Strategic Technological Projects Launched at HSE University
HSE University has launched a few strategic technological projects aimed at achieving the institution’s target development model. These projects focus on creating a portfolio of innovative products and services that fall under three key areas: socio-economic, science, and technology foresight, as well as 6G communication technologies and artificial intelligence.
The strategic technological projects are part of HSE University’s Development Programme for 2025–2036, which won the Priority 2030 strategic academic leadership competition.
In 2025, HSE University launched three strategic technological projects:
National Centre of Science, Technology and Socio-Economic Foresight led by First Vice Rector Leonid Gokhberg;
Trusted 6G Communication Systems Technology Suite headed by Evgeny Koucheryavy, Director of the Telecommunications Research Institute at the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM);
Multi-Agent AI Platform for Sectoral Solutions run by Deputy Vice Rector Elena Kozhina.
These Strategic Technological Projects (STPs) have been designed in response to current challenges and are grounded in the academic and technological foundations established through previous strategic projects carried out between 2021 and 2024. Key features of the STPs include their interdisciplinary nature, a focus on developing world-class domestic technologies in collaboration with industry partners, and the commercialisation of innovative solutions.
Each project brings together interdisciplinary research teams from various HSE University departments and campuses. These teams have demonstrated a high level of technical expertise and have developed plans to transfer and commercialise their innovations.
Among the high-tech solutions currently under development are online services built on the digital Spectrum platform. These tools allow users to access data on various aspects of socio-economic, scientific, and technological development through adaptable analytics and visualisation tools. Another area of work involves creating information products to support adaptation to natural and climate risks. This includes databases on hazardous natural events and an automated service for assessing climate risks and developing adaptation strategies. One more product under development is SmartMLOps, a corporate information system by HSE’s Faculty of Computer Science. It is designed to build, test, and deploy digital services powered by AI technologies.
Several new scientific and technological initiatives have also received support within the STP framework, including the development of technologies for designing and manufacturing domestically produced 6G communication equipment. These activities are based at the Telecommunications Research Institute, which was established in 2024 as part of the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM). Another major focus of the STPs is the development of an infrastructure for a domestic electronic component base. This will be built on an inter-sectoral digital platform enabling a full cycle of designing, prototyping, and debugging of 6G communication technologies.
HSE Vice Rector
‘HSE University ranks among the leaders of the Priority 2030 programme in terms of technological advancement. The university has set an ambitious goal to significantly boost its technological leadership index—primarily by increasing the volume of technology commercialisation. Achieving this calls for the comprehensive transformation of not only research activities, but of the university as a whole. Strategic technological projects are at the forefront of this transformation. Innovative solutions developed by our teams will be implemented in companies across various sectors of the economy and within the university itself, reinforcing its technological leadership and advancing its target development model.’
For more information about these projects and their outcomes, please visit the Strategic Technological Projects portal of HSE University (in Russian).
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