Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University (VMK MSU)

The faculty was founded in 1970. Over the years, the faculty of VMK Moscow State University has formed leading scientific schools in Russia in such fundamental areas of applied mathematics and computer science, as mathematical physics, spectral theory of differential equations, theory of incorrectly set problems, computational methods, mathematical modeling, theory of nonlinear dynamic systems and control processes, optimal control, system analysis, game theory and operations research, mathematical cybernetics and mathematical logic, probability theory and mathematical statistics, various fields of theoretical and applied programming.

Graduates of the faculty are in stable high demand among employers from all sectors of the economy - in, banks insurance, telecommunications, fuel and energy sector, IT corporations, in retail to trade , etc.

History

2025: Opening of the Basalt SPO Training and Research Laboratory

At the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics (VMK) of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, a laboratory of free software with the support of BASEALT, which announced this on October 7, 2025.

On the basis of the laboratory, students conduct educational and research projects on the development of applied and cross-platform software, as well as on the assembly of images of operating systems based on Alt Platforms for various purposes.

We have been cooperating with Moscow State University for a long time and fruitfully, for example, our developer has been teaching at the faculty of VMK for many years. Our collaboration goes to a new level: students receive not only fundamental knowledge, but also real tools and projects to create demanded IT solutions. For us, this is an investment in the future: we are training specialists on the basis of Moscow State University who, immediately after the university, will be ready to work on complex tasks for programming and developing software for Linux, "said Alexey Smirnov, chairman of the board of directors of BASEALT.

Students participate in the company's projects, which allows them to learn modern development technologies and directly get acquainted with the current tasks of the IT industry. Seminars for teachers are also held on the basis of the laboratory in order to transfer experience and methods of studying the features of free software using the example of the Alt OS. The courses prepare teaching aids for use in the educational process.

The laboratory involves the involvement of students in projects initiated by BASEALT. This will require students to master the technologies used in software development and will allow them to get acquainted in practice with the range of current problems and ways to solve them. Which, of course, will have an impact on the courses taught at the faculty, and will allow you to hone the educational materials based on the application of the vendor's products. Prospects include acquaintance with work in one of the leading domestic software companies, as well as the opportunity to "say your word" in the development of operating systems, "said Ruslan Smelyansky, head of the department of automation of computer systems at VMK Moscow State University.

University teachers and employees of BASEALT conduct special courses on programming and software development under Linux. Courses are available for everyone on the UNIX community website.

We can develop, test and implement educational and technical complexes for creating specialized distributions, as well as develop new courses, "added Georgy Kuryachy, leading developer of the Alt OS and a teacher at the Faculty of VMK Moscow State University. - Employees and students have a platform for research, teachers can get almost any ready-made version of the working environment with all the necessary software and adapt their courses for it, and students will defend coursework and diplomas on the topic of free software.

Laboratory students present the results of their research at all-Russian scientific and practical conferences. This fall, two students of Moscow State University will make presentations at the XXI conference of free program developers. Students of VMK Moscow State University are given the opportunity to undergo an internship at BASEALT with the prospect of further employment in the development department.

2022

Scientists of the Faculty of VMK Moscow State University have identified the weak points of applications when using machine learning

On April 1, 2022, the VMK MSU reported that within the framework of the research conducted at the faculty on the topic "Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity," representatives of the NOSH MSU "Brain, Cognitive Systems, Artificial Intelligence" revealed that the main obstacle to the use of machine learning models in critical applications is the problem associated with the resistance of algorithms of this class to external influences. The results of the study are published in the International Journal of Open Information Technologies. Read more here.

Agreement with Maxima Telecom to develop technologies in education

The company Maxima Telecom"," developing projects and solutions for digitalization, transport urban economy and, and industries the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics Moscow state of the University named after M.V. Lomonosov on January 25, 2022 announced cooperation. The corresponding agreement was signed by the chairman of the board of directors of "Maxima Telecom" Sergey Aslanyan and the dean of the faculty of VMK Moscow State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Igor Sokolov

The agreement provides for the development of technologies in education, participation in joint innovative activities, as well as the integration of the business component into the educational process, the organization of internships and production practices for students and employees of the faculty.

Within the framework of the signed agreement, it is planned to hold master classes and open lectures from leading experts of the company, who will tell students of the VMK faculty about the use of artificial intelligence technologies (neural networks, predictive analytics, methods of analyzing big data and other technologies) in projects to digitalize transport and urban infrastructure.

Maxima Telecom will offer students the opportunity to take part in creating the company's digital solutions, participate in the implementation and immerse themselves in the practical aspect of computer science and large IT projects during internships and production practice. The trainees will be assigned mentors from among the most experienced employees of Maxima Telecom, who will help them with navigation in the "live" environment of real projects for the construction of communication networks, data analysis and processing, and software development for customers.

Also, students will have access to the resources of the technological laboratory "Maxima Telecom," both for the implementation of their own educational projects, and as part of the passage of production practice.

2013: In the structure of the faculty - 19 departments

As of July 2013, the structure of the faculty of VMK Moscow State University includes 19 departments, in which 16 scientific laboratories operate. In total, over 2,000 students and about 200 graduate students study. About 30 employees of the faculty are academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences .

2011: Microsoft Research's Interest in Faculty Laboratory Research on Multidimensional Arrays

Since 1991, the research division of Microsoft Research has been operating in Russia. As of March 2011, within the framework of the External Research program, the research center worked in Russia to interact with a number of leading universities in the country. In particular, according to the SDS (Scientific Data Set) project, the Microsoft Research Laboratory of Computational Mathematics in Cambridge (UK) and the Laboratory of Tools for Mathematical Modeling, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov creates a class library for working with multidimensional arrays, which are the main type of scientific data. The SDS library as source code is in the public domain.