Rainer Matos Franco, from Mexico, defended his PhD thesis, in which he examines the history of anticommunism in Europe, at HSE University. The HSE News Service spoke with Rainer and his academic supervisor about the opportunities provided by HSE for PhD candidates and the challenges of working with a vast database of historical sources.

Winners of the INTO HSE International Maths Olympiad receive scholarships and admission offers to 37 different programmes at HSE University. Angelina Yudina, a master's student and invited instructor of maths at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, offers a video lesson where she analyses the demo version of the maths problems from the Olympiad.

An international team of researchers, including scientists at HSE University, has developed a photodetector composed of a thin superconducting film, capable of detecting weak terahertz (THz) radiation. This discovery holds promise for studying objects in space and making advancements in spectroscopy. The study has been published in Nano Letters.

Following the results of the 5th round of the ‘Student Startup’ competition, 32 HSE University students emerged as winners. Twelve students submitted applications in the ‘H1. Digital Technologies’ category with the support of the Faculty of Computer Science Entrepreneurs Club.

HSE St Petersburg International Summer School is in full swing—right now, international students from 12 countries are attending lectures and enjoying the cultural programme. The HSE News Service talked to the participants about their most vivid impressions.

Scientists at the HSE Laboratory for Computational Physics have developed a model for analysing communication networks that can enhance the speed of mobile communications. It turns out that the functioning of cellular networks is in many ways similar to the growth of surfaces in physics. The study findings have been published in Frontiers in Physics.

The AI Alliance Russia has released a new ranking of Russian universities based on the quality of education in the field of AI. Similar to last year, HSE University has joined the leaders in A+ group. A total of 207 universities from 69 Russian regions participated in the ranking.

More than 200 graduates gathered in the hall of the HSE Cultural Centre, where their parents, the leadership of HSE University and ICEF, teachers, and numerous guests came to congratulate them. More than half of the bachelor's graduates have a high chance of obtaining a first class honours degree from the University of London.

From the beginning of their university years, HSE students start to develop their own start-up ideas. As a result, three graduates of the bachelor’s programme in Software Engineering of the HSE Faculty of Computer Science created the HiBye platform for networking at events. The students presented their project and discussed their start-up with the HSE News Service.