NEWS

On March 13-15 Innopolis University held the first selection of students for bachelor and and MA degrees in information technologies. 60 students from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan took part in competitions.

On March17, at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov and Deputy Minister of Education and Science Andrey Pominov told about the contest “IT-champion-2015”.

Results of the contest for federal subsidies were summarized at Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media. The decision was made to provide federal subsidies for 30 requests. The contest was held within the framework of the state programme “Information society (2011–2020)” in accordance with Russian Government decree №313 dated as April 15, 2014.

Students from Serbia and Bulgaria took part in XV Regional programming championship among students and pupils for the first time. The competitions are organized by ICL-KPO VS, Ministry of Education and Science, Kazan federal university and Tupolev Kazan national research technical university.

Innopolis University announced registration for open Olympiad in programming. Pupils of 8-11 forms can take part in the event. The Olympiad will have on-site and off-site rounds. The off-site round will be held on March 22. To take part in the event, please register on the website www.olymp.innopolis.ru.

Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communications informs that planned maintenance works will be carried out in Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Leninogorsk, Shemordan and Bolshie Polyanki on March 16 from 08.00 to 16.00.

XV Regional programming championship among students and pupils will be held in Kazan on March 14-15. It is aimed at finding children talented in information technologies, selecting candidates for field-specific universities and rendering financial support to talented students and pupils.

Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communications and Department of registration of acts of civil status under RT Cabinet of Ministers are going to improve the service “marriage registration” in 2015 due to amendments in the federal law “On acts of civil status”.

The Republic of Tatarstan applied for participation in the contest held by Russian Ministry of communications and mass media for federal subsidies for realization of projects aimed at forming information society in 2015.

The 14th international ITS Asia-Pacific forum will be held in Nanking on April 26-29 2015. Intelligent solutions in city transport management and ensuring traffic safety using modern information technologies will be discussed at the forum. Representatives of state authorities, research institutions, and technical companies from 40 countries will take part in the event.