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CURRICULUM VITAE
of
George Jaiani
(Other transcriptions: Dzhaiani, Dzaiani)
Permanent address Home: Bagebi, Cooperative block III, apartment 2
0162, Tbilisi
Georgia
Mailing address Office: I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics
of Tbilisi State University
2, University St.
0186, Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel.: (+99532) 218 80 98, (+99532) 230 30 40 (of.)
(+99532) 229 04 70 (h.)
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.viam.science.tsu.ge/curi/jaiani/index.html
Last name: Jaiani
First name: George
Date of birth: June 19, 1945
Place of birth: Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Marital status: married, two children, four grandchildren
Citizenship: Georgia
EDUCATION
Graduated from the Tbilisi State University for Mathematics and Mechanics, January 1968, Diploma
of Honour in Mechanics.
Ph.D. (Candidate of Sci.) in Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, Razmadze Institute of Mathematics
of Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1974. Thesis: "Some Problems for Prismatic Shells with Cusped
Edge" (Advisor: Academician, Professor Ilya Vekua).
Dr. Hab. (Doctor of Sci.) in Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics, Razmadze Institute of
Mathematics of Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1986. Thesis: "Boundary Value Problems for Linear
Elliptic Equations with Order Degeneration and Their Applications" (Referees Professor
V.A. Kondratiev, Professor A.I.Janushauskas, Professor E.I. Obolashvili).
Languages spoken: Georgian (Native), German, Russian, English, Italian.
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EMPLOYMENT
09.2009 – present: Full Professor, Tbilisi State University
12.2006 – present:
1994 – 2009 (August):
Director, I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics
Professor, Tbilisi State University
1987 – 2006
(December):
Deputy Director, I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics
1989 – 1994: Main Research fellow of the Department of Partial Differential Equations
(part-time position), I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics
Invited Professor, Tbilisi State University
1981 – 1988,
1974 – 1978:
Invited Dozent, Tbilisi State University
1974 – 1987: Scientific Secretary, I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics
1971 – 1973,
12.02 – 01.06.1968:
Junior research fellow, I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics.
1971 – 1973: Invited Assistant, Tbilisi State University
1968 – 1971: Post-graduate, Tbilisi State University
PH.D. STUDENTS
Supervised the theses of 6 Ph.D students (G. Ziskarishvili (1995),
I. Khomasuridze (1999), G.Chichua (1999), N. Gordeziani (2003), N. Chinchaladze (2003),
M. Svanadze (2014)).
PUBLICATIONS
Author of 5 monographs and 128 papers (see List of Publications:
http://www.viam.science.tsu.ge/curi/jaiani/index.html).
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
Main
activities:
Partial Differential Equations; Mathematical Modelling; Solid Mechanics; Solid-Fluid
Interaction Problems; Shell and Plate Theory. In particular, Boundary Value Problems
for Singular Elliptic and Hyperbolic Equations and Systems and Their Applications to the
Theory of Cusped Plates and Shells
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
2016 – 2019 Project Leader of the Grant of Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation
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(Project #217596, Project Title: Construction and investigation of hierarchical models
for thermoelastic piezoelectric structures)
2013 – 2015 Project Leader of the Grant of Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation
(SRNSF, Project 30/28, Project Title: Modeling and calculating in practice widely-
distributed structures with complicated geometry)
2012 – 2014 Researcher of the Grant of SRNSF (D-13/18, Project Title: Development of analytical
and numerical methods for calculating of cusped prismatic shells and beams)
2013: Conference Grant Coordinator (SRNSF Project 25/04, Project Title:
“Second International Conference "Modern Problems in Applied Mathematics"
Dedicated to the 95th Anniversary of the I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University &
45th Anniversary of the I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of TSU”, 4-7
September, Tbilisi, Georgia)
2012 – 2013: Georgian Team Leader of the SRNSF-CNR (Shota Rustaveli National Science
Foundation –Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) Grant #09/04, Project Title: “Some
classes of PDE and systems with applications to mechanics and biology”
2010 – 2012: Researcher of the Grant of SRNSF (Project 08-802-3-109, GNSF/ST08/3-388, Project
Title: “Investigations of the theory of elasticity and thermoelasticity for
the microstuctures”)
2008: Grant of DFG (German National Science Foundation), Title: “Boundary and initial
boundary value problems for concrete hierarchical models for cusped plates”
2007 – 2009: Georgian Principal Investigator of the GRDF/CRDF Grant (GEORGIAN-U.S.
BILATERAL GRANTS PROGRAM III, GEP1-3339-TB-06, Title: “Non-classical
problems of fluid-elastic cusped plate (beam) interaction”)
2007 – 2009: Georgian Team Leader of the INTAS South Caucasian Republics 2006 - Research
Project No : 06-100017-8886 (Project Title: “Some nonclassical problems for thin
structures”)
2006 – 2008: Project Leader of the Grant of Georgian National Science Foundation (Project
GNSF/ST06/3-035, Title: “Construction and Investigation of Hierarchical
Mathematical Models for Medium Consisting of Deformable Solid and Fluid Parts”)
2005: Gran of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia. Title: “Investigation of
cusped elastic plate and beam hierarchical models”, Project Number: 42
2004: Grant of DFG (German National Science Foundation)
2001/2002: Grant of NATO Science Fellowship Programme (Czech Republic), Title “Investigation
of the mathematical models of cusped plates and bars”, 25/c/01/cz
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2000 – 2002: Partner Country Coordinator of the project (NATO PST. CLG 976426/5437)
Collaborative Linking Grant of NATO Science Programme (Project Title:
“Mathematical Models for Elastic Cusped Plates and Bars”)
1999: Grant of DFG (German national Science Foundation), Title: “Investigation of cusped
bars, plates, and connected with them degenerate ordinary, elliptic and hyperbolic
differential equations”
Scholarship (Award) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1998: Medal of Merit of the Georgian President for achievements in scientific and
educational activities
1996: Grant of Ateneo, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
1996: Max-Planck-Geselschaft zur Foerderung der wissenschaften e.V. Arbeitsgruppe. Title:
“Application of singular integral operators to problems of mathematical physics”
1995/1996: Grant of NATO-CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy), Title: “Solid-fluid
mathematical models discribing a stress state of a dam together with
its enviroment under non-ordinary actions”
1994: Scholarship (Award) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1993: Grant of the International Science Foundation - George Sorros Foundation
1978: Medal and prize of the Georgian Academy of Sciences for young researchers
VISITING POSITIONS, LECTURE COURSES AND ADDRESSES
2017: Opening Talk: “Life and Activities of Professor David Gordeziani”. 3rd International
Conference on Applications of Mathematics and Informatics in Natural Sciences and
Engineering (AMINSE2017, December 6-9, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: “Hierarchical Models for Micropolar Elastic Cusped Prismatic Shells”,
International Workshop “New developments in micropolar theory” (November 6-7,
2017, Berlin, Germany)
Opening Talk: “Life, Activities, and Scientific Heritage of Ilia Vekua”.VIII Annual
meeting of the Georgian Mechanical Union: GEOMECH8 (September 27-29, Batumi,
Georgia)
Talk: “Hierarchical Models for Viscoelastic Kelvin-Voigt Prismatic Shells with Voids”.
ACEX2017 (July 3-7, Vienna, Austria)
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Talk "Life and Activities of Ilia Vekua". XXXI Enlarged Sessions of the Seminar of I.
Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 19-21, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk "Hierarchical Models for Viscoelastic Kelvin-Voigt Prismatic Shells with Voids". V
Annual Conference in Exact and Natural Sciences (February 7-9, Tbilisi, Georgia)
2016: Invited Talk: "On Elastic Multi-Layered Prismatic Structure". VII International Joint
Conference of the Georgian Mathematical Union & the Georgian Mechanical
Union (September 5-9, Batumi, Georgia)
Talk: "On Cusped (tapered) Prismatic Shells". XXIV International Congress of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016, August 21-26, Montreal, Canada)
Talk: "Influence of different physical fields on setting boundary conditions for cusped
prismatic bodies". XXX Enlarged Sessions of the Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of
Applied Mathematics (April 20-22, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: "Hierarchical models for porous elastic and viscoelastic Kelvin-Voigt prismatic
shells". IV Annual Conference in Exact and Natural Sciences (January 26-28, Tbilisi,
Georgia)
2015: Plenary talk: “Some results obtained and activities”. VI Annual meeting of the Georgian
Mechanical Union: GEOMECH5 (29 September - 4 October, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: “On Peculiarities of Setting Boundary Conditions for Cusped Shells, Plates, and
Bars”. II Advanced Courses in Applied Mathematics, TICMI (28-29 September, Tbilisi,
Georgia)
Talk: “On Elastic Thin Structures with Complicated Geometry”. Seminar of the
Institute of Mechanics of the University of Berlin (7 July, Berlin, Germany)
Talk: “Models of Perpendicularly Linked Two and Three Elastic Bars”.
9th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and
Experimenting: ACEX2015 (29 June – 2 July, Munich, Germany)
Talk: “A Construction and investigation of an equivalent single layer model for
calculation of multilayer elastic isotropic structures”. 29th Enlarged Sessions of the
Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 22-24, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: “On a Model of Cusped (tapered) Micropolar Prismatic Shells”. III Scientific
Conference in Exact and Natural Sciences of I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (2
– 7 February, Tbilisi, Georgia)
2014: Plenary talk: “On models of layered prismatic shells”. V Annual meeting of the
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Georgian Mechanical Union: GEOMECH5 (October 8-10, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: “On a Model of Layered prismatic Shells”. 8th International Conference on
Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting: ACEX2014 (30 June – 3
July, Paris, France)
Talk: “A boundary-transmission problem for two rectangularly leant elastic bars”. 28th
Enlarged Sessions of the Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (with
N.Chinchaladze, April 22-24, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: “On a Version of Hierarchical Models of Layered Prismatic Shells”. Seminar (Host
Prof. J. Wolf), Institute of Mathematics, Humboldt University (June 14, Berlin,
Germany)
Talk: “Elastic Micropolar Prismatic Shells”. Second Scientific Conference in Exact and
Natural Sciences of I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (29 January – 3 February,
Tbilisi, Georgia)
2013: Talk: “Hierarchical Models for Laminated Prismatic Shells”. IV Annual Meeting of the
Georgian Mechanical Union (November 8-10, Kutaisi, Georgia)
Talk: “On Hierarchical Models of Prismatic Shells”. Scientific Session Dedicated to the
110th Anniversary of Viktor Kupradze (November 4, 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: “Elastic cusped rod, plate, prismatic and standard shell models”. XXII AIDAA
(Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Conference (September 9-12,
Naples, Italy)
Plenary talk: “I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of TSU – 45”. Second
International Conference "Modern Problems in Applied Mathematics" Dedicated to the
95th Anniversary of the I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University & 45th Anniversary of
the I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of TSU (September 4-7, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk: “Cusped shells, plates, and bars”. Second International Conference "Modern
Problems in Applied Mathematics" Dedicated to the 95th Anniversary of the I.
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University & 45th Anniversary of the I.Vekua Institute of
Applied Mathematics of TSU (September 4-7, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Plenary talk (Telebridge): “Some Hierarchical Models of Elastic Cusped Prismatic
Shells”. AMiTaNS’13 - 5th Conference Application of Mathematics in Technical and
Natural Sciences (organized by the Euro-American Consortium for Promoting the
Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences (June 24-29, Albena,
Bulgaria))
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Talk “On Hierarchical Models of Elastic Cusped Prismatic Shells”. ICCS 17 - 17th
International Conference on Composite Structures (June 17-23, Porto, Portugal)
Talk “Peculiarities of the Second Hierarchical Model of Cusped Prismatic Shells”.
Workshopwithin the framework of SRNSF Project #D-13/18 “Development of
analytical and numerical methods for calculating of cusped prismatic shells and
beams” (June 6, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Visitor Professor, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Institute of Mathematics (May
6-16, Freiburg, Germany)
Talk “Cusped Shell-like Structures”, Oberseminar of Applied Mathematiks quided by
Prof. D.Kröner, Institute of Mathematics, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg (May 7,
Freiburg, Germany)
Talk “Mixed Hierarchical Models of Elastic Prismatic Shells”. 27th Enlarged Sessions of
the Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 22-24, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk “Hierarchical Models for Prismatic Shells with Mixed Conditions on Face
Surfaces”. First Scientific Conference in Exact and Natural Sciences of I. Javakhishvili
Tbilisi State University (January 22-26, Tbilisi, Georgia)
2012: Talk "Differential Hierarchical Models for Elastic Prismatic Shells
with Microtemperatures. III Annual Meeting of the Georgian Mechanical Union
(December 19-21, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk "Construction of Differential Hierarchical Models for Elastic Prismatic Shells
withMicrotemperatures". Italian-Georgian Workshop within the framework of CNR-
SRNSF joint project, October 25, 2012, Rome, Italy
Talk “A Reissner-Mindlin Type Model of Plates of Variable Thickness”. 26th Enlarged
Sessions of the Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 23-25,
Tbilisi, Georgia)
2011: Semi-Plenary talk “Mathematical Models of Elastic Cusped Shells, Plates, and Rods”.
International Conference “CONTINUUM MECHANICS AND RELATED PROBLEMS
OF ANALYSIS” Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the Georgian National Academy
of Sciences & the 120th Birthday of its First President
Academician Nikoloz (Niko)Muskhelishvili (September 9-14, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Invited talk “On Cusped Shell-like Structures”. EUROMECH527 (August 21-27,
Wittenberg, Germany)
Talk “On Peculiarities of Two Models for Cusped Prismatic Shells”, 25th Enlarged
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Sessions of the Seminar of I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 20-24,
Tbilisi, Georgia)
2010: Talk “On an Investigation of the Cusped Structures”, The First Annual Meeting of the
Georgian Mechanical Union (December 20-22, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (November 8 – 15, Rome, Italy)
Talk "On Concentrated Contact Interactions in Cusped Prismatic Shells", Seminar
guided by F. Lanzara Dipartamento di Matematica-
Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo", Universitá degli StudidiRoma "La Sapienza" (November
10, Rome, Italy)
Talk “Cusped plates under Action of concentrated bending moment and concentrated
forces”, International Conference “Informatik and Computer Technologies, Modelling,
Control”, Dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Acad. I.V. Prangishvili’s Birth
(November 1-4, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Plenary talk "Cusped Shells and Beams", First International Conference of Georgian
Mathematical Union (September 12-19, Batumi, Georgia)
Plenary talk "Cusped Prismatic Shells and Beams", International Conference “Topical
Problems of Continuum Mechanics” (October 4-8, Dilijan, Armenia)
Talk “Partial Differential Equations in Thin Prismatic Domains”, 24th Enlarged
Sessions of the Seminar of I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 21-23,
Tbilisi, Georgia)
2009: Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (November 2 – 11, Italy)
Talk "On Concentrated Contact Interactions in Cusped Prismatic Shells", Seminar
guided by Prof. P.E. Ricci, Dipartamento di Matematica-Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo",
Universitá degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (November 11, Italy)
Talk “Cusped Shells, Plates, and Beams”, V Congress of Georgian Mathematicians
(October 9-12, Batumi-Kutaisi, Georgia)
Invited talk “A Method of Fundamental Solutions Depending on the Argument”,
Advanced Courses on Methods of Effective and Explicit Solving of Boundary Value
Problems organized by Tbilisi International Center of Mathematics and Informatics
(October 6-8, Tbilisi, Georgia)
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Invited lecture "BVPs for the Systems of Degenerate Second Order PDEs of
Hierarchical Models of Cusped Prismatic Shells", International Symposium on
Nonlinear PDEs and Applications" (June 22-25, Catania, Italy)
Invited presentation "Participation of I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of
Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in EU Scientific Programmes", Stakeholders
Conference "EU-EECA S&T Cooperation: The Way Forward" (June 16-17, Athens,
Greece)
Invited talk "On Some Classes of Special Functions" 4th Workshop on "Advanced
Special Functions and Solution of PDEs" (May 24-28, Sabaudia, Italy)
Address "Equations with order Degeneration and Axially Symmetric Solutions of
Elliptic Equations ", 23th Enlarged Sessions of the Seminar of I.Vekua Institute of
Applied Mathematics (April 22-24, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Visitor Professor, the Kocaeli University, Department of Mathematics, Izmit-
Kocaeli (host:Prof.Dr. A. Hasanoglu, February 5-9, Turkey)
Visitor Professor, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Civil Engineering
(host: Prof. Dr. P. Podio-Guidugli, January 21-27, Italy)
Talk “Some Nonclassical Problems for Cusped Prismatic Shells”, Final Meeting within
the framework of INTAS Project for South Caucasian Republics # 06-1000017-8886
(January 22-23, Rome, Italy)
2008: Talk “Partial differential equations in thin domains”, International Conference
on "Modern Problems in Applied Mathematics" Dedicated to the 90th Anniversary
of the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and 40th Anniversary of
the I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (October 7-9, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Visitor Professor, the University of Potsdam, Germany (host: Prof.Dr. B.-W. Schulze,
July-September, supported by DFG (German National Science Foundation))
Talk "Existence and Uniqueness Theorems for Cusped Prismatic Shells in the N-
thHirarchicalModel", Seminar "Partielle Differentialgleichungen" (guided by Prof. B.-
W. Schulze), Institutfuer Mathematik, Universitaet Potsdam (July 9, Germany)
Visitor Professor, Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Electronique et Eletrotechnique,
within the framework of INTAS Project for South Caucasian Republics # 06-1000017-
8886 (September 12-17, Paris, France)
Talk “Some Nonclassical Problems for Thin Structures”, Seminar (guided by
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Prof. J.Cagnol), Department of Mechanics, University Leonard de Vinci (September 15,
Paris, France)
Seminar presentation "The Flamant and Carothers Type Problems for Cusped Prismatic
Shells ", 22th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics -
ICTAM2008 (August 24 - 28, Adelaide, Australia)
Address (poster) " On Existence Theorems for Cuspidal Prismatic Shell-like Bodies ",
Fifth European Congress of Mathematics - 5ECM (July 13-17, Amsterdam,
Netherlands)
Talk “Systems of Linear Partial Differential Equations in Cuspidal Prismatic Domains”,
International Conference on Analysis, PDEs and Applications (June 30- July 3, Rome,
Italy)
Lecturer, Course “On Mathematical Models of Cusped Beams, Plates, and Shells”,
South-Caucasian Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Thin Structures (June
15-21,Tsakhkadzor, Armenia, under auspices of INTAS)
Address "On a Class of Special Functions", 22th Enlarged Sessions of the
Seminar ofI.VekuaInstitute of Applied Mathematics (April 22-25, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Address (with N. Chinchaladze) "On Solid-Fluid Interaction Hierarchical Models", 22th
Enlarged Sessions of the Seminar of I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April
22-25, Tbilisi, Georgia)
2007: Visitor Professor, University of Delaware, Department of Mathematics (September 12–
October 12, USA, within the framework of GRDF/CRDF Project GEORGIAN-U.S.
BILATERAL GRANTS PROGRAM III, GEP1-3339-TB-06)
Talk “Elastic Cusped Beam, Plate, and Shell Models and Their Relation to Three-
dimensional Linear Models”. Analysis and PDE Seminar (guided by Prof. R.P. Gilbert)
at the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Delaware University (October, 8,
2007)
Talk “On a System of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations with Order Degeneration”,
6th International ISAAC Congress (August 13-18, Ankara, Turkey)
Talk “On a Nonlocal Boundary Value Problem for a System of Singular Differential
Equations and Applications to Cusped Prismatic Shells”, 6th International Congress on
Industrial and Applied Mathematics ICIAM07 (July 16-20, Zurich, Switzerland)
Plenary Talk “Elastic Cusped Beam, Plate, and Shell Hierarchical Models and their
Relation to the 3D Classical Linear Models”, International Conference Dedicated to the
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Centenary of IliaVekua on Differential Equations, theory of Functions, and
Applications (May 28 – June 2, Novosibirsk, Russia)
Talk: “Physical and Mathematical Moments and Analysis of Peculiarities of Setting of
Boundary Conditions for Cusped Prismatic Shells and Beams”, IUTAM Symposium On
Relation of Shell, Plate, Beam, and 3D Models Dedicated to Centenary of Ilia Vekua(April 23-27, Tbilisi, Georgia)
2006: Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (May 2 – 16, Italy)
Talk “On the Carothers’ Type Problem for a Cusped Prismatic Shell-like Body”,
Seminar guided by Prof. P. Podio-Guidugli, Dipartmento di Ingegneria, Universitá di
Roma 2 “TorVergata” (May 8, Italy)
2005: Talk “Cusped Plates under Action of Concentrated Forces and Moments”, IV Congress
of Georgian Mathematicians (November 14-16, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Talk “On a Nonlocal Problem for a System of Singular Differential Equations
Connected with Cusped Prismatic Shells”, International Workshop on Degenerate
Partial Differential Equations, Weighted Spaces, and Applications to Mechanics, Tbilisi
International Centre of Mathematics and Informatics (September 14-16, 2005, Tbilisi)
2004: Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (October 16 - November 13, Italy)
Talk "Bending of a Cusped Plate with Big Deflections", Seminar guided by Prof. P.E.
Ricci, Dipartamento di Matematica-Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo", Universitá degli
Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (November 11, Italy)
Talk "On Elastic Cusped Prismatic Shells and Beams", Seminar guided by Prof.
P. Podio-Guidugli, Dipartmento di Ingegneria, Universitá di Roma 2, “Tor Vergata”
(October 29, Italy)
Visitor Professor at the University of Potsdam, Germany (host: Prof.Dr. B.-W. Schulze,
March 30-June 26, supported by DFG (German National Science Foundation))
Talk "On a System of Degenerate Elliptic Equations Related to Cusped Plates",
Seminar guided by Prof. H.Begehr, FB Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universitaet
Berlin (June 22, Germany)
Talk "Tension-Compression Vibration of Cusped Plates within Vekua's Model",
Seminar "Partielle Differentialgleichungen" (guided by Prof. B.-W. Schulze), Institut
fuer Mathematik, Universitaet Potsdam (June 16, Germany)
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Talk "Cusped Beams, Plates, and Shells", Seminar "Partielle Differentialgleichungen"
(guided by Prof. B.-W. Schulze), Institut fuer Mathematik, Universitaet Potsdam (April
21, Germany)
2002: Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (October 3-28, Italy)
Talk "On Some Boundary Value Problems for Cusped Plates and Beams", Seminar
guided by Prof. P.E. Ricci, Dipartamento di Matematica-Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo",
Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (October 17, Italy)
Visitor Professor at the University of Stuttgart, Germany (host: Prof. Dr.-
Ing. Dr.h.c.W.L.Wendland, June 22 - 29; Within the framework of NATO
Science Programme (NATO PST.CLG.976426/5437)
Visitor Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic, Prague, Czech Republic (host: Prof. Dr. A. Kufner, 3.12.2001-23.05.2002;
within the framework of the NATO Science Fellowships Programme)
Talk "Weighted Boundary Value Problems and the Theory of Cusped Elastic Plates and
Beams", Seminar on Partial Differential Equations (guided by Prof. M. Kučera),
Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (April 23,
Prague, Czech Republic)
Talk "On the Mathematical Theory of Cusped Elastic Plates and Bars", Seminar on
Differential Equations (Guided by Prof. P. Drabek), University of West Bohemia (April
18, Plzen, Czech Republic)
Talk "Static and Dynamical Problems for Cusped Elastic Beams", International
ConferenceonMultifield problems (April 8-10, Stuttgart, Germany)
2001: Talk (with S. Kharibegashvili, D. Natroshvili) “Models of Cusped Plates and Bars”,
International Workshop on Mathematical Models for Elastic Cusped Plates and Bars,
Tbilisi International Centre of Mathematics and Informatics (September 25-26,
Tbilisi)http://www.viam.hepi.edu.ge/others/ticmi/blt/vol6/program.htm#program
Invited talk "On a Vibration of a Cusped Barycentric Beam", Workshop
"EllipticityandAsymptotics in Spaces with
Singularities", Banach Center, Bedlewo (September 2-8, Poland)
Visitor Professor at the University of Potsdam, supported by DFG (German National
Science Foundation) (host: Prof. Dr. B.-W. Schulze, August 26 - September 1,
Germany)
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Talk "Boundary Value Problems for Elastic Bodies with Singular Boundaries",
3rdInternational ISAAC Congress, Freie Universitat Berlin (August 20-25, Germany)
Invited surveys "Mathematical Theory of Cusped Plates and Bars", "Partial Differential
Equations with Order Degeneration and Applications to Mechanics"; invited talks
"Dimension Reduction Approach for the Investigation of Boundary Value Problems for
Three-dimentionalElastic Bodies of Cusps", "Life and Work of G.Manjavidze".
Workshop on Functional-analytic and Complex Methods, Their Interactions, and
Applications to Partial Differential Equations (February 12-16, Graz, Austria)
2000: Visitor Professor as partner country coordinator at the University of Stuttgart,
Germany (host: NATO country coordinator Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. W.L. Wendland,
November 4 - December 2; Within the framework of NATO
Science Programme (NATO PST.CLG.976426/5437)
Talk "Hierarchical Models of Cusped Plates and Bars", Seminar guided by Prof. W.
Jaeger, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg, Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum Fuer
Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (November 27, Heidelberg, Germany)
Talk "Mathematical Problems for Cusped Elastic Structures", Oberseminar "Analysis
und numerische Methoden fuer partielle Differentialgleichungen der Stroemungs- und
Festkoerpermechanik" (guided by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. W.L.Wendland),
Mathematisches Institut A, Universitaet Stuttgart (November 28, Germany)
Talk "Application of Vekua's Dimension Reduction Method to Cusped Plates and Bars",
French-Georgian Workshop in Applied Mathematics, Tbilisi International Centre of
Mathematics and Informatics (October 23-27, Tbilisi)
Seminar presentation "On a Mathematical Model of Bars with Variable Rectangular
Cross-sections", 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics -
ICTAM2000 (August 27 - September 2, Chicago, USA)
Address (poster) "Initial Boundary Value Problems for a Mathematical Model of Bars
with Variable Rectangular Cross-sections", Third European Congress of Mathematics -
3ECM (July 10-14, Barcelona, Spain)
Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (March 4-31, Italy)
Talks "On the Oscilation of an Orthotropic Cusped Plate", "Dynamical Problems for
Cusped Bars", Seminar guided by Prof. P.E. Ricci, Dipartamento di Matematica-
Istituto"GuidoCastellnuovo", Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (March 27,
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Italy)
Talks "On a Cusped Beam with a Barycentric Axis", "On the Rigid Motion in a Bar
Model", Seminar guided by Prof. P.E. Ricci, Dipartamento di Matematica-
Istituto"GuidoCastellnuovo", Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (March 29,
Italy)
1999: Visitor Professor, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg, Institut fuer angewandte
Mathematik (November 3 - December 4, Heidelberg, Germany)
Talk "Differentialgleichungen mit Ordnungsentartung und Anwendungen in der
Mechanik", Seminar guided by Prof. W. Jaeger, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet
Heidelberg, Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum Fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (November
23, Heidelberg, Germany)
Visitor Professor at the University of Stuttgart, Germany (host: Prof.Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c.
W.L. Wendland, October 2- November 3; Invitation of DAAD (German Academic
Exchange Service))
Talk "Ueber eine Klasse der mathematischen Modelle zugespitzter Staebe",
Oberseminar "Analysis und numerische Methoden fuer partielle
Differentialgleichungen der Stroemungs- und Festkoerpermechanik" (guided by Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. W.L.Wendland), Mathematisches Institut A, Universitaet Stuttgart
(October 19, Germany)
Talk (with G. Chichua, N. Chinchaladze) "Some Contact Problems for Solid-Fluid
Models", International Conference on Multifield Problems (October 6-8, Stuttgart,
Germany)
Talk (with S. Kharibegashvili) "On a Vibration of an Elastic Cusped Bar", Advanced
Course on Function Spaces and Applications, Tbilisi International Centre of
Mathematics and Informatics (September 7-
10)http://www.viam.hepi.edu.ge/others/ticmi/blt/vol6/program.htm#program
Visitor Professor at the University of Potsdam, Germany (host: Prof.Dr. B.-W. Schulze,
May-July, supported by DFG (German National Science Foundation))
Talk "Ueber die Mathematische Theorie von Platten und Staeben mit Spitzen", Seminar
guided by Prof. J.Sprekels, Weierstrass Institut Berlin (July 28, Germany)
Invited talk "The Relation of a Mathematical Model of Bars to the Three-dimensional
Theory of Elasticity", Workshop in Partial Differential Equations, University of
Potsdam (July 19-23, Germany)
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Talk "Partielle Differentialgleichungen mit Ordnungsentartung und Anwendungen in
der Plattentheorie", Seminar guided by Prof. J.Rossmann, FB Mathematik, Univesitaet
Rostock (July 8, Germany)
Talk "Uniqueness Theorems for an Elastic Bars Mathematical Model", Seminar guided
by Prof. H.Begehr, FB Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universitaet Berlin (July 6,
Germany)
Talk "On the Vibration of an Elastic Cusped Plate", Seminar "Partielle
Differentialgleichungen" (guided by Prof. B.-W. Schulze, Institut fuer Mathematik,
Universitaet Potsdam (June 16, Germany)
1998: Short communication "A Mathematical Model of bars with Variable Rectangular Cross-
section", ICM-98 (August 17-28, Berlin, Germany)
Invited talk "Investigation of Boundary Value Problems for Cuspidal Bars
by Vekua'sMethod", Workshop in Partial Differential Equations, University of Potsdam
(August 10-15, Germany)
Address "Boundary Value Problems in (1.0) Approximation of a Mathematical Model of
Bars", Minisymposium on Pseudodifferential Operators and Their Application, Tbilisi
International Centre of Mathematics and Informatics (April 18-28, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (March 21-April 16, Italy)
Address "On a Cylindrical Bending of a Prismatic Shell with Two Cusped Edges under
Action of an Ideal Fluid", Seminar guided by Prof. P.E. Ricci,
Dipartamento di Matematica-Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo", Universita' degli Studi di
Roma "La Sapienza" (April 3, Italy)
Address "A bar Model with Variable Rectangular Cross-section. Main Boundary Value
Problems in (0.0) and (1.0) Approximations", Seminar guided by Prof. P.E. Ricci,
Dipartamento di Matematica-Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo", Universita' degli Studi di
Roma "La Sapienza" (April 2, Italy)
1997: Address "Application of Weighted Sobolev Spaces to the Bending of Cusped Plates".
Seminar "Function Spaces" (guided by Prof. A. Kufner, and Prof. B. Opic),
Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences (October 22, Prague, Czech Republic)
Address "Elliptische Differentialgleichungen mit Ordnungsentartung und
Anwendungen in der Theorie der Platten mit Spitzen", Seminar (guided by Prof. H.
Begehr), Freie Universitaet Berlin, Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik (October
17, Germany)
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Address "On a Bar Model", Seminar "Partielle Differentialgleichungen", Arbeitsgruppe
"Partielle Differentialgleichungen und Komplexe Analysis", Universitaet Potsdam,
Institut fuer Mathematik (October 15, Germany)
Invited talk "Solutions Depending Only on Polar Angle and Their Applications", The
Second Congress of Georgian Mathematicians (September 23-27, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Address "On a Model of a Bar with Variable Thickness", Minisymposium on Theory of
Elasticity, Tbilisi International Centre of Mathematics and Informatics (September 16-
25, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Address "Bending of Cusped Plate with a Profile of General Form", International
Symposium Dedicated to the 90th Birthday Anniversary of Academician I. Vekua on
Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics (June 21-25, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Invited talk (cospeakers D. Gordeziani, T. Meunargia, T. Vashakmadze) "Problems
ofI.Vekua's Theory of Plates and Shells", International Symposium Dedicated to the
90th Birthday Anniversary of Academician I. Vekua on Differential Equations and
Mathematical Physics (June 21-25, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Address "Bending of an Orthotropic Cusped Plate", International Symposium on
Problems of Continuum Mechanics (June 16-19, Tbilisi, Georgia)
Address "Fundamental Solutions Depending Only on Angle and Their Applications",
Congress of ISAAC'97 (the International Society for Analyisis, Applications and
Computation) (June 3-7, Newark, Delaware, USA)
Visitor Professor, Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone", Consiglio
Nazionale delle Richerche (CNR) (January 12-19, Italy)
Address "Fundamental Solutions Depending Only on Polar Angle and Their
Applications", Seminario del Instituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone "
(guided byProf.A.Tesei, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (January 16, Italy)
Address "On Boundary Value Problems for Conjugate Generalized Harmonic
Functions",Seminario del Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone"
(giuded byProf.A.Tesei), Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (January 15, Italy)
Address "Bending of an Orthotropic Cusped Plate with Profile of General
Form",Seminariodel Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone" (guided by
Prof.A.Tesei), Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (January 14, Italy)
Visitor Professor, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
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Institute "Guido Castellnuovo" (January 4-11, Italy)
1996: Visitor Professor by contract, Max-Planck-Geselschaft zur Foerderung der
Wissenschaften e.V. Arbeitsgruppe "Partielle Differentialgleichungen und Komplexe
Analysis", Universitaet Potsdam, Institut fuer Mathematik (November-December,
Germany)
Address "Bending of Cusped Plates", Seminar "Partielle Differentialgleichungen",
Arbeitsgruppe "Partielle Differencialgleichungen und Komplexe Analysis", Max-
Planck-Geselschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V. Universitaet Potsdam,
Institut fuer Mathematik (December 11, Germany)
Visitor Professor, Max-Planck-Geselschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
Arbeitsgruppe "Partielle Differentialgleichungen und Komplexe Analysis", Universitaet
Potsdam, Institut fuer Mathematik (July 15-20, July 28- August 5, Germany)
Address "Partial Differential Equations with Order Degeneration and Their
Applications to the Theory of Cusped Plates and Shells", Conference on Partial
Differential Equations (July 29-August 2, Potsdam, Germany)
Address (poster) "On Boundary Value Problems for Conjugate Generalized Harmonic
Functions", Second European Congress of Mathematics (July 17-27, Budapest, Hungary)
Address "Elliptic Equations with Order Degeneration and Applications to the Theory of
Cusped Plates", Seminario del Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone"
(guided by Prof. A.Tesei), CNR (March 26, Italy)
Address "Bending of Orthotropic Cusped
Plate", Seminario di Matematica Applicata (guided by Prof. P.E.
Ricci), Dipartamento di Matematica-
Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo",Universita'degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (February
23, Italy)
Address "Theory of Cusped Plates and Elliptic Equations with Order Degeneration",
Seminario di Matematica Applicata (guided by Prof. P.E.Ricci, Dipartamento di
Matematica-Istituto "Guido Castellnuovo", Universita' degli Studi di Roma
"La Sapienza" (February 9, Italy)
1995/ 1996: Visitor Professor at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Mathematics-
Institute "Guido Castellnuovo", Italy (16.11.1995-14.03.1996 supported by the grant of
NATO-CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy); 15.03.1996-14.04.1996
supported by the grant of Ateneo)
Lecture Course" Introductory Course in Singular Integral Equations", University of
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Rome "LaSapienza", Department of Mathematics-Institute "Guido Castellnuovo",
academic year 1995/1996, Italy
1995: Address "Elastic Bodies with Non-smooth Boundaries Cusped Plates and Shells", The
Third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (July 3-7,
Hamburg, Germany)
1994: Visitor Professor at the University of Stuttgart, Germany (host: Professor
W. Wendland, October 1- November 30; supported by award of scholarship of DAAD
(German Academic Exchange Service)
Talk "Platten mit Spitzen und entartete elliptische Differentialgleichungen",
Oberseminar "Transsonic und Randelementmethoden" (guided by Prof. Dr.-Ing.
W.L.Wendland), Mathematisches Institut A, Universitaet Stuttgart (October 27,
Germany)
Address (poster) "Weighted Boundary Value Problems for Elliptic Equations and
Systems with Order Degeneration", ICM-94 (August 3-11, Zuerich, Switzerland)
Address "Boundary Value Problems In Weighted Sobolev Spaces for the Elliptic
Equations of Higher Order With Order Degeneration", The First Congress of Georgian
Mathematicians (June 1-4, 1994, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
1993: Address "Some Remarks on the Wellposing of the Keldysh-Fichera Problem", Enlarged
Sessions of the Seminar of I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 21-23,
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
1992: Address (poster) "On Boundary Value Problems for Singular Elliptic Equations and
Systems", The First Europian Congress of Mathematics (July 6-10, Paris, France)
1991: Address "On Some Methods of Investigation of Elastic Bodies with Singular
Boundaries", Athens Interdisciplinary Olimpia 91 (November 12-16, Athens, Greece)
Address "Boundary Value Problems for Prismatic Shells with Cusped Edges",
International Symposium in Continuum Mechanics and Related Problems of Analysis
dedicated to Academician N. Muskhelishvili's Centenary (June 6-11, Tbilisi, Republic
of Georgia)
Address "Some Remarks to Solution of Boundary Value Problems for Degenerate
Elliptic Equations", International Conference in Differential Equations and Related
Problems dedicated to Academician I. Petrovski's 90 Anniversary (May 29-June 3,
Moscow, Russia)
Address "The Generalized Holmgren Problem for the Equation y∆u+buy =0 in the Case
of a Half-circle", Enlarged Sessions of the Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of Applied
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Mathematics (April 23-26, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
1990: Visitor Professor, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Institut fuer
Mathematik (November 1-6, Halle, Germany)
Visitor Professor, University of Lodz, Institute of Mathematics (October 25-28, Lodz,
Poland)
Address "Some Main Boundary Value Problems of Mathematical Theory of Cusped
Prismatic Shells", Scientific Session Dedicated to the 75th Birthday of Academician
O.Oniashvili (June 4-8, Tbilisi, Georgia)
1989: Address "On the Problem of Behaviour of Solutions of Boundary Value Problems in
theNeighbourhood of Discontinuity Points of Boundary Data", Reports of Enlarged
Sessions of the Seminar of I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 22-25,
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
1987: Address "Bending of Prismatic Cusped Shell with Power Law Changing Stiffness", The
XIV All-union Conference in Shell and Plate Theory (October 20-23, Kutaisi,
Republic of Georgia)
Address "Linear Elliptic Equations with Order Degeneration and Prismatic Shells with
Cusped Edge", All-union Symposium in Modern Problems of Mathematical Physics
(April 22-25, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
Address "Weight Boundary Value Problems for a Degenerate Linear Elliptic Equation
of Second Order", I. Petrovski Seminar (January 19-22, Moscow, Russia)
1986: Address "Calculation of Prismatic Shells with Cusped Edge", The VI All-union
Congress in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (September 24-30, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan)
Address " Weak Extremum Principle for the Euler-Poisson-Dorboux Equation", the XI
Conference of Mathematicians of Universities and Colleges of the Republic
of Georgia (May 28-30, Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia)
Address "On a Non-local Boundary Value Problem for the Euler-Poisson-
Darboux Equation in the Half-plane", Conference in Non-local Problems for Partial
Differential Equations (May 21-25, Nalchik, Russia)
Address "On the Influence of Coefficients of Junior Terms on Posing of Boundary
Value Problems for Elliptic Equations with Order Degeneration", Enlarged Sessions of
the Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (April 22-25, Tbilisi,
Republic of Georgia)
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1984: Address "Boundary Value Problems of Mathematical Theory of Prismatic Shells with
Cusped Edge", All-union Seminar in Theory and Numerical Methods in Shell and Plate
Theory (November 27-December 3, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
Address "Discontinuous Boundary Value Problems for the Euler-Poisson-
Darboux Equation", International Conference in Complex Analysis and its Applications
to Partial Differential Equations (October 15-20, Halle/Saale, Germany)
1983: Address "On the Approximate Solution of the Boundary Value Problems for the
Deflection Equation in the Case of Zero Approximation of I. Vekua Version of the
Sharpened Prismatic Shell Theory", All-union Conference in Models of Mechanics of
Continua (September 23-30,Kobuleti, Republic of Georgia)
1981: Address "On the First Boundary Value Problem for Elastic Prismatic Shells with
Sharpened Edges", The V All-union Congress in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
(May 27-June 3, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan)
1980: Address "On some Boundary Value Problems for Prismatic Cusped
Shells", SeminariodelLaboratorio di Analisi Matematica e Numerica (guided by Prof. M.
A. Sneider), Instituto Matematico "Guido Castellnuovo" Universita' degli Studi di Roma
"La Sapienza" (February 11, Italy)
1979/1980: Visiting research fellow at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (host: Professor
G. Fichera, October 1979 - July 1980, Italy)
1978: Address "On Determination of Elastic Equilibrium of Some Shells of Special Type", III
IUTAM International Symposium on Shell Theory (August 22-28, Tbilisi, Republic of
Georgia)
1976: Address "Ueber verallgemeinerte Schwarzsche Formeln fuer eine singular Differential
gleichung", International Conference in Complex Analysis and its Applications to
Partial Differential Equations (October 18-22, Halle/Saale, Germany)
1975: Address "On a Wedge-shaped Shell", The X All-union Conference in Shell and Plate
Theory (September 22-29, Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia)
1974: Address "Arbitrary Loaded Elastic Half-plane Whose Young's Modulus is Power
Function of Depth", The I All-union School in Theory and Numerical Methods in Shell
and Plate Theory (October 1-10, Gegechkori, Republic of Georgia)
1966 –
1973:
Addresses at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Young Mathematician Conferences in:
Tbilisi (Georgia), Novosibirsk (Russia), Tallinn (Estonia), etc.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2014 – present: Associated Editor of Applicable Analysis
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2012 – present: President of the Georgian Mechanical Union
Chairman of the Georgian National Committee of Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics
2009 – present: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Division of Mathematics of the
European Academy of Sciences (EURASC)
2007 – present: Member of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
[Gesellschaft Fuer Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM)]
2005 – present:
2002 – present:
Member of the Georgian Engineering Academy
Member of the EURASC
Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation
2000 – present: Member of the General Assembly (GA) of the International Union of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)
Editor of Lecture Notes of Tbilisi International Centre of Mathematics and
Informatics (TICMI)
1999 – present: Head of Department of Mathematics and Informatics of the Georgian Academy of
Natural Sciences (GANS)
Reviewer, Mathematical Reviews
1998 – present: Member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Member of the International Society for Interaction of Mechanics and
Mathematics (ISIMM)
1997 – present: Editor of the Bulletin of TICMI
1996 – present: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal "Applied Mathematics,
Informatics, and Mechanics"
1995 – present: Chairman of the International Scientific Committee of the TICMI
1994 – present: Member (Academician) of the GANS
1991 – present: Member of the European Mathematical Society (EMS)
1975 – present: Member of the Editorial Board of Reports of Seminar of I. Vekua Institute of
Applied Mathematics
1974 – present: Reviewer, Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik
1973 – present: Member of the Scientific Council of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematicss
1968 – present: Member of the Georgian Mathematical Union (GMU)
2013: The Order of Honour
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2006 – 2017: Hindawi Journal of Applied Mathematics, Associated Editor
1989 – 2013: Member of the Council of the GMU
2000 – 2011: Cochairman of the Georgian National Committee of Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics
2009: Participant of the Seminar organized by ENEA within the framework of FP7
project BS-ERA.NET “Networking on Science and Technology in the Black Sea
Region” (November 9 and 10, Rome, Italy)
Participant of the General Assembly of the European Academy of Sciences
(November 6, Bologna, Italy)
2002 – 2009 Member of the committee of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) for
support of EURASCt European mathematicians
2008: Chairman of the International Scientific Committee of the Conference on
“Modern Problems in Applied Mathematics” dedicated to the 90-th anniversary of
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) and 40-th anniversary of I. Vekua
Institute of Applied Mathematics of TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 7-9
2007: Chairman of the International Scientific Committee of the IUTAM Symposium on
Relation of Shell, Plate, Beam and 3D Models, Dedicated to Centenary
of Ilia Vekua, Tbilisi, Georgia, April 23 –27
Vice-Chairman of the International Scientific Committee of the
ISAAC Conference on Complex Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, and
Mechanics of Continua, Dedicated to Centenary of Ilia Vekua, Tbilisi, Georgia,
April 23 –27
Member of the Governmental Jubilee Committee of Centenary of Ilia Vekua
Member of the Programme Committee of the International Conference on
Differential Equations, Theory of Functions, and Applications, dedicated to
centennial of AcademicianIlia N. Vekua, Novosibirsk, Russia, May 28 – June 2
Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Non-
classic Problems of Mechanics, Kutaisi, Georgia, October 25-27
2001 – 2006: Vice-Chairman of the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Council awarding
scientific degrees in Mathematical Cybernetics and Differential Equations
Ph.m.01.08 #8
2001 – 2005: Member of the International Society for Analysis, its Applications and
Computation (ISAAC)
1999 – 2006 Associate Editor of International Journal "Applied Mathematics, Informatics, and
Mechanics"
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1994 – 2005: Chairman of the Educational and Methodological Council of the Tbilisi State
University
1992 – 2005: Member of the Big Scientific Council of the Tbilisi State University
2001 – 2004: Member of the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Council awarding
scientific degrees in Mechanics of Deformable Solids and Numerical Analysis
1994 – 2001: Member (Delegate of individual members) of the Council of the EMS
1993 – 2001: Member of the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Council awarding
scientific degrees in Mathematical Cybernetics and Differential Equations
2000: One of the founders of the Georgian National Committee of Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics
Initiator of membership of Georgia at IUTAM (at Chicago meeting of the IUTAM
GA)
1994 – 1999: Member of the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Council awarding
scientific degrees in Mathematical Modelling
1999: Participant of the Workshop "Multiscale Problems and Homogenization"
(November 29 - December 4, Heidelberg, Germany)
Participant of the Europian Science Foundation-GAMM-DFG Workshop
"Mathematical Problems in Suspension Flows" (October 9 and 10, Stuttgart,
Germany)
1998: The Medal of Honour
1997: Initiator together with Prof. Paolo Emilio Ricci of an agreement requlating direct
cultural and scientific cooperation between Rome University "La Sapienza" and
University of Tbilisi
Participant of the Workshop on "Differential Equations, Spectral Theory, Function
Spaces" (October 6-10, Jena, Germany)
Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Symposium
Dedicated to the 90-th Birthday Anniversary of Academician I. Vekua on
Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics (June 21-25, Tbilisi, Georgia)
1989 – 1994: Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Mathematical National Committee
1994: Chairman of the Organizing Committee of The First Congress of Georgian
Mathematicians (June 1-4, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
Participant of the Conference "Boundary Element Method, Applications and
Mistake Estimates" (October 2-8, Oberwolfach, Germany)
1991 – 1993: Member of the A. Razmadze Mathematical Institute of the Georgian Academy of
Sciences Council awarding scientific degrees in Differential Equations
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1989 – 1992: Presidium Member of the GMU
1992: Participant (as deputy delegate of individual members) of the Council Meeting of
the EMS (July 4 and 5 , Paris, France)
1991: Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Symposium
dedicated to the Centenary of Academician N. Muskhelishvili (June 6-11, Tbilisi,
Republic of Georgia)
1990: Member of delegation of Georgian Mathematical Union at the inaugural meeting
of the EMS (October 29, 30, Madralin, Poland)
1987: Member of All-union (USSR) Organizing Committee of the XIV All-union
Conference in Shell and Plate Theory (October 20-23, Kutaisi, Republic of
Georgia)
1987, 1982: Scientific Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the International Conferences
dedicated to Academician I. Vekua's 75, 80 Anniversaries (April, Tbilisi, Republic
of Georgia)
1979: Participant of the Conference "Mathematical and Numerical Methods for Inverse
and Improperly Posed Problems in Differential Equations" (May 29 - June 2, Halle,
Germany)
1978: Scientific Secretary of the Local Organizing Committee of the III IUTAM
Symposium on Shell Theory (August 22-28, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia )
1974: The Medal and Prize of the Georgian Academy of Sciences for young researchers
1973: Supervisor of a group of trainee-students from the Tbilisi State University,
Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena (October 10 - November 3, Jena, Germany)
1967: Undergraduate students practical training in Mathematics, Friedrich-Schiller-
Universitaet Jena (September, Jena, Germany)
The First Prime of the Undergraduate students XXIX Scientific Conference of
Tbilisi State University
1966: The First Prime of the Undergraduate students XXVIII Scientific Conference of
Tbilisi State University
1962: Graduated from the 55th Tbilisi secondary school with a gold medal