Ilya Musabirov
- Senior Lecturer:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Department of Informatics
- Postgraduate Student:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Department of Sociology
- Junior Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies / Laboratory of Sociology in Education and Science
- Ilya Musabirov has been at HSE since 2013.
Problem Areas for Students/Responsibilities
In Data Science minor, BA programme in Sociology and Social Informatics, and MSc in Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction I work with students on projects in Social Computing, Web Science, Computational Social Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Learning Analytics.
We study (and, in part, design) gamification systems, recommendation and reputation systems in the Web, online games, online communities, social networks, online games and everything connected to "Digital Footprints"
In the BA programme "Sociology and Social Informatics" I am responsible for coordination of course content development and analysis of best educational practices in the area of Social Informatics, coordination of student project work in Digital Research.
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
A. Cherepanova «Evolution of Friendship and Advice Networks in Blended Data Science Course». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2019
K. Konstantinova «Transformation of Communication and Community Participation Practices in eSports Streaming». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
S. Kozlov «Geodata-Based Planning and Routing of Intra-Urban Transportations». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2018
A. Bakhitova «Academic Motivation, Digital Traces of Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement: The Case of Data Science Minor». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
A. Kuznetcova «Publication Activity, Media Presence and Company Links of Russian Northwestern Universities: A Webometric Study». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
P. Guliaev «Value of Virtual Goods and Brands in eSports. The Case of CS:GO». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
A. Menshikova «Structure of Expertise in IT Communities of Practice: the Case of Stack Overflow in Russian». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2018
D. Bulygin «Value Construction of Virtual Goods. The Case of Dota 2». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
D. Mandrik «The Primaries of United Russia 2016 in Central and Regional Russian Media: Thematic Analysis». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
S. Pozdniakov «Educational Achievement Predictors in Blended Learning. The Case of Data Science Minor». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
A. Nesterenko «Segmentation of Job Roles in IT Sector Based on Online Recruitment Data». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
D. Krysanova «Social Dynamics in Online Games. The Case of Lady Popular». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
N. Kaspruk «Value Dimensions and Stratification of Hotel Clients Based on Online Reviews Data». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2017
- Master
D. Mandrik «Competing Political Values in the Internet Communities». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2019
R. Poiane «Networks of Toxicity: SNA of Communication on Twitch.tv». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 2019
Education
- 2015
MA in Social Science (Media and Communication Studies)
Uppsala University, Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University - 2014
MSc in Computer Science and Computing Machinery
Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics , ITMO University - 2006
Degree in Applied Informatics in Economics
Kemerovo State University
Conferences
- 2017The 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Денвер). Presentation: Deconstructing Cosmetic Virtual Goods Experiences in Dota 2
- Spectating Play, the 13th Annual Game Research Lab Spring Seminar (Tampere). Presentation: Online communication of eSports viewers: Topic Modeling approach
- «Образование и мировые города: Smart Learning и глобальные университеты» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Teaching non-STEM Students Data Science
- 20168th ACM Conference on Web Science (Ганновер). Presentation: Private and Public Online Groups in Apartment Buildings of St.Petersburg
- Money and Games, the 12th Annual Game Research Lab Spring Seminar (Тампере). Presentation: Cosmetic items pricing in Steam Community Market. The case of Dota 2
- 2015International Conference on Computational Social Science (Helsinki). Presentation: Online Communication in Apartment Buildings of St.Petersburg
- 2nd GESIS Computational Social Science Winter Symposium 2015 (Cologne). Presentation: Exploring Social Adaptation in Online Games
- 2nd GESIS Computational Social Science Winter Symposium 2015 (Cologne). Presentation: Educational Migration Patterns in Russia: Social Network Data Approach
- 20146th International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo 2014) (2014). Presentation: Informal In-Game Help Practices in Massive Multiplayer Online Games (EGG2014 Workshop)
- 6th International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo 2014) (2014). Presentation: Online Communication in Apartment Buildings (CityLabs2014 Workshop)
- GESIS Computational Social Science Winter Symposium (Cologne). Presentation: Online Communication in Apartment Buildings
Publications12
- Chapter Daniel Alexandrov, Karepin V., Musabirov I., Daria Chuprina. Educational Migration from Russia to the Nordic Countries, China and the Middle East. Social Media Data, in: Companion Proceedings of the The Web Conference 2018. Geneva : International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee, 2018. P. 49-50. doi
- Chapter Musabirov I., Bulygin D., Paul Okopny, Konstantinova K. Event-driven Spectators' Communication in Massive eSports Online Chats, in: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. NY : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018. P. LBW564:1-LBW564:6. doi
- Chapter Stanislav Pozdniakov, Musabirov I., Anastasiya Kuznetsova. Analyzing Web Presence of Russian Universities in a Scientometric Context, in: Digital Transformation & Global Society: Second International Conference, DTGS 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 21-23, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, 2017. P. 113-119. doi
- Chapter Musabirov I., Bulygin D., Paul Okopny, Sirotkin A. Deconstructing Cosmetic Virtual Goods Experiences in Dota 2, in: CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. NY : ACM, 2017. P. 2054-2058. doi
- Preprint Vadim Voskresenskiy, Musabirov I., Alexandrov D. A. Studying Patterns of Communication in Virtual Urban Groups With Different Modes of Privacy / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series SOC "Sociology". 2017.
- Chapter Musabirov I., Alina Bakhitova. Trajectories of student interaction with learning resources in blended learning: the case of data science minor, in: Proceedings of the 16th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. NY : ACM, 2017. P. 191-192. doi
- Chapter Daniel Alexandrov, Viktor Karepin, Ilya Musabirov. Educational Migration from Russia to China: Social Network Data, in: WebSci '16: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Web Science. NY : ACM, 2016. P. 309-311. doi
- Chapter Musabirov I., Paul Okopny, Stanislav Pozdniakov. Enabling Information Access in Virtual Learning Environment: The Case of Data Science Minor, in: NordiCHI '16: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. ACM, 2016. P. 119:1-119:6. doi
- Chapter Vadim Voskresenskiy, Ilya Musabirov, Daniel Alexandrov. Private and Public Online Groups in Apartment Buildings of St. Petersburg, in: WebSci '16: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Web Science. NY : ACM, 2016. P. 301-306. doi
- Chapter Daniel Alexandrov, Alexey Gorgadze, Ilya Musabirov. Virtual Caucasus on VK Social Networking Site, in: WebSci '16: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Web Science. NY : ACM, 2016. P. 215-217. doi
- Chapter Musabirov I., Paul Okopny, Bulygin D. Analyzing Chat Logs in Online Games for Tutorial Improvement, in: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI annual symposium on Computer-human interaction in play. NY : ACM, 2015. P. 661-666. doi
- Chapter Vadim Voskresenskiy, Kirill Sukharev, Ilya Musabirov, Daniel Alexandrov. Online Communication in Apartment Buildings, in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 8852: SocInfo 2014 International Workshops, Barcelona, Spain, November 11, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. NY : Springer, 2015. P. 52-55. doi
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
- Graduate Certificate Data Mining and Applications (Stanford University, 2012)
- Diploma "Information Systems in HR management" (Kemerovo State University, 2006)
- Courses: Empirical Research Methods for Human-Computer Interaction, How Do We Measure That?! Quick Scale Development, How to WriteCHI Papers, Deep Learning for Understanding the Human (Montreal, ACM CHI 2018)
Postgraduate Studies
3rd year of study
Approved topic of thesis: Structural Models of Students' Individual and Group Dynamics in New Educational Technologies Settings
Academic Supervisor: Alexandrov, Daniil A.
Courses (2019/2020)
- Architecture of Information Systems (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Business Analytics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Business Analytics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Simulations, Experiment and Predicative Theories of Behaviour in Social Sciences (Master’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Special Topics of Social Informatics (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 1 module)Eng
- Theory Construction and Model Building (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2018/2019)
- Data Analysis and Data Technologies (Minor; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Databases (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Databases and Analytical Systems (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Games, Nets and Markets (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Human-centered Design and Prototyping (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Information Management (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
- Programming with Data and Reproducible Research (Minor; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Methods of Modelling Complex Informational Systems" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Theory Construction and Model Building (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Topics in Business Applications of Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
- Data Analysis and Data Technologies (Minor; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Databases (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Databases and Analytical Systems (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Industrial Data Analysis (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Information Management and Organizational Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
- Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction and Social Computing (Optional course (faculty); Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 module)Rus
- Networks, Crowds, Markets (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Programming with Data and Reproducible Research (Minor; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Social Issues-2 (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- The Methodology of Scientific Research in Management: Research Methods in the Hospitality Industry and Tourism Management Strategies: Strategic Management in the Hospitality Industry and Tourism (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Theory Construction and Model Building (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2016/2017)
- Applied Software (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Human Computer Interaction and Social Computing (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Indusrial data analysis (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Indusrial data analysis (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Networks, Crowds, Markets (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Social Issues-1 (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Web Science (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2015/2016)
- Applied Software (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Он-лайн исследования (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2014/2015)
Awards and Accomplishments
HSE University St. Petersburg Teaching Award "Mentor of the Dream" (2018)
St.Petersburg Government Reward for PhD students (2018)
Russian Federation Government Scholarship for PhD students (2017)
HSE Educational Innovation Competition Award: Introduction to Data Science (co-authors V. Ivaniushina, A. Sirotkin) (2016)
HSE Educational Innovation Competition Award: Visualizing Science Landscapes (co-authors D. Alexandrov, V. Voskresenskii) (2016)
Swedish Institute Visby Scholarship for Master's Students (2014)
Participants of our Research Group at Sunbelt'18
Members of our Research Group presented their projects at Sunbelt 2018 conference which was held in Utrecht, the Netherlands from June 26 to July 1. It is a leading conference devoted to Social Network Analysis which started its history in 1981. This year, it was attended by more than 600 people who are interested in the implementation of SNA in the diverse scientific fields such as sociology, mathematics, anthropology, epidemiology, etc.
First seminar of Research Group "Machine Learning and Social Computing": trajectories of development and research of online games
On January 21 the first adjusting seminar of Research Group "Machine Learning and Social Computing" took a place. Current plans and the main ideas about future work were discussed; design and some results of researches on social algorithms in online games and eSports were presented.
HSE Researchers Present Their Study on Educational Migration
Research projects on social informatics of the Laboratory of Sociology in Education and Science have been presented at two conferences in Germany.
