Government, Russia
Russian Academy of Sciences
Includes Department of Mathematical Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Control Sciences, Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Steklov Institute of Mathematics.
Statistics
- People here now
- 2
- People ever
- 18
- Citations of current people
- 720
- Median h-index of current people
- 9
- Full moves in and out
- 13 in, 9 out
Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Citation figures count 2 of the 2 people here now. People whose OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mixed are left out. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.
We estimate that 18 people shaping AI have worked or studied at Russian Academy of Sciences, including 2 (11%) here now and 16 with former affiliations. That total covers 14 people with work roles and 4 recorded only as students (2 both studied and worked here). Its 6 tracked sub-organizations are led by Department of Mathematical Sciences (5 ever, 1 now). Among 631 government research centers, Russian Academy of Sciences is tied for 23rd by all-time people and tied for 26th by current headcount. Systems, hardware and security leads 9 areas of expertise (4 of 18 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 5 people in 2001 and stood at 2 in 2025. Across dated career transitions, we record 13 full moves in and 9 out, led by arrivals from Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (2 each).
A cluster map with one dot per person in 9 groups. The largest areas are Systems, hardware and security (4), Computer vision (3) and Theory, statistics and optimization (3). The data table lists the counts.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records and profile topics, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Area | Here now | Formerly here | All |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systems, hardware and security | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Computer vision | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Theory, statistics and optimization | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Reinforcement learning, agents and planning | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| General machine learning | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Robotics and autonomous systems | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Policy, ethics and society | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Knowledge, logic and reasoning | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Science, health and biology | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Full arrivals outnumbered full departures by 4 (13 in vs. 9 out): arrivals came 8 from universities (62%), 1 from a company (8%) and 4 from labs, nonprofits or government, while departures went 1 to a company (11%), 5 to universities (56%) and 3 to labs, nonprofits or government. We also record 3 arrivals and 6 departures where a person added a role alongside an existing position. Today, 9 of the 16 people formerly at Russian Academy of Sciences have a recorded current affiliation elsewhere (2 at companies and 7 at universities).
A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Russian Academy of Sciences from 1999 to 2025. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.
Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Other | Department of Mathematical Sciences | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
A three-column flow diagram. People came from organizations on the left, Russian Academy of Sciences is in the middle, and destinations are on the right. It shows 13 incoming and 9 outgoing full moves.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records with full moves only, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Direction | Organization | Full moves |
|---|---|---|
| From | Lomonosov Moscow State University | 2 |
| From | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | 2 |
| From | Committee on Systems Analysis of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR | 1 |
| From | Digital Oil Technologies | 1 |
| From | Harvard University | 1 |
| From | Kurchatov Institute | 1 |
| From | Leningrad State University | 1 |
| From | Oil and Gas Institute | 1 |
| From | Other | 3 |
| Center | Russian Academy of Sciences | 13 in, 9 out |
| To | Academy of Sciences of the USSR | 1 |
| To | AT&T | 1 |
| To | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | 1 |
| To | Institute for Systems Analysis | 1 |
| To | Lomonosov Moscow State University | 1 |
| To | New York University | 1 |
| To | Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology | 1 |
| To | Stanford University | 1 |
| To | Other | 1 |
Compared with peer government research centers, Russian Academy of Sciences ranks higher on all-time headcount (tied for 23rd of 631) than on current headcount (tied for 26th); 16 of its 18 all-time people are former affiliations. Across work histories (excluding degrees), 13 of the 14 people who have worked at Russian Academy of Sciences (93%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Russian Academy of Sciences to 57 peer institutions. Among the 2 current people with confident OpenAlex author records, combined citations reach 720 and the median h-index is 9 (combined h-index 18, 71st among 89 counted government research centers); Igor B. Gurevich leads by citations (659).
People here now
Both people with a current role at Russian Academy of Sciences are researchers. Earlier in their careers, 1 of the 2 held a work role at another organization (Digital Oil Technologies and ParaGraph International).
People with former affiliations
We record 16 people with former affiliations at Russian Academy of Sciences: 12 who held work roles and 4 recorded as students only. 9 of the 16 have a recorded current role at another organization. Across the 11 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 257,444 (median h-index 18).
- Alexander Gorban
- Alexander NovikovNow at Google DeepMind
- Alexey Lyapunov
- Andrew KnyazevNow at University of Colorado Denver
- Andrey Korotkov
- Dmitry Okhotsimsky
- Gennady S. Osipov
- Germogen Pospelov
- Ivan OseledetsNow at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Lomonosov Moscow State University and AIRI - Artificial Intelligence Research Institute
- Ji-Joon SongNow at KAIST
- Michael GelfondNow at Texas Tech University
- Qing HeNow at Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence
- Ventzeslav Valev
- Vladimir GorodetskiNow at JSC "Eureca"
- Vladimir LifschitzNow at Texas Action Group and University of Texas at Austin
- Vladimir VapnikNow at Columbia University
Posts that include Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences appears in 2 research posts comparing organizations across AI.
- More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionWe estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
- The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.