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On Tuesday, March 3 a Scientific Seminar of the International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis was held

Speaker: Panos M. Pardalos (University of Florida, HSE)
Topic: Computational Models and Challenging Optimization Problems

Figure of the day: 74%

of Russians believe that most scientists want to work on problems that make life better for the average person. These data were obtained in a survey of Russians over the age of 16 that was commissioned in November 2014 by HSE ISSEK as part of the Monitoring Survey of Innovative Behaviour of the Population.

Conference “Frontiers of High Dimensional Statistics, Optimization, and Econometrics”

Conference “Frontiers of High Dimensional Statistics, Optimization, and Econometrics”
Moscow February 26-27 HSEOrganizers: V. Konakov, E. Mammen, V. SpokoinyLocal organizers: M. Chuyashkin, Yu. Dorn, V.Panov, E. Richkova

OPEC.ru published an article about Bogdan Voicu`s study

OPEC.ru published an article about Bogdan Voicu`s study titled "Experience of divorce disturbs trust in others". Bogdan Voicu is an expert in the international research network of the Laboratory.

«Analysis of the Factors of Education Quality» research

Elizaveta Chernenko, an intern of the International Laboratory for Education Policy Analysis at the HSE Institute of Education, and Andrey Zakharov, Deputy Head of the Laboratory have presented the results of «Analysis of the Factors of Education Quality» research.

The Crisis Is Forcing Us to Seek New Answers to Old Questions

On 7-10th April 2015 the HSE, supported by the World Bank will be holding the XVI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. Top political scientists, sociologists and economists, government officials and businessmen will discuss the burning issues we are facing today; should we take the path of international integration, how can we resolve the current economic crisis and where should we look for new drivers of economic growth? Andrei Yakovlev and Fuad Aleskerov told the HSE news website about what novelties and special events the conference has in store.

The history of islamization of North Caucasus from the Soviet era and until today

On February 26, Akhmet Yarlykapov (PhD, senior research fellow at the Center for the regional security and Caucasus studies, senior research fellow at the Institute for International Research, MGIMO) took part in the “Culture matters” research seminar.

Figure of the day: 26%

of Russian industrial enterprises recorded a decline in profits in February compared to the previous month. This is the worst result recorded over the last four and a half years. These data are presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate in Industrial Organisations study that was conducted in February 15 by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at HSE ISSEK.

Modern Islam in the Caucasus: global and regional

On February 26, Akhmet Yarlykapov (PhD, senior research fellow at the Center for the regional security and Caucasus studies, senior research fellow at the Institute for International Research, MGIMO) took part in the “Culture matters” research seminar.

Workshop on rationally connected varieties

Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry announces  the Workshop on rationally connected varieties.
The workshop will take place from 18 till  22 of May, 2015 on Vavilova 7