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
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
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
S. Kozlov «Geodata-Based Planning and Routing of Intra-Urban Transportations». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2018
K. Konstantinova «Transformation of Communication and Community Participation Practices in eSports Streaming». Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, 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
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
D. Krysanova «Social Dynamics in Online Games. The Case of Lady Popular». 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. Bulygin «Value Construction of Virtual Goods. The Case of Dota 2». 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

Full list of of student term / thesis papers

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

2017
The 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
2016
8th 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
2015
International 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
2014
6th 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 (2018/2019)

Data Analysis and Data Technologies (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Databases (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; programme "Sociology and Social Informatics"; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Games, Nets and Markets (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; programme "Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction"; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Human-centered Design and Prototyping (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; programme "Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction"; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Information Management (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; programme "Sociology and Social Informatics"; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; programme "Sociology and Social Informatics"; 1 year, 1-3 module)Eng
Information Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; programme "Sociology and Social Informatics"; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
Programming with Data and Reproducible Research (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Methods of Modelling Complex Informational Systems" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; programme "Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Theory Construction and Model Building (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; programme "Sociology and Social Informatics"; 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; programme "Sociology and Social Informatics"; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Past Courses

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)

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Jul

2018

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.

Jan

2017

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.

Jun

2016

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.