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Source: Novosibirsk State University –
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The cooperation is aimed at training highly qualified IT personnel within the framework of the project “Alt Academy" NSU and Basalt SPO agreed:
• create educational programs and teaching materials, including in the field of artificial intelligence;
• form the digital environment of NSU using the Alt operating systems;
• develop students’ professionally oriented skills in working with GNU/Linux operating systems;
• popularize Russian software among students, teachers and researchers, employers and the IT community of the Novosibirsk region;
• jointly hold conferences, forums, practical seminars, round tables and competitions.
— Novosibirsk Oblast is one of the flagships of the formation of a technologically independent digital infrastructure of the country based on Russian solutions; it is in the top 10 regions of Russia most focused on import substitution, — notes Evgeniya Krynina. — The region needs qualified IT personnel with the skills to develop and use domestic software, including in the field of artificial intelligence. We are proud of the opportunity to solve this problem together with our colleagues from NSU.
In 2025 NSU successfully passed selection in the TOP-II competition at the level of DS ("Data Science"). The competition identifies universities that will train students in new educational programs for training top specialists in the field of artificial intelligence from 2025 to 2030.
NSU chose Basalt SPO as one of its industrial partners. The company committed to supporting the university in implementing the Program of the Novosibirsk Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAII) Center:
• participate in the development, examination and updating of top-level educational programs;
• implement extra-budgetary co-financing of events and work within the framework of the NAII program;
• promote advanced training of the NSU teaching staff;
• contribute to the organization and holding of annual intellectual competitions and contests for students studying in a top-level educational program, aimed at identifying talents and revealing their potential, stimulating creativity and developing design thinking.
— The agreement with Bazalt SPO helps to strengthen our cooperation in conducting research in the field of artificial intelligence, developing technologies and software. I am confident that the results of our joint work will be implemented in real products, methods and projects, — said Mikhail Fedoruk, Rector of NSU.
The inclusion of NSU in the list of universities that have received the right to train personnel for new programs for the development of AI technologies is a logical result of the university's scientific activities. Since 2023, the Research Center for Artificial Intelligence of NSU has been operating as TSIINGU.
“Cooperation with Bazalt SPO will facilitate the expansion of our research in the field of AI and will provide an opportunity to specifically train personnel for our industrial partners — high-tech companies,” noted TsINGU Director Alexander Lyulko.
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“Basalt SPO“ — developer of the Alt family of operating systems, including Alt Education — a solution for all levels of education, from preschool to higher education. The OS has no analogues on the Russian market, comes with sets of free programs for the educational process (preparation for the Unified State Exam/Basic State Exam, robotics lessons, software development, engineering graphics, computer class management, learning through games, etc.), as well as administrative activities.
The company is developing the educational project "Alt Academy", within the framework of which training is conducted for students, teachers, IT specialists and private users. "Alt Academy" unites the areas of work on cooperation with universities, colleges and schools, the creation of laboratories and competence centers for Basalt SPO products, the preparation and holding of international and all-Russian Olympiads and hackathons for students, schoolchildren and teachers. Since 2005, Basalt SPO has been conducting annual conference for education workers and students "SPO in Higher Education".
Since 2001, Basalt SPO has been developing its own independent infrastructure for software development, located on the territory and under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. The Alt OS ecosystem includes more than 6,000 compatible Russian application programs and equipment from the registers of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. Basealt.ru, Sales@basealt.ru, @basealtspo
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