Louis Vervoort, Associate Professor at the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (HSE MIEM) and specialist in the philosophy of science and artificial intelligence, spoke to the HSE News Service about what physics and philosophy have in common, why quantum mechanics is incompatible with the theory of relativity, what it means to be a researcher in the age of AI, and why the ability to develop new theories may become humanity’s greatest advantage over machines.

Hasnain is a student of the Master’s in Science of Learning and Assessment (SOLA) programme at the HSE University Institute of Education from Baffa, Pakistan. Now in his second year of studies, he has had time to experience much of what HSE University and Moscow have to offer international students. Read on to learn about Hasnain’s experiences of the diversity of perspectives at HSE, representing Pakistani culture, and Moscow’s unique atmosphere of contrasts.
 

In October 2026, Sechenov University hosted MedITron, a medical innovation hackathon. Over three days, participants were challenged to develop a solution to one of the case studies prepared by leading MedTech organisations. Among the winners was Team Med404, which included two HSE students.

At the end of October, experts of the HSE Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre of the Institute for Social Policy conducted comprehensive training for specialists of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics. The event, organised within the framework of the UNFPA CISPop programme, the HSE project ‘Development of Interdisciplinary Human Potential Research’ (HSE-MS-2026-105), as well as with the support of UNDP, was a key step in the preparations for the first national sample survey on the use of daily time by the population in the country's history.

Researchers from the AI and Digital Science Institute at the HSE Faculty of Computer Science took part in the 3rd Conference–School on Tensor Methods in Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Computing. The event was held in Shenzhen, China, in late October 2026. One of the institute's research projects received the Best Poster Award, placing among the conference's five best posters.

Researchers from the HSE AI and Digital Science Institute and the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics have developed RLABC (Reinforcement Learning for Accelerator Beamline Control), a framework that uses reinforcement learning to identify optimal settings for a particle accelerator. In a computer simulation, RLABC optimised the accelerator's parameters to achieve a particle transmission rate of 70%. 

The International Laboratory for Social Integration Research at HSE University and the GES-2 House of Culture are jointly organising the Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference ‘Researching the Deaf Community,’ which will focus on the theme ‘Everyone Has Their Own Voice.’ Scheduled for June 2027, the conference will explore the diversity of voices within the Deaf community and the right to be heard in one's own language.

Teams of young people and students from eight countries—China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia—successfully completed the main mission of the International Space Games (ISG): ensuring the sustainable functioning of an autonomous settlement on another planet. The Games’ unique format, which dispenses with traditional competition aimed at securing victory for a single country, has proved its effectiveness. HSE University is the project operator.

Nature-based climate projects have significant potential, but its realisation requires more than promising technologies: a scientific foundation, clear methodologies, digital tools, and sustained demand for carbon credits. How can these elements turn individual initiatives into scalable solutions? This was the question discussed by participants at a conference organised by the HSE Сentre of Digital Technologies for Nature-Based Solutions of the Carbon Measurement Supersites Programme.