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MTS, a digital ecosystem, is opening a master's degree in artificial intelligence at the Higher School of Economics. The programme is aimed at training specialists in AI and appling new technologies in business. Tatarstan residents can become students of a new direction based on the results of entrance tests or the Major League Olympiad. Documents will be submitted from June 19 to July 25.

The selection process also includes personal achievements, a cover letter, and an online exam and interview.

“IT-Planet” is a practice-oriented contest aimed at identifying and supporting talented students and ICT professionals aged from 18 to 35. Every year, more than 20,000 students and certified specialists from more than 1,000 educational institutions of higher education and secondary vocational education in 15 countries take part in the IT Olympiad.

The Bashir Rameev IT park will host the final stage of the information protection tournament «GO CTF 2024».

The 10 teams that won the qualifying stage of the tournament will compete for the first place. The total prize fund will be 440,000 roubles.

On June 1, a family holiday dedicated to the celebration of Children's Day will be held in the Bashir Rameev IT Park. Guests will enjoy children's master classes, soap bubble shows, face painting, animators, quests, quizzes, air hockey, robo-football, DJ set and other activities. The entertainment programme will take place in the 1st floor hall of Children's IT Park and in the courtyard of the building from 10 a.m. till 3 a.m.

Kazan summed up the results of 106 selection of projects in the Business Incubator. For the first time in a long time, the selection of projects in the Business Incubator took place in an open format. The application campaign started on May 6, with more than 50 applications submitted. In addition to the pitch show, graduates of the Business Incubator shared successful cases of their projects. Such experts as Deputy Director for Interaction with the Government Authorities of «Technaksis» Ildar Sufiyarov; Yandex Cloud Boost Programme Manager Ivan Kopytov; Head of the startup and investor community, partner of the Friendly VC Venture Fund Lyubov Kosvintseva; People’s Expert, DJ-influencer, blogger, photographer, Tatarstan correspondent Dinar Suleiman; Director General of the Selet Foundation Elina Nasibullina; Deputy Technical Director in Technocratia Hayzat Farkhutdinov assessed the project.

At the CIPR-2024 Conference, which took place in Nizhny Novgorod, the digital platform of Tatarstan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources won the CIPR Digital Award.

The jury of the award, chaired by the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev, determined the winners in 13 nominations. The digital platform of the Ministry of Ecology of the republic «Ecology» became the winner in the “Digital Nature” nomination.

While the interest in traditional calls is decreasing, Russian activity on the Internet is growing. Telegram has become Russia’s favorite online service - in 2024, subscribers most often connect the unlimited Internet to this messenger, Yota says. 

The MTS digital ecosystem analyzed the number of spam calls to Tatarstan residents the past year. The company's anti-spam solutions using BigData analysis blocked over eighty million unwanted calls during this period.

On May 24, Deputy Minister of Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communication Bulat Gabdrakhmanov, the Head of the Buinsk region of the republic Ranis Kamartdinov and Deputy Director of Technopark in the sphere of high technologies IT-park Ayrat Khasyanov took part in a solemn ceremony of opening a new branch of IT-park, opened on the base of youth centre “Miras”, which will become the centre of attraction for the development of technology projects and start-ups including for the purposes of the national project “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”.

At the solemn ceremony, Khasyanov and Kamartdinov signed a cooperation agreement.

Rostelecom Telecommunication Company provided video surveillance of all audiences in Tatarstan for the main stage of the Unified State Exam (USE), which starts on May 23.