Vladimir V. Mazalov educated at the Leningrad (Sankt-Petersburg) University in 1976, in the department of applied mathematics and processes of control. Since earning his Ph.D. in 1980, he has worked principally on research projects funded by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Between 1980–98 he worked at the Chita Institute of Natural Recourses, East Siberia and currently serves as Research Drector of the Institute of Applied Mathematical Research, Karelia Research Center of Russian Academy of Sciences. He is also a Professor in the Probability Theory Department of Petrozavodsk State University and is the author of 150 articles and 5 books.