פרופ' זאב וולקוביץ

פרופ' זאב וולקוביץ

Prof. Zeev (Vladimir) Volkovich

פרופ' זאב וולקוביץ
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Department
Software Engineering
Research Interests
Data Mining, Probability theory
Current Position
Associate Professor and Head of M.Sc. Program.
Contact Information
Email
vlvolkov@braude.ac.il
Telephone
972-4-990-1764
Office
M 200
Education
Ph.D.
1982, Probability theory, Institute of Mathematics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, USSR
M.Sc.
Mathematics, (summa cum laude), Department of Mathematics, Tashkent State University, Tashkent, USSR
Research Areas
• Data Mining• Text Mining• Computational Biology• Patter Recognition• Probability Theory
Academic Appointments
2010-Present Head of M.Sc. Program, Department of Software Engineering, ORT Braude College, Israel.
2011-Present Head of the Data Mining Institute, ORT Braude College, Israel.
2007-2012 Head, Department of Software Engineering, ORT Braude College, Israel
2005-Present Associate Professor, ORT Braude College, Israel.
2004-2006 Affiliation as Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland (UMBC), Baltimore, USA.
2001-2005 Senior Lecturer, ORT Braude College, Israel.
1991-2001 Lecturer, ORT Braude College, Israel.
1997-2001 Adjunct Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Technion, Israel.
1996-2007 Adjunct Senior Teaching Fellow, Western Galilee College, Israel.
1988-1990 Leading Research Fellow, The Central Asian Regional Research Institute, Tashkent, USSR.
1984-1988 Senior Research Fellow, The Central Asian Regional Research Institute, Tashkent, USSR.
1981-1984 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Geology and Exploring of Oil and Gas Deposits, Tashkent, USSR.
1979-1981 Adjunct Lecturer, Tashkent Polytechnic University, Tashkent, USSR.
1978-1979 Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Tashkent, USSR
1976-1977 Research Fellow, Research Institute of Hydrogeology an Engineering Geology, Tashkent, USSR.
1975-1976 Research Fellow, Computer Center of State Planning Committee, Tashkent, USSR.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1984
1988
Senior Research Fellow, The Central Asian Regional Research Institute, Tashkent, USSR.
1981
1984
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Geology and Exploring of Oil and Gas Deposits, Tashkent, USSR.
1979
1981
Adjunct Lecturer, Tashkent Polytechnic University, Tashkent, USSR.
1978
1979
Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Tashkent, USSR
1976
1977
Research Fellow, Research Institute of Hydrogeology an Engineering Geology, Tashkent, USSR.
1975
1976
Research Fellow, Computer Center of State Planning Committee, Tashkent, USSR.
Teaching Experience
ORT Braude College of Engineering:
  • Graduate Courses:Software Engineering:Learning systemsCryptology 1 Cryptology 2 Data Compression Algorithms Theory Discrete Mathematics 1 Discrete Mathematics 2 Numerical Analysis Computer Communication Security Data Mining Data Mining Lab Stochastically Models in Bioinformatics Introduction to the Information Theory
  • Undergraduate Courses:ntroduction to Probability Theory (1997, 2001) (Technion, Israel)Graduate Courses:Mathematical Statistics and Probability Theory (1978, 1981) (Tashkent Polytechnic University, USSR) Differential and Integral Calculus (1978) (Tashkent Polytechnic University, USSR)  
Academic and Professional Awards and Grants
2010 PATHOSYS- New Algorithms for Host Pathogen Systems Biology, FP7-HEALTH-2010- single-stage grant
2006 Excellence Prize, ORT Braude College.
2005 Excellence Prize, ORT Braude College.
2004 Excellence Prize, ORT Braude College.
2003 Excellence Prize, ORT Braude College.
1975 Tashkent State University, Summa Cum Laude.
Professional Activities
ORT Braude College
• 2011-Present, Academic Projects Coordinator at M.Sc. program in the Department of Software Engineering.• 2010- Present, Member of the development team of the new M.Sc. program in the Department of Software Engineering. • 2010 – Present, Member of Editorial Board of the International Journal of Lean Thinking.• 2007 –Present, International collaborator of Eureka Ibero America, Iberian-American Network of Knowledge Discovering, approved by Iberian American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED).• 2002- Present, Member of the ORT BRAUDE College Academic Council.• 2002, Chair, Teaching Council, Department of Software Engineering.• 1993-1997, Member, College Teaching Council.• 2001-2004, Academic coordinator of Seminars in Computer Science, Department of Software Engineering. • 2002-2003, Academic Coordinator in Design of the Data Security and Data Mining Laboratory.• 2002-2005, Member of the development team of the new B.Sc. Program in the Department of Software Engineering• 2001-2005, Member of the “Teaching by Internet” Project, Developed Courses: Discrete Mathematics 1 Cryptography 1• 1994-1999, Statistical and Software Consultant for the Students and Teachers Survey Committee.• 1996, Academic Coordinator of the Course “Scientific Programming”, Department of Continuing Education.
Conferences Organization
• Stream Organizer at the 25th EURO Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, July, 2012.• Member, the Scientific Committee at ADIS European Conference Data Mining 2012, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2012.• Member, the Scientific Committee at Tenth Workshop on Text Mining, Anaheim, USA, April 2012.• Invited session organizer at the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFOR S2011) conference, Melbourne, July 2011.• Member, the Scientific Committee at Ninth Workshop on Text Mining, Mesa, USA, April 2011.• Invited stream organizer: 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2010. • Member, the Scientific Committee at International Conference on Modeling, Optimization and Dynamics, University of Porto, July 2010.• Invited organizer of the session “Optimization Approaches in Classification Problems”, at Global Conference on Power and Optimization (PCO2010), Golden Coast, Queensland, Australia, February, 2010.• Invited organizer of the session “Stochastic Modeling and Simulation II” at the 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Bonn, July, 2009.• Invited organizer of the stream” Stochastic Modeling for Classification Problems” at the XIII International Conference Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA 2009), Vilnius, 2009.• Member, the International Program Committee at Second Global Conference on Power and Optimization (PCO2009), Bali, Indonesia, 2009.• Member, the International Program Committee Text Mining workshopat SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, John Ascuaga’s Nugget – Sparks, Nevada, 2009.• Member, the International Program Committee at XXVIII International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Zakopane, Poland, 2009.• Member, Program Committee at Continuous Optimization and Knowledge-Based Technologies, Lithuania, 2008.• Co-Chair of the International Program Committee of XXVI International Seminar Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Israel, October 22-26, 2007.• Co-Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of XXVI International SeminarStability Problems for Stochastic Models, Israel, October 22-26, 2007.• Chair Program Committee, 2nd ORT Braude College Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Karmiel, Israel, July 11-12, 2006. • Member, Advisory Committee of the 4th Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, June 5-7, 2006• Member Program Committee of 4th Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, June 5-7, 2006.• Member, Program Committee, 2nd Workshop on Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining 2006, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, June 5-7, 2006.• Member, Program Committee, Workshop on Clustering Large High Dimensional Datasets, 1st International Conference on Scalable Information Systems, Hong Kong, May 20-June 1, 2006.• Member, Program Committee, Joint Israeli-Russian Workshop on Stochastic Models: Theory and Application, ORT Braude College, Karmiel, April 5, 2006.• Member, Program Committee, Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining Workshop, ORT Braude College, Karmiel, May, 2005. • Member, Program Committee, 5th SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 2005), Workshop on Clustering High Dimensional Data and Its Applications, Newport Beach, CA, USA, April, 2005.• Member, Program Committee, 4th SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 2004), Workshop on Clustering High Dimensional Data and its Applications, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA April, 2004.• Member, Program Committee, IEEE Data Mining Workshop on Clustering Large Data Sets, Melbourne, FL, USA, November, 2003.• Member, Program Committee, SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, Workshop on Clustering High Dimensional Data and Its Applications, San Francisco, CA, USA May 2003.
Chairmanship at Conferences
• Section Chair the Parallel Session 6a, at 4-th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval (KDIR 2012), Barcelona, October, 2012. • Section Chair at the 25th EURO Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, July, 2012. • Section Chair the session “Stochastic Modeling and Simulation II” at the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFOR S2011) conference, Melbourne, 2011.• Section Chair the session “Stochastic Modeling and Simulation II” at the 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, 2010.• Section Chair the session “Cluster / Classification” Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Data Analysis International Conference (SMTDA 2010), Chania Crete Greece, 8-11, June 2010.• Section Chair the session “Stochastic Modeling and Simulation II” at the 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Bonn, 2009• Section Chair the session “Stochastic Modeling for Classification Problems”,The XIII International Conference Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA 2009), Vilnius, 2009.• Section Chair, 20th Mini Conference “Continuous Optimization and Knowledge-Based Technologies”, EurOPT, Lithuania, 2008.• Section Chair, Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, ORT Braude College, Israel, October 22-26, 2007.• Section Chair, 1st European Conference on Data Mining (ECDM’07), Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007.• Invited Section Chair, 21st European Conference on Operational Research, EURO XXI in Iceland, July, 2006.• Section Chair, Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models,Jurmala, Latvia, September 2004.
Publications
Refereed Papers
  1. Z. Frenkel, and Z. Volkovich Repeated Bisections approach for local clustering of PPINs, Journal of Modern Mathematics Frontier, (JMMF), (Accepted), 2012.
  2. E. V. Ravve and Z. Volkovich, Effective Computations on Decomposable Graphs of Unbounded Width: from Theory to Practice, Journal of Symbolic Logic, (Accepted), 2012
  3. K. Korenblat, Z. Volkovich . and Alexander Bolshoy, Robust Classifying of Prokaryotic Genomes, Computational Biology and Chemistry, (Accepted), 2012
  4. D. Toledano-Kitai and Z. Volkovich, Resampling K-NN Approach for Cluster Validation Assessment, Journal of Modern Mathematics Frontier (JMMF), (Accepted), 2012.
  5. K. Korenblat and Z. Volkovich, Feature Selection for Microarray Data Using Probability Distances, JP Journal of Biostatistics, (Accepted), 2012.
  6. D. Toledano-Kitai, R. Avros, Z. Volkovich, G.- W. Weber and O. Yahalom, A binomial noised model for cluster validation, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, Special, Issue: Recent Advances in Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems (Accepted), 2012.
  7. E. N. Trifonov, Z. Volkovich and Z. M. Frenkel, Multiple levels of meaning in DNA sequences, and one more, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (Accepted), 2012.
  8. Z. Volkovich, D. Toledano-Kitai and G.-W. Weber, Self-Learning k-Means Clustering: A Global Optimization Approach, Journal of Global Optimization (JOGO), (available online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/0925-5001/?MUD=MP&k=volkovich), Online First™, 7 February, 2012.
  9. Z. Volkovich, G.-W. Weber, R. Avros, and O. Yahalom, On an adjacency cluster merit approach, Int. J. Operational Research, 13(3), 239–255, 2012.
  10. Z. Volkovich, D. Toledano-Kitai, Z. Barzily, G.-W. Weber and R. Avros, A Minimal Spanning Trees Approach to Cluster Stability Problem, Central European Journal of Operation Research, 20(1), 119-139, 2012.
  11. V. Kirzhner and Z. Volkovich, Model of Overlapping Messages with Degenerate Coding, Applied Mathematics, 3(2), 188-197, 2012.
  12. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, G.-W. Weber, D. Toledano-Kitai and R. Avros, Resampling Approach for Cluster Model Selection, Machine Learning, 85(1-2), 209–248, 2011.
  13. Z. Frenkel, E. Trifonov, Z. Volkovich and T. Bettecken, Nucleosome Positioning Patterns Derived from Human Apoptotic Nucleosome, Journal of Bimolecular Structure &Dynamics, ISSN 0739-1102, 29(3), 577-583, 2011.
  14. E. Kropat, Z.Volkovich and G.-W. Weber, Stochastic Modeling and Simulation” (Stream, XXIV of European Conference on Operational Research), International IFNA-ANS scientific Journal "Problems of nonlinear analysis in engineering systems", 1(35), v.17, 137-151, 2011.
  15. Z. Volkovich, M. Golani and R. Avros, A comparative approach to cluster validation, Journal of Pattern Recognition Research, 6(2), 230-243, 2011.
  16. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, R. Avros and D. Toledano-Kitai, On Application of a Probabilistic K-Nearest Neighbors Model for Cluster Validation Problem, Communications in Statistic, 40, 2997–3010, 2011.
  17. Z. Volkovich, M. Golani and R. Avros, On Initialization of the Expectation-Maximization Clustering Algorithm, The Global Journal of Technology and Optimization, Transaction on Evolutionary algorithm and Clustering, ISSN: 2229-8711, Online Publication, 2(2), 117-120 June 2011.
  18. O. N. Granichin, D. S. Shalymov, R. Avros and Z. Volkovich, A randomized algorithm for estimating the number of clusters, Automation and Remote Control, 72(4), 754-765, 2011.
  19. D. Toledano-Kitai, R. Avros and Z. Volkovich, A Fractal Dimension Standpoint to the Cluster Validation Problem, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 20 (2), 187-202, 2011.
  20. A. Kaplunovsky, D. Zabrodsky, Z. Volkovich, A. Ivashchenko and A. Bolshoy, Statistics of Exon Lengths in Fungi, The Open Bioinformatics Journal, 4, 31-40, 2010.
  21. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, D. Toledano-Kitai and R. Avros, The Hotelling’s metric as cluster stability measure, Computer Modeling & New Technologies, 14(4), 65-72, 2010.
  22. Z. Volkovich, V. Kirzhner, Z. Barzily, S. Hosid and K. Korenblat, A Linguistic Approach to Classification of Bacterial Genomes, Pattern Recognition, 43(3), 1083-1093, 2010.
  23. Z. Volkovich, D. Toledano-Kitai, and R. Avros, On analytical properties of generalized convolutions, Banach Center Publications, Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences Warszawa, (invited paper), 90, 243-274, 2010.
  24. P. Soreanu and Z. Volkovich, Energy-Efficient Sensing Models for Wireless Sensor Networks, the International Journal on Advances in Networks and Services, 2(4), 261-272, 2009.
  25. P. Soreanu, Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily and M. Golani, Mitigating jamming attacks in wireless sensor networks: an energy-efficient method in a mobile jammer environment, Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 56(4), 533-550, 2009.
  26. E. Pancheva, I. Mitov and Z. Volkovich, Relationship between Extremer and Sum Processes Generated By the Same Point Process, Serdica Math. Journal, 2, 2009.
  27. Z. Barzily, Z. Volkovich, B. Akteke-Ozturk and G.-W. Weber, On a minimal spanning tree approach in the cluster validation problem, Informatica, 20(2), 187-202, 2009.
  28. L. Kozobay-Avraham, S. Hosid, Z. Volkovich and A. Bolshoy, Prokaryote Clustering Based on DNA curvature distributions, The Journal of Combinatorial Algorithms, Informatics and Computational Sciences, 157(10), 2370-2377, 2009.
  29. A. Bolshoy, Z. Volkovich, Whole-genome prokaryotic clustering based on gene lengths, The Journal of Combinatorial Algorithms, Informatics and
  30. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, and L. Morozensky, A statistical model of cluster stability, Pattern Recognition, 41(7), 2174-2188, 2008.
  31. A. L. Rukhin and Z. Volkovich, Testing Randomness via a periodic Words, the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 78(12), Month 1–12, 2008.
  32. V. Kirzhner, A. Paz, Z. Volkovich, E. Nevo and A. Korol, Different clustering of genomes across life using the A-T-C-G and degenerate R-Y alphabets: Early and late signaling on genome evolution?, Journal of Molecular Evolution, 64(4), 448-456, 2007.
  33. V. Volkovich, J. Kogan and C. Nicholas, Building initial partitions through sampling techniques, European Journal of Operational Research, 183, Issue 3(16), 1097-1105, 2007.
  34. E. Pancheva, Z. Volkovich and L. Morozensky, Upper and lower bounds for ruin probability, Pliska Studia Mathematica Bulgarica, 18, 315-326, 2007.
  35. A. Grusho, E. Timonina, Z. Volkovich and Z. Barzily, On a probabilistic model of intrusion detection, Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics,34(1), 39-50, 2007.
  36. E. Pancheva, I. Mitov and Z. Volkovich, Sum and extremal processes over explosion area, Reports of the Bulgarian Academy of Science, 59(12), 1219-1226, 2006.
  37. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily and P. Soreanu, The Levy-Khinchine representations and functional algebras of test functions, Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 25(1), 103-121, 2005.
  38. Z. Volkovich, V. Kirzhner, A. Bolshoy, A. Korol and E. Nevo, The Method of N-grams in large-scale clustering of DNA texts pattern recognition, Pattern Recognition, 38(11), 1902-1912, 2005.
  39. V. Kirzhner, A. Bolshoy, Z. Volkovich, A. Korol and E. Nevo, Large scale genome clustering across life based on a linguistic approach. BioSystem, 81(3), 208-222, 2005.
  40. M. Elin, D. Shoikhet and V. Volkovich, Semi-groups of holomorphic mappings on the unit disk with a boundary fixed point, Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 12(4), 427-453, 2004.
  41. J. Kogan, C. Nicholas and V. Volkovich, Text mining with information-theoretical clustering, Computing in Science and Engineering, 5(6), 52-59, 2003.
  42. Ya. I. Belopolskaya, L. B. Klebanov and V. E. Volkovich, Characterization of Elliptic Distributions, Zap. Nauchn. Sem. S.-Peterburg. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov. (POMI) 294 (2002), Veroyatn. i Stat. 5, 19-28, 260; Translation in Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 1, 1682-1686, 2005. 
  43. L. Klebanov, T. Kozubowskii, S. Rachev and V. Volkovich, Characterization of distributions symmetric with respect to a group of transformations and testing of corresponding statistical hypothesis, Statistics and Probability Letters, 53, 241-247, 2001.
  44. L. Klebanov, S. Mittnik, S. T. Rachev and V. Volkovich, A new representation for the characteristic function of strictly geo-stable vectors, Journal of Applied Probability, 37(4), 1137-1142, 2000.
  45. V. Volkovich, On V-infinitely divisible distributions, Theory of Probabilities and Its Applications, 3, 98-111, 1995.
  46. V. Volkovich, On symmetric stochastic convolutions, Journal of Theoretical Probability, 5(3), 417-430, 1992.
  47. V. Volkovich, On centering of probabilities distributions, Izvestya of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Physical-mathematical Series, 2, 3-9, 1990.
  48. V. Belyavsky, V. Volkovich and I. Panich , On possibility of galvanic anomalies’ analysis in lower semi space, Izvestya of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Earth Physics, 4, 47-54, 1985.
  49. V. Volkovich, On condition of equal distributive of linear forms with unitary coefficients, Izvestya of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Physical-mathematical Series, 5, 23-28, 1980.
  50. V. Volkovich, On analytical description of K. Urbanik’s algebras, Izvestya of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, physical- mathematical series, v.24, 5, 12-17.1979
  51. V. Volkovich, On inter-simple numbers with their own simple divisors, Izvestya of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Physical-mathematical Series, 4, 3-7, 1976.
Books
  1. A. Bolshoy, Z. Volkovich, V. Kirzhner and Z. Barzily, Genome Clustering: from linguistic Models to classification of genetic Texts, Springer-Verlag, 2010.

Edited Books

  1. S. Shorgin and Z. Volkovich, Systems and Means of Informatics, Special Issue, Mathematical and Computer Modeling in Applied Problems, Institute Informatics Problems, RAS (Edited book), 2008.
  2. M. Last, P.S. Scezepaniak, Z. Volkovich and A. Kandel, Advances in Web Intelligence and Data Mining, Springer-Verlag (Edited book) , 2006.
Book Chapters
  1. Z. Volkovich and V. Kirzhner, Classification of Bacterial Genomes Using Compositional Spectra Approach, Handbook of Pattern Recognition: Methods and Application (BK020A), (Accepted), 2012.
  2. R. Avros, O. Granichin, D. Shalymov, Z. Volkovich, G.-W. Weber, Randomized Algorithm of Finding the True Number of Clusters (Invited Chapter) DATA MINING: Foundations and Intelligent Paradigms, Springer, Edit. D.E. Holmes, (Accepted), 2011.
  3. Z. Volkovich, V. Kirzhner and Z. Barzily, On a linguistic classification of the bacterial genome, Systems and Means of Informatics, Special Issue, Mathematical and Computer Modeling in Applied Problems, Institute Informatics Problems, RAS, 6-15, 2008.
  4. Z. Barzily, M. Golani and Z. Volkovich, On a simulation approach to cluster stability validation, Special Issue, Mathematical and Computer Modeling in Applied Problems, Institute Informatics Problems, RAS, 86-112, 2008.
  5. Z. Volkovich, J. Kogan, Ch. Nicholas, Sampling Methods for Building Initial Partitions, Grouping Multidimensional Data, Springer-Verlag, 161-185, 2005.
  6. V. Volkovich, Generalized Stochastic Convolution, In Probability and Mathematical Statistics Encyclopedia, Public House of the Great Russian Encyclopedia, Moscow, 1999.
Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
Referred Proceedings
  1. Z. Volkovich, R. Avros, Model Selection and Stability in Spectral Clustering,4-th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval (KDIR 2012), Barcelona, October 4-7, 2012.
  2. D. Toledano Kitai, Z. Volkovich, R. Avros, Distance Learning for Cluster Validation, Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Data Analysis International Conference (SMTDA2012), Chania Crete Greece, June 5-8, 2012
  3. M. Morozkov; O. Granichin; Z. Volkovich and X. Zhang, Fast Algorithm for Finding True Number of Clusters. Applications to Control Systems, 24th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (2012 CCDC), Taiyuan, China, May 23-25, 2012.
  4. O. N. Granichin, M. Morozkov and Z. Volkovich, Necessary Conditions for the Confidence Level of the Randomized Algorithm of Finding the True Number of Clusters, the 2011 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Denver, CO, USA on September 28-30, 2011
  5. Z. Volkovich, D. Toledano-Kitai and R. Avros, On Energy Based Cluster Stability Criterion, Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Data Analysis International Conference (SMTDA 2010), Chania Crete Greece, 8-11, June 2010.
  6. V. Olman, L. Morozensky, Y. Hu and Z. Volkovich, Testing absence of clusters for one-dimensional observations, Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Data Analysis International Conference (SMTDA 2010), Chania Crete Greece, 8-11, June 2010.
  7. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, D. Toledano-Kitai and R. Avros, Probability metrics standpoint on the cluster stability problem, International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering, Life Science and Operations Management, Beer Sheva, Israel, February 8-11, 2010.
  8. Z. Volkovich, G.-W. Weber and R. Avros, On an Adjacency Cluster Merit, The third Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization PCO 2010, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-4, February 2010.
  9. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, R. Avros and D. Toledano-Kitai, On application of the K-nearest neighbors approach for cluster validation, The XIII International Conference Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA 2009), Vilnius, 2009.
  10. A. Grusho, E. Timonina and Z. Volkovich, On consistent criteria for not-consistent alternatives, The XIII International Conference Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA 2009), Vilnius, 2009.
  11. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, G.-W. Weber and D. Toledano-Kitai, Cluster Stability Estimation Based on a Minimal Spanning Trees Approach, The Second Global Conference on Power and Optimization (PCO2009), Bali, Indonesia, 2009.
  12. P. Soreanu, Z. Volkovich and Z. Barzily, Energy-Efficient Predictive Jamming Holes Detection Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM '08, Second International Conference, 306- 311, 2008.
  13. Z. Barzily, Z. Volkovich, B. Akteke-Ozturk and G.-W. Weber, Cluster, Stability Using Minimal Spanning Trees, Proceedings of 20th Mini Conference "Continuous Optimization and Knowledge-Based Technologies", EurOPT' 2008, Lithuania, 248-253, 2008.
  14. V. Volkovich, Remarks on proofs of the Levy-Khintchine formulas from the point of view of the generalized functions, Journal of Mathematical Sciences (Proceedings of the Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Jurmala, Latvia, 2004), 146(4), 6054-6058, 2007.
  15. Y. Lumelskii and Z. Volkovich, On comparison of non-parametric and parametric approximate confidence bounds for the probability P(XZ. Volkovich, and Z. Barzily, On application of probability metrics in the cluster stability problem, 1st European Conference on Data Mining (ECDM’07), Lisbon, Portugal, July 5-7, 2007.
  16.  Z. Volkovich, and Z. Barzily, On application of probability metrics in the cluster stability problem, 1st European Conference on Data Mining (ECDM’07), Lisbon, Portugal, July 5-7, 2007.
  17. Z. Volkovich, Z. Barzily, and L. Morozensky, A cluster stability criteria based on the two-sample test concept, Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining 2006 (ATDM 2006), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, June 5-7, 329-338, 2006.
  18. L. Kozobay-Avraham, A. Bolshoy, and Z. Volkovich, On prokaryotes’ clustering based on curvature distribution, Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining 2006 (ATDM 2006), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, June 5-7, 275-284, 2006.
  19. V. Vinokurov and V. Volkovich, On evaluation of strategies of a return process. Journal of Mathematical Sciences (Proceedings of the Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Jurmala, Latvia, 2004), 131(3), 5674-5681, 2005.
  20. Z. Volkovich, J. Kogan, L. Morozensky and C. Nicholas, On simulation approaches for the selection of initial centroids for k-means like clustering algorithms, Proceedings of the 5th St. Petersburg Workshop on Simulation, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 26-July 2, 729-734, 2005.
  21. V. Volkovich, J. Kogan and C. Nicholas, Initialization for iterative clustering algorithms. Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Computer Sciences. Modeling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences (MCO 2004), Metz, France, 635-644, July, 2004
  22. V. Volkovich, J. Kogan and C. Nicholas, K-means initialization by sampling large datasets, Proceedings of 4th SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 2004), Workshop on Clustering High Dimensional Data and its Applications, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA, April 2004.
  23. V. Volkovich, P. Soreanu and M. Mehler, Purpose-Driven E-Learning Model: A New Paradigm, Proceedings of the 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemic, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2004), Orlando, FL, USA, July 2004.
  24. J. Kogan, C. Nicholas and V. Volkovich, Text mining with hybrid clustering schemes, Proceedings of the Workshop on Text Mining (held in conjunction with 3rd SIAM International Conference on Data Mining), Philadelphia, USA, 5-16, 2003.
  25. 25. P. D. Feigin, P. Lumelskii and V. Volkovich, Approximate distribution-free confidence bounds for P(X Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Statistical Inferential Methods Theory and Applications, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 75-89, 2003.
  26. V. Volkovich, Homogeneous models of convolution on the line, Stability problems for stochastic models, Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 69(4), 1134-1139, 1994.
  27. Yu. M. Denisov and V. Volkovich, The technique for the construction of stochastically-determined models of the river runoff, Proceedings of All-Union Research Institute for Systems Studies, 1992.
  28. V. Volkovich, Quasi-regular stochastic convolutions, Stability problems for stochastic models. J. Soviet Math. 47 (1989), 5, 2685-2699, 1989.
  29. V. Volkovich, Infinitely divisible distributions in algebras with stochastic convolution, Stability problems of stochastic models, J. Soviet. Math. 40(4), 459-467, 1988.
  30. V. Volkovich, Multidimensional -stable distributions and realizations of generalized convolutions, Stability problems for stochastic models, 40-54, Proceedings of All-Union Research Institute for Systems Studies, Moscow, 1984.
  31. V. Volkovich, Characterization of a Gaussian distribution by stochastic properties of linear forms, Problems of stability of stochastic models (Panevezhis, 1980), 15-23, Moscow, Proceedings of All-Union Research Institute for Systems Studies, 1981.
  32. V .Volkovich, Normalized rings generated by generalized convolutions, Processing of Seminal in Problems of the Stability of Stochastic Models, Moscow, Proceedings of All-Union Research Institute for Systems Studies, 12-16, 1980.