On October 26–28, the HSE Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sciences will hold a conference titled Fall into ML 2023 with support from the HSE University AI Research Centre . The event is dedicated to promising directions of fundamental AI development.

Valery Rodionov, member of the Russian team who took gold at the 2023 International Olympiad in Informatics, has enrolled at the HSE Faculty of Computer Science. The intellectual competition took place in early September in Hungary.

An international consortium of research organisations, including the HSE Faculty of Urban and Regional Development, is developing the Urban & Innovation Environment Index. Recently, a list of the top 10 largest cities of the BRICS countries was published. The Russian capital took the first place in the ranking.

According to analytics from HSE University’s online campus, the demand for the Master of Data Science online Master’s programme has quadrupled, and the number of applicants doubled compared to last year (more than 250 students). Data science ranks first in demand among all HSE master’s degree programmes taught online.

Maria Petrova, who holds a bachelor’s from HSE University Perm and a master’s from the HSE ICEF programme, is a department head at Sovcombank. In this interview with Success Builder, she explains which qualities a beginner needs to work as a bank analyst, how to pick up leadership skills at the workplace, and why Sovcombank trains its own staff.

HSE University’s Institute for Public Administration and Governance has conducted a study of digital travel services. Based on the results of this, a rating of tourism platforms was compiled. The ratings include those platforms that, in addition to hotel booking services, provide a set of additional options for tourists.

On September 1st, a new season of the open Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) started. Students, as well as 2023 graduates of Russian and foreign universities, can submit their papers for the competition until October 15^th, 2023. In today’s interview, Vadim Radaev, HSE University’s First Vice Rector, talks about the history of the competition and the key stages in its development.

On September 4, the HSE University building on Pokrovsky Bulvar hosted ARTificial Fest, an event devoted to neural network art. The festival was organised by the HSE University Faculty of Creative Industries, the HSE Career centre, and the Chisty List student organisation. The event was open to anyone interested in the blending of machine algorithms and art.

HSE University’s Support and Career Centre for International Students and Alumni has held orientation sessions for incoming international students. During the meetings, the centre’s experts explained the visa and migration support available, talked about extracurricular student life, and gave tours of the campus and the city.