Sergey Kushnarev

Research Fellow
Computational Functional Anatomy Lab
Division of Bioengineering
National University of Singapore

Office : 2 Engineering Drive 3, Block E3 #05-30.
Phone : +65 6516 5504
Email : sergey dot kushnarev at gmail dot com

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.
I have received my PhD in May 2010 under the guidance of Prof. David Mumford.

PhD Thesis

My thesis "The Geometry of the space of 2D shapes and the Weil-Petersson metric" is available online [pdf]

Job application materials

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

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

Research interests

Riemannian Metrics and Geometry of Shape Spaces, Euler-Poincare equations on the
groups of diffeomorphisms, Numerical Methods for Finding Geodesics, Mathematical
Representation of Shapes, Pattern Theory, Computer Vision.

Advisor: David Mumford.

List of publications and technical reports

Paper “Teichons: Soliton-like Geodesics on Universal Teichm?ller Space”,
Experimental Mathematics, Volume 18, Number 3 / 2009.
[pdf]
Computation of the Sectional Curvature of the Weil-Petersson Metric in Normal Coordinates,
Technical Report, August 2009.
[pdf]
Comparison of Landmark and Current Matching Algorithms on the Database of Faces,
Technical Report, May 2006.
[pdf]

Current Teaching

Oct 2010 &ndash currently: Instructor.
"Differential Geometry" at the Computational Functional Anatomy Lab.

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.

Last modified on Jan 14, 2011.