News

New fellow of the German National Academy of Sciences

Professor Christian Welzel has been appointed as a fellow of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina). Congratulations!

Andre Scedrov Made a Report "Multiset Rewriting with Dense Time and the Analysis of Cyber-Physical Security Protocols"

December 10, Andre Scedrov gave a presentation at the conference "Problems in Theoretical Computer Science".

Over Ten HSE Journals Selected for Russian Science Citation Index Project

The Russian Science Citation Index project has been officially launched. The best Russian academic journals are now compiled in a separate database on the Web of Science platform. The goal of the project is to integrate Russian academic journals into international networks for scientific information exchange. 649 journals have been included in the RSCI list based on bibliometric indicators and expert assessments.

Over Ten HSE Journals Selected for Russian Science Citation Index Project

The Russian Science Citation Index project has been officially launched. The best Russian academic journals are now compiled in a separate database on the Web of Science platform. The goal of the project is to integrate Russian academic journals into international networks for scientific information exchange. 649 journals have been included in the RSCI list based on bibliometric indicators and expert assessments.

Over Ten HSE Journals Selected for Russian Science Citation Index Project

The Russian Science Citation Index project has been officially launched. The best Russian academic journals are now compiled in a separate database on the Web of Science platform. The goal of the project is to integrate Russian academic journals into international networks for scientific information exchange. 649 journals have been included in the RSCI list based on bibliometric indicators and expert assessments.

Michael Zakharyaschev Made a Report "Ontology-based data access: succinctness and complexity"

December 17, Michael Zakharyaschev, professor of computer science at Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of London, Birkbeck gave a presentation at a seminar of International Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis.

Marcio de Miranda Santos: Analysing Big Data is important to agree on “starting points” for moving on into the future

Marcio de Miranda Santos, executive director of the Centre for Strategic Studies and Management of Science, Technology and Innovation (CGEE) (Brazil) spoke during his presentation at the international academic conference “Foresight and STI Policy” about the new tools for monitoring and analysing global and national STI trends. The presented tools allow to collect and process large volumes of data, and distribute the results among participants of foresight studies. Some of these tools were designed jointly with the Foresight Centre of the Higher School of Economics.

The body as a project in personal narratives of women: between subordination and resistance from embodiment

On December 17 Evgenia A. Golman Candidate of Sciences (PhD) in Sociology, lecturer, School of Sociology (Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE) took part in the "Culture Matters" research seminar with the report on "The body as a project in personal narratives of women: between subordination and resistance from embodiment".

Marcio de Miranda Santos: Analysing Big Data is important to agree on “starting points” for moving on into the future

Marcio de Miranda Santos, executive director of the Centre for Strategic Studies and Management of Science, Technology and Innovation (CGEE) (Brazil) spoke during his presentation at the Foresight Conference about the new tools for monitoring and analysing global and national STI trends. The presented tools allow to collect and process large volumes of data, and distribute the results among participants of foresight studies. Some of these tools were designed jointly with the Foresight Centre of the Higher School of Economics.

Ted Fuller on the humane attitude to the future and foresight practitioners’ responsibility

The first session of the International academic conference "Foresight and STI Policy" devoted to new trends and tools in futures studies opened with a presentation by Ted Fuller, professor at the University of Lincoln (UK) and editor-in-chief of Futures scientific journal. He analysed specific features of foresight methodology’s evolution, highlighting several drivers prompting the changes.