TSU opened IT center for students, postgraduates to work with Big Data

TOMSK, May 11 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk State University (TSU) opened the Center for Collective Data Processing and DevOps Infrastructure Support; the platform allows future mathematicians and programmers to use high-performance computing servers for coursework and diploma projects, which will make them practically suitable for life, the press service of the university said.

It is specified that the Center for Collective Data Processing and DevOps Infrastructure Support is opened on the basis of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (IAMCS) and the TSU Center for Applied Big Data Analysis. This is a platform for solving problems for creating new algorithms for big data processing and practical approaches to the use of these results. Students, graduate students and employees of the TSU IAMCS will work on the basis of the center.

"The data center will you to use high-performance computing servers for learning and conducting scientific research of students, graduate students and employees of the TSU IAMCS. First of all, it may be interesting to students of undergraduate programs "Artificial Intelligence and Development of Software Products" and to students of the master's program "Intelligent Big Data Analysis", Director of the TSU Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Alexander Zamyatin is quoted.

It is noted that the Center opens to students and graduate students of TSU access to real data arrays, which they will use to solve problems in the preparation of diploma and coursework projects. Thus, projects will become not just training, but also actually solving problems of society.

For students of the "DevOps-Engineering in Administration of IT-development Infrastructure", the Center makes it possible to get sought-after practical skills. They will be able to develop the competence of administration of operating environments, computer networks and distributed application software systems, advanced competences in the digitalization, creation and configuration of virtualization and containerization systems.

"It is very important that undergraduate and postgraduate students have the opportunity to gain practical skills in deploying a virtual environment. These skills significantly increase the value of a specialist and increase his competitiveness in the labor market, many times increasing the chances of a successful professional career," TSU IAMCS associate professor Alexey Shkurkin is quoted as saying.