Development of courses in Information Technology and teaching a variety of undergraduate courses;

Program curriculum improvement in Information Technology area;

Providing leadership in areas of systems and simulation studies;

Organizing and conducting interdisciplinary research, organizing and supervising student research projects in various areas;

Preparing presentations at national/international conferences and publications in peer reviewed professional journals to disseminate obtained teaching and research results.

ITEC 1001 – Introduction to Computing;

ITEC 2120 – Introduction to Programming*;

ITEC 2150 – Intermediate Programming*;

ITEC 3200 – Introduction to Databases*;

ITEC 3250 – Advanced Programming*;

ITEC 3600 - Operating Systems*;

ITEC 3900 - Professional Practice and Ethics*;

ITEC 4810 - Information Technology Project I (capstone course);

Development of courses in Computer Science, Systems and Software Engineering and teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses;

Program curriculum development in Computer Science and Bioinformatics;

Providing leadership in areas of systems and simulation studies;

Organizing and conducting interdisciplinary research, organizing and supervising student research projects.

Analysis of Prospective Areas of Collaborative Research Using Simulation Modeling at USP. Technical Report # USP-MPCS-04-01. 100 pages, 17 figures, 13 tables, and 44 references. University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 2004.

Simulation and Architecture Assessment Methods in a Class of Multifunction (Complex) Computer System. Technical Report # USP-MPCS-03-01. 122 pages, 18 figures, 9 tables, and 45 references. University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 2003.

Initial Approaches to Modeling of a New Drug Clinical Trial Process. Technical Report # USP-MPCS-02-01. 152 pages, 32 figures, 5 tables, and 60 references. University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 2002.

Scientific leadership in basic and applied research.

Design and implementation of research programs.

Directing of the research projects involved application of the newest information technologies based on methods of simulation modeling and artificial intelligence.

Supervision of the research projects of Ph.D. and M.S. students in collaboration with several largest Russian universities and research institutions: Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), Moscow State University (MGU), Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering, and Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (IRE RAS).

Design and development of an automated complex for real-time evaluation of atmospheric air pollution by emissions of industry, power engineering and transportation for the city of Moscow. Within the framework of the Joint Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Government of Moscow "Science for Moscow" in 1992-1996.

Design and development of a control system for complex geophysical experiments on deep sounding of Earth based on MHD-generators for petroleum and natural gas exploration. Performed within the framework of the research activities of USSR Academy of Sciences and special resolutions of the Government of USSR in 1986-1990.

Management of the Center's information activities on the territory of Moscow region.

Coordination of Center's activities with the state and municipal organs, agencies and departments of the Moscow government, creation of information models and technologies.

Complex evaluation of the influence of industrial, power engineering and transportation objects onto the level of the environment pollution, verification of ecological models.

Coordination, management, and direct participation in the development of information technologies within the framework of the Scientific and Technical Council of the State Committee of Russian Federation on Environmental Protection (served as a member of the Presidium of the Council and the Chairman of the Section "Environmental Monitoring" of the Council).

Coordination, management, and direct participation in the development of information technologies within the framework of the Council of Russian Academy of Sciences for Interaction with the Government of the City of Moscow and the Government of Moscow Region (served as a member of the Council responsible for the development of information technologies).

Information systems (including environmental, geophysics, industrial, energy, and transportation aspects) for the city of Moscow based on original software were developed under my leadership and management.

Design and development of the automated system to monitor the pollution of atmospheric air, surface waters and emissions from industrial enterprises of the Moscow region. In the framework of research activities of the State Committee on Hydro- and Meteorology of the USSR (Goskomgidromet) in 1981-1985.

Management of the research and technical activities of the observatory on the creation of meteorological and ecological measurement network.

Coordination and interaction with the systems developers and on the levels of requirement specifications.

Scientific management of the activities in creation of methods for automated monitoring of the influence of industry, power engineering and transportation on the level of environmental pollution of the Moscow region.

Design and development of a database of the environmental pollution of the greater Moscow region. Within the framework of research activities of Goskomgidromet in 1978-1981.

Design and development of measurement and information system for collection, processing and presentation of the meteorological and ecological information from Ostankino TV tower of Moscow. In the framework of research activities of Goskomgidromet in 1976-1979.

Design and development of a measuring network and methods of processing of the meteorological and ecological information on high-altitude facilities in industrial regions of USSR. Within the framework of research activities of Goskomgidromet in 1974-1978.

Development and implementation of projects on equipping of measurement networks with automated devices and systems.

Staff training.

PI for the GGC-USA industry grant program “Arena Simulation Software for Educational Purposes”. Rockwell Automation Co., USA. $1,515,000.00. 2015-2019. awarded.

Recognized as a member of the "Technical Committee on Modeling and Simulation of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development"  (IASTED). As the committee member responsible for advising and providing professional expertise for IASTED activities such as international conferences, symposiums and publications in the area of Modeling and Simulation. The appointment awarded for the term 2011-2014.

PI for the GGC-USA industry grant program “Arena Simulation Software for Educational Purposes”. Rockwell Automation Co., USA. $1,515,000.00. 2011-2015. awarded.

Scientific Supervisor of the GGC Senior IT Student Research Project "Information Technology to Support the Analysis of the College Growth and its Influence on the Traffic Dynamics" that was AWARDED THE SECOND PLACE at the Student Research Contest at the 24th Annual USA Southeastern Regional ACM Computing Conference, Atlanta, 2010.

Scientific Supervisor of the GGC Senior IT Student Research Project "Information Technology to Support Student Enrollment for an Innovative College Sustainability" that was RECOGNIZED as finalist from the 10 the best student research projects submitted to the Student Research Contest at the 24th Annual USA Southeastern Regional ACM Computing Conference, Atlanta, 2010.

Paper and presentation “Developing a Simulation Course for a Bioinformatics Program" at the Conference of Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2006, Honorable Mention.

Investigator and scientific supervisor at USP for the Federal TRIO Program, US Department of Education grant “Short-range student projects and long-range research goals for the students future education in systems simulation area”, 2006, awarded.

Patricia Leahy Award for Learning Innovation at USP “Models and Software for Sustainable Development Systems Analysis”, Certificate of Recognition, 2006, awarded.

PI for grant “Design and development of automated complex for real-time evaluation of atmospheric air pollution by emissions of industry, power engineering and transportation for the city of Moscow”. In the framework of the Joint Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Government of Moscow "Science for Moscow" in 1992-1996, awarded.

PI for grant “Publishing of the book of A. Kurkovsky and A. Pritsker "Systems of Automation in Ecology and Geophysics – Design Methodology and Assessment of Architectural Solutions Based on Simulation Modeling Methods". Publisher "Nauka" of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1995. The edition was carried out with financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research according to the grant (94-01-21004), 1994-1995, awarded.

PI for grant “Methodology of Environmental and Geophysical Automated System Effectiveness Assessment Based on Simulation Approaches”. Russian Foundation for Basic Research according to the grant (93-01-12244), 1993-1995, awarded.

PI for grant “Design and development of  control system for complex geophysical experiments on deep sounding of the Earth based on MHD-generators for petroleum and natural gas exploration". Performed in the framework of the research activities of Academy of Sciences of the USSR and special resolutions of the Government of USSR in 1986-1990, awarded.

PI for grant “Design and development of an experimental range for the improvement of the automated monitoring system for the pollution of atmospheric air, surface waters and emissions from industrial enterprises of the Moscow region".  State Committee on Hydro- and Meteorology, Moscow, USSR, 1981-1984, awarded.

PI for grant “Design and development of measurement and information system for collection, processing and presentation of the meteorological and ecological information from Ostankino TV tower of Moscow". State Committee on Hydro- and Meteorology, Moscow, USSR, 1976-1979, awarded.

PI for grant “Design and development of a measuring network and methods of processing of the meteorological and ecological information on high-altitude facilities in industrial regions of USSR”. State Committee on Hydro- and Meteorology, Moscow, USSR, 1974-1978, awarded.

A. Kurkovsky, G. Golitsyn, Yu. Gulyaev, K. Frolov. Methodological and information foundations for evaluation of the current conditions of regions and systems approaches to determining possible strategies of transition of Russian to sustainable development. Chapter 9 in Monograph "New Paradigm of Development of Russia", Editors: V. Koptyug, V. Matrosov and V. Levashov. Russian Academy of Sciences. “Academia” Publisher. Moscow. ISBN 5874440682 / 9785874440688 / 5-87444-068-2. 2000.

A. Kurkovsky and A. Pritsker. Automation systems in ecology and geophysics - methodology for the design and architectural solution evaluation based on the methods of simulation modeling. Monograph. "Nauka", Moscow, ISBN 5020122319 / 9785020122314 / 5-02-012231-9. 1995.

A. Kurkovsky. Sustainability and Local Community: a Simulation Approach to Analyze Transportation System Dynamics of a Growing Higher Education Institution. Journal of Advanced Materials Research. A special volume with the advanced recognized papers from the "IEEE 2010 International Conference on Management Science and Information Engineering (ICMSIE 2010)” Zhengzhou, China. Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Inc.. Switzerland, the UK and the United States of America.  ISSN: 1022-6680. 2012.

A. Kurkovsky and T. Mundie. Simulation Approach to Sustainable Development of an Innovative Institution of Higher Education.  Journal of Educational Technology & Society. Published by Eastern-Europe Subgroup of the International Forum of Educational Technology & Society with IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. ISSN 1436-4522. Volume 11, Number 1, pages 435-448. 2008.

A. Kurkovsky. Hierarchy of Formal Descriptions for Architectural Analysis and Design of Complex Computer Systems. The International Journal of Computers and Applications. ACTA-Press. Anaheim, Calgary, Zurich. ISSN: 1206-212X. Issue 4. Pages: 346-352. 2007.

A. Kurkovsky. Developing a Simulation Course for Bioinformatics Program. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges (affiliated with ACM). Vol. 22, Number 3, pages 66-73. 2007.

A. Kurkovsky. Simulation Technologies for Health Sciences Curriculum. SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. Special Issue “Modeling and Simulation in Teaching and Training”. ISSN: 0037-5497. DOI: 10.1177/0037549706075541. Volume 82, Number 11, pages 785-794. November 2006.

A. Kurkovsky. Educational Aspects of Sustainable Development Analysis: Computational Models and Software. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges (affiliated with ACM). Vol. 21, Number 24, pages 24-31. 2006.

A. Kurkovsky. Big Data and Simulation to Analyze Higher Education Sustainable Development. Proceedings of "The 2019 IEEE 6th International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, Symposium on Big Data and Data Science (CSCI-ISBD)", Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. IEEE Computer Society 2020, ISBN: 13 978-1-7281-5584-5. Pages 1294-1299. December 5-7, 2019.

A. Kurkovsky. Emerging Simulation Challenge: An Approach to Simulate of Sustainable Development of Higher Education Institutions. Proceedings of "The 2018 IEEE/ACM 22nd International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT)". Madrid, Spain. IEEE Computer Society 2018, ISBN: 978-1-5386-5048-6. Pages 1-2. October 15-17, 2018.

A. Kurkovsky. Simulation for Higher Education Sustainability: a Growing Institution Case Study. “The 49th Summer Simulation International Conference (SCSC 2017)”, Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in cooperation with ACM SIGSIM. Seattle, WA, USA. ISBN: 978-1-5108-3828-4. Simulation Series Volume 49 Number 9. Pages 333-342. July 9-12, 2017.

A. Kurkovsky. A Simulation Approach to the Decision-Making Structures Analysis to Support Curriculum Quality for Higher Education Sustainability. Proceedings of “The 2016 Summer Simulation International Conference (SummerSim’16)”, Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in cooperation with ACM SIGSIM. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ISBN: 978-1-5108-2424-9. Pages 409-414. July 24 - 27, 2016.

A. Kurkovsky.  Simulation for Higher Education Sustainability. Proceedings of “The 2015 Summer Simulation International Conference (SummerSim’15)”, Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in cooperation with ACM SIGSIM. Chicago, IL, USA. ISBN: 1-56555-357-8, pages 47-54. July 26-29, 2015.

A. Kurkovsky. Dynamics of Campus Parking Lots (Work in Progress Paper). Proceedings of "47th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS 2014)". Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in cooperation with ACM SIGSIM. Tampa, Florida, USA. ISBN: 978-1-63266-213-2, Simulation Series Volume 46, Number 2. Pages 97-102. April 13-16, 2014.

A. Kurkovsky. Interdisciplinary Systems and Simulation Studies for an Innovative Undergraduate Program.  Proceedings of "Emerging M&S Applications in Industry and Academia (EAIA 2013) Symposium". Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in cooperation with ACM SIGSIM. San Diego, CA, USA. ISBN 1-56555-350-0, Book 5. Pages 580-588. April 7 – 10, 2013.

A. Kurkovsky. Simulation-Based Approach for Interdisciplinary Systems Studies within an Innovative Undergraduate Program. Proceedings of "The 5th International Conference on Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation (GCMS'12)".  Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in cooperation with ACM SIGSIM. Genoa, Italy. ISBN 978-1-61839-983-0, Simulation Series Vol. 44, No 11. Pages 120-126. July 8-11, 2012.

A. Kurkovsky. An Approach to Formalize the Dynamics of Complex Computer Systems for Subsequent Simulation and Sustainability Analysis. Proceedings of "Emerging Applications of M&S in Industry and Academia (EAIA'12) Symposium". Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in cooperation with ACM SIGSIM. Orlando, FL, USA. ISBN 978-1-61839-787-4, Vol. 44, No 5. Pages 40-46. March 26 - 29, 2012.

A. Kurkovsky. Sustainability and Local Community: a Simulation Approach to Analyze Transportation System Dynamics of a Growing Higher Education Institution. Proceedings of “The IEEE 2010 International Conference on Management Science and Information Engineering (ICMSIE 2010)” Zhengzhou, China. ISBN: 978-1-4244-9076-9, Vol. 1, pages 62-67. 2010.

A. Kurkovsky and D. Pursell. Information Technology and Environmental Sustainability for a Higher Education Institution. Proceedings of “The Second International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering (EME 2010)”, Banff, Alberta, Canada. ISBN: 978-0-88986-843-4. 699-024. 2010.

A. Kurkovsky, T. Mundie, and D. Pursell. Sustainable Development: Educational Programs Assessment as a Component of Simulation-Based Technology. Proceedings of “The 2010 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'10)”. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. ISBN: 1-60132-143-0. 116-122. 2010.

A. Kurkovsky and T. Mundie. Simulation of Educational Process Management to  Support Sustainability of an Innovative Higher Education Institution.  Proceedings of "The 20th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS 2009)". ISBN: 978-0-88986-798-7. 670-096. July 6 – 8, Banff, Alberta, Canada. 2009.

J. Lancaster, A. Kurkovsky and T. Mundie. Outcomes-Driven Program Assessment as a Component of Sustainable Development at an Innovative College. Peer reviewed presentation at "The ABET Best Assessment Practices Symposium" April 25-26, Atlanta, USA, 2008.

A. Kurkovsky. Requirement Analysis for Emissions Trading Management Systems Using a Simulation Approach. Proceedings of the “Asian Conference on Modelling and Simulation”. ISBN (CD): 978-0-88986-701-7. 571-079. Pages 83-88. October 8 – 10, Beijing, China. 2007.

A. Kurkovsky. Formal Architectural Analysis of Complex Computer Systems. Proceedings of the 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST’06), (affiliated with IEEE). ISBN: 0-7803-9457-7. DOI: 10.1109/SSST.2006.1619037. pp 29 – 33. March 5-7, Cookeville, Tennessee, USA. 2006.

A. Kurkovsky. An Approach to Analysis and Design of Emissions Trading Management Systems. In the Proceedings of the Climate Change Technology Conference (CCC’06) (affiliated with IEEE). ISBN: 1-4244-0218-2. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/EICCCC.2006.277237. pp 1 – 7. May 9 - 12, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 9-12, 2006.

S. Kurkovsky, V. Zanev, and A. Kurkovsky. SMMART: Using Context-Awareness in M-Commerce. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Proceedings of “The 7th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices & services”. ISBN: 1-59593-089-2. Volume 111. DOI: 10.1145/1085777.1085880. pp 383 – 384. . Salzburg, Austria. September 19 - 22, 2005.

A. Kurkovsky. Simulation Methodology and Business Process Reengineering Models for the Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading within the Kyoto Protocol. Proceedings of “The International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling” (ASM’05), ISBN: 0-88986-467-5. 469-046. pp 338-343. Benalmadena, Spain. June 15-17, 2005.

S. Kurkovsky, V. Zanev, and A. Kurkovsky. SMMART, a Context-Aware Mobile Marketing Application: Experiences and Lessons. The Book of “Lecture Notes in Computer Science” affiliated with IEEE. . Editors: T. Enokido (Japan), L. Yan (Finland), D. Kim (Korea), Y. Dai (USA), L. Yang (Canada). ISBN: 978-3-540-30803-4. Volume 3823. DOI: 10.1007/11596042_15. pp 141 – 150.  Springer-Verlag GmbH; Volume 3823, 2005.

A. Kurkovsky. Simulation and Information Technologies for Regional Environmental Management. Proceedings of “The International conference on Environmental Modeling and Simulation” (EMS’04). ISBN: 0-88986-441-1. 432-028. pp 18-23. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA. November 22-24, 2004.

A. Kurkovsky. Simulation in Analysis of Sustainable Development: Goals, Planning, and Evaluations. Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization (MSO’04). ISBN: 0-88986-424-1. 429-130. pp 275-280. Kauai, Hawaii, USA. August 16-18, 2004.

A. Kurkovsky. A Hierarchical Approach to Formalization of Distributed Computing Environments. Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PCC'04). ISBN: 1-932415-39-4. pp 733-738. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. June 21-24, 2004.

A. Kurkovsky. Problems of a diagnosis, forecast and management of regions in a model submission of sustainable development. Proceedings of the IV International Workshop “Complex Investigation for Transition of Russia and Other Countries toward Sustainable Development with Using Mathematical Modeling”. Moscow, 1998.

A. Kurkovsky, Yu. Midlin, G. Rybina. Intelligent Systems of Ecological Monitoring. Proceedings of the VI National Conference on Artificial Intelligence – CAI'98. Pushcino, 1998.

A. Kurkovsky. Information technologies as an instrument for rational nature use and evaluation of engineering risks. Proceedings of the Second Russian-American Seminar "Natural Environment Protection and Engineering Security" in frames of project "Partnership ASME-RAS", Moscow, 1996.

A. Kurkovsky. Simulation Modeling and Problems of Design Solution Assessment for System of Automation in Ecology and Geophysics. Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Problems of Modular Systems and Networks (ICSNET' 95), S.-Peterburg, 1995.

A. Kurkovsky Common Purpose Simulation Modeling Environments for Environmental Studies. Proceedings of the Second International Aerosol Symposium (IAS' 95), Moscow, 1995.

A. Kurkovsky. On the problem of coordinating design solutions of the satellite systems for the remote sensing of Earth and automated ecological monitoring with corresponding geophysical and ecological models. Proceedings of the International Conference "Satellite Communications - 94" (ICSC'94). ISBN: 0-7803-2514-1. DOI: 10.1109/ICSC.1994.523171. Vol. 2. pp 231 – 233.  Moscow, 1994.

A. Kurkovsky. Sustainability and Local Community: a Simulation Approach to Analyze Transportation System Dynamics of a Growing Higher Education Institution. Proceedings of “The IEEE 2010 International Conference on Management Science and Information Engineering (ICMSIE 2010)” Zhengzhou, China. ISBN: 978-1-4244-9076-9, Vol. 1, pages 62-67. 2010.

The Eleven International Conference on Advances in System Simulation (SIMUL 2019), Valencia, Spain, November 24-28, 2019.

The book titled "Microwave Remote Sensing Tools in Environmental Science" C. Varotsos, and V. Krapivin. Springer Nature Publishing, Netherlands, 2019.

The Tenth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation (SIMUL 2018), Nice, France, October 14-18, 2018.

The Ninth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation (SIMUL 2017), Athens, Greece, October 8-12, 2017.

The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017.

The book titled “Information Technologies for Remote Monitoring of the Environment” V. Krapivin and  A. Shutko. Praxis Publishing, UK, 2010.

The Second International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering (EME 2010), Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2010.

The Handbook of Technology Management (Chapter - Fuzzy Logic). The Editor-in-Chief Dr. H. Bidgoli. John Wiley & Sons, USA, 2009.

The International Asian Conference on Modeling and Simulation (AsiaMS'07), Beijing, China. October 8 – 10,  2007.

The book titled “Global Climatology and Ecodynamics: Anthropogenic Driven Changes to Planet Earth”. A. Cracknell, C. Varotsos, and V. Krapivin. Praxis Publishing, UK. 2006.

The International Conference on Environmental Modeling and Simulation (EMS’06), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA. November 29–December 1, 2006.

The Climate Change Technology Conference: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century (CCC’06), Ottawa, Canada. May 9-12, 2006.

The International Conference on Environmental Modeling and Simulation (EMS‘04), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA. November 22-24, 2004.

The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, USA.

Journal of Terrestrial Observation, USA.

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