Kovalev
mathematician professor researcher
Mikhail Yakovlevich Kovalyov was born on November 28, 1959, in the settlement of Godylevo in Bykhaw District, Mogilev Region, Belarus. He completed his secondary education in Godylevo in 1977 with a gold medal before entering Belarusian State University. His early academic formation led to a career centered on applied mathematics, mathematical cybernetics, and operations research.
Kovalyov graduated from the Faculty of Applied Mathematics of Belarusian State University in 1982 with distinction. He subsequently completed postgraduate study at the Institute of Technical Cybernetics of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus, defending his candidate dissertation in 1986 on interval ε-approximation algorithms for discrete extremal problems. He completed doctoral study at the same institution in 1996 and defended his Doctor of Science dissertation in 1999 on optimal schedules for servicing batches of demands. In 2004 he received the academic title of professor in informatics, control, and computer engineering.
Kovalyov began his professional career in 1982 at the Institute of Technical Cybernetics of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus, where he worked as a researcher until 2002. His research developed around discrete optimization, approximation algorithms, scheduling theory, logistics, computational complexity, and related problems in applied mathematics. From 2002 to 2009 he was a professor at the Faculty of Economics of Belarusian State University, while also continuing his academic association with the university's Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics. From 2009 he served as Deputy General Director for Research of the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and continued to hold a professorial position at Belarusian State University. His scientific work includes methods for constructing effective ε-approximation algorithms, theories of batch-service scheduling, logistics optimization methods, complexity analysis, and combinatorial algorithms for determining the linear structure of DNA molecules. His applied developments were implemented at the Kazan Aviation Production Association, the Orbita research and production organization in Dnipropetrovsk, and the Research Institute of Oncology and Medical Radiology in Minsk. He has published extensively in international journals and has supervised the defense of seven candidate dissertations.
Research in models, methods, algorithms, and software for discrete optimization and optimal planning problems.
Development of general schemes for effective ε-approximation algorithms for discrete extremal problems.
Development of scheduling theory for servicing requirements in batches and methods for logistics optimization.
Development of approaches for determining the computational complexity of optimization problems and combinatorial algorithms for identifying the linear structure of DNA molecules.
Applied scientific and technical developments implemented at the Kazan Aviation Production Association, the Orbita research and production organization in Dnipropetrovsk, and the Research Institute of Oncology and Medical Radiology in Minsk.
(Co-authored research on mathematical modeling and randomi...)
2020(Co-authored survey of the scientific school and schedulin...)
2010(Co-authored study of computational complexity and approxi...)
2009(Co-authored invited review of fixed-interval scheduling m...)
2007(Co-authored operations-research article on group scheduli...)
2005(Co-authored study introducing an optimal schedule-block a...)
2012(Co-authored study of supply-control optimization with mul...)
2008(Co-authored research on parametric knapsack problems, app...)
2023(Co-authored scheduling study involving work and rest requ...)
2008(Research article on single-server scheduling and optimiza...)
1991(Co-authored review of results in scheduling theory.)
2014(Co-authored with Y. M. Shafransky; published in Computati...)
1986Kovalyov has participated in the international operations-research community through the European working group on production management and scheduling. He has also served in editorial and advisory roles for journals in operations research and management science, including Omega, the European Journal of Operational Research, and Computers & Operations Research. He was associated with the Byelorussian Operational Research Society and served as its vice-president.
Participant in the European operations-research working group concerned with production management and scheduling.
European working group on production management and scheduling
Served as vice-president.
Byelorussian Operational Research Society
Served as deputy editor.
Omega: The International Journal of Management Science
Served as a member of the editorial board.
European Journal of Operational Research
Served as a member of the editorial board.
Computers & Operations Research
Kovalyov is married to Galina K. Kovalyova and has sons named Alexander and Sergey. His parents are identified as Yakov Kovalyov and Tatiana V. Astashonok.
