Curriculum Vitae
Date and place of birth: 15. October 1952, Tallinn
Affiliation and official address:
Institute of Informatics,
Tallinn University,
Narva mnt.25, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia;
Phone (+372)6409 423; Fax (+372)6409 422;
Education: Graduated from Tartu University (1975), Ph.D. in Mathematics
(1982) in Moscow State University, Theses: "Injective representations of
semigroups".
Professional career:
Professor of Informatics (from 2006), vice rector of research and developments
(1996-2006), professor (1993-1996), docent (1984-1993), teacher and senior teacher
(1978-1984).
Sabbaticals: 1986/1987 and 1994 in Oldenburg University, 1998
in Wilfrid Laurier University.
Professional Membership and Activities:
Member of the Estonian Mathematical Society,
Member of Estonian Information Technology Society,
Euroscience Estonia, chairman,
Tallinn Researchers House, deputy head,
Referee of Zentralblatt für Mathematik und Ihre Grenzgebiete.
Research interests:
main field: Algebraic automata (representations of monoids,
current research interests: equationally and congruence
compact representations),
other fields: e_learning, IT curricula development
Presentations:
on algebraic conferences in Tartu (1978,1980,1982,1988,1990,1996, 2007), Jekaterinburg
(1978, 1988), Luino (1992), Vienna (1992), Colchester (1993), Szeged (1995),
St.Petersburg (1995), Tallinn (1995); St Andrews (1997); Minho (1999); Novi Sad (2003);
on algebraic meetings in Bremen, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Darmstadt, Kishinev,
Moscow, Munic, Oldenburg, Tübingen, and York Universities.
Current research projects:
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targeted research Nr. 0132492s03 of Estonian Ministry of Education and Science
(„Distributed learning environments, their interoperability and models of
application”, 2008-2013), principal investigator.
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Estonian Science Foundation grant Nr 7663 ("The framework for supporting and
analysing self-directed learning in augmented learning environment", 2008-2010),
grant holder.
Some copleted research projects:
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"Compactness properties of act type algebras" (Estonian Science Foundation grant,
2002-2004).
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"Pedagogical foundations and implementation models for constructivist web-based
environments in Estonian higher education context" (targeted research of Estonian
Ministry of Science and Education, 2003-2005).
Current lecture courses: Theoretical
Computer Science (Automata and Languages); Project management.
Leading of development projects: TEMPUS Joint European Project
12418-97: "Estonia: Creation of Master Programme in Multimedia and Learning
Systems".
Languages for correspondence: Estonian, Russian, German, English
(French, Finnish)