Internet Olympiad of nanotechnology breakthrough into the future. About the Mirror project. Breakthrough to the future

History has accumulated a lot of legends and traditions, folk superstitions and real cases related to the mysterious properties of mirrors. The messages are truly global in nature: they come from different continents, belong to different eras and cultures. Many of them claim that mirrors allow you to see pictures of the past, the spatially distant present, and even look into the future.

Since ancient times, mystics and soothsayers have assured that mirrors, especially concave ones, are capable of endowing a person with the ability of clairvoyance. Modern scientists also encounter the unusual properties of mirrors: physicists, biologists, geneticists, psychologists...

Scientists from the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences once decided to understand the mysterious properties of concave mirrors. Based on experiments and the “theory of time” of the Leningrad astrophysicist Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, researchers made mirrors of a special design and, from the late 1980s, began experiments on the mental transmission of images over long distances. Twelve countries and almost five thousand participants were involved in global experiments. The results exceeded all expectations. In most cases - from 54 to 95 percent - telepathic information was received absolutely correctly. These results could not be attributed to random coincidences...

Why was polar Dikson chosen as one of the “transmitting points”? Why were the descendants of the ancient peoples who once inhabited this circumpolar region involved in telepathy experiments? What is the significance of the permafrost “lens”? Do secret expeditions to the Arctic by Soviet security officers and the Petrograd Brain Institute have anything to do with today’s experiments with Kozyrev’s mirrors?

What secrets of concave mirrors did their greatest expert, the thirteenth-century scientist Roger Bacon, take with him? How did he manage to look hundreds of years ahead and predict the invention of the microscope and telescope, the car and the airplane, ships powered by motors? Where did he get his knowledge about galaxies and extragalactic nebulae, about the structure of biological cells and the process of embryo formation, about the composition and action of gunpowder, long before official discoveries?

Was it by chance that during experiments with Kozyrev’s mirrors, unidentified flying objects regularly hovered over the laboratory? What causes the field of fear around the mirror installation? What kind of glowing symbols appear inside? What happens to the person in Kozyrev’s mirrors? What is working with the information space and how do researchers manage to obtain information not only from the distant past of humanity, but also from the future?

What are concave mirrors on a planetary scale and how can they affect people and equipment? What are the prospects for concave mirrors in medicine, astronautics, and scientific knowledge of the world? And, finally, why is almost nothing known about the sensational results of Siberian and Ural scientists?

A student from the NSU Scientific and Research Center became the winner of the All-Russian Nanotechnology Olympiad.

Long way to victory

The Olympics with the ringing title “Nanotechnology - a breakthrough into the future!” was first held in 2007: its organizers were Moscow State University and the Rusnano Corporation. Despite the short experience, the Olympiad quickly gained popularity and was approved by the Russian Council of Olympiads for Schoolchildren. It has been assigned the highest level, which means that the winners, in addition to prizes and diplomas, receive benefits when entering universities. This year, eleventh-grader Edgar Makarov celebrated his victory: in three rounds of the Olympiad, he scored 295 points out of a possible 300.

Now everything related to nanotechnology is popular,” says Edgar. - But in fact, nanotechnology is not an innovation; both here and abroad they have been working on it for 50-70 years. The tasks at the Olympiad were very different, but all of them in one way or another had something in common with nanotechnology, for example, they involved nanoparticles or objects that are possible only in the nanoworld. To solve such problems, fundamental knowledge is required, but a lot had to be thought out on our own.

The path to victory was long and difficult: first the qualifying round, then the grant round and, finally, the head-to-head round in Moscow.

In the qualifying round, 20 problems had to be solved, in the grant round - 12, says Edgar. - Both are absentee, so it was possible to search for information on the Internet and discuss the decision with teachers. The qualifying round was relatively simple, but the grant round is more difficult: you need to pass it in order for the trip to the third round to be paid for. There were many applicants - from all over Russia, from Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The third round was held in Moscow from March 19 to 25. On the first day, we solved problems in chemistry and mathematics: four hours were given for each subject. Then a day of rest, and physics and biology. Two items a day is too much. But we were given lectures and given a tour of Moscow State University - there will be something to remember.

According to Edgar, the most difficult subject for him was mathematics, the easiest was biology. The competition was high: about 150 people took part in the full-time round, which is a lot even for such a large-scale Olympiad.

The results were not announced immediately. After the first day I was not the best - about third, but then I wrote biology and physics well. And when I went to Moscow, I didn’t think about victory; there were, of course, some thoughts about a prize place. This Olympiad has always been sponsored by large companies, so the prizes are good. I was given a laptop and a DSLR camera - I had dreamed of this for a long time. Chubais did not come to the closing ceremony of the Olympics and limited himself to sending a video message. But there were enough significant people there even without him: the management of Moscow State University, representatives of companies such as Samsung and Bayer. I have been to many Olympiads, but I like this one and, perhaps, the All-Russian one the most. They differ from the others in terms of the level of organization: you feel that this is not just an Olympiad for schoolchildren, but a big event, a holiday.

MSU or NSU?

Edgar Makarov has only lived in Novosibirsk for a year: he came to us from Nizhny Novgorod.

I was studying in a physics and mathematics class when they told me about the SUSC and advised me to come and have a look. And I liked it: very good conditions for studying were created. It’s calm and good here, you can feel the spirit of science. I've been to many places, but only Akademgorodok has bus stops named after institutes! This is certainly a unique place. But in terms of climate, I didn’t feel much difference: in Nizhny there is always wind in winter, but in Gorodok there is none, so even in very cold weather you feel comfortable.

Having won the Nanotechnology Olympiad, Edgar also received benefits for entering a university: there is still time to choose.

In fact, the first-level Olympiad gives you the right to choose any university: admission without exams, you just need to submit documents. I am considering the Faculty of Natural Sciences of NSU as one of the options. They provide strong knowledge here, and there are many institutes nearby. Science is very easy to do. The second option, of course, is Moscow State University - closer to home. In Moscow you always feel that you are in the best university in the country - a huge complex of beautiful buildings, I really like it. I would say that there is a student atmosphere there, while at NSU there is a scientific atmosphere. So I will choose between Novosibirsk and Moscow.

Edgar has already decided on his future specialty - chemistry.

What interests me most now is inorganic chemistry. I also like physics and mathematics. One of the most promising areas for me is materials science. I believe that a good chemist should know physics, and now many discoveries are being made at the intersection of various sciences.

Ahead of Edgar is the All-Russian Chemistry Olympiad for schoolchildren in Magnitogorsk. When entering a university, it will no longer play any role, but, according to Edgar, participation in Olympiads is valuable in itself: you should not miss the opportunity to test your knowledge.

Tatiana YAKOVLEVA

Photo courtesy of E. Makarov

The panel discussion “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation: Challenges and Prospects” was held on Wednesday in Moscow at the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation during the conference “Digital Economy: Breakthrough to the Future”: the speakers, including the Minister of Digital Development, talked a lot about the role of Russian regions in the implementation of the RF CE program..

Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Konstantin Noskov believes that “regions are not only and not so much a place where solutions need to be transmitted, they are a place where the best solutions are born,” and that it is necessary to use their successful experience.

“I now aim to have maximum contact not only with business, but also, of course, with the regions. I think that in the next month or month and a half I will ask the regional ministers and deputy prime ministers who are responsible for the digital economy to get together. I want to lock my colleagues with me for a couple of days to discuss where we are going, what the digital economy is, so that together we can generate solutions and exchange experiences,” the minister said.

Let us recall that earlier in June Noskov, when he will gather all regional informatizers in Moscow “for a substantive, frank conversation” in order to “find solutions together.” Such meetings, the minister believes, should be held not once a year, but more often.

At the discussion on Wednesday, the minister also touched upon the acute problem of personnel, including in the regions.

New directions of the Digital Economy program

At the event, participants received handouts describing key goals and objectives (defines five basic directions for the development of the digital economy in Russia for the period until 2024 - regulatory regulation; personnel and education; the formation of research competencies and technical groundwork; information infrastructure; information security). The printouts also indicated three new areas of the CE program - “Digital Public Administration”, “Ecosystem for Supporting Digital Economy Projects”, “Digital Space of the EAEU”. However, it is worth noting that these may only be possible new directions. Currently, which must be completed before October 1st. In accordance with the May decrees of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a national program will be formed.

Also in the materials for the conference are indicated eight directions of digital transformation sectors of the economy and social sphere - energy, construction, healthcare, industry, education, agriculture, digital city, transport and logistics.

The issue of new directions of the program has obviously been resolved or is close to a positive solution - in June, we recall, this was already in the ministry with the participation of representatives of IT companies. On Wednesday, Noskov said that a preliminary version of the national program on the digital economy has already been submitted to the government.

In addition, the materials present a diagram of the program management system, in which Russian regions also have their own role.

General Director of ANO Digital Economy Evgeniy Kovnir also emphasized the need to involve regions in the implementation of the program and recalled that the organization recently added a director for regional policy, who previously served as the Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of the Kirov Region.

Regarding personnel and educational regional initiatives, Kovnir said that the first task of the ANO is to find people in the regions with whom you can conduct a dialogue about the “digital transformation of industries” (from tourism to transport), train them, give them competence, and help form teams . The second area of ​​work is identifying and disseminating successful regional experience.

According to the President of PJSC Rostelecom Mikhail Oseevsky, the company plays a key role in creating the country’s information infrastructure, and it is important to “build” the DE program not only at the federal level, but also at the regional level. Today, regional authorities understand: people have a need not just for high-quality services, but for convenient services provided remotely. “Therefore, harmonizing programs with regional ones is very important, and this is probably what we will have to do in the medium term,” said the head of Rostelecom.

The CEO of Yandex also spoke about his interest in working with regions. Elena Bunina. She spoke about cooperation with regions in Yandex’s educational programs with the goal of teaching mathematics, algorithmization, and programming to as many young people, high school students, “not necessarily Olympiad students” as possible. To do this, the company went “to all regions where we are welcome,” and “the situation is still positive.”

Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Information Technology Department Artyom Ermolaev said that the source codes of all decisions made at the expense of the Moscow budget are posted on GitHub (the largest publicly available resource for storing source codes and for coordinating software development projects - ed.), so that colleagues from the regions can use them.

Moscow considers the key task in the CE program to be the need to share experience with other constituent entities of the Russian Federation in order to prevent the repetition of already identified mistakes in the implementation of projects, and to share what has been done: “Our task is to hit the mark, launch solutions, and then share this with the regions, through an autonomous non-profit organization or another tool".

The regions were represented among the conference speakers by the head of the department of informatization and development of telecommunication technologies of the Novosibirsk region Anatoly Dyubanov. He spoke in the third part of the conference, at which the topic “General scheme for the development of communication networks of the Russian Federation until 2024 - a tool for strategic planning and development of national information infrastructure” was discussed.

Dyubanov, in particular, raised the issue of informatization and communication of small settlements (less than 500 people). In some of them, sometimes there is even no cellular communication, since operators do not go there voluntarily. The solution may be a public-private partnership. Problems also arise when providing broadband access in settlements with more than 500 residents, since they are not included in the program for eliminating the digital divide. Regional programs provide a solution to the problem. In the Novosibirsk region, this is being implemented at the expense of consolidated funds from the regional budget of the Novosibirsk region and investment funds from Rostelecom.

According to Dyubanov, people’s expectations in terms of digitalization are as follows: elimination of inequality in medicine (including consultations, remote appointments with a doctor), education, calls to emergency services, government services, and remote work. “Digital is a tool to overcome other inequalities,” he said.

Anatoly Dyubanov also expressed his opinion regarding the program for eliminating the digital divide in the country. He called this process large-scale, however, in the opinion of most regions, the result of this project was, figuratively speaking, an expensive Rolls-Royce in small settlements with a population of 250-500 people: “It’s standing, but we didn’t give gasoline, we have not brought the possibility of digital communication to the households themselves. This question will have to be answered."

There was a voice at the conference Ryazan region– the speakers of the first panel were asked a question about import substitution in ICT. According to a representative of a Ryazan IT company, too little is said about what technologies the digital economy is built on, and now these are mainly Western vendors.

To this, the Minister of Digital Development replied that miracles do not happen, and we, as a deeply informatized country, cannot substitute imports with a click. However, this “question is acute.”

According to Ermolaev, Moscow is investing, in particular, in Russian analytical tools, predictive analytics, and working with Yandex on big data analysis technologies.