Alex Timonov, associate professor of mathematics, visited the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) in Stockholm, Sweden and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada during his sabbatical in November-December, 2012. As a result, Alex Timonov received the funds from the FOI to conduct research on “Quantitative Imaging of Shallow Water Environments in the Baltic Sea.” Also, a new research project has been established in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, and Alex Timonov was selected as a member of the PhD thesis committee.