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                                About Valentin Turchin

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   Valentin F. Turchin

   Professor Emeritus of Computer Sciences,
   the [externallink.GIF] [2]City College,
   the [externallink.GIF] [3]City University of New York

   Member of the [4]Principia Cybernetica Editorial Board

   Chief Scientist at [externallink.GIF] [5]Supercompilers, LLC

   Address:
          188 Hiawatha Blvd, Oakland NJ, 07436, USA

   Email:
          turchin[ at ]verizon.net

   Phone:
          201-337-1761

Curriculum Vitae

     * 1931 Born in Russia.
     * 1952 Graduated from Moscow University in Theoretical Physics.
     * 1953 - 1964 The Institute for Physics of Energy, Obninsk, Russia.
     * 1957 Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
     * 1964 - 1974 Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics, Moscow.
     * 1977 Emigrated to the USA.
     * 1977 - 1979 Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, New York.
     * 1979 - 1999 The City College of New York, Professor of Computer Science.
     * 1998 Co-founded the software start-up SuperCompilers, LLC
     * 09/01/1999 Retired from City College

Research Interests

   Theoretical Physics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Languages and Systems,
   Cybernetic Philosophy, Automatic Program transformation.

Publications (Selection)

     * Books:
          + "Slow Neutrons", Daniel Davey and Co. New York, 1965
          + "[6]The Phenomenon of Science", Columbia University Press New York, 1977
          + " [externallink.GIF] [7]The Inertia of Fear and the Scientific
            Worldview", Columbia University Press New York, 1981
          + " [externallink.GIF] [8]Refal-5: Programming Guide and Reference
            Manual", New England Publishing Co. Holyoke MA, 1989
     * Selected recent papers:
          + "The concept of a supercompiler", ACM Transactions on Programming
            Languages and Systems, 8, pp.292-325, 1986
          + "A constructive interpretation of the full set theory", Journal of
            Symbolic Logic, 52, pp.172-201, 1987
          + "[9]On Cybernetic Epistemology", Systems Research, Vol.10, No.1, pp.
            3-28, 1993
          + "[10]The cybernetic ontology of action", Kybernetes, 22, No.2, 1993,
            pp.10-30
          + "Program transformation with metasystem transitions", Journal of
            Functional Programming 3(3) pp.283-313, July 1993
          + "Supercompilation: Techniques and Results", in: Perspectives of System
            Informatics, pp. 229-248, LNCS, vol 1181, Springer, 1996.
          + "Metacomputation: Metasystem Transitions plus Supercompilation", in:
            Partial Evaluation, pp. 481-510, LNCS, vol. 1110, Springer, 1996.
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