Research & Expertise

Scientists at Privolzhsky Research Medical University (PRMU) and the Centre for Language and Brain Studies at the HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod have developed methods to diagnose autoaggressive and heteroaggressive tendencies in adolescents using eye-tracking technology. This will allow psychiatrists and psychologists to address this condition in young people before they may harm themselves or others. Anna Khomenko, Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for Language and Brain Studies at the HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod, presented the results of the project at the NeuroThursday seminar.

In 2024, the employees of The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration carried out a complex project to assess the level of digital maturity of the in Moscow. During this project, they not only conducted a comprehensive assessment of the digital transformation process by surveying a large number of indicators, but also created a unique model for evaluating digital maturity among executive authorities in a large region like Moscow.

Dr Gerwin Schalk is a professor at Fudan University in Shanghai and a partner of the HSE Centre for Language and Brain within the framework of the strategic project 'Human Brain Resilience.' Dr Schalk is known as the creator of BCI2000, a non-commercial general-purpose brain-computer interface system. In this interview, he discusses modern neural interfaces, methods for post-stroke rehabilitation, a novel approach to neurosurgery, and shares his vision for the future of neurotechnology.

A team of researchers, with the participation of physicists from HSE University, replicated the 1969 experiment on superconductivity and its properties. The scientists induced superconductivity by deliberately deteriorating the interfaces between the layers of superconductors and ferromagnets in the system, resulting in better performance of spin valves compared to the classical version, where the interfaces between the layers are ideal. This approach could lead to the development of more efficient devices for data storage and computing. The study findings have been published in the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology.

At the recent IDLab seminar, Daria Semenova, a research assistant at IDLab, presented an abstract of her dissertation on the topic: "Neuroeconomic Factors of Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Hedonic Products"

At a seminar held on December 12, 2024, P.M.Shilov, Candidate of Biological Sciences, M.Sc., V.V.Dokuchaev Soil Institute, spoke about the problems of development and promising growth points in soil geophysics.

Elena Popova made presentations at the seminars "Probability Logic" and "Mathematical Logic" on December 5 and 6.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration held an online seminar on ‘Generative AI in the Academic Environment: a Tool of the Future or a Threat to the Academic Process?’ At the seminar, Research Assistant Yana Rybushkina spoke about artificial intelligence (AI) in the academic environment. 

During the event, Andrey Medvedev, Head of the Department of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke about the analysis of the temperature of the underlying surface and the identification of objects based on high-detail thermal imaging.