Tag "discussions"

On July 18-19 a conference “Mathematical logic, algebra and computation" was held in Moscow. It was organized by the Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Science. The conference was dedicated to the 85th anniversary of academician S. I. Adian.

Marina Zavertiaeva presented preliminary results of her joint project with Felix Lopez-Iturriaga on the international conference “Networks in the Global World 2016” that was organized by Saint-Petersburg State University from 1 to 3 June, 2016. 

Science towns are becoming serious players in the national strategic planning system. The federal law “On the Science Town Status” becomes valid in the next year, obliging the local authorities to design long-term socio-economic development strategies. Science towns’ mayors, members of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, and experts from the Higher School of Economics discussed practical aspects of meeting the law’s requirements at a conference hosted by HSE on 5 July.

Science towns are becoming serious players in the national strategic planning system. The federal law “On the Science Town Status” becomes valid in the next year, obliging the local authorities to design long-term socio-economic development strategies. Science towns’ mayors, members of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, and experts from the Higher School of Economics discussed practical aspects of meeting the law’s requirements at a conference hosted by HSE on 5 July.

The festival Geek Picnic took place in Moscow in June 18 and 19.

On June 9-13 Computer Science Symposium in Russia (CSR) 2016 was held in St. Petersburg.

Master class on VLSM was held on May 26-27 in the Neurolinguistics Laboratory

Stephanie Forkel - Senior Neuroimaging Research Scientist, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

Joseph MacInnes - Assistant Professor at the School of Psychology, HSE

This paper will use the OECD PISA and Survey of Adult Skills data to examine the variation across countries in the distribution of the literacy and numeracy skills of young people and adults, how these change over the life course, and how the characteristics of education and training systems affect this.