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Yuriy Kostyuchenko
Dr. Yuriy V. Kostyuchenko, Ph.D., D.Sc., Associated Professor, is a Leading Research Scientist and leader of Mathematical modeling of Geo-systems and Risk analysis Work-group of Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He received an MS in Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy from Moscow State University in 1993. After that he joined National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine as a Scientist, where he received his PhD in Geophysics and Remote Sensing in 1997, and D.Sc. in Engineering and Remote Sensing in 2018. In 2011-2014 he served on position of Assistant Professor of the Geomorphology and Soil Science Department of the Faculty of Geography, Kiev University. Since 2000 he serves as Executive secretary of Ukrainian National Member Organization of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Yuriy V. Kostyuchenko is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), member of American Meteorological Society (AMS), American Statistical Society (ASA), member of the International society for optics and photonics (SPIE), the Canadian network for research on terrorism, security and society (TSAS), and International Association for Promotion Geoethics (IAPG). He is author and co-author of more than 70 scientific papers and book chapters in fields of remote sensing, Earth sciences (environmental security, climate change), engineering, applied mathematics and social sciences (psychology, social anthropology, terrorism and cyber-terrorism study). His research interests include remote sensing and GIS application for environmental, socio-ecological, domestic and homeland security analysis, complex risk analysis using non-parametric approaches, climate change and disaster analysis for environmental, agricultural, food and water security.
Biases and prejudices of terrorists
The militants of the various radical and terrorist groups and their supporters allegedly follows to the different sets of prejudices. For example, it is widely known that the Taliban i...
L/DNR сasualty report 2019
During military actions in separate regions of Donetsk and Lugansk oblast of Ukraine in 2019 were identified 252 KIA (killed in actions) members of illegal armed groups (IAG) managed be Russia; also were registered 68 non-battle...
Toward approaches to big data analysis for terroristic behavior identification :Сhild soldiers in illegal armed groups during the conflict in Donbas region
Paper aimed to consider of approaches to big data (social network content) utilization for understanding of social behavior in the conflict zones, and analysis of dynamics of illegal armed groups. Analysis directed ...
On the comparative analysis of narratives of foreign members of armed groups of the IS and the L/DPR in Syria and Ukraine in 2015-2016
A comparison of narratives of foreign members of armed groups of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics in Syria and Ukraine collected in 2015-2016 is presented in ...
"Black bike" in Makeevka
"militias often notice, mostly around the city of Makeevka a black bike, driven by motorcyclist in a black jacket and a helmet with dark glass, and a small Ukrainian flag hitched behind him. And now this doesn't amaze or outrage anyone..."
""CIA Trojan Horse" from Odessa Computer Literacy School
Gentlemen, the CIA and other great friends of Russia have decided to arrange Ukrainian Trojan horse through the TRAINING of children and other Russians in computer wisdom fr...