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The "Personnel of the Future" talent development program has launched at the Polytechnic University. This is a pilot HR policy project supported by the Priority 2030 program. The project is being implemented under the leadership of Maria Vrublevskaya, SPbPU Vice-Rector for HR Policy.

The opening ceremony was attended by Polytechnic employees appointed by the heads of various structural divisions to undergo an intensive educational and motivational program.

Maria Vrublevskaya presented a report on the new concept of personnel policy.

In June, we formulated the mission of our HR policy: the emergence of new stars at Polytechnic University: chief designers, world-renowned scientists, recognized experts, and future leaders in education, business, and government. The emergence of new stars requires specific conditions: systematic talent management, a favorable development environment, and a high level of managerial maturity. The "Future Workforce" program will form the foundation of our talent development system, giving you the opportunity to better understand yourself, acquire relevant competencies, and rethink your role and contribution to the university's activities and reputation, noted Maria Vrublevskaya.

Over the course of two months, Polytechnic students will complete intensive courses on management competencies and a series of workshops on communication skills. They will also attend lectures on the implementation of AI in educational and business processes, as well as on strategic planning. They will also improve their IT skills and complete two stress management training sessions. A key part of the program for each participant will be the development and presentation of a project for the development of their department or the university as a whole. This will allow Polytechnic students to put into practice many of the skills acquired during the educational program.

Tatyana Morina, an expert in the Strategic Planning and Development Department at SPbPU and the program's author, commented on its intensity: "The program was intellectually intense. Given the high workload of the Polytechnic students, completing the program will require motivation, significant effort, and some compromises. Therefore, the main principle of our work with participants is systematic organizational support and an individual approach to each student. In the initial survey, 80% of respondents cited an interest in development and the relevance of the program as their motivation. This is encouraging. Maintaining such a high level of engagement is our primary goal."

External experts have been brought in to deliver intensive courses, workshops, training sessions, and lectures, as well as to profile digital and soft competencies. Polytechnic experts will lead a number of events, and SPbPU Rector Andrey Rudskoy will speak at the program's final event.

Project defenses will take place in mid-December, and the program's finalists will begin the new year with the opportunity to implement their projects and contribute to the university's development, building reputational capital and the conditions for the emergence of new Polytechnic stars.

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As part of the Priority 2030 program, the SPbPU Center for Competency Assessment and Development team held a series of events at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU) and Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management (NSUEM). The Polytechnic University's visit was part of a project to engage students from partner universities in professional and personal development.

"Realizing the potential of each student, developing their talents, and engaging them in the process of conscious self-improvement is an important task set for universities by the President of the Russian Federation," noted Lyudmila Pankova, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at SPbPU. "That's why its implementation is given special attention within the framework of the Polytechnic University's Educational Policy."

The Polytechnic University Competence Center Days at NSTU were part of events celebrating the 35th anniversary of the university's Faculty of Humanities. At the plenary session of the anniversary conference, "Socio-Humanities in an Engineering University: Challenges and Prospects," Elena Zima, Director of the SPbPU Competence Center, discussed the development prospects of the "Competence Centers" and "Centers of New Opportunities" projects.

As part of the student track, the Polytechnic University Central Committee ambassadors held an information session where NSTU students learned more about the presidential platform "Russia – Land of Opportunity" and the "Competence Centers" project. They also participated in an engaging quiz and tried their hand at the pantomime "Show Your Universal Competence." The student track culminated in the Soft Skills Tournament, where student teams honed their soft skills by playing board games and developing and pitching business ideas in a startup battle. Tournament participants received certificates and Polytechnic University merchandise, while the winners received diplomas and valuable prizes.

"It's incredibly important when students themselves talk about professional development projects like 'Competence Centers,'" Elena Zima emphasized. "I believe our ambassadors succeeded in inspiring the event participants with the idea of self-development, the starting point of which was completing the diagnostics on the presidential platform 'Russia – Land of Opportunity.'"

All NSTU students who participated in the Polytechnic University Competence Center Days were ceremoniously presented with their first universal competency certificates.

Then, NSUEM took up the baton. A large-scale interuniversity tournament was held there: 12 teams from six Novosibirsk universities competed for the title of best in the skills of the future. In the final, students pitched their startups to a jury consisting of representatives of Sovcombank and the heads of competence centers from participating Novosibirsk universities. All students received commemorative prizes, and the winners received board games, diplomas from Polytechnic University, and Sovcombank merchandise.

The Polytechnic University and NSUEM Competence Center Day program also included a student session, "Territory of Opportunities," where ambassadors and employers discussed how joint projects can transform the student environment and help them confidently build a career.

The day concluded with an expert session, "Best University Practices for Developing Universal Competencies in Students." The heads of SPbPU Competency Centers and Novosibirsk universities, representatives of the Novosibirsk Region Ministry of Education and the Novosibirsk Employment Center, and Artur Kuchaev, head of the Competency Centers project for the presidential platform "Russia – Land of Opportunity," discussed best practices for developing universal competencies and the prospects for implementing the "Centers of New Opportunities" project.

According to Artur Kuchaev, the creation of opportunity centers is a logical continuation and strategic development of the project, taking it to a new stage: "These centers are intended to become a hub for projects and initiatives within the presidential platform among students, providing students with comprehensive support, expert consultations, and assistance in unlocking their potential through access to a wide range of opportunities."

The events demonstrated that soft skills are bringing together universities, students, and employers, and that the geography of competence centers is expanding, turning each trip into a platform for new ideas and partnerships.

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The 12th Artificial Intelligence Seminar was held at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The heads of the KNTN-3 project, "Artificial Intelligence for Solving Cross-Industry Problems," presented interim research results. Students, faculty, and researchers interested in this topic also participated in the seminar.

KNTN-3 is one of three key scientific and technological areas dedicated to the creation of digital platform solutions for multimodal data analysis (in accordance with the SPbPU Development Strategy to 2030). The area is led by Yuri Fomin, Chief Designer and Vice-Rector for Research at SPbPU.

At the seminar, Irina Anikina, Associate Professor at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University School of Nuclear and Thermal Energy and Head of the "Flexible Power Plant Equipment Lifecycle Management System Using Predictive Analytics Tools" project, presented a prototype of the system. The project involves developing self-parameterizing digital twins of thermal power plants (TPPs)—dynamically updated models that take into account the actual condition of the equipment, its degradation, and technological limitations. This enables analyzing trends in key parameters reflecting equipment degradation and transitioning from planned to predictive maintenance. The combination of physical models (digital twins) and neural network approaches (a multilayer autoencoder based on LSTM and Transformer) overcomes the shortcomings of each method individually and improves the accuracy of anomaly prediction.

Digital twins have already been developed for six combined heat and power plants in the Northwest region, and neural network technologies have been tested on a PGU-450T combined cycle gas turbine unit, processing 536 parameters in real time. This has enabled a reliable assessment of the current condition of the equipment and reduced the risk of unscheduled repairs.

The developers' plans for 2026–2027 include registering software as a result of intellectual activity (RIA), implementing the system at TGK-1 facilities, developing functionality in the system for optimizing repair schedules for power equipment, and expanding the event library for automatic equipment defect detection.

The project's preliminary results already demonstrate the effectiveness of integrating machine learning and digital twins to generate recommendations for managing energy infrastructure assets, directly impacting their reliability and performance.

Daniil Miroshnichenko, a specialist at the Gazpromneft-Polytech Scientific and Educational Center, presented the interim results of the project "Automation of Seismic Data Processing Using ANN" to seminar participants. The project manager is Ivan Zhdanov, Chief Engineer of the Laboratory for Digital Modeling of Underground Oil and Gas Reservoirs and Well-Test Analysis. The researchers developed algorithms based on Transformer-type architectures and convolutional neural networks. These solutions automate routine operations (such as seismogram interpolation and noise filtering), which traditionally require significant time and highly qualified specialists. This will help reduce the processing time and free up geophysicists' resources for more complex interpretation tasks.

Marina Bolsunovskaya, head of the Industrial Stream Data Processing Systems laboratory at the SPbPU Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering" and project manager for the "Digital Platform for Transport Systems Data Analysis Using Hybrid Artificial Intelligence" project, presented the universal digital platform "POLANIS" and a hybrid AI optimizer for transport systems at the seminar.

The universal POLANIS platform and ecosystem enables the integration of computing modules, calculation version management, input data configuration, and results analysis through customizable dashboards. The platform serves as the foundation for creating digital models in transportation, industry, and other fields. The platform and optimizer enable the transition to predictive management of transportation systems, coordinated infrastructure development, and the implementation of highly automated modes of transport.

The seminar confirmed that our strategy is working. We are moving from theory to real systems. Digital twins of thermal power plants, neural networks for geologists, AI optimizers for transport—these are no longer prototypes, but tools that are changing approaches in energy, mining, and logistics. The strength lies in hybrid solutions, where physical models are enhanced by artificial intelligence. The results speak for themselves: higher accuracy, lower risks, and new opportunities. We're not just researching—we're creating a technological standard for industry," commented Yuri Fomin, Vice Rector for Research at SPbPU, on the seminar's results.

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Eighth issue video digest "Polytech as a Priority" is dedicated to enhancing the university's international competitiveness.

The host of the graduation ceremony, Dmitry Arsenyev, SPbPU Vice-Rector for International Affairs, emphasized that Polytechnic University is currently focusing not only on attracting international students (the university is one of the leaders in Russia in terms of student numbers), but also on increasing the number of talented young specialists in engineering fields. The Vice-Rector described the mechanisms being used to achieve this, including holding Polytechnic Education Days in friendly countries, creating joint educational programs, and joint institutes with leading partners.

"For me, technological leadership is a very tangible concept," says Dmitry Arsenyev. "It's when, while traveling abroad, we see Russian cars driving on the streets, Russian software running on computers, Russian companies serving as key contractors on infrastructure projects, Russian scientists leading speakers at major global scientific conferences, and no major international project can be implemented without Russian specialists. And international students prioritize Russian universities for their engineering education, and many of them want to stay and build their careers in Russia's high-tech economy."

Video overviews from the Office of Technological Leadership at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University introduce viewers to the university's key achievements and promising developments as part of the "Priority 2030" strategic project. These materials aim to clearly explain the program's concept, present innovative projects receiving grant support, and demonstrate how ideas are transformed into practical solutions. Each episode contains up-to-date information on the university's scientific and technical initiatives and helps trace their development from concept to implementation.

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SPbPU specialists have improved the effectiveness of targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to tumors. The scientists discovered that by coating drug nanoparticles with a mixture of substances that make up a third of the brain, they can precisely release the active substance in cancer cells with minimal effect on healthy tissue. The results are published in the Journal of Controlled Release. RIA Novosti.

Chemotherapy side effects—hair loss, nausea, and fatigue—occur because toxic drugs attack not only the tumor but also healthy cells. The drugs circulate through the bloodstream, even reaching unaffected tissue.

This behavior of drugs in the patient's body also reduces the overall effectiveness of treatment: only a small portion of the administered drug reaches its target. To achieve targeted drug delivery to the tumor site, it is possible to use nanocarriers—"containers" that shield the active substance from the external environment and can be controlled externally, noted Sergei Shipilovskikh, a leading researcher and associate professor at the Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies at SPbPU.

These "containers" can be tagged with tags that are specific only to cancer cells, but not to healthy ones. Scientists from SPbPU and their colleagues from ITMO University discovered that applying a mixture of biological substances to the surface of nanoparticles reduces the "recognizability" of the nanocontainer to healthy cells and delivers the active substance precisely to the target.

The scientists used lecithin—a mixture of natural fats, fatty acids, and other components—to coat the nanocontainers. The human brain contains 30 percent lecithin, so the drug won't cause rejection or an immune reaction.

According to our results, approximately 80 percent of the active substance is released from the nanocontainer, which consists of silicon dioxide and is coated with a lipid shell of lecithin, specifically in cancer cells. Moreover, the effect is prolonged: the drug is not released completely at once, but gradually, exerting a cumulative effect within the tumor space, explained Sergey Shipilovskikh.

The researcher also explained that using the active ingredient in nanoparticles, rather than in its free form, is also advantageous in terms of storage conditions. In a nanocontainer, the drug is protected from atmospheric oxygen, light, and other external influences.

According to the scientists, the accumulation of nanoparticles in tumors is due to both the structural features of the lipid membrane and the fact that tumor cells are capable of more active metabolism than healthy cells. In the future, the scientists plan to elucidate the detailed mechanism of lecithin-coated nanoparticle uptake by cells and continue developing a universal system for delivering anticancer drugs to various cancer cell types.

The study was carried out within the framework of the federal program "Priority 2030".

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Educational and motivational program PoliSchool The program has begun its fourth season, which is entirely dedicated to preparing a talent pool for the implementation of key scientific and technological areas and strategic goals in the field of engineering education and personnel development at the Polytechnic University within the framework of the Priority 2030 program.

The program was opened by Vice-Rector for Human Resources Maria Vrublevskaya and Head of the Office of Technological Leadership Oleg Rozhdestvensky.

It's already clear that this year's intake is very active and results-oriented. I'm confident that excellent projects will advance to the finals, which will strengthen our key scientific and technological areas. The teams' potential will be boosted, and the students will have the opportunity to take the next step in their careers," noted Maria Vrublevskaya.

Project participants will attend lectures on product thinking, working with technology markets, budgeting, team building, negotiating, working with intellectual property (IP), and project presentations. Throughout the course, teams will complete business quests that will teach them how to work in situations of uncertainty and overcome challenges in implementing ideas. The final stage of the course will be a well-developed grant application for the Priority 2030 program.

Eighteen teams entered the PoliSchool, 10 of which will advance to the finals and present their ideas to the Technology Leadership Council.

"Our country currently needs the most advanced technological solutions. Polytechnic University is focusing on three areas where it can deliver the greatest benefit: digital engineering, materials and manufacturing, and artificial intelligence," said Oleg Rozhdestvensky. "These priorities will remain in place for a long time, and young teams trained to lead their own scientific and technological projects, thanks in part to PolySchool, can become reliable and effective team members in SPbPU's key scientific and technological areas."

Experts and practitioners from leading Russian universities and companies will share their experiences and support the "PolySchool" students. All participants who successfully complete the "PolySchool" will receive certificates of advanced training.

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The roundtable was moderated by Lyudmila Pankova, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at SPbPU, who noted the event's significant significance: "Today, when the federal educational agenda is changing and interaction with industry is becoming a key development vector, the importance of such meetings is difficult to overestimate. We have the opportunity to openly discuss the challenges we face in our interactions and jointly find solutions. We have made significant progress in building new formats of cooperation with industrial partners, but we are also well aware of how much remains to be done."

The discussion was attended by executives and specialists from companies such as TGC-1 PJSC, the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center – Prometey Central Research Institute of Structural Materials, the Obukhov Plant JSC of the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern, and others. Participants discussed current issues of collaboration between businesses and universities to train a new generation of engineers capable of ensuring the country's technological sovereignty.

Eduard Lisitsky, Deputy Managing Director for Development and Asset Management at PJSC TGC-1, outlined a key need in the energy industry: "Today, we are facing a talent shortage amidst a large-scale digital transformation. The active automation of all processes is radically changing the profile of the required specialist. We need people with IT competencies, not just at the user level, but at the level of creating and managing complex systems. These skills are the new key to the professional effectiveness of our specialists and the competitiveness of our company."

Olga Fomina, First Deputy Director General for Research at the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center – Prometheus Central Research Institute of St. Petersburg Materials and Materials, spoke about the implementation of a systematic approach to personnel training. "Our department at SPbPU is not just a 40-year-old institution, but a living example of successful integration. The established "education-science-industry" chain is proving its effectiveness: it allows students to gain invaluable experience solving real-world problems, ensuring their quick and easy adaptation when applying for a job at our company. Our next shared goal is to strengthen interdisciplinary project work and launch such projects as final qualifying theses," she said.

Kirill Martinson, Advisor to the Director of the Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering at JSC NPO SZRC Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern – Obukhov Plant, commented on the importance of differentiating approaches to engineering training to achieve technological leadership: "A good engineer is not necessarily a scientist, and a good scientist is not necessarily a good engineer. The educational process at a university should include both research and practice-oriented components."

All participants agreed on the need to further strengthen the "alliance of the strong"—a strategic partnership between higher education and the real economy—to address national challenges.

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For three days, the Technopolis Polytech Research Building celebrated high art—music, ballet, and theater—as it hosted a networking project-analytical session, "Creative Universities in Technological Leadership: Significance and Role in Achieving Strategic Goals for the State and Industry."

Teams from creative and technical universities discussed with experts from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Culture, and the Social Center how to combine art, engineering, and technology so that the synergistic effect becomes a building block in the foundation of the country's strategic leadership.

The session was attended by representatives of five creative universities under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Culture, which received grants under the Priority-2030 program: the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (VGIK), the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music (RAM), the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute at the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre (B. Shchukin Theatre Institute), the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (ARB), and the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS). The Kazan State Institute of Culture (KazGIK), a candidate for participation in the program, was also represented.

The technical universities represented were SPbPU, MISIS University of Science and Technology, and St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design.

On the first day of the session, Svetlana Ermakova, Director of the Department of Regional Policy, Education, and Project Management at the Russian Ministry of Culture, addressed the participants with a welcoming address. She noted the importance of collaboration between creative and engineering universities and industry in implementing the Priority 2030 program.

"From this session, I expect very clear, understandable solutions for the interaction between creative universities and production," said Svetlana Ermakova. "We need to find solutions in multimedia, film production, and other sectors that will allow us to interact with the industry at the highest level, just as our friends, partners, and colleagues do. We can definitely do this, but only if we work together. And here we need to think about consortiums and the opportunities that unification offers."

"There are a huge number of technical and engineering challenges in culture and creativity that need to be addressed, and they can likely be addressed with the help of partners, scientific and technical organizations, and universities," noted Konstantin Bogonosov, acting director of the Sociocenter, in his speech.

Maria Vrublevskaya, Vice-Rector for Human Resources at SPbPU and an expert at the Sociocenter, welcomed the guests on behalf of the Polytechnic University: "Our mission is to become a team. We, with our technological expertise, capabilities, and experience, and you, with your wonderful humanities and creative approach, can enrich engineering thought. This symbiosis will allow us to be considered the number one country in virtually every industry. We invited to the session people who have created technologies with their own hands, and who also recognize the importance of soft skills and understand that a technology team must be carefully equipped with talents who can shape technologies in a way that makes them absolutely competitive and interesting for society and the world."

On the first day, at the plenary session, speakers described how the target models of creative universities have changed since their participation in the Priority 2030 program, what strategic goals have been achieved, and what constitutes qualitative indicators of change. Then, they worked in groups.

The second day began with presentations from representatives of the Polytechnic University. Alexey Borovkov, Director of the SPbPU School of Digital Engineering and Chief Designer for the Scientific and Technological Program, spoke about the potential of digital engineering in solving problems in culture, sports, and the arts.

Sergey Salkutsan, Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Education at the Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering," shared his experience implementing joint projects between creative and engineering universities.

The "Polytech Metacampus" project, recognized as the best practice of the "Priority 2030" program, was presented by Yegor Melekhin, an assistant engineer at the SPbPU Institute of Civil Engineering.

The third day of the session was devoted to research and development at creative universities in the context of technological leadership. Scientific approaches to the digital transformation of culture and the possibility of creating an integrated network platform for creative and technical universities were also discussed.

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Vice-Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education Dmitry Tikhonov was featured in the seventh episode of the video digest "Polytechnic as a Priority."

Dmitry Vladimirovich spoke about the expansion of the range of educational programs and projects related to the university's key scientific and technological areas. According to the Vice Rector, the creation of leading educational products and the development of human capital at various educational levels are essential for ensuring technological leadership.

This video digest will tell you about the changes that will occur in the field of supplementary and pre-university education in the near future.

Informational video digests prepared by the SPbPU Office of Technological Leadership highlight the university's most important scientific and technical projects and areas participating in the Priority 2030 program. These videos are designed to help you understand the program, learn about the projects receiving funding, and follow their implementation.

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The hero of the sixth issue of the video digest “Polytech in Priority” is the chief designer, head of the key scientific and technological direction “New Materials, Technologies, Production”, director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport of SPbPU Anatoly Popovich.

In the new issue, Anatoly Anatolyevich spoke about the priority tasks that the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport solves to achieve the goals of technological leadership of the country. As an example, Anatoly Popovich named the achievements of IMMiT in the field of additive technologies, thanks to which the institute occupies a leading position not only in Russia, but also in the world.

Information video digests prepared by the SPbPU Office of Technological Leadership tell about the most important scientific and technical projects and areas of the university that participate in the Priority-2030 program. These videos are created to help understand the essence of the program, learn about the projects receiving funding, and follow how they are being implemented.

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