Edward Hirsch is working at Steklov Institute of Mathematics in St. Petersburg now heading the Laboratory of Mathematical Logic. He also holds a part-time professor position in the new department of Mathematics and Computer Science at St. Petersburg State University. Edward's research interests include algorithms and computational complexity. He is a co-founder of the theoretical computer science conference series CSR (International Computer Science Symposium in Russia), geographically bounded meetings conducted according to "international standards". He is the author of many articles and an advisor to many students.

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