Russian breakthrough IT research

Introduction

In this post, I gathered information about Russian universities that are engaged in breakthrough IT research. What are the universities, where they are located, what research they do and how much is allocated by the state for this - read below.

By order of the Russian government, it is planned to create up to 50 breakthrough research centers on the basis of existing Russian universities and research institutes. The amount of funding required for 2014-2018. about 4 billion rubles . (through the Federal Target Program of the Ministry of Education and Science), the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications promises hundreds more millions.
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At the suggestion of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, it was decided that the research topics should be determined with the participation of the IT industry, and the funds should be distributed based on the results of relevant competitions, which were planned to be held in 2013.

Requirements for university programs and research institutes (applicants for funding) were published by the Ministry of Communications on July 30, 2013, and the collection of applications was held until September 20, 2013.

Here is the same Form containing the requirements for the structure and content of the programs that applicants should have filled out.

On November 27, 2013, the Ministry of Communications at a meeting of the working group identified the winners of the competition for the creation of breakthrough IT research centers.

The composition of the working group:

Member of the working group	Chin / Position	State institution / enterprise / university
M.M. Shmulevich (co-chair)	Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation	Ministry of Communications
S.V. Salikhov	Director of the Department of Science and Technology	Ministry of Education and Science
A.V. Lysenko (secretary of the meeting)	Head of the Department of Science and Technology	Ministry of Education and Science
Ss Scoundrel (secretary of the meeting)	Advisor, Information Technology Development Department	Ministry of Communications
S.V. Garbuk	Deputy CEO	Advanced Research Foundation
R.L. Smelyansky	Director of Science and Education	Center for Applied Computer Network Research
I.V. Arzhantsev	Head of Academic Programs Group	OOO “Yandex”
M.M. Grinenko	Scientific Advisor to the Research and Development Department	LLC “AbiInfoPoisk”
M.S. Gelfand	Deputy directors	Institute for Information Transmission Problems A.A. Kharkevich, Russian Academy of Sciences
D.N. Zorin	Information Technology Program Director	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
C.O. Kuznetsov	Head Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science	National Research University Higher School of Economics
A.L. Semenov	Rector	Moscow Institute of Open Education
A.G. Tormasov	Rector	Innopolis University

Criteria for the selection of applications:

• Perspectives of research directions
• availability of qualified scientific groups and scientists of world renown,
• for application development - readiness for further commercialization.

Of the 130 applications, 19 winners were selected:

Center for Breakthrough IT Research (grouped by city)	City (in alphabetical order)
Ural Federal University. First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin	Yekaterinburg
Irkutsk State University	Irkutsk
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University	Kazan
Innopolis University	Kazan
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Academicians M.M. Shemyakina, Yu.A. Ovchinnikov, Russian Academy of Sciences	Moscow
Institute for Information Transmission Problems A.A. Kharkevich, Russian Academy of Sciences	Moscow
Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Moscow
Moscow State University. Mv Lomonosov	Moscow
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)	Moscow
National Research University Higher School of Economics	Moscow
National Research University MIET	Moscow
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Moscow
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Moscow
Novosibirsk National Research State University	Novosibirsk
Samara State Medical University	Samara
St. Petersburg State University	St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics	St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg branch of the Mathematical Institute. V.A. Steklov Russian Academy of Sciences	St. Petersburg
Tyumen State University	Tyumen

Topics of breakthrough research announced by the winners:

Theme cluster (from more popular winners to less)	Breakthrough research centers and topics
Artificial Intelligence and cognitive technologies	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) - intellectual information network St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics - artificial intelligence Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University - automation of intellectual labor Tyumen State University - artificial cognitive systems Samara State Medical University - medical systems based on cognitive technologies St. Petersburg branch of the Mathematical Institute. V.A. Steklov Russian Academy of Sciences - machine learning
Robotics, human-machine interfaces	Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University - robotics Innopolis University - robotics Ural Federal University. First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin - robotics St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics - human-machine interfaces Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University - human-machine interfaces Samara State Medical University - medical systems based on simulation technologies
Global communications network technologies	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) - global communications, cloud computing St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics - network technologies in distributed computer systems Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) - Internet of things National Research University Higher School of Economics - Internet of things Institute for Information Transmission Problems A.A. Kharkevich, Russian Academy of Sciences - data transfer
Big data and supercomputers	Irkutsk State University - big data Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University - big data Innopolis University - big data Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences - big data Ural Federal University. First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin - supercomputers
Semantics, algorithms, programming languages	Ural Federal University. First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin - theory of automata and finite languages, data analysis and information processing algorithms St. Petersburg branch of the Mathematical Institute. V.A. Steklov Russian Academy of Sciences - research in the field of algorithms St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics - management and semantic technologies Institute for Information Transmission Problems A.A. Kharkevich, Russian Academy of Sciences - data analysis St. Petersburg State University - data processing
Computer vision and augmented reality	National Research University MIET - computer vision Ural Federal University. First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin - computer vision Samara State Medical University - medical systems based on augmented reality technology National Research University MIET - semantic image analysis
Cyber ​​security and information security	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI - secure infocommunication technologies and systems, cybersecurity Innopolis University - cyber security Institute for Information Transmission Problems A.A. Kharkevich, Russian Academy of Sciences - information security
High technology, computational methods	Novosibirsk National Research State University - high technology software Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology - integrated plasmonics and photonics St. Petersburg branch of the Mathematical Institute. V.A. Steklov Russian Academy of Sciences - complexity theory
Software engineering	St. Petersburg State University - analysis and synthesis of computer and telecommunication architectures, software engineering Moscow State University. Mv Lomonosov - software configuration and virtualization of computing resources
Bioinformatics	Novosibirsk National Research State University - bioinformatics Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Academicians M.M. Shemyakina, Yu.A. Ovchinnikov, Russian Academy of Sciences - bioinformatics

All comments on clustering topics breakthrough research accepted in the comments.

Link to the minutes of the working group meeting .

What are the centers of breakthrough research (information will be updated and supplemented, below what has already been found out; I ask for your assistance)

Center for Breakthrough Research	Project (appointment)
Irkutsk State University	Intelligent Content Management Technology Hub (involvement of the world's largest IT leaders in the center)
National Research University Higher School of Economics	Mathematical base for photon computer software (parallel calculations using quantum particles, which increase computational power when scaled many times)
Tyumen State University	Artificial cognitive systems (ability of technical systems for thinking, cognition, pattern recognition, independent mastering of new knowledge and continuous 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)
Samara State Medical University	Center for Virtual Technology in Medicine (simulators for system training of doctors, in particular, surgeons)

What's next?
In 2014, the selection will continue (of the planned 50, so far 19 have been selected). The IT industry development subprogramme will be included in the Information Society program and will be agreed in the second quarter of this year.

Questions to Habrovchanam:

1. Can anyone talk about the situation on the ground? What has changed in the universities that have won the selection and what transformations are expected? Write in the comments.
2. Can anyone tell about the projects themselves or give a link? Write in the comments, send links in PM.