Simon Berkovich
Professor
The George Washington University
USA
Biography
Simon Berkovich received MS in Applied Physics from Moscow Physical-Technical Institute (1960) and PhD in Computer Science from the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Technology of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964). He played a leading role in a number of advanced computer systems projects. He has several hundred publications in various areas of physics, electronics, computer science, and biology. In 2002, Professor Simon Berkovich was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences "for an outstanding contribution to computer science and the development of fundamental computational algorithms". In 2014, he won the GWU Technology Transfer Innovation Competition.
Research Interest
He has several hundred publications in various areas of physics, electronics, computer science, and biology. In 2002, Professor Simon Berkovich was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences "for an outstanding contribution to computer science and the development of fundamental computational algorithms". In 2014, he won the GWU Technology Transfer Innovation Competition.