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The Jordan University (Jordan) hosted the third International Workshop on Software Engineering in the framework of Erasmus+ PWs@PhD project from February 1-st to February 12-th 2017. The school was attended by graduate students and faculty from Russia, Jordan, United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the South Ural State University were presented by four representatives, including two faculty members and two postgraduate students.

The delegation included the dean of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gleb Radchenko and the Assoc. professor of the system programming department Alina Latipova as well as two post-graduate students (Kirill Borodulin and Mikhail Timchenko).

Within the framework of the school, leading scientists from Jordan, Great Britain, and Canada provided lectures on such issues as software development, information security, requirements management, testing, service-oriented architecture, human-machine interface, and software metrics.

The participants of the school could see how those modern approaches were implemented in practice at ProgressSoft company — the leading IT company in Jordan. The heads of departments told about the organization of software development and support during the tour of the company’s office.

Graduate students presented reports on their research during the school. Graduate student Kirill Borodulin took 2nd place in the contest of papers on the topic: «Planning and dispatching computing resources in containerized cloud environments». The jury noted the high level of his papers, indexed by Scopus as well as developed software.

For Mikhail Timchenko, another graduate student of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, it was a first experience of presenting his work at the international level. His work was awarded as a confident debut. Mikhail shared his impressions with us.

— Michael, what themes of the school do you remember most?

There were many directions at the school. Most of all I liked the lecture of Bashar Nuseibeh, professor of the British Open University. He talked about the current trends in the development of software requirements. There was not a single person in the audience who did not understand him, the presentation of the material was simple, and his English was excellent. Professor Nuseibeh was born in Jordan, he got his degree in the UK, where he decided to continue his scientific career.
On the last day of the school, we were given the opportunity to get acquainted with the education systems for post-graduate students in different countries. Local professors presented a modular structure for postgraduate education in the field of software engineering, which was accredited by the European Committee. During the seminar, the discussion arose about the advantages and drawbacks of each of the education systems.

— You prepared a presentation on your scientific work at this school. How do you like your presentation?

I am engaged in the subject of my scientific research for only six months, so there was not much practical results to present. This was my first report in English, and also it was the first by the topic of my scientific work. The reporting way of my Russian colleagues and me was strikingly different from foreign graduate students. We set out the steps of the forthcoming work and they presented an overview of the problematic issues. Each presentation was evaluated by at least three experts. It seems to me that my report was successful, although the language barrier partly prevented me from answering questions.

— Are you going to take a part in the following schools?

The international school will last several more years. I hope that I will be able to get into the number of its participants. I am grateful for the opportunity given and the experience gained.

The next school will be held at the South Ural State University in May 2017. It will be devoted to modern technologies of data analysis and mathematical fundamentals of software engineering.

Chelyabinsk, March 27, 2017 – Kaspersky Lab Science and Education Center (SEC) «Information Security» is to be opened at SUSU. The Center opens on the basis of School of Electronics and Computer Science, SUSU; its work will focus on providing security of information systems, including information security of key government installations.

“This project creates new opportunities for providing information infrastructure security to enterprises and organizations of the Ural Region. It is no secret that our region is rich in key, high-tech production enterprises of the defense sector, including Rosatom and Roscosmos. In the modern world, it is impossible to imagine the governance of such companies without the application of Internet Technology, which requires a special approach to providing the information security. Our specialists’ participation will enable companies and enterprises in the region to conduct the software audit, reveal the existent vulnerabilities, and then upgrade the system to meet the modern requirements”, – states Dmitry Postelnik, Kaspersky Lab Director for Education Programs.

The SUSU-Kaspersky partnership aims at joint multidisciplinary research projects in the field of information security. This will set tasks to every research direction at the University related to IT, radio electronics, and industrial control systems. PhD training in the Center will help the University to educate the young generation of scientists who can conduct research into the methods and systems of information security.

Another important direction of SUSU-Kaspersky cooperation is providing training for specialists in the field of information security. This will add impetus to the development of such disciplines as “Network Security”; “Information Security in Open Systems”; “Protection of Information in the Internet”; “Computer Virology”; and “Modeling of Information Resistance to Information Security Threats”. Apart from that, the cooperation will give the opportunity to implement a new master’s degree program “ICS Cyber Security”.

“Kaspersky Lab Science and Education Center at SUSU offers us the possibility of developing and implementing new education programs and research. Using the best anti-virus software and analyzing ICS cyber security, we will be able to provide IT security specialist training at the world-class level”, – believes SUSU Rector Alexander Shestakov.

These days, information technology has become ubiquitous; it is now changing every aspect of people’s lives, societies, and states. Graduates of School of Electronics and Computer Science will gain a significant competitive advantage in the job market with their knowledge of Kaspersky Lab software products.

“For more than 14 years, South Ural State University has been offering academic programs in the field of information security. During this time, 10 classes have graduated and more than 500 specialists trained in this academic program. The special feature of Information Security specialist training has always been its practical orientation. As a result, our graduates have headed the industry. For example, Andrey Bryzgyn, our Information Security graduate, holds the position of Head of Audit and Consulting in “Group-IB” (Moscow) and he is an expert on information security on RBK TV channel. Our graduates specialize in information security in many banks in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and Chelyabinsk. SUSU Information Security graduates head the relevant departments in government structures, FSB licensed and FSTEC licensed companies”, – notes Alexander Sokolov, Head of Department of Information Security, School of Electronics and Computer Science, SUSU.

Kaspersky Lab Science and Education Center will enable SUSU graduates to develop news methods of resistance to the emerging information security threats and protect the national interests in the information environment.

Kaspersky Lab is a global cybersecurity company founded in 1997. Kaspersky Lab’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky Lab technologies and we help 270,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them.

On 14-15th of March, two major innovative projects of the South Ural State University were successfully presented at the strategic session on the national technological initiative in Chelyabinsk IT-park and entered the “road map” for the implementation of the National Technological Initiative program on the territory of our region in 2017-2019.

The event was attended by representatives of the Russian Venture Company (RVC) and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. The session was chaired by the vice-governor of the region Ruslan Gattarov, as well as sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Sergey Smolnikov), the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Alexander Kozlov), the Chelyabinsk Region Industry Development Foundation (Sergey Kazakov) and the Cluster Development Foundation (Victoria Boos).

Our university was represented by the best scientists and developers — Yuri Uzkikh, the CEO of the Regional Engineering Center of Additive and Laser Technologies with the project “development of Flexible Production Robot Systems” and the Director of the Center for Supercomputer Simulation Kirill Borodulin with the project “Digital Industrial Platform of Russia”.

The purpose of the strategic session was to agree on a plan of measures to implement the scientific and technological initiative (STI) in the Chelyabinsk region, as well as to form a program for the development of national champions in the high-tech business of the Chelyabinsk region.

For successful implementation of the regional policy in SUSU, a special acceleration program on STI directions has been launched, and a youth business incubator is operating. For the development of entrepreneurial culture in the region, the concept of the STI Competence Center was built up on the basis of our university.

The experience of the past year showed that SUSU innovative projects, created as a part of the national technological initiative, can receive decent financial support. So, in December 2016, a project of scientists from SUSU “Prototype development of hardware and software complex for model-pro-active energy consumption control on the concept of distributed energy conservation plant” (OOO NPP “Polytech-Automatics”) under the guidance of Tatiana Barbasova, the candidate of tech.sc., was highly appreciated and received funding of 20 million rubles. Currently, the university is working on more than 20 similar innovative projects that are ready for representation at the Federal level.

The outcome of the session was the discussion of support provided by the Regional government for the presented innovative projects and strategic planning of the regional “road map” for the implementation of the National Technological Initiative program on the territory of the Chelyabinsk region in 2017-2019. The actions of the strategic initiative “Innovative Leadership in the Regional Development” of SUSU academic excellence program were reflected in it.