Artem Boyko won a gold medal at the 20^th International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria was admitted without entrance examinations to the HSE Bachelor’s programme Fundamental and Computational Linguistics. Artem spoke with the HSE News Service about his participation in the olympiads, his passion for linguistics, and joining the university.

From July 18 to October 15, 2023, the HSE University Faculty of Computer Science and AI Centre invite those interested to take part in the online Binary Super Resolution Challenge (BSRC-2023). The top 50 teams will receive prizes, and the top three will receive cash prizes.

From August 7 to 9, the annual All-Russian Forum of Medical Volunteers took place at HSE University’s Cultural Centre. The event was held for the seventh year in a row. This year, 300 medical volunteers from all over Russia took part.

From September 19–27, 2023, the Third Pacific School Conference on Experimental Economics will take place in Vladivostok. The conference has been organised by the HSE International Laboratory for Experimental and Behavioural Economics as part of the Mirror Laboratories project with Far Eastern Federal University. The conference will be held in an in-person format, and foreign participants can take part online.

Vladimir Averin is a fourth-year student at HSE ICEF. He was named the overall winner of the Econometrics Universiade 2023, having come second in the competition last year. In his interview, he talks about why econometrics requires creativity, and how to win a scholarship from Yale.

HSE University continues to develop its international relations with the best Asian universities. At the request of Thammasat University (Thailand), a special short-term educational programme in ‘Russian Language and Culture’ has been created at the HSE St Petersburg International Office.

The Master’s in Financial Economics at the International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) provides students with a solid theoretical foundation in economics and finance while teaching hands-on skills under the guidance of experts from academia and industry. With the 2022/23 academic year now over, faculty reflect on the programme’s successes and future prospects.

Researchers from HSE University and Sber Artificial Intelligence Lab are using AI to predict the location of DNA fragments in the genome which can flip over and form a mirror structure known as Z-DNA. The scientists have found that these DNA fragments overlap with known mutations which can cause severe hereditary diseases. The study findings have been published in Life Science Alliance.

Oleg Baranov, a graduate of MSU, NES, and the University of Maryland, ran a course on market design at the University of Colorado. He recently passed review for a tenured position at HSE University and will begin teaching the course ‘Microeconomics 2’ on the HSE and NES Joint Programme in September. In his interview, Oleg talks about auctions, studying for a PhD, and international recruiting.