graduate of MIT, recently completed a two-month research internship at the HSE Faculty of Mathematics under the supervision of Professor Sergei Lando. He will soon be pursuing a Master’s degree at University Paris-Sud in France followed by a PhD at Northwestern University (USA). The research internship was made possible through a cooperation agreement between MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) and HSE.
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New Tenured Professors at HSE
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Winners of the Golden HSE Announced
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Higher Education in Russia and Beyond: From Russia with Math
The sixth issue of HERB dedicated to mathematics is now available. There are three sections in the issue. The first section is devoted to the analysis of mathematical education in the USSR and modern Russia, the second one features the career opportunities for those, who received mathematical education in Russia, and the third section describes the current situation with mathematics in universities.
Math in Moscow Admits Students for Spring Semester
Math in Moscow, a joint programme run by the Independent University of Moscow, the Moscow Centre for Continuous Mathematical Education and the Higher School of Economics, is accepting applications for the spring 2016 semester until September 30. The Math in Moscow programme for international students has been giving young mathematicians from different countries the opportunity to learn from the best Russian teachers. All programme courses are taught in English.
Sergei Lando Celebrates His 60th Birthday
On July 9, Professor and first dean of the HSE’s Faculty of Mathematics Sergei Lando celebrates his 60th birthday.
Within Five Years of the Faculty’s Creation, the HSE Has Become the Leading Russian Institution of Higher Learning in Pure Mathematics
Several experts from the world’s leading universities make up the International Advisory Board at the HSE Faculty of Mathematics. They have inspected various aspects of the Faculty’s activity and summarized their findings in a recent report.