Vladimir studied mathematics at Saint-Petersburg State University and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Bavaria.
The subject of his Master's Thesis was "Entropy estimation and pattern mining using contexts with holes".
In May 2011 he received a Google Research Award, and later became a co-recepient of an MIT-Germany Seed Fund grant 2011-2012.
Since February 2012 he is working on his PhD in Computer Science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University.Vladimir plays violin and piano. He has conducted the orchestra of Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.
His first time ever at the baton is captured here:
You can contact Vladimir at [first name]@[last name].name. He will be glad to hear from you.