In late April, Cisco and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) signed a letter of intent envisioning a wide range of joint activities in the fields of scientific research and education. These include a practical training program for Russian industry professionals and government employees in the US. In accordance with the agreement, the …
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Moscow-based startup Workle, whose platform enables residents of Russia’s regions to work on a remote basis for leading companies, announced last week it has raised $3.5 million in its second round of funding. The investment came from Klever Internet Investment, the technology branch of a major Russian private investor, Klever Asset Management. Klever has also received the …
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Last week Huawei, a global China-based IT product and solution provider, inaugurated its Russian series of educational programs for telecom-related academia and markets by opening two pioneering Network Academies in Moscow and St. Petersburg, ComNews.ru reported. The new vocational training programs, hosted by Moscow’s MIREA University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation and St. Petersburg’s …
This Monday, a group of select innovation experts and mentors is starting a six-week-long road show through 15 Russian cities – from Rostov-upon-Don, to Astrakhan, to Tomsk, to Vladivostok in the Far East – aiming to meet thousands of local startup entrepreneurs, innovators, and representatives of technoparks. In each city, the program consists of presentations, …
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Workle, a Moscow-based startup, is developing an Internet platform that enables residents of Russia’s regions to work for leading banks, insurance and tourism companies on a remote basis. The award-winning startup has plans to serve up to 500,000 Russian residents this year – a five-fold increase from its 2012 results, said Vladimir Gorbunov, the CEO of Workle.
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On January 25, the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) and Intel Corporation unveiled an updated format for their joint research laboratory. Students and faculty from MSU’s Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics will collaborate with leading experts from Intel to design new training courses aimed at addressing the research challenges at the intersection of the natural and social sciences.
Microsoft, Skolkovo, and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) are jointly organizing in St. Petersburg the final stage of ‘Imagine Cup 2013,’ this year’s international student technology contest. The event will occur in July in Russia’s former capital. Microsoft’s Imagine Cup is a leading international student technology competition. Approximately $340,000 in total prize money will …
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Ekaterinburg’s Ural Federal University (UrFU) has announced it is developing a new RFID-based technology to safeguard and take stock of library books. Eighteen months from now, the system is expected to be in operation at the library of Lyceum #130 in Yekaterinburg, a long-standing UrFU partner. The non-contact radiofrequency scanning system will reportedly enable librarians …
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A group of forty Russian scientists has received a week of on-the-job training in the commercialization of hi tech projects at Israel’s Ariel University, the innovation news portal Venture Business News reported last week. The university, which is located in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank, was upgraded just two months ago …
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Paul Myners, a former commercial secretary to the UK Treasury, is to join the board of directors of Russian mobile phone company MegaFon. The matter will be discussed at a general meeting of the company. Lord Paul Myners, who was made a life peer and entitled to a seat in the House of Lords in …
Since the national educational system is not providing Russia’s IT industry with enough qualified IT workers, these cadres must be attracted from abroad, said Nikolai Nikiforov, Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media, in a forum on international investment held in Moscow last week. “The IT industry, indeed, is experiencing an acute shortage of qualified …
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