Valeria Orlanovna KirovaView profile
Research Fellow
Valeria Orlanovna Kirova is a Research Fellow at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University), working within the Faculty of Computer Science, Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sciences, and the Research and Educational Laboratory of Big Data Analysis Methods. She joined HSE in 2020 and holds a Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences degree from Lomonosov Moscow State University (2024), following her Master's (2019) and Bachelor's (2017) degrees from National Research Tomsk State University. Her educational background includes: Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PhD equivalent), Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2024 Master's degree in Mathematics, National Research Tomsk State University, 2019 Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, National Research Tomsk State University, 2017 Dr. Kirova specializes in discrete mathematics and combinatorics, with particular expertise in combinatorics of symbolic sequences, combinatorial geometry, and applications of these mathematical frameworks to artificial intelligence and biological sequence analysis. Her research bridges theoretical mathematics with practical applications, especially in neuroscience and hydrobiology. She teaches Mathematics for Data Analysis at both undergraduate and graduate levels at HSE University. Her publication record shows a strong focus on combinatorial complexity functions, symbolic sequences, and geometric properties of discrete structures. Her recent work demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary applications, particularly in AI methods for neuroscience (as part of the 'Next-Generation Cognitive AI' grant project) and hydrobiology (for biodiversity analysis and zooplankton classification using interpretable computer vision). Dr. Kirova has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences, including the IV Conference of Russian Mathematical Centers (2024), Numeration 2023 conference at University of Liège, and the International Lomonosov Conference (2023). She has also lectured at scientific schools on modern combinatorics and AI. She has been actively involved in research collaborations, serving as a Research-engineer at HUAWEI Russian Research Center (December 2021-April 2024), where she analyzed state-of-the-art approaches for photo and video processing. Additionally, she serves as an expert for the working group developing the Federal Law 'On the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Systems in the Russian Federation'.