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DR. ALEXEY L. SADOVSKI

 

                      

EMPLOYER:   Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

 

POSITION:      Professor of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology.  

                        Director, Center for Information Assurance, Statistics, and Quality Control.             

 

EDUCATION: 

  1979   Received Ph.D. degree of Physical and Mathematical Sciences from the Academy of Science of the USSR. Defended thesis on "Game Theory Approach to the Mathematical Programming and Decisions-Making".

  1974   Received degree Master of Science in Applied Mathematics with Honor, Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers (MITE), College of Automatic and Computing Technology, Moscow, USSR.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

   1997-present  Professor of Mathematics, College of  Science and Technology, Texas A&M University -      

                         Corpus Christi.

  2004 - present Director of the Center for Information Assurance, Statistics, and Quality Control

  1993-1997       Associate Professor of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, Texas A&M  

                        University - Corpus Christi

  1991- 1993     Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics at Texas A&I University, Kingsville, Texas.

  1989-1991      Professor,  Department of Applied Mathematics at  MITE, Moscow, USSR.

1989                             Certified as Professor by State Department of Higher Education of the USSR.

1988-1991      General Director of Scientific and Education Center "TVORETZ" (part-time)

  1974-1989      Instructor/Assistant-Professor/Associate-Professor at MITE.

 

TEACHING: I have been teaching at the academy for over 30 years. During this time I have taught undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate courses, among them: Calculus, Real Analysis, ODE, PDE, Linear Algebra, Optimal Control, Probability Theory and Statistics, Stochastic Processes, Operation Research and Decision Making, Optimization, Advanced Mathematical Modeling, Modeling of Natural Systems, Logic, and many more. I was a Chair as well as a member of many graduate and post-graduate committees.

At present Dr. Alexey Sadovski is a member of Doctoral Faculty at TAMUCC and teaches courses on the modeling of natural systems, system analysis, and statistics for post-graduate students.

                   

RESEARCH:  Research work in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Education. Principal Investigator, Director, and Co-director of more than 20 projects, including NASA and NSF grants.

 

PUBLICATIONS and CONFERENCES:    More than 60 books and papers, published in Germany, India, Japan, USA, USSR, and other countries. Participant with presentations of numerous International and National Conferences and Seminars. Co-Chair of International Conference on Computation and Mathematical Modeling (2005); Co-Chair of the I International  Seminar on Mathematical Models in Economy and  Environment (1992); Member of International Programming Committee for 15-th IMACS World Congress, Berlin 1997, and Organizer of Special Sessions; Chair of Session on Nonlinear Programming of the IV Caribbean Conference on Approximation and Optimization, Venezuela, 1998.  Chair of Sessions on Fuzzy Sets and Systems of the WSES Congress on Soft Computing, Spain, 2001. Chair of Special Sessions at Multi-Conference on Computing and Applied Mathematics, Brazil 2002. Appointed as a Co-Chair of the cluster of sessions on "Decision Making" at INFORMS/EURO 2002, Conference (Istanbul 2003), Brazil (2004). Co-Chair of the International Conference on Computational and Applied Mathematics, Shanghai (2005).

 

 

 

 

HONORS:  Honorary Citizenship of Corpus Christi, Texas (1991).

Decree of Merit from Cambridge, England, for Outstanding Contributions to Mathematics and Its

Application.

Member of House of Scientists, Academy of Science of the USSR (presently: Russian Academy of Science)                    

 

SERVICE:

 

  1. Member of the University Tenure and Promotion Committee (2006-present)
  2. Member of Tenure and Promotion Committee of College of Science and Technology (1998-2006)
  3. Member of the University Enhancement Research Committee (2004-2006)
  4. Member of College Enhancement Research Committee (1999-2006)
  5. Member of Advisory Board of Corpus Christi Museum of Natural Science and History (2001-present).
  6. Chair of new faculty search committee.
  7. President, South Texas Chapter of Sc-The Scientific Research Society (2002-2004) 

 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PROJECTS:   

Over the 25 years I have been Principal Investigator, Director and Co-Director of many

 research projects, including:   

In the former USSR:    

     1. Queuing Theory and Stochastic Processes for Transport Networks and Knots.

     2. Game Theory and Mathematical Programming in Management of Enterprises and Branches of    

         Economy.

     3. Military Problems of Optimal Decisions under Uncertain Conditions.

     4. Optimal Control of Technological Processes for Electromechanical Plants.

     5. Multi Criteria Optimization in Ecological Systems.

     6. Mathematical Models of Forecasting and Decision Making for Developing Environment.

     7. Experts Methods of Forecasting in Education and Sports.

     8. Quality of Goods - State Standard of the USSR.

     10. Sport Classification and Judging.

     11. Diagnostics of Defects in Complex Electronic Equipment.

     12. Mathematical Support of Expert Systems for Medicine Diagnostics.

     14. Applications of Regression and Factor Analysis to Sports Medicine and Education.

     15. Statistics of Forecasting.

In the United States of America:   

     16. Eisenhower Grants for Mathematics Integration Laboratory (1994-1998)

     17. Summer Sports and Science Camp and Saturday Academy for Middle and High School Students at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (1995-2000)

     18. Ed Rachal Foundation Grant for Summer Camp and Mathematics Integration Laboratory (1996-1998)

     19. NSF CISE Planning Grant (2000)

     20. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Faculty Research Enhancement Grants (1998 and 2000).

     21. NASA IRA Grant #NCC5-517 (2001-2006)

     22. NSF MII Grant (2004-2007)

     23. Texas Research Development Grant (2005-2006)                            

 

 

 

AFFILIATIONS:     Academy of Science of the USSR (Russia)

       American Mathematical Society

       INFORMS -Institute for Operation Research and Management Sciences           

       Moscow Mathematical Society 

       Sigma XI - The Scientific Research Society

             

PRINCIPAL    PUBLICATIONS

by Dr. Alexey L. Sadovski,

Professor of Mathematics.

 

1. Queuing Systems with Periodic Intensity of Arrival of Demands,

Transaction of MITE, Moscow v.453 (1973).

2. The Solution of Linear Programming Problem by Numerical Methods of Game Theory, Transaction of MITE, Moscow v.473 (1974).

3. A Monotonic Iterative Algorithm for the Solutions of Matrix Games, Doklady Akad. Nauk USSR 238,

N 3 (1978).

USA: Soviet Phys. Doklady 23, N 1 (1978).

4. A Game Theoretic Approach to the Solution of Mathematical Programming Problem, Doklady Akad. Nauk USSR 246, N 1 (1979).

USA: Soviet Math. Dokl. 20 N 1 (1979).

5. Some Game Models of Expert Procedures, Transaction of MITE,Moscow v.640 (1980) co-author B.G. Litvak.

6. Fuzzy Markovian Chains and the Dynamic of Motion of Cadres,

Proceedings of International Conference " Problems of Determining the Requirements of the National Economy in Cadres of Specialists",

Vilnus (1983)

7. Expert Estimations and Organization of Expert Procedures - circle of papers and lectures, Academic Press, Moscow (1980-1985)

8. An Approach to the Fundamentals of the Theory of Fuzzy Sets,

Avtomatica N 3 (1985)

USA: Soviet J. of Automat. Inf. Sci. 18, N 3 (1985)

9. Mathematics and Sports, Moscow, Nauka (1985), co-author L.Sadovski

Germany: Mathematik und Sport, Verlag, Berlin (1990), revised

USA: Mathematics and Sports, Amer. Math. Soc.(1993), added

10. Fuzzy Markov Decision-Making Processes, Avtomatica N 3 (1986).

USA: Soviet J. Automat. Inf. Sci. 19 N 3 (1986)

11.  Experts Methods and the Behavior of Fuzzy Stochastic System, Reports of National Conference "Non-numerical Statistics, Expert Estimates and Associated Problems", Tallin (1984).

12. Control and Prognosis in Uncertain Conditions, Proceedings of the III International Conference on Problems of Forecasting, Tbilisi (1985). Published in different European countries.

13. Physical - Mathematical School of MITE, Basic Soguku, N 8, Japan (1986).

14. Decision Making, Statistics and Forecasting for Management, Environment and Engineering, circle of papers and lectures, Academy of Science of the USSR, Moscow (1986-1990).

15. World of Sports and Mathematics, Theory and Practice of Phys. Education and Sports, 1987, N 8.

16. Rating Methods of Selection Based on Expert Information, in "Program and Algorithmical Support for Applied Multidimensional Analysis", Moscow, Fin. & Stat. (1987).

17. Rating Methods of Sport Classifications, Theory and Practice of Phys. Education and Sports, 1988 N 10.

18. Application of Experts Methods in Decision Making Problems in Conditions of Fuzzy  Information, Voprosy Kibernetiky v.151, Moscow (1989).

19. Diagnostic of Technical Equipment in Uncertain Conditions, Avtomatica N 4 (1990).

USA: Soviet J. Automat. Inf. Sci. 23 N 4 (1990)

20. Mathematics and Sports - Mathematical Modeling in Sports Problems, Znanie, Moscow (1990) co-author L. Sadovski.

21. Guide for Students on Operation Research, MITE, Moscow (1982).

22. Guide for Students on Probability and Statistics, MITE, Moscow (1989).

23. Choice of Variants Based on Rating Methods of Preference Ranking and Its Applications, Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics, University of Central Oklahoma  Edmond, Oklahoma (1993).

24. An Introduction to Modeling, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1994,  co-author Blair Sterba-Boatwright.

25. Hierarchical Games and Systems of Taxation. Proceedings of XI Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics, Oklahoma University, 1995.

26.An Introduction to Modeling, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1996 (2nd edition, revised), co-author Blair Sterba-Boatwright.

27. Hierarchical Games and Applications, Abstracts of 102 Annual Joint Math. Meeting, Orlando, 1996.

28. A Game Approach to the Solution of Nonlinear Programming Problem, Fifth SIAM Conference on Optimization, Victoria, British Colambia, 1996.

29. Derivative Free Methods Based on a Game Approach to the Solution of  Nonlinear Programming Problem, “ Computational Mathematics”, vol. 1, Wissenchaft&Tecnic Verlag, Germany, 1997, pp.351-358

30. Multi-Objective Optimization and Decisions Based on Rating Methods of Preference Ranking,  “Computational Mathematics”, vol. 1, Wissenchaft&Tecnic Verlag, Germany, 1997, pp.411-417

31. Sadovski, A. (1998), Group Decisions Based on Rating Methods of Preference Ranking, Abstracts, Annual Congress of INFORMS 98, Montreal, Canada.

32. Sadovski A., Sadovski L., Mathematics and Sports, Academic Press, India, Pakistan 1999, p.198

33. Sadovski A. (1999), A Game Approach to the Solution of Nonsmooth Problems of Mathematical Programming, Proceedings of International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics ICIAM 99, Edinburgh, UK .

34. Sadovski A. (2001), Preference Ranking and Decisions Based on Fuzzy Expert Information,  “Advances in Fuzzy Systems and Evolutionary Computation”, World Scientific Engineering Society Press, USA 2001, pp 44-48.

35.Sadovski A. et al (2002), Statistical and Neural Network Modeling and Predictions of Tides in the Shallow Waters of the Gulf of Mexico. "Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing", WSEAS Press, pp.43-49.

36. Sadovski A. et al (2003), Statistical and Neural Network Modeling and Predictions of Tides in the Shallow Waters of the Gulf of Mexico. "WSEAS Transactions on Systems", Issue 2, vol. 2, WSEAS Press, pp.301-307.

37. Sadovski A. et al. (2003), Developing a Goodness Criteria for Tide Predictions Based on Fuzzy Preference Ranking, “Developments in Applied Artificial Intelligence”, , Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2718, Springer, June 2003, pp. 391-401

38. Sadovski A. et al. (2003), Integration of Statistics and Harmonic Analysis to Predict Water Levels in the Estuaries and Shallow Waters of the Gulf of Mexico, in "Numerical Methods", Kluwer Academic Publishers (in print)

39. Sadovski A. et al. (2003),Web-Based Water Level Predictions along the Texas Coast using Multivariate Statistical Modeling and Harmonic Analysis, in "Numerical Methods", Kluwer Academic Publishers (in print)

40.Sadovski, Alexey L., Phillipe Tissot, Carl W. Steidley, Gary Jeffress, "Neural Network and Statistics-Based Systems for Predictions in Coastal Studies", Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial
Neural Networks, Volume 13, pp 689-694, ASME Press, New York, 2003.

41. Steidley Carl, Ray Bachnak, Steve Dannelly, Patrick Michaud, Alex Sadovski, "Image and Data Logging Systems for Environmental Studies and Research", in Proceedings of the ISCA 12th International Conference on Intelligent and Adaptive Systems and Software Engineering, pp 31-36,San Francisco, CA, July 2003.
42. Sadovski Alexey, Steidley Carl, Jefress Garry, Tissot Philippe, Michaud Patrick, Champane Joseph (2003), Modeling and Computational Simulation of Water Levels in the Corpus Christi Bay Based on Real-Time Data, “Proceedings of International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technologies” CCCT03.

43. C. Steidley, A. Sadovski, R. Bachnak, and K. Torres,  "Modeling Methods for Coastal Environmental Studies,"  Proc. 19th International Conference on Computer Applications and Their Applications (CATA 2004), March 18-20, 2004, Seattle, WA, pp. 59-64.

44. Steidley Carl, Alexey Sadovski, Ray Bachnak, "Intelligent Systems for Data Acquisition and Modeling of Coastal Ecosystems", Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence 3209, pp. 1112-1122, 2004, Springer, Ottawa, Canada.

45. Steidley, Carl, Ray Bachnak, Wien Lohatchit, Alex Sadovski, Cody Ross, "A Shallow Draft Vehicle for Interdisciplinary Research and Education," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Vol. 2, pp 326-329, Setubal, Portugal, August 2004.

46. Alexey Sadovski, Carl Steidley, Aimee Mostella, Philippe Tissot, Integration of Regression and Harmonic Analysis to Predict water Levels in Estuaries and Shallow Waters of the Gulf of Mexico, WSEAS Transactions on Systems, Volume 3, issue 8, pp. 2686-2694, 2004.

47. Steidley, Carl, Ravinder Rawat, Ray Bachnak, Gary Jeffress, Alexey Sadovski, "A Geographic Information System (GIS) Real-Time Web Portal for Monitoring of Marsh Habitats," Proceedings of the ISCA 20th International Conference Computers and Their Applications, pp. 277 - 281, New Orleans,
LA, March 2005.

48. Steidley, Carl, Alexey Sadovski, Kelly Torres-Knott, Rafic Bachnak, "The Development of Rating Methods for Preference Ranking of Water Level Predictions," Proceedings of the ISCA 20th International Conference Computers and Their Applications, pp. 214 - 219, New Orleans, LA, March 2005.

49. Alexey L Sadovski, Carl W Steidley, Kelly Torres-Knott, "Program Implementation of the Rating Methods of Preference Ranking", The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges vol. 20, #4, 2005, pp. 242-249

50.  Steidley Carl, Alex Sadovski, Phillipe Tissot, Ray Bachnak, Zack Bowles, "Using Artificial Neural Networks to Improve Predictions of Water Levels Where Tide Charts Fail," Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence” 3533, pp. 599-608, Springer, June 2005, Bari, Italy.

51. R. Bachnak, C. Steidley, A. Sadovski, P. Tissot, Z. Bowles, “Intelligent and Adaptive Water Level Prediction in Texas Coastal Waters, ”Proceedings of the 14th Int. Conf. on Intelligent and Adaptive Systems and Software Engineering (IASSE-2005), pp. 89-93, Toronto, CA, July 20-222, 2005.

52. R. Bachnak, C. Steidley, A. Sadovski, C. Rao, W. Lohatchit, C., "Platform For Environmental Data Acquisition in Shallow Waters," Proceedings of the 51st International Instrumentation Symposium, ISA, May 9-13, 2005, Knoxville, TN.

53. Steidley, Carl, Alex Sadovski, Aimee Mostella, Phillipe Tissot, Ray Bachnak,  "Restoring Lost Water Level Modeling Data," Proceedings of the Fifth International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, pp. 120-124, August 2005, Oranjestad, Aruba.
54. Steidley, Carl, Alex Sadovski, Kelly Torres Knott, Phillipe Tissot, "Using Preference Ranking for Rating Water Level Prediction Models," Proceedings of the Fifth International Association of Science and
Technology for Development (IASTED) Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, pp. 102-107, August 2005, Oranjestad, Aruba.
55. Steidley, Carl, Ravinder Rawat, Rafic Bachnak, Gary Jeffress, Alex Sadovski, "Using a Geographical Information System (GIS) to Model the Density and Population of Fishery Species," Proceedings of the Fifth International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, pp. 47-50, August 2005, Oranjestad, Aruba.

56. Steidley, Carl, Richard Rush, David Thomas, Phillipe Tissot, Alex Sadovski, Ray Bachnak, "Applying Signal Processing Techniques to Water Level Anomaly Detection," Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Volume IV Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control, pp. 303 - 309, September 2005, Barcelona, Spain.
57. Sadovski, Alex, Carl Steidley, Phillipe Tissot, G. Beate Zimmer, "Real Time Web Availability of Statistical Models for Water Levels Along the Texas Coastline," Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Volume IV Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control, pp. 218 - 223, September 2005, Barcelona, Spain.

58. Steidley, Carl, Ravinder Rawat, Rafic Bachnak, Gary Jeffress, Alex Sadovski, "Using a Georgraphical Information System (GIS) to Model the Density and Population of Fishery Species," Proceedings of the Fifth International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, pp. 47-50,August 2005, Oranjestad, Aruba.

59. Steidley, Carl, Rush, Richard, Thomas, David, Tissot, Phillipe, Sadovski, Alex, Bachnak, Ray, "Signal Post-Processing as Applied to Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) Data," Proceedings of the Seventh Controls and Applications Conference of The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Cancun, Mexico, May 2005.

60. Carl Steidley, Rafic Bachnak, Alexey Sadovski, Supplemental Data Acquisition Tools for Modeling Environmental Systems, Revista de Matematica: Teoria y Aplicaciones, vol. 12, numbers 1/2, pp.13-28, 2005.

61.Aimee Mostella, Alexey Sadovski, Scott, Duff, Patrick Michaud, Philippe Tissot, Carl Steidley, “Comparison of Gap Interpolation Methodologies for Water Level Time Series Using PERL/PDL”, Revista de Matematica: Teoria y Aplicaciones, vol. 12, numbers 1/2, pp.157-164, 2005.

62. Kelly Torres, Alexey Sadovski, Carl Steidley, “Program Implementation of the Rating Methods of Preference Ranking”, Revista de Matematica: Teoria y Aplicaciones, vol. 12, number1/2, 165-172, 2005.

63. Zack Bowles, Philippe Tissot, Patrick Michaud, Alexey Sadovski, “Artificial Neural Network Predictions of Water Levels in a Gulf of Mexico Shallow Embayment”, Revista de Matematica: Teoria y Aplicaciones, vol. 12, numbers 1 and 2, pp.139-150, 2005.

64. Steidley Carl, Ray Bachnak, Wien Lohachit, Alex Sadovski, Cody Ross, Gary Jeffress, "A Remote Controlled Vehicle for Interdisciplinary Research and Education," Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XV, No. 4, 2005, pp 99-103.

65. Alexey Sadovski, Statistical Dynamics Approach for Evaluation of the Quality of Teaching and Learning , “Proceedings of the 4th International Conference in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Beijing”, China, pp.239-243, 2005.

66.Alexey Sadovski, Beate Zimmer, Blair Sterba-Boatwright, Philippe Tissot, Ray Bachnak, “Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico Water Levels as random Signals”, WSEAS Transaction on Mathematics v. 5, #11, pp.1234-1241, 2006

67. Rafic Bachnak, Alexey Sadovski, Gary Jeffress, Stacy Lyle, “Applied Research Offers Undergraduate Students Experience and Ideas for Projects”, Proceedings of the 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, 2006.

68. Alexey Sadovski, “Hierarchical games and Fair Systems of Taxations”, WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics, v.6, #1, pp.69-73, 2007

69. Rafic Bachnak, When Lohachit, Marc Mendez, Alex Sadovski, Jack Espraza, “Sensing in Shallow Waters” InTechMagazine, May issue, pp.68-72, 2007

 

All articles and books are reviewed in the main review magazines:

Germany: Centralblat fur Mathematik.

USA: Mathematical Review, Current Mathematical Publications.

Russia: Referat. Journal of Mathematics.