Leonid Zhukov Леонид Жуков

Resume

EMPLOYMENT

  • Director of Data Science
    Ancestry.com
    San Francisco,CA
    Nov 2012 – Present
  • Professor
    Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics
    State University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
    Moscow, Russia
    Sept 2007 – Present
  • CTO and Co-founder
    Trafica,
    Moscow, Russia
    Jan 2009 – Nov 2012
  • Director of Research
    Masterhost (SpyLog)
    Moscow, Russia
    Feb 2008 – Jan 2009
  • Sr. Technical Advisor
    Mobile Content Networks (MCN) Inc
    Mountain View, CA
    Nov 2007 – Dec 2008
  • Head of Research & Development
    Jumptap Inc
    Boston, MA
    June 2006 – July 2007
  • Visiting Faculty
    Department of Computer Science, California Institute of Technology
    Pasadena, CA
    Feb. 2003 – June 2006
  • Senior Research Scientist
    Yahoo! Research Labs, Web Search, Yahoo! Inc
    Sunnyvale, CA
    Oct. 2003 – June 2006
  • Senior Research Scientist
    Overture Research, Overture Services Inc
    Pasadena, CA
    Oct. 2002 – Oct. 2003
  • Senior Research Scientist
    Department of Computer Science, California Institute of Technology
    Pasadena, CA
    June 2000 – Oct. 2002
  • Research Scientist
    Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT
    May 1998 – June 2000
  • Lecturer
    Dep. of Computer Science, Department of Physics, University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Sept. 1998 – May 1999
  • Computer Professional
    Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Aug. 1996 – May 1998
  • Teaching and Research Assistant
    Department of Physics, University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Sept. 1993 – May 1998
  • Research Engineer
    Kurchatov Institute for Atomic Energy Moscow, Russia
    Moscow, Russia
    Sept. 1991 – Jun. 1993

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, 1998,
    Department of Physics, University of Utah
  • Graduate of Computational Engineering and Science Program, 1998
    Department of Computer Science, University of Utah
  • Diploma (B.S and M.S.), summa cum laude,Theoretical Physics, 1993
    Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute (University) MEPHI