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Russia science Today
Interesting facts about Russia
Education system
Science overview
Russian Academy of Sciences
Cooperation between Russia and Korea
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Interesting facts about Russia
• Russian Federation is Presidential Republic
• Moscow is the Capital of Russia
• Dmitry Medvedev is the President of Russian Federation (from May 2008)
• Official language – Russian
• Religion – 75% Orthodox Christianity
• 8 Federal Regions – 83 districts
• Biggest country in the world
17 075 400 km² =1/8 of all the land
• Population is 141 927 297 - 7th place in the world
• Population of Moscow & Moscow region is about 15 mln people
• 13 cities with population over 1 mln people
• The longest state border - 60 000 km with 16 countries
• Russia has 9 time zones
GMT +3
GMT +5
GMT +6
GMT +7
GMT +8
GMT +9
GMT +10
GMT +11
GMT +2
Amur Tiger is in the Red Book
Baikal – the deepest lake and the biggest resource of sweet water in the world
Elbrus – the highest mountain in Europe (5642 m)
Forests are 40% of Russia
Education
Levels of Education:
• School (11 years) – 13,8 million.
• Higher Education: University, Academy, Institute (4-6 years) – 7,5 million students.
• Post-graduate Education (at least 3 years)
Typical School
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Education (contd.)Graduates by specialties
Russian science: overview
• 3,500 scientific institutes, 70% of them are state-owned.
• The majority of approx. 450,000 scientists in Russia are physicians, biologists and chemists. Whereas economists and representatives of social sciences are desperately missing.
• 14th place in the world in terms of the number of citation.
Main state programs• Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (ROSNANO) – 100% state-owned corporation
established in the mid 2007.
• Mission: to develop nanotechnology in Russia by means of financing of investments projects.
• As of September 30, 2010 , ROSNANO approved 93 investment projects for further financing with the total budget of approx. 10 billion USD
10 billion USD.
Investment projects fall into 6 types:- Solar energy and energy saving;- Nano-structured inventory;- Medicine and biotechnology;- Engineering;- Optronics and nanoelectronics;- Infrastructure projects.
• Skolkovo – the center of innovation technology, so-called “the Russian Silicon Valley”.
• The construction of the center was started in December 2010 close to Moscow city.
• 100% financed by the Russian government.
• Mission: to provide favorable economic conditions for companies (foreign and domestic) which operate in the industries vital for the modernization of the Russian economy.
5 priority directions for modernization:- Power engineering;- IT;- Space and telecommunications;- Biomedical technologies;- Nuclear technologies.
Main state programs (contd.)
Russian Academy of Science (RAS).
• Non-profit research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Among JSCC facilities there is MVS-100K supercomputer with peak performance of 140 Teraflops
Joint Supercomputer Center of RAS
• RAS was founded in 1724 by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great
• RAS is the supreme scientific institution in Russia
• It includes the branches and science institutions all over the country
Joint Supercomputer Center
Supercomputer
RAS: the Siberian branch
• Presidium is located in Novosibirsk
• SB RAS consist of 9 science centers
• Number of science institutions in SB RAS is more than 60
• Main directions:
– Mathematics and Informatics (7 institutes).
– Physical and technical Sciences (13 institutes).
– Mechanics and Power (7 institutes).
– Chemical Sciences (16 institutes).
Novosibirsk, Presidium SB RAS
Irkutsk, RAS Baikal Museum
Inventions of SB RAS
Non-polluting heat generator
Bifocal artificial crystalline of an eye
• Ecology (45 inventions): Non-polluting heat generator.
• Chemical Technologies (41 inventions): Typing on aluminum surface – a perspective way for steady images on aluminum.
• Medicine (57 inventions): Bifocal artificial crystalline lens of an eye.
• Scientific instrument making (39 inventions): Powerful reconstructed laser systems.
Prospects for cooperation between Russia and Korea
• Joint research and development in the following directions: computer science, telecommunications, power engineering, medicine, space, nuclear technologies, nanotechnologies, etc.
• Active exchange of qualified specialists between Russia and Korea (particularly Samsung Electronics corporation).
• Joint integration of IT-solutions in many industries.
• Skolkovo as the one of the platforms for cooperation in innovative directions.
• Gas pipeline from Russia to Republic of Korea – subject of intensive negotiations during THE G20 SEOUL SUMMIT: 10 billion m3 per year in 2017
Russian Team @ YGF 2011• Kim Victor, Moscow Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering Applied Mathematics
• Cho Irina, Mosсow Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation Applied Mathematics
• Klishevich Mikhail, Novosibirsk Novosibirsk State University Mechanics and mathematical engineering
• Chen Tatiana, Khabarovsk Pacific State University Software engineering
• Yun Sergey, Khabarovsk Pacific State University Woodworking technology
Thank you for attention!
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