"Mathematical Modeling and IT" Spring School ended in MAI

On May 29, the Spring shift of the II Youth School "Mathematical Modeling and IT" ended at the Yaropolets Health and Training Center of Moscow Aviation Institute. The organizers of the school are the MAI IT-Center, Institute No.8 "Computer Science and Applied Mathematics", Competence Centers "Mathematical Modeling", "Energy Systems" and "Unmanned Aircraft Systems" with the support of the Russian career guidance and training program "Elevator to the Future".

42 students from different MAI institutes took part in it. They joined 13 project teams that worked over five thematic tracks. Expert support was provided by more than 30 highly qualified specialists and IT-managers. During these 10 days, they created solutions for six topical cases, took part in seminars and workshops from leading IT companies.

“This year, the guys worked on real cases from MTS, Aeromax, MAI IT-Center under an agreement with BEAC, the Competence Centers "Energy Systems" and "Mathematical Modeling". The strong professional competence of the participants allowed the teams to present original and sufficiently developed solutions in the area of mathematical and neural network models, the formation and processing of datasets and visualization of simulation results, as well as XR applications for aviation systems. For more effective work in teams, the guys were offered trainings on leadership and team building, time management and personal effectiveness," says Maria Bulakina, director of the MAI IT-Center. “The participants noted that the program forced them out of their comfort zone and taught them to find effective forms of working on projects under the conditions of limited resources.”

As Maria Bulakina noted, the possibilities of finalizing and implementing the results of the solution into business processes will be considered by the case directors, and the results of flood research projects on Russian rivers will be presented in the form of scientific articles and published.

“The plans for the future include the development of projects in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the MAI IT Center and Competence Centers,” she added.

Cases and winners

In the case from the Aeromax Company, whose task was to increase the productivity of UAS for agricultural purposes, the "QuadroDog" team won: Evgeny Doronin (Institute No.6 "Aerospace"), Alexander Vasilyev (Institute No.8) and Kira Kalyamina (Institute No.8).

The purpose of the case from MTS was to develop an algorithm for a recommendation service with integration with third-party products into the ecosystem. Here the victory was won by the team of "MK2S" students of the Institute No.8: Ksenia Pavlova, Konstantin Stenin, Mark Zverev, Alexandra Igitova.

MAI Competence Center "Mathematical Modeling" offered a case study on software development based on the AI/ML approach for predicting the failure of individual components of aviation systems. The best solution here was proposed by the "SLAM" team of the Institute No.8: Emil Orozbakiev, Sergey Simonov, Maria Lagutkina and Alexey Ryabykin.

In the case of the MAI IT-Center, as part of the contract with the SBER Company, it was necessary to develop a concept and a framework for generating hydrological situation forecasts on the rivers of the Far East using mathematical modeling and AI/ML methods. The best solution was proposed by the "Sbercard" team: Alice Lee (Institute No.8), Maria Alekseeva (Institute No.8) and Maxim Blinov (Institute No.3 "Control Systems, Informatics and Electric Power Engineering").

In the case from the MAI Competence Center "Energy Systems", the participants developed a simulator application that implements a multi-user mode within the framework of VR/AR technology. The winner was the "Virtual Roaring" team: Timofey Berdikin (Institute No.8), Egor Suraveikin (Institute No.3) and Vsevolod Katermin (Institute No.8). The same team received a prize for success in the cultural and sports program of the school.

The Audience Award in another case from the Aeromax Company went to the “Women's Forum” team: Elizaveta Khvoshnyanskaya (Institute No.8), Anna Egorova (Institute No.8) and Daria Sosova (Institute No.6). The girls, among other teams, had to consider various scenarios for the use of UAS for the delivery of medicines, goods, books and other goods in rural or urban areas and determine the optimal one.

About the School

The program of the Spring School is aimed at mathematical and 3D modeling competence development, forecasting, flaw detection, creation of digital models, 3D scanning and recognition. For the successful implementation of projects for the participants of the school, a computing infrastructure with remote access to the “Sheldon” supercomputer was deployed for the tasks of modeling and training neural networks.