• PhD in Physics/Mathematics, 2001, Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry (GEOKHI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow, Russia

• MS with honors in Radiophysics/Electronics, 1998, Saratov State University (SSU) , Saratov, Russia

Papers:

14. Ernestine A. Lee, Sergey A. Astakhov, David Farrelly, Production of trans-Neptunian binaries through chaos-assisted capture // Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 379, 229-246 (2007) (preprint).

13. Sergey A. Astakhov, Alexander Kraskov, Harald Stögbauer, and P. Grassberger, Monte Carlo Algorithm for Least Dependent Non-Negative Mixture Decomposition // Analytical Chemistry, 78 (2006) 1620-1627 (preprint).

12. Sergey A. Astakhov, Ernestine A. Lee, David Farrelly, Formation of Kuiper-belt binaries through multiple chaotic scattering encounters with low-mass intruders // Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 360(2), 401-415 (2005) (preprint).

11. Sergey A. Astakhov, Harald Stögbauer, Alexander Kraskov, Peter Grassberger, Spectral Mixture Decomposition by Least Dependent Component Analysis, (preprint).

10. Sergey A. Astakhov and David Farrelly, Capture and Escape in the Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problem // Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 354(4), 971-979, (2004) (preprint).

9. Harald Stögbauer, Alexander Kraskov, Sergey A. Astakhov and Peter Grassberger, Least Dependent Component Analysis Based on Mutual Information // Physical Review E, 70, 066123 (2004) (preprint).

     see MILCA and SNICA algorithms for Independent Component Analysis 

8. Sergey Astakhov, Andrew Burbanks, Stephen Wiggins & David Farrelly, Dynamics of capture in the restricted three-body problem // in "Order and Chaos in Stellar and Planetary Systems",  ASP Conference Series Vol.316, G. G. Bird, K. V. Kholshevnikov, A. A. Millari, I. I. Nikiforov, and V. V. Orlov (Eds.), Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, 2004, pp. 80-85. (preprint).

7. Sergey A. Astakhov, Andrew D. Burbanks, Stephen Wiggins & David Farrelly, Chaos-assisted capture of irregular moons // Nature , 423, 264-267 (2003).

6. Sergey A. Astakhov, Victor I. Baranov and Lev A. Gribov, Standardless spectrochemical analysis and direct simulations of time-resolved vibronic spectra of polyatomic molecules, isomers and mixtures // Journal of Molecular Structure 655(1), 97-123 (2003).

5. S.A. Astakhov and V.I. Baranov, Simulation of time-resolved vibronic spectra and the possibility of analyzing molecules with similar spectral properties // Optics and Spectroscopy , 92(1), 20-26 (2002). (Russian version)

4. S.A. Astakhov, V.I. Baranov and L.A. Gribov, Standardless analysis of multicomponent mixtures of substances by time-resolved vibronic spectroscopy // Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 56(7), 625-634 (2001). (Russian version)

3. L.A. Gribov, V.I. Baranov and S.A. Astakhov, On the possibility of standardless analysis of a substance by time-resolved spectroscopy in UV and visible regions // Doklady Chemistry , 374(4), 203-207 (2000). (Russian version)

2. S.A. Astakhov and V.I. Baranov, Modeling of time-resolved vibronic spectra of polyatomic molecules: the formulation of the problem and analysis of kinetic equations // Optics and Spectroscopy , 90(2), 199-206 (2000). (Russian version)

1. S.A. Astakhov, B.P. Bezruchko, Ye.P. Seleznev, D.A. Smirnov Evolution of basins of attraction of coupled period doubling systems // IZV. VYSSH. UCHEBN. ZAV. Prikladnaya nelineinaya dinamika (Applied Nonlinear Dynamics). 5(2-3), 87-100 (1997) (in Russian).

2. S.A. Astakhov, B.P. Bezruchko, A.V. Zborovsky, N.M.Ryskin. Selfmodulation phenomena and chaos in interacting electron beam and backward wave . Saratov State University. 1997, 23 p. (in Russian).
1. S.A. Astakhov, B.P. Bezruchko, A.V. Gribanov. Electromagnetic solitons . Saratov State University. 1997, 20 p. (in Russian).

• Platform Core Group, NetCracker Technology, Saratov, Russia
  R&D Software Engineer, 08/2008 - present

• Digital Image Processing Group, UniqueICs / KWE Int. Inc., Saratov, Russia
  Project manager, 05/2007 - 06/2008
  
  Managed team of 15 to develop an innovative digital image processing software (http://www.unifiedcolor.com):
  - estimated project scope, timeframes, possible constraints, risks;
  - planning, work breakdown, assignments, scheduling, prioritizing, defining milestones;
  - writing product requirements specifications;
  - providing interface between developers and testers and point-of-contact with executives, facilitating collaborations, conducting meetings;
  - bug hunt and tracking, bug/issue resolution;
  - recruitment, budgeting, communications with contractors;

• Digital Image Processing Group, UniqueICs / KWE Int. Inc., Saratov, Russia
  Senior Software Engineer, 04/2006 - 05/2007
  
  Development of software prototypes for a novel image compression codec, research into compression quality metrics:
  - design and implementation (C++) of DCT and wavelet-based compression schemes with scene-referred adaptive encodings/quantization and Huffman/arithmetic coders;
  - comparative analysis of compression performance/quality (MATLAB);
  - quantitative measures of compression quality derived from color discrimination data;
  - conducting experiments on human image perception;
  - coaching a group of 3 junior software engineers and grad students;

• Complex Systems Research Group , John von Neumann Institute for Computing , Forschungszentrum Juelich , D-52425, Juelich, Germany
  Postdoctoral fellow, 01/2004 - 12/2005

Worked on 2 collaborative research projects:

- Formation of Kuiper-belt binary objects (chaotic dynamics of few-body gravitational systems) -- theory, simulation, nonlinear analysis and visualization tools (C++/MATLAB), cluster simulations (Beowulf/MPI);

- Independent Component Analysis and Blind Source Separation with applications in quantitative spectral analysis and chemometrics:
  -- theory and software implementation (C++/MATLAB) of new computational methods (MILCA and SNICA -- http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~kraskov/MILCA/);
  -- conducting high-statistics method evaluation;
  -- analysis of chemical and biomedical samples;
  -- consulting users;

• Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan, UT 84322, USA (see also David Farrelly's homepage )
  Research assistant, 08/2002 - 10/2003
  
  Research into the dynamical origin of irregular satellites of the giant planets:
    - new formation mechanism proposed (chaos-assisted capture);
    - few-body simulations and nonlinear dynamics visualization tools, applications of Fast Lyapunov Indicator techniques;
    - performing large scale Beowulf cluster simulations and statistical analysis;
    - transition state theory approaches to planetary dynamics and atomic physics;

• Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Spectroscopy , GEOKHI , Moscow, Russia
  Postgraduate student, software developer, research fellow, 09/1998 -7/2002
  
  PhD dissertation: "Theory of standardless spectral analysis using time-resolved vibronic spectra and methods for simulation"
  Development and software implementation of computational methods for modeling 3D time-resolved vibronic spectra of polyatomic molecules, mixtures and isomers, calculations of such spectra for realistic molecular models, new method for standardless chemical analysis based on time-resolved vibronic fluorescence spectra
  ( brief thesis / full text dissertation )

• Chair of Electronics, Oscillations and Waves , Department of Physics, SSU , Saratov, Russia
  Undergraduate student, 09/1997 - 05/1998
  
  MS thesis: "Experimental investigation and computer simulations of the influence of reflections on complex dynamics of backward-wave oscillator"
  
  Experimental and numerical studies of chaotic behavior, multistability, transition from order to chaos in nonlinear systems with distributed feedback - backward-wave oscillator and its model. High-frequency experimental techniques, numerical simulations
  ( thesis ).
  
  
  

• Laboratory of Nonlinear Phenomena in Semi-Conducting Materials and Devices at Saratov Branch of the Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russia (now reorganized to the group of "Modeling in Nonlinear Dynamics" )
  Undergraduate student, 10/1995 - 05/1997
  
  Projects:
  1. Decay instability in nonlinear coupled oscillators;
  2. Multistability, basins of attraction and transient processes in nonlinear coupled systems with period doubling;
  3. Electromagnetic solitons in quasicontinuous chain of oscillators;

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