Game Theory and Operations Research
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01.04.02 In English
Level of education Master
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 2 years
Programme description
- The master's programme ‘Game Theory and Operations Research’ trains highly qualified specialists for a future career in industry, management, science and education. The academic programme is taught in English. During training, students study: models and methods of operations research; game theory; econometrics and applied statistics; queuing theory; and the use of computer technology in these areas
- The master’s programme is aimed at university graduates with a bachelor's or specialist's degree who wish to continue their education in applied mathematics and informatics
Main сourses
- Research Seminar in Game Theory and Operations Research
- Artificial Intelligence in Operations Research
- Qualitative Methods of Applied Economic Analysis
- Computer Modelling and Queuing Management
- Logistics and Supply Chains
- Machine Learning
- Optimisation, Forecasting and Artificial Intelligence in Industry
- Game-Theoretic Models of Economic Competition
- Integer Programming, Transport and Network Models
- Evolutionary Games
- Econometrics. Advanced Level
- Project Management
- Dynamic games
- Modern Control Theory
- Statistical Decisions and Econometricss
Our advantages
- Graduates of the programme will be able to set and solve problems in various applied areas that require an analytical approach, fundamental knowledge of mathematics, scientific sophistication and the ability to make decisions in conflict and uncertain situations
- The knowledge acquired will make it possible for graduates of the programme to: work with big data and queuing analysis; make decisions under conditions of uncertainty; and carry out qualitative and scenario analysis in various economic/ biological/ industrial models
Teaching staff
- Leon Petrosyan, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor, Head of the Department of Mathematical Game Theory and Statistical Decisions at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes at St. Petersburg State University; Editor of the International Game Theory Review (IGTR); Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nonlinear and Convex Analysis (JNCA); Editor of the annual international publication ‘Game Theory and Applications’; Editor-in-Chief of the Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Applied Mathematics. Computer Science. Control Processes; and Editor-in-Chief of the journal ‘Contributions to Game Theory and Management’, which is translated into English. He is the author of over 230 scientific publications, including textbooks and monographs. He is a member and chair of organising committees for numerous international conferences, including: World Congress of Game Theory Society; International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications; and Game Theory and Management (GTM 2007–2016)
- Vladimir Bure, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Head of the St. Petersburg State University grant ‘Research on the dependence of student performance on the results of their participation in subject Olympiads, which are taken into account when applying to a university, and on their Unified State Examination results’ (2011). Over the past five years, he has participated in 14 international and Russian conferences. He is a member of the Expert Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of Agrophysics, Agroclimatology, and Mathematical Modelling of Agroecosystems. He is also a member of the dissertation council at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science ‘Agrophysical Research Institute’. He is the author of over 200 scholarly and educational papers
- Elena Parilina, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor in the Department of Mathematical Game Theory and Statistical Decisions at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes at St. Petersburg State University; author of over 80 scientific publications on mathematical game theory and of three textbooks on probability theory and mathematical statistics; Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Dynamic Games; Visiting Professor at the universities of Bologna, Padua, Qingdao, and Beijing, as well as at the GERAD Research Centre in Canada; Member of the organising committees of several international Game Theory and Management (GTM) conferences
- Artem Sedakov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor in the Department of Mathematical Game Theory and Statistical Decisions at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes at St. Petersburg State University; author of over 50 scientific publications in the field of network games, dynamic games, and their applications. He has participated in research projects supported by Russian and international foundations, including the Russian Science Foundation; the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); and the CAS Foundation. He is a scholarship holder of the Chinese Academy of Sciences programme for outstanding young scientists (2016); and Visiting professor at Qingdao University (since 2018), Kellogg School of Management (the USA), and the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (France)
Main areas of research
- Operations research
- Game theory
- Econometrics
- Big Data
- Decision theory
- Queuing theory
- Applied statistics
- Operational analysis of joint ventures
- Pollution and environmental issues
Career opportunities
Graduates are capable of conducting a wide range of analytical, research and teaching activities at research centres, R&D companies, universities and many other organisations, including:
- manufacturing and industrial enterprises of various forms of ownership in the field of strategic information technology
- research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other research institutions
- financial and banking institutions
- enterprises engaged in high technology and innovations
- bodies of state and municipal administration; and
- healthcare institutions
Professions
- Expert in research and engineering
- Specialist in R&D organisation and management
- Teacher of professional training, vocational education, and lifelong professional education and training
- Software developer
- Information resource specialist
- Systems analyst