The III Young Scientists Congress took place in the Sirius Science and Art Park on November 28–30, 2023. On the first day of the forum, a discussion was held on the tools and opportunities for engaging international early-career researchers in Russian science. 

In November, an open talk with Tatyana Bakalchuk, the founder of Wildberries, took place at HSE University. The topic of the meeting was ‘The Era of the Platform Economy: Opportunities and Prospects for Everyone.’ A thousand people gathered to listen to her from HSE, other universities, and businesses. The event was organised by the HSE Business Club. 

A multimodal neural network model by Sber, under the supervision of HSE University’s expert commission, has successfully passed the Unified State Exam in social studies. GigaChat completed all exam tasks and scored 67 points.

The International Sber Conference of Artificial Intelligence, ‘AI Journey 2023’ recently took place in Moscow. Alexander Rogachev, doctoral student of the HSE Faculty of Computer Science, and Egor Egorov, an HSE 4th-year undergraduate student became the winners of the AIJ Science competition for scientific articles on artificial intelligence. 

On November 22, the atrium of the HSE Pokrovka building hosted a Career Marathon. The main objective of the event was to introduce HSE students to potential employers. The students had the opportunity to network with employees of major Russian banks, marketplaces, financial institutions, and IT integrators.

On November 15, HSE University's Cultural Centre held a classical guitar concert featuring the world-renowned guitarist Artyom Dervoed. The event was organised by the HSE Centre of Music Projects, with Kristina Agaronyan, the centre's manager and graduate of the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, hosting the evening.

Daria Morozova holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from HSE and serves as the Head of Retail Business Analysis and Planning within the Financial Management Department at Rosbank. In this interview, Daria shares how combining work at a bank and study at HSE helped her find solutions to workplace challenges, and how she realised that preventing employee burnout is essential in leading a team.

On November 24, a training session for international students on ‘How to Make a Good Impression in an Interview: Non-Verbal Communication’ took place at HSE University. It covered the basics of nonverbal communication and body language; non-verbal mistakes; nonverbal tricks, and much more. Together with the expert, HSE students worked on self-confidence and solved real communication cases.

An international group of scientists including researchers from HSE University has proposed a novel approach to rehabilitating patients with motor disorders. According to the researchers, more effective recovery can be achieved by granting patients the freedom to choose their movements and providing an appropriate system of rewards for engaging in the prescribed exercises.