## BIO
Dmitry Sitnikov, Ph.D.
Age: 38
**Education
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*1988-1991*. Ph. D. Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics. Specialism: Informations Systems and Processes.
*1983-1988*. Specialist: honors degree. Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics. Speciality: Applied Mathematics.
**Work experience during the last 4 years**
*2002-present*.Â
                 <u>Wessex Institute of Technology, UK.</u>Â
                            Position: Ajunct Associate Professor.Â
                            Responsibilities: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Information Systems.
<font size= "2">Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <u>International software companies.</u>
                            Position: Consultant.
                            Responsibilities: Consulting in the following fields: Web design, Software Engineering, Programming, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Software localization, Technical Writing.
                  <u>Kharkov State Academy, Ukraine.
</u>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Position: Head of Department for Information Systems.
                            Responsibilities:Information and Documentary Systems
*2000-2002*.
                  <u>Kharkov State Academy, Ukraine.
</u>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Position: Head of Department for Information Systems.
                            Responsibilities:Information and Documentary Systems
                 <u>Edenet, Italy.</u>
                            Position: Invited Professor.
                            Responsibilities:Information Systems, Programming.
**Recent International Conferences**
Member of International Scientific Advisory Committees, Invited Speaker, Head of Session at the following conferences: Data Mining 2002 (Italy), Management Information Systems 2002 (Greece), Data Mining 2004 (Spain, coming up), Data Mining 2005 (Greece, coming up).
**Editorial Activities**
Visiting Editor at the international Expert Systems journal for 2004.
Special Guest Editor at the International Journal for Infonomics.
**Publications
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I have more than 30 published journal papers and text books.
**Hobbies**
Study foreign languages. Language skills: English, Ukrainian, Russian (mother tongue), French, Italian.
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## Area of Expertise
Java, Java Script, ASP, ASP .NET, JSP/Servlet, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Delphi, C++, ADO, ODBC, JDBC, HTML, DHTML, XML/XSL/XSLT, Oracle, Access, Graphical packages (Flash, Photoshop etc.)
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Databases.
Technical writing.
Software localization.
Translation (languages: English, French, Russian, Italian, Ukrainian, Spanish).
