Alexander Kuleshov is the President of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skoltech. Professor of Computer Science. He is a specialist in the field of information technologies and mathematical modeling. In 2006, he was elected Director of the A.A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems (IITP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At IITP, he also serves as the Chairperson of the Academic Council, the Doctorate Dissertation Council, and Information Transmission and Processing. Through the course of his academic career, he has authored and co-authored 54 studies, including four monographs.