Alexander A. Vasin




Position:

Professor, OR Department, CMC, MSU, Russia

Languages:

Russian (native) and English

Telephone:

(7095) 250-31-98 (home); (7095) 939-24-91 (office)

Email:

operat@cs.msu.su

Education:

Doctor of Sciences (Doktor Nauk, the degree after Ph.D in Russia) in Applied Mathematics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1990
Dissertation: "Evolutionary Models and Optimality Criteria of Collective Behavior"

Ph.D. (Kandidat Nauk) in Applied Mathematics, Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, 1978
Dissertation: "Attainable Vectors and Stable Points in Supergames"

M.A. in Applied Mathematics, Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, June, 1974
Master's Thesis: "Stable Situations in Repeated Games"


Teaching experience:

Professor, Operations Research Department, CMC, MSU

Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota (Fulbright award)


Taught:

Evolutionary Models of Behavior, Theory of Games and Collective Behavior, Mathematical Models in Economics,Mathematical Models in Biology, Optimization Theory arid Methods,Mathematical Analysis (Calculus)


Advised:

2 Ph.D. Dissertations, more than 50 master's thesis

Publications:

More than 50 publications, including:

1. A.A. Vasin. "Strong Equilibrium Points in Some Supergames". Moscow University Mathematics and Mechanics, Allerton Press, New York, N1:30-39.(1978)

2. A.A.Vasin. "Models of Dynamics of Collective Behavior" (in Russian). Moscow University Press, Moscow.(1989)

3. A.A.Vasin. "Methods of Game Theory in Studies Collective Behavioral Dynamics". Moscow University Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Allerton Press, New York, N2:69-75.(1989)

4. A.A.Vasin. "Evolutionary Model of Behavior in a Supergame".Ibid.,N3:51-55. (1990)

5. A.A.Vasin. "A Model for Competition in a Biological Community Taking into Account Evolutionary Behavior". Computational Mathematics and Modeling. V.I, N4 (1990)

6. A.A.Vasin. "On Modelling of Collective Behavior in Social and Ecological Systems". Moscow University Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Allerton Press, New York, N1,4-16.(1992)

7. A.A.Vasin."On the Convergence to Competitive Equilibrium and the Conditions of Pure Competition". Contributed Paper for IEA X World Congress, Moscow, 1992

8. A.A.Vasin."The Stability of Mixed Equilibria in interactions between two populations".Discussion Papers. University of Alicante. (1994)

9. A.A.Vasin."New Version of the Folk Theorem". Mimeo. (1994)

10.A.A.Vasin."Adaptation to Variable Environment and Genetic Heterogenety (Mathematical models). IV Congress ofESEB, Montpellier. (1993)

Conferences:

1. Ill Congress ofEuropian Society for Evolutionary Biology. Debrecen, Hungary, September, 1991

2. Presentation at Conference "Social Choice and Welfare", Caen, France, June, 1992

3. IEA X World Congress, Moscow, Russia, 1992

Also participated numerous conferences and seminars at the national level

Seminars:

Harvard/MIT Theory Seminar, University of Alicante; Rutgers; University of Valencia; University of Wisconsin (departments of Economics)

Interests:

Evolutionary models of collective behavior, Solutions of Multy-stage and repeated games, Theory of imperfect competition, State programs of economic regulation, Evolution of signalling in biological and social systems, Models of tax evasion and tax inspection organization, Adaptation to variable environment and genetic heterogeneity of populations

Awards:

1993: Fulbright award for the lecturing course "Evolutionary Models of Collective Behavior"

1994: Stipendia for the outstanding scientists of Russia

References:

Professor Beth Alien, Professor Leonid Hurwicz

College of Liberal Arts, 1035 Management and Economics 271 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA FAX:612-624-0209

Professor Andreu Mas-Colell

Department of Economics, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138, USA FAX:617-495-7730

Professor Pavel Krasnoschekov

Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief of Operations Research Department, Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, 119899, Moscow, Russia FAX: (7095) 939-2596



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