Prof. Alexander V. Tuzikov General Director of United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
1. Current affiliation 2. Education 3. Positions held 4. Specialization 5. Awards, memberships: 6. PhD students: 7. Publications Books Selected papers	Prof. Alexander V. Tuzikov

Alexander V. Tuzikov is a General Director of the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus State Prize Laureate (2002), IEEE and IAPR member, Belarus representative in IAPR. Alexander Tuzikov graduated from the Belarus State University (Minsk, 1980), received the candidate of physics-mathematical sciences degree of Institute of Mathematics (1985) and doctor of physics-mathematical sciences degree of the Institute of Engineering Cybernetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (2000), Professor (2005). His research subjects include image processing and analysis, medical imaging, mathematical morphology, bioinformatics, remote sensing, discrete applied mathematics. He is an author of more than 180 publications in the field of image processing, mathematical morphology, discrete optimization.

1. Current affiliation

2. Education

Doctor of physic-mathematical sciences, 2000, Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Professor (2005)

Candidate of physic-mathematical sciences, 1985, Institute of Mathematics (Ph.D. equivalent, 1985, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Doctorant study, 1990-1993, Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Postgraduate study, 1980-1983, Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

University diploma, Belarus State University, 1975-1980.

3. Positions held:

 

1983-1997:	Junior, Senior Researcher, Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, Minsk, Belarus (IEC),
1997-2003:	Senior, Leading, Principal Researcher, National Center of Information Resources and Technologies, Minsk, Belarus,
2003-2009	Deputy General Director, United Institute of Informatics Problems (former IEC), Minsk, Belarus,
Jan. 15, 2009-:	General Director, United Institute of Informatics Problem
2001-:	Full Professor (part-time), Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Belarus State University, Minsk, Belarus

4. Specialization

main
Image processing, analysis and recognition, computer vision

other
Optimization, Information processing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

Research directions now:
Medical image processing (Ultrasound, CT, MRI), Image analysis and recognition, Stereo imaging, Bioinformatics, Mathematical morphology, Remote Sensing.

5. Awards, memberships:

Belarus State Prize in Science and Technology (2002).

Belarus Komsomol Prize (1990).

IEEE member (since 2001).

IAPR member (International Association of Pattern Recognition); Belarus representative in IAPR.

6. PhD students:

S. Sheynin, “Efficient algorithms for shape and symmetry analysis of geometric objects and digital images” (PhD thesis, 2001);

E. Snezhko, “Algorithms for 3D images segmentation and analysis using deformable models” (PhD thesis, 2007);

V. Hancharenka, “Tomographic image processing and visualisation for computer-assisted preoperative planning ortopaedic surgery” (PhD thesis, 2009).

7. Publications: More than 180 scientific publication

Books:

1. A.V. Tuzikov, S.A. Sheynin, D.V. Zhuk. Mathematical morphology, moments, stereo image processing. Selected chapters of digital image processing and analysis. Belarus Science, Minsk, 2006, 198p. (in Russian)

2. A.V. Tuzikov. Symmetry analysis and comparison of objects based on Minkowski addition. Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, Minsk, 1998, 176p. (in Russian)

Selected papers:

1. D. Sanko, A. Tuzikov. The Description and Visualization of Vascular Tree from 3D MR Brain Angiography Images. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, vol. 16, N 1, 2006, 54-57.

2. E.V. Snezhko, A.V. Tuzikov. External Force Generation for Object Segmentation on 3D Ultrasound Images Using Simplex Meshes. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, vol. 16, N 1, 2006, 89-92.

3. V. Goncharenko, A. Tuzikov. Watershed Segmentation with Chamfer Metric. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4245, 2006, 518-529.

4. A.L. Bogush, A.V. Tuzikov. 3D Object Volume Measurement Using Freehand Ultrasound, 14th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis, 19-22 June 2005, Joensuu, Finland; Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3544, 2005, 1066 – 1075

5. O. Colliot, A.V. Tuzikov, R.M. Cesar, I. Bloch. Approximate reflectional symmetries of fuzzy objects with an application in model-based object recognition. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 147, N 1, 141-163, 2004.

6. A.V. Tuzikov, S.A. Sheynin, P.V. Vasiliev. Computation of volume and surface body moments. Pattern Recognition, vol. 36, N 11, 2003, 2521-2529.

7. S.A. Sheynin, A.V. Tuzikov. Moment computation for objects with spline curve boundary. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 25, N 10, 2003, 1317-1322.

8. A.V. Tuzikov, O. Colliot, I. Bloch. Evaluation of the symmetry plane in 3D MR brain images. Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 24, N 14, 2003, 2219-2233.

9. S.A. Sheynin, A.V. Tuzikov, P.V. Vasiliev. Volume computation from non-parallel cross-section measurements. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, no.1, vol.13, 2003, p. 174-176.

10. A. Tuzikov, J. B.T.M. Roerdink and H. J. A. M. Heijmans. Similarity measures for convex polyhedra based on Minkowski addition, Pattern Recognition, v. 33, N 6, 2000, 979-995.

11. H. J. A. M. Heijmans and A. Tuzikov. Similarity and symmetry measures for convex shapes using Minkowski addition. IEEE Transactions on PAMI, v. 20, N 9, 1998, 980-993.

12. A. Tuzikov and H. J. A. M. Heijmans. Minkowski decomposition of convex polygons into their symmetric and asymmetric parts. Pattern Recognition Letters, v. 19, N 3-4, 1998, 247-254.

13. A. Tuzikov, M. Makhaniok, R. Maenner. Bicriterion scheduling of identical processing time jobs by uniform processors. Computers & Operations Research, v. 25, N 1, 1998, 31-35.

14. A.V. Tuzikov, G.L. Margolin, and A.I. Grenov. Convex set symmetry measurement via Minkowski addition. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, vol. 7, 1997, 53-68.