Tyumen State University

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2024: Construction for 4.5 billion rubles of a new educational and laboratory building with 14 computer classes and coworking spaces

In early October 2024, it became known that a new educational and laboratory building was included in the Tyumen State University. A total of 4.5 billion rubles were allocated for the construction of the building, including 2 billion rubles of federal funds.

On an area of ​ ​ 33 thousand square meters there are 60 classrooms, 14 computer classes and seven coworking spaces. The project was implemented with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Tyumen Region. It is noted that the new building solves an important logistical problem: it allows you to gather students of the first two courses in one place in order to make their training more effective.

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The building has six floors, including a technical one. The first housed a dining room, a buffet, a souvenir shop, an exhibition hall, a co-working space for teachers, and administrative offices. The second and third floors are reserved for teaching and lecture classrooms, computer classes, student "quiet" and "loud" coworking spaces, as well as co-working space for teachers. On the fourth floor, among other things, there are an assembly hall and a conference hall, and on the fifth - office-type premises. There are 138 parking spaces in the underground parking lot. There is also a bike park.

The concept of the corps is based on the merger of education, technology and a comfortable environment. Environmentally friendly materials, energy-saving lighting, landscape landscaping of the courtyard were used. The building is equipped with technical means of barrier-free environment: elevators, ramps, call buttons for duty personnel, handrails for stairs, contrasting color designations of entrance groups, floor tactile tiles. The appearance of the facade stylistically echoes the architecture of the historical buildings of the center of Tyumen.^[1]

2023: Agreement with Synergy University to develop entrepreneurship training programs and improve the quality of education

On May 17, 2023 Synergy University Tyumen state , the university and the university signed an agreement on long-term cooperation within the framework of the Federal Innovation Platform (FIP) " Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Model of an innovative system of continuing entrepreneurial education in higher educational institutions." RUSSIAN FEDERATION The parties intend to unite efforts in order to develop entrepreneurship training programs and improve quality. formations More. here

2019: Agreements of Intent with Cisco and Russian Knowledge Society

On March 26, 2019, Cisco announced the signing of agreements of intent for cooperation with Tyumen State University and the Russian Knowledge Society. Within the framework of these agreements, designed for 3 years, the parties will develop educational programs and implement various initiatives aimed at digitalizing educational processes and training qualified specialists for the high-tech economy. Read more here.

2013: Center for Breakthrough IT Research in Artificial Cognitive Systems Development

In November 2013, Tyumen State University won the All-Russian competition for the right to create world-class breakthrough research centers in the field of information technology. The competition was held by the Ministry of Education and Science together with the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation in pursuance of the order of the Chairman of the Government of Russia of December 27, 2012.

The strategic program for the creation of the Center for Breakthrough Research in the Field of Information Technologies "Artificial Cognitive Systems" was prepared by Tyumen State University in conjunction with the high-tech company Tyumen Association Systems Association LLC (TASO), established by the University in pursuance of Federal Law No. 217 of August 2, 2009.

The relevance of the Tyumen State University program is due to the transition taking place in the information technology industry from traditional computer architectures existing since the 1940s with a separate processor and memory, which require pre-compiled executable programs to perform useful actions or direct human input of commands, to associative artificial cognitive systems capable of independently synthesizing new knowledge as associative recombination.

"Artificial cognitive systems" in the center's creation program refers to technical systems capable of cognition, pattern recognition and self-absorption of new knowledge from various sources, to prolonged learning, including understanding the contextual meaning and subjective assessment of the information received, to synthesize new knowledge, thinking and behavior to successfully solve existing problems in real world conditions. In the near future, artificial cognitive systems will be implemented on all types of platforms: in the form of artificial neural networks in a software environment based on supercomputers, including cloud systems in global and corporate computer networks, in the form of autonomous technical devices and robots, in the form of control systems for large technological complexes, as well as in the form of neuromorphic electronics devices based on trained nanomaterials and hybrid associative computing systems.

Directions and stages of program implementation

The strategic development program of the Center for Breakthrough Research at Tyumen State University in cooperation with TASO is designed for five years and is saturated to the limit with solving complex problems. In general, the program distinguishes three main areas. The most important is research and development in the field of creating artificial cognitive systems.

At the first stage of the implementation of the Strategic Program (2014-2016), the creation of a software-implemented model of the artificial cortex of the brain should be ensured, capable of processing all types of associative bases existing in signal systems and solving various cognitive problems: from answering questions to synthesizing new knowledge. At the first stage, work continues on the development of the software complex of the integrated environment for the development of artificial cognitive systems IDE AI.

At the second stage of the program implementation (2017-2018), a basic software-implemented artificial cognitive system is created, within which current software models of the retina, external knee body, striar cortex are added to the artificial cortex (visual subsystem), auditory subsystem, entorhinal cortex, subiculum, hippocampus and dentate gyrus model (subsystems of formation of space-time continuum of artificial personality), subsystem of motor learning, system of essential filtering, module of arbitrary and involuntary attention, module of machine subjectivity and other necessary subsystems. At the second stage, work also begins on the creation of specialized artificial cognitive systems in the interests of enterprises in the real sector of the economy and the population.

At the first and second stages, neuromorphic electronic devices based on solid-state inorganic semiconductor memristor trained nanomaterials are being developed (memristors based on thin films of titanium dioxide were obtained at Tyumen State University in 2012). All these tasks can be solved using unique technologies developed by TASO. First of all - biomorphic models of neurons with multiphase consolidation of the memory trace, models of cortical columns, corticomorphic (cortex-like) neural networks and cybergenomics - technologies for controlling the growth and development of ultra-large artificial neural networks. It is important that TASO created the TASO-Neuroconstructor software complex for the development of neural networks. Its creation became possible thanks to the support of the Government of the Tyumen region.

The program will use supercomputers available at Tyumen State University, including the well-known Mendeleev, as well as a technological platform for the production of nanoelectronics NT-MDT Nanofab-100 and other equipment of the Central Control Committee of the University. At the same time, Tyumen State University carries out theoretical research within the framework of the Center's Strategic Development Program, and TASO and newly created IT companies conduct applied development.

The second area of ​ ​ implementation of the Strategic Program is the training of highly qualified personnel based on an interdisciplinary design approach capable of working in such latest scientific fields as the creation of neuromorphic cognitive systems, connectomics, development of parallel software for supercomputer clusters and accelerators of the latest generation, trained nanomaterials. "In order to develop breakthrough research, we decided to create a completely new Institute of Cognitive Technologies at the university - COGNITECH Tyumen State University. It will not only conduct scientific developments, but also prepare personnel. We must attract not only Tyumen, but also other leading Russian and foreign scientists to work at the institute. First, we will select on a competitive basis the best students in institutes close in profile to participate on the basis of a project approach in the work of the Center for Breakthrough Research. Then we will try to enter master's programs with the recruitment of students directly in COGNITECH, "said the rector of Tyumen State University Valery Falkov.

The third area of ​ ​ the program is institutional measures - the creation of new IT companies in the development of artificial cognitive systems to increase the number of high-tech jobs in the region and attract talented youth to work. Relevant agreements have already been reached with Russian investment structures. As a maximum task in this direction, the task set in the Goals of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia for 2012-2018. the task of forming new large Russian IT companies.

As noted by Vadim Filippov, General Director of TASO LLC and author of the winning Strategic Program for the creation of the Center for Breakthrough Research "Artificial Cognitive Systems," "winning the competition is not so much joy as a very high degree of responsibility. We set tasks for ourselves on the verge of what is possible. Few people can do that. But over the years, we have managed to create the necessary prerequisites. We will achieve the intended results if we treat ourselves and all project participants very harshly. It's not even about state support money. The country really needs those developments that we have stated in our program. "