Alexander Rakitko
- Visiting Lecturer: Faculty of Computer Science / Big Data and Information Retrieval School
- Alexander Rakitko has been at HSE University since 2025.
Education
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2025
Courses (2024/2025)
- Applied Bioinformatics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Applied Bioinformatics (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Data Analysis in Biology and Medicine" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Data Analysis in Biology and Medicine" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
The Faculty of Computer Science held its sixth summer school on machine learning in bioinformatics.
The Summer School on Machine Learning in Bioinformatics was held from August 25-27 at 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard. Speakers included: Maria Poptsova, Head of the International Bioinformatics Laboratory at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Higher School of Economics Alexander Rakitko, International Bioinformatics Laboratory at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Higher School of Economics, Genotek Vladimir Shchur, International Laboratory of Statistical and Computational Genomics at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Higher School of Economics, and others
Artificial Intelligence Improves Risk Prediction of Complex Diseases
Neural network models developed at the HSE AI Research Centre have significantly improved the prediction of risks for obesity, type 1 diabetes, psoriasis, and other complex diseases. A joint study with Genotek Ltd showed that deep learning algorithms outperform traditional methods, particularly in cases involving complex gene interactions (epistasis). The findings have been published in Frontiers in Medicine.