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On September 1st, a new season of the open Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) started. This competition is aimed at developing the potential of university students who are interested in academic activities. Students, as well as 2023 graduates of Russian and foreign universities, can submit their papers for the competition until October 15^th, 2023. This year SRPC turns 20 years old, throughout the competition’s history, Vadim Radaev, HSE University’s First Vice Rector, has been the chair of the organising committee. In today’s interview, he talks about the history of the competition and the key stages in its development.

Every year, winners of school olympiads make up a significant cohort of the first-year undergraduate students. Such young people are distinguished not only by their deep subject knowledge, but also by a broad outlook, and a strong desire to be part of university life in all its diversity. HSE News Service asked prospective first-year students who received 100 points on the Unified State Exam and the winners of various olympiads what helped them to get enrolled and why they chose HSE University.

Three bachelor’s students from the HSE Faculty of Computer Science programme in ‘Applied Mathematics and Information Science’ recently participated in the International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC), winning two first prizes and a second prize.

The winners of HSE University’s case championship on tourism development in Kamchatka took part in the All-Russian Youth Ecological Forum ‘Ecosystem. Wildlife Sanctuary’. The forum’s main mission is the formation and consolidation of young people’s proposals in the field of ecology for future implementation.

Vladimir Averin is a fourth-year student at HSE ICEF. He was named the overall winner of the Econometrics Universiade 2023, an annual competition organised by Moscow State University, having come second in the competition last year. In 2023, Vladimir will start his PhD studies at Yale University (USA). In his interview, he talks about the benefits of studying at HSE University, why econometrics requires creativity, and how to win a scholarship from the Yale University Department of Statistics and Data Science.

Artem Boyko, from St Petersburg, won a gold medal at the 20^th International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria and has now enrolled at HSE University. He was admitted without entrance examinations to the 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.

A team of students from HSE University in Nizhny Novgorod and Minin University have created a mobile application and a web service for recognising emotions in photographs. This solution can be useful in marketing, education, personnel management—any areas where the quality of interpersonal communication matters.

Pavel Ivanov is a 2023 graduate of the Bachelor's programme 'Political Science and World Politics'. Recently, he was named a winner of the political science research paper competition named after Max Weber and also participated in creating 'the first robot political scientist'. In his interview, Pavel shares his thoughts on his studies on the programme, his interest in data analytics, and the role of artificial intelligence in political expertise.