Yuriy Zinchenko

Yuriy Zinchenko

Positions

Associate Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Contact information

Email

yzinchen@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Website

Advanced Optimization Laboratory

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-4044

Location

Office: MS524

Background

Educational Background

PhD Mathematics, Cornell University, 2005

Research

Areas of Research

Operations research
Scientific parallel computing and high-performance linear algebra
Operations research
optimization algorithms and software
Applications to medicine and healthcare
optimal radiation therapy design
Activities

My research pursues three intertwined directions: real-world applications, theory, and numerical algorithms.

Optimization is ubiquitous to science and engineering. There is a clear demand on optimization both in terms of theoretical advancements as well as greater availability of graduates trained in (or at least, exposed to) the discipline. Even despite the recent tremendous advancements of our computational capacities and information technologies, there are many challenging applications that still require more advanced optimization tools and methods. The demand is even more evident in such a resource- and energy-rich province as Alberta, where there is an urgent need to dramatically improve –optimize– the efficiency of the natural-resource-exploratory industries.

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
MATH 265 University Calculus I Fall

More Information

Journal articles

  • Girard, Mark W., Zinchenko, Yuriy, Friedland, Shmuel and Gour, Gilad. "Erratum: Numerical estimation of the relative entropy of entanglement". Physical Review A 91.2 (to appear): 029901(E). Print.
  • Shirvani Ghomi, Pooyan, Zinchenko, Yuriy, M. Zarepisheh, M. Shakourifar and et, al. "A moment-based approach for DVH-guided radiotherapy treatment plan optimization". Physics in Medicine and Biology 58.6 (2013). Print.
  • Deza, Antoine, Terlaky, Tamas and Zinchenko, Yuriy. "A continuous d-step conjecture for polytopes". Discrete and Computational Geometry, (2008). Print.
  • Zinchenko, Yuriy. "Controlling the dose distribution with gEUD-type constraints within the convex radiotherapy optimization framework". Physics in Medicine and Biology, (2008). Print.

Journal articles - peer reviewed

  • Asimit, Alexandru, Badescu, Alexandru, Siu, Tak Kuen and Zinchenko, Yuriy. "Capital Requirements and Optimal Investment with Solvency Probability Constraints". IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 26.(4) (2015): 345-375. Print.