PeopleofSuperintelligence

Lab leader

Ivan Oseledets

Also known as Иван Оселедец

Ivan Oseledets is a mathematician and AI researcher whose tensor-train methods represent high-dimensional arrays and support neural-network compression. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 2006, earned Candidate and Doctor of Sciences degrees at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2007 and 2012, and joined Skoltech in August 2013. In 2011, he published “Tensor-train decomposition”; in 2019, he coauthored research using tensor trains to compress neural-network embeddings. He received the 2018 Russian President's Award for Young Researchers in Science and Innovation. As of October 2026, he is dean of Moscow State University's Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and CEO of AIRI; he is also a professor and heads the Laboratory of Computational Intelligence at Skoltech.

Timeline

  1. 2006–2007

    MIPT and a candidate degree

    He graduates from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 2006 and earns a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2007.

  2. 2011

    Tensor-train decomposition

    In 2011, he publishes “Tensor-train decomposition,” a format for representing high-dimensional arrays, and develops efficient algorithms for these problems.

  3. 2012

    A Doctor of Sciences degree

    He completes a Doctor of Sciences degree at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2012.

  4. August 2013

    Joining Skoltech CDISE

    In August 2013, he joins Skoltech's CDISE after working at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

  5. 2018

    A presidential science prize

    He wins the 2018 Russian President's Award for Young Researchers in Science and Innovation.

  6. 2019

    Compressing neural-network embeddings

    In 2019, he coauthors a paper that uses the Tensor Train decomposition to compress word-embedding layers in neural networks, with little loss in performance.

  7. 2023

    A machine-learning research award

    In 2023, he and Valentin Khrulkov win the Moscow Government Award for Young Scientists for their machine-learning studies.

  8. As of October 2026

    Dean and AIRI CEO

    As of October 2026, he is dean of MSU's Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and CEO of AIRI. At Skoltech, he is a full professor and Head of the Laboratory of Computational Intelligence.

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Sources and credits

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  1. Trustworthy AI Conference: 5–7 July 2021, Moscow, HYBRID events.skoltech.ru. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Scientific Computing group oseledets.github.io. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Tensorized Embedding Layers for Efficient Model Compression arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. Young Skoltech scientists win Moscow Government Awards skoltech.ru. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Researchers of the Skoltech AI Center receive Government of Russia Letters of Appreciation for contributions to AI in science skoltech.ru. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Иван Оселедец airi.net. Checked 19 October 2026.