Alexander Popov

Current

• Researcher at Microsoft, EMEA External Research Office
• Researcher at MSTLab, CS Dept. of MSU

Past

• Microsoft Student Partner at Microsoft Russia
• Researcher at ISP RAS

Education

• Moscow State University
• Moscow State University

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Industry

Computer Software

Alexander Popov’s Summary

Alexander Popov’s Specialties:

Technology marketing, project management, software design, software engineering, Microsoft technologies, human-computer interaction, context-aware computing, adaptive UI, sensor applications, UX concept design, VoIP, telecommunications, high performance computing, virtualization, educational initiatives, research, analytics

Alexander Popov’s Experience

• Researcher

  Microsoft, EMEA External Research Office

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  I am leading a research project under joint Russian NTO office (Microsoft Russia) / PC|3 (Microsoft Corp.) initiative on context awareness and its applications for adaptive user interfaces. In this project, a mobile PC is extended with custom hardware (GPS receiver, digital compass, ambient light sensor, and accelerometer). Software adapts its user interface to the change of context and also features an augmented reality mode built entirely on sensors’ data instead of traditional solutions on image recognition.
  
  My functions on this position include research project management, market research, market analysis, custom hardware and software development and prototyping, user experience design, software design.
  
  The project was showcased to two Microsoft Corporate VPs, Bill Mitchell of PC|3 and Dan Ling of Microsoft Research.

• Researcher

  MSTLab, CS Dept. of MSU

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

  Microsoft Technologies Lab. at CS Department of Moscow State Univ. has began its work in July 2004. MSTLab conducts both basic and applied research in Computer Science and Software Engineering working with the latest technologies.
  
  I have worked on different in-house and public research projects at MSTLab within a wide range of functions from business and market analysis to user experience research to software design to project management.
  
  Our research projects received a number of grants from leading industry companies including Microsoft Research and Hewlett-Packard.
  
  See also: http://microsoft.cs.msu.su

• Microsoft Student Partner

  Microsoft Russia

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  December 2004 — July 2009 (4 years 8 months)

  MSP is an annual award recognizing university students who have demonstrated strong technical knowledge of Microsoft developer technologies, and who willingly share that knowledge through campus groups, clubs, and online communities. MSP is not a Microsoft employee, it is a volunteer, non-paid position.
  
  As a member of the program I was working closely with the DPE (Developer and Platform Evangelism) divisions of Microsoft Russia, Microsoft CEE, Microsoft EMEA and Microsoft Corp. (HQ) on technology marketing and technology adoption of company's platforms and services among research and academia audiences (with the primary target in the ICT field).
  
  This work included running in-campus technological events—including product launch waves (Visual Studio, Windows, Office etc.), lectures of MS employees and independent software professionals—and promotion of company's initiatives for academia and students (Imagine Cup, Channel 8, DreamSpark etc.) as well as organizing and supporting local campus communities.
  
  See also: http://student-partners.com

• Researcher

  ISP RAS

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 2005 — March 2006 (5 months)

  Research and development in the field of high-performance computing (parallel applications, development support tools for parallel programming etc.)
  
  See also: http://ispras.ru

Alexander Popov’s Education

• Moscow State University

  Ph.D. , Computer Science, Mathematics , 2008 — 2011 (expected)

• Moscow State University

  M.Sc. , Computer Science, Mathematics , 2003 — 2008

  M.Sc. Thesis: "Design for Unified Communications solution using 3GPP IMS architectural principles"