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Professor S.O. Kuznetsov took part in the international сommittee for the defense of a PhD dissertation at the University of Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Members of the Linguistic convergence laboratory participated in the SLE conference online

Members of the Linguistic convergence laboratory participated in the SLE conference online
The 53rd SLE conference was held in an unconventional format for the first time in history. The Linguistic convergence laboratory was represented by a number of talks.

Faculty of Computer Science Hosts First School on Machine Learning in Bioinformatics

Faculty of Computer Science Hosts First School on Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
Laboratory of Bioinformatics organised the first international summer school in bioinformatics. The school was held online on August 24-28.

The 8th Workshop "What can FCA do for artificial intelligence? (FCA4AI)"

On August 29 the International Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis (ISSA) held the 8th Workshop "What can FCA do for artificial intelligence? (FCA4AI)"  as a part of the program of the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2020).

New article in "International Journal of Emerging Markets"

A new article "Friendly Bureaucrats, Formal Rules, and Firms' Investment Decisions: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Russia" by IIMS and ISCID director Andrei Yakovlev and ISCID senior research fellow Denis Ivanov was accepted for publication in "International Journal of Emerging Markets".

Podcasts of the program "Physics and Lyrics", radio station "Mayak"

Podcasts of the program "Physics and Lyrics", radio station "Mayak"
Head of the lab Maria Poptsova - guest on the radio station "Mayak"

Researchers Find Therapeutic Targets to Fight SARS-CoV-2

Researchers Find Therapeutic Targets to Fight SARS-CoV-2
Researchers from HSE University have developed new approaches for regulating the expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 enzymes, which play a crucial role in cell infection with SARS-CoV-2. The scholars discovered that small non-coding microRNA (miRNA) molecules are capable of performing a targeted decrease in ACE2 and TMPRSS2. The results of the study have been published in PLOS ONE journal.

Artificial Intelligence for Proactive Policy: A Letter from Leonid Gokhberg to ‘Nature’

Artificial Intelligence for Proactive Policy: A Letter from Leonid Gokhberg to ‘Nature’
As the situation with COVID-19 has shown, mistakes associated with insufficiently developed policy measures in medicine, science, education and other socially significant sectors of the economy are very costly for society. In the July issue of Nature, First Vice-Rector, HSE ISSEK Director Leonid Gokhberg discussed the topic of the growing practice of making management decisions based on big data analysis.

Fedor Bogomolov, Academic Supervisor of the Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and Its Applications, Becomes Member of the Academia Europaea

Fedor Bogomolov was invited to to become a member of the Academia Europaea for his outstanding achievements as a researcher.

Few Innovators among State Employees in Russia

Few Innovators among State Employees in Russia
HSE ISSEK researcher Alena Nefedova and her colleague at HSE Marina Chernysheva looked at where in Russia innovators are most likely to be found, who they are, what kind of innovations they come up with, and whether these get implemented.