Sergey Kushnarev

Graduate Student
Division of Applied Mathematics,
Brown University

Office : 182 George St, Room 024.
Phone : (401) 863-3661
Email : skushn at dam dot brown dot edu

My hometown is Smolensk, Russia. I obtained my Red Diploma (graduated with distinction) in applied mathematics
and mechanics from the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics (mech-mat) at the Moscow State University, Russia.

Job application materials

Curriculum vitæ [pdf]
Research statement [pdf]
Teaching philosophy statement [pdf]

AMS Coversheet [pdf]
References List [pdf]
Publications List [pdf]

Research interests

Singular Solutions of the EPDiff (Solitons), Numerical Methods for Finding Geodesics, Geometry of Shape Spaces, Riemannian Metrics,
Curvature, Pattern Theory, Computer Vision, Mathematical Representation and Comparison of 2-dimensional Shapes.

Advisor: David Mumford.

My Research in Pictures

take a look...

List of publications and technical reports

Teichons: Soliton-like Geodesics on Universal Teichmüller Space,
December 2008, accepted for publication in Experimental Mathematics.
[pdf]
Computation of the Sectional Curvature of the Weil-Petersson Metric in Normal Coordinates,
Technical Report, October 2008.
[pdf] (soon)
Comparison of Landmark and Current Matching Algorithms on the Database of Faces,
Technical Report, May 2006.
[pdf]

Past Teaching

Spring 2006: Teaching Assistant.
AM281: Mathematics of Shape.
Instructor: Prof. David Mumford

Spring 2006: Co-instructor.
AM18: Modeling the World With Mathematics.
co-instructor with Prof. David Mumford

Fall 2004 - Spring 2005: Teaching Assistant.
AM165, AM166: Statistical Inference I, II.
Instructor: Prof. Elie Bienenstock, Prof. Donald McClure

Fall 2004 - Spring 2007: Tutor at the Mathematical Resource Center, Brown University.

Teaching Awards

2005: The Sheridan Center for Teaching in Higher Education Certificate I, Brown University.
This certificate was awarded after completing certain requirements, which include participation
in the Sheridan Teaching Seminar and related workshops, a department microteaching session, and an
individual teaching consultation.