Oksana S. Pichugina
Full Professor · Doctor of Sciences
(Applied Mathematics)
Mathematical Modeling & Artificial Intelligence Dept.
National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”
Scopus ID
57163964800
57163964800
WoS ResearcherID
AAC-7063-2019
AAC-7063-2019
ORCID
0000-0002-7099-8967
0000-0002-7099-8967
Dr.Sc.
Highest Academic Degree
200+
Total publications
18
Monographs published
34+
Years in academia
13
Courses taught
Education & Degrees
Full Professor
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Dec 2023
Doctor of Sciences — Applied Mathematics
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Dec 2019
Master’s — Mathematics
Brock University, Canada
2013 – 2015
PhD — Applied Mathematics
Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine
Nov 1996
Master’s — Industrial Mathematics
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
1983 – 1988
Main Research Areas
Optimization & Modeling
Operations Research, Combinatorial & Global Optimization, Polyhedral Combinatorics, Algebraic Geometry
Data & Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Theory
Systems & Networks
Graph Theory, Network Analysis, Systems Analysis, Logistics
Professional career (Selected)
Full Professor
Jan 2021 – presentMath Modeling & AI Dept. · Kharkiv Aviation Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow (TIDEL)
May 2022 – Apr 2023Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering · University of Toronto, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow
Feb 2020 – Jul 2020Institute of Statistics and Operations Research · University of Graz, Austria
Teaching Assistant
Sep 2013 – Aug 2015Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics · Brock University, Canada
Associate Professor
Sep 1998 – Aug 2013Applied Mathematics Dept. · Poltava National Technical University
Courses taught
Decision Theory
Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems
System Analysis
Optimization Methods & Operations Research
Data Analysis and Visualization
Algorithms and Data Structures
Discrete Mathematics
Artificial Intelligence Methods & Systems
System Theory in Machine Learning
Research Project Management
Selected Recent Publications
2025
Computational Estimation of Protection Wall Height Impact on Hydrogen Explosion Consequences
Skob, Yakovlev, Pichugina, Kartashov, et al. · Environmental and Climate Technologies. 29, 418-432 · DOI: 10.2478/rtuect-2025-0028
2024
Drone Swarm Monitoring: Novel Modeling Approaches
Pichugina O., Yakovlev S., Uzlov D., Matsyi O. · IEEE DESSERT Conference · DOI: 10.1109/DESSERT65323.2024.11122153
Preprint (2024)
Deriving Compact QUBO Models via Multilevel Constraint Transformation
Pichugina O., Tan Y., Beck C. · arXiv preprint · DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.03610
Book Chapter (2023)
Combinatorial point configurations and polytopes
Yakovlev S., Pichugina O., Koliechkina L. · Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego · DOI: 10.18778/8331-391-7
IT skills
Python
R
Matlab / GNU Octave
Mathcad / Mathematica
Maple
Statistica
LaTeX / Overleaf
C++ / VBA / Delphi
Languages
Ukrainian (native)
English
Awards, Grants & Memberships
Icarus of Wartime 2022 — “Best Researcher” (2nd place), KhAI.
International Teaching Assistant Award (2015) — Center for Pedagogical Innovation, Brock University (Canada).
International Projects — University of Toronto (2022-2023), Graz University (2020), Brock University (2013-2015).
Memberships — CORS (Canadian Operational Research Society), INFORMS.
Community
Charity and volunteering during the full-scale invasion of Russia.