LEVIN'S VIRTUAL RESEARCH CENTER ("COMDES")
(COmbinatorial Models, DEcisions, & Systems)

RESEARCH DIRECTIONS:

1. Multicriteria Decision Making/Synthesis & Decision Engineering
2. Combinatorial Optimization, Algorithm Schemes/Systems
3. System Design (including hierarchical design; modular design; morphological synthesis; configuration design; design frameworks;
'technological' system problems: evaluation, revelation of bottlenecks, improvement/upgrade, combinatorial system evolution as system trajectories)
4. Systems Engineering & Management (including life cycle engineering)
5. Applications (CS, engineering domains, network-like systems, communications, biomedicine, etc.)
6. Education (CS, engineering, applied mathematics, management)

List of Selected Publications

CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS (Dr. Mark Sh. Levin):

GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Rustem I. Nuriakhmetov, MS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State University)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Towards multicriteria Steiner tree for communication network"
  June 2010.
  
• Alexander V. Ushakov, MS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State University)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Design of distributed computer system and task planning
  on the basis of multicriteria combinatorial optimization"
  June 2010.
  
• Alexander V. (Valerjevich) Safonov, MS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State University)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Multicriteria Combinatorial Approach to Design/Redesign of Communication Network"
  June 2008
  (Now: Researcher in TransTeleCom, Moscow)
  * A.V. Safonov, M.Sh. Levin,
  New heuristic algorithm for multicriteria multiple choice knapsack problem.
  Proc. of ECCO XXIII-CO2010, Malaga, Spain, p. 47, May 2010.
  (conference site)
  * M.Sh. Levin, A.V. Safonov,
  Heuristic for multicriteria multiple choice knapsack problem.
  AI and DM, Issue 4, pp. 53-64, 2009 (in Russian)
  (journal site)
  (pdf-file)
  * M.Sh. Levin, A.V. Safonov,
  Towards modular redesign of networked system.
  Int. Conf., 2010 (under submission)
  * M.Sh. Levin, A.V. Safonov,
  Towards improvement of regional telecommunication network.
  Electronic Scientific Journal "Information Processes", vol. 10, 2010
  (in Russian) (under acceptance)
  
• Vladimir E. Raytsev, MS student
  (joint advising with Dr. A.P. Vaysheslavtsev),
  Moscow Power Engineering Inst. (State University), Dept. of Computer Systems and Networks
  & Inst. for Inform. Transmission Problems (Russian Academy of Sciences),
  Thesis: "Choice of DocumentFlow Software on the Basis of Multicriteria Analysis"
  (Presentation: compressed version, in Russian)
  Febr. 2006
  (Now: Researcher in 'N.E. Zhukovsky' Air-Force Engineering Academy, Moscow)
  
  
  UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
  
• Anton A. Zamkovoy, BS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State Univ.)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Multicriteria Steiner tree with costs of Steiner nodes (telecommunication network)"
  June 2010
  * Levin M.Sh., Zamkovoy A.A., Towards Multicriteria Steiner Tree Problem with Costs of Steiner Nodes.
  (Russian Journal, preparation)
  
• Maxim V. Petukhov, BS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State Univ.)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Multicriteria Allocation Problem for Connection of Clients to Communication Network"
  June 2008
  * M.Sh. Levin, M.V. Petukhov,
  Connection of users and telecommunication network (multicriteria assignment problem).
  Electronic Scientific Journal "Information Processes", 9(4), 332-342, 2009 (in Russian)
  * M.Sh. Levin, M.V. Petukhov,
  Multicriteria assignment problem (selection of access points).
  Proc. of 23rd Int. Conf. IEA/AIE 2010, "Trends in Applied Intelligent Systems",
  LNAI 6097, part II, Springer, pp. 277-287, 2010.
  
• Rustem I. Nuriakhmetov, BS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State Univ.)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Multicriteria Problems of Spanning Tree and Minimal Steiner Tree"
  June 2008
  * M.Sh. Levin, R.I. Nuriakhmetov,
  Towards multicriteria Steiner tree for communication network.
  3rd Int. Conf. on System Anaysis & Information Technologies SAIT-2009,
  Zvenigorod/Moscow, Russia, Inst. for System Analysis, pp. 304-312, 2009 (in Russian).
  * M.Sh. Levin, R.I. Niriakhmetov,
  Multicriteria Steiner tree problem for communication network.
  Electronic Scientific Journal "Information Processes",
  vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 199-209, 2009.
  
• Alexander V. Safonov, BS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State Univ.)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Multicriteria Approach to Design/Upgrade of Communication Network"
  (Presentation: 1st slide) June 2006
  * A.V. Safonov, M.Sh. Levin,
  Towards Combinatorial Approach to Design of Configuraiton for Facilities of Communicaiton Network.
  Conf. of MIPT, 21-22, Nov. 2006 (in Russian).
  * A.V. Safonov, M.Sh. Levin,
  Redesign of Configuration for Communication Network Facilities.
  6th Intl. Conf. CAD/CAM/PDM-2006, Inst. of Control Problems,
  Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Oct. 24-26, 179-183, 2006 (in Russian)
  (site of conference with doc.file)
  * A.V. Safonov, M.Sh. Levin,
  Multicriteria Design/Upgrade of Communicaiton Network (Multicriteria Multiple Choice Problem)
  Proc. of Int. Conf. on Control Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences,
  Moscow, Vol. 2, p. 146, June 2006.
  * M.Sh. Levin, A.V. Safonov,
  Design and Redesign of Configuration for Facility in Communication Network.
  Information Technology and Computer Systems (Russian Academy of Sciences),
  Issue 4, 63-73, 2006 (in Russian)
  (journal site)
  (pdf.file)
  
• Dmitry R. Lisin, BS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State Univ.)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering & Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Probing Problem for Communication Network Based on Models of Combinatorial Optimization and Multicriteria Decision Making"
  (Presentation: compressed version, in Russian) June 2006
  * D.R. Lisin, M.Sh. Levin,
  Probing Problem in Communication Network: Selection of Test Nodes and Messages.
  Abstracts of Int. Conf. on Control Problems, Inst. for Control Problems, Moscow, Russia,
  vol. 2, p. 149, June 2006.
  
• Roman D. Grigorov, BS student
  Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (State Univ.)
  Faculty of Radio Engineering and Cybernetics
  Thesis: "Information Center (IT Infrastructure): Hierarchical Design for Three Applications"
  (Presentation: 2 slides, in Russian) June 2006
  * M.Sh. Levin, R.D. Grigorov,
  Composition of Applied Information Infrastructure. (under submission)