TOMSK, Jul 7 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk State University (TSU)
actively develops interdisciplinary programs. In 2016 the university conducts
an intake of Masters who will be able to do projections on information from
social media, teach mathematics, focusing on the gene pool, work as ecologists
in the Arctic. In more detail – is in material RIA Tomsk.
According to the press service, in 2016 TSU plans to
accept on a budgetary basis nearly three thousand people, from them in a
magistracy – 1,1 thousand people. Submission of documents to the magistracy is
carried out from April, 1 to August, 10.
Today more than 370 people submitted the documents to
a magistracy, from them 61 - are the citizens of 19 neighbouring countries and
beyond. For the first time in magistracy of TSU wished to be trained applicants
from Jordan and Ghana.
Different genes – different textbooks
"We investigate individual distinctions of people
through neuroscience, psychology and genetics. We can consider this problem
from the different angles. And it strongly distinguishes this program from
others similar", – the manager of the new program "Human development:
genetics, neuroscience, and psychology" Maxim Likhanov told RIA Tomsk.
He specified that the program is realized at the TSU
International Centre for Research in Human Development. Teaching is conducted
in English. "Children are built initially in the international research
environment – they can read and write scientific works, speak at
conferences", – the interlocutor of agency noted.
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The most part of teachers – are the invited
researchers from the Russian and foreign partner universities of the project.
For free training only six places are provided.
Specialists of the center study, in particular, what
factors influence development of the person. For example, how people handle
numbers, how they learn to read and write, how it is connected with genetic
features of the person, how the children who were born by means of
extracorporal fertilization are built in society and how they are similar to
others.
The graduate of the program can both remain in
science, and to be engaged in applied things. For example – to be engaged in
promoting of science or to create educational programs of new type which will
promote more effective training of children with taking into account more deep
cognitive processes or will help them to study mathematics, that for modern
school students becomes more harder and harder.
For Siberia – with love
According to the manager of the profile "Siberia:
resources and modern practices of regional development" Dmitry Haminov,
this program of preparation is designed for foreigners.
"We train people who want to work with Siberia or
in Siberia, know specifics of the Siberian regions. We train these foreigners
also for work abroad, and for work in Siberia or in the Russian companies, and
for work from Siberia with the foreign companies", – the interlocutor of
agency explained.
According to his information, this is the first intake
of undergraduates to this program, 10 budgetary places are provided, but they
are intended only for citizens of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Training will be conducted in Russian as students should work in Russia. And so
far interest is shown generally by students from the countries of Central and
South-East Asia and China, the most closely cooperating with the Siberians.
Haminov noted that graduates of the program will know
not only the specifics of Siberia, but also other Russian regions. In a year
before it was launched one more training program - "Siberian region in
Russia and in the world", which allows to more deeply explore the
specifics of the Siberian region.
From this year it is possible to study the region
nature within the profile "Study of
Siberia and the Arctic" .
"We train ecologists, but with profound knowledge
of physics and chemistry of environments. Also there is a course
"Methodology of Scientific Search" – it's prepare to be the
scientist. At us foreign experts will be attracted. But they will give
lectures, they will supervise research works, to grow up young scientists from
undergraduates", – told RIA Tomsk the deputy administrator of the program
Larisa Kolesnichenko.
She specified that practical training will pass in
laboratories of the TSU center of superiority BioClimLand or at university
stations in deep taiga.
According to her, these areas are insufficiently
researched now. And studying of Siberia and the Arctic is important, first,
because of considerable influence of regions on global climatic processes, and
secondly, because of interest of many companies in these for the present poorly
developed territories.
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"There is a development of an oil and gas complex
– the Arctic is very actively developed. Several posts, bulk-oil terminals are
already created, on Yamal several fields have begun to develop. And everywhere
the question is raised, including, about ecological safety – and our experts
will be able to solve such problems", – explained Kolesnichenko.
According to her data, researchers of the Arctic and
Siberia in Russia are trained by only several higher education institutions.
And now foreigners are interested in such programs more than Russians. Within a
profile only 10 free places are provided in TSU for arriving this year.
New reality
The TSU laboratory of humanitarian problems of
informatics this year realizes several master programs. Among them – is the
updated "Digital technologies in socio-humanitarian practices". The
first intake on this program took place last year, this year the program is
continued with taking into account the got experience.
"We teach students to create a digital product
for the person. It's important not only to create a code, an operating system,
but also to solve social problems. For example, during creation of the program
"the information government" it is necessary to think over how to use
it. We occupy a niche in development of products which will use in daily
occurrence", – the manager of the program Anastasia Haminova told RIA
Tomsk.
She explained that the main goal of the program – is
to teach the bachelors who have got technical education, to analyze
requirements of modern society and, as a result, to predict what has to be a
product and what problems it has to solve.
Such expert will be able to operate projects, to
advance technologies, to become the expert in the sphere of information
technologies. In Russia similar programs are realized only in the sphere of
culture.
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One of the first projects of the undergraduates who
are trained on this profile became the development of applications for the
program website, which helps to organize learning materials.
And here on the "Humanitarian Informatics"
profile don't develop new products, and investigate how new technologies
influence human consciousness and society, and also learn to work with new
digital tools to solve research problems. This program is unique for Russia in spite
of the fact that TSU about 10 years is engaged in this scientific area.
According to Haminova, experts who can see both
pluses, and minuses of new technologies are necessary for the new world because
of the innovations the mentality of people changes. Especially strongly it is
noticeable by children who can already intuitively be guided in interfaces and
gadgets.
"If in the first case experts create technologies
with taking into account features of consciousness, then in the second – they
study how to use it and what it can lead to. There is very good conglomerate
turns out. When we teach our students, they crossed in many areas – in
projects, on occupations. And both experts speak one language, creating new
reality", – she explained.
The interlocutor added that on each programs about 10
budgetary places are supposed.
One more updated program which learns to work with new
flows of information, – it's "Data mining and bioinformatics".
According to the head of the program Alexander Zamyatin, two components are
connected in one course for the first time in Russia. This year for training in
this profile for the first time are allocated the budgetary places – for 10
people.
These experts will be capable to draw conclusions and
forecasts, taking necessary and not always obvious data from large volumes of
information – for example, from the social networks, data about traffic of the
websites or medical statistics.
"The owner of the internet portal abroad sets a
task to our student to create the program of forecasting of demand for a car
which are placed on his portal. Or, for example, a task to increase adequacy of
the forecast during the financial and analytical work with the using not only
standard tools, but also a spirit at discussion of these things in social
networks", – Zamyatin gave an example.
TSU realizes the program together with partners from
the USA, Great Britain, Germany and the Russian higher education universities.