Graduate School of Economics Miam. Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering. Department of Computer Engineering

Rector Bykov Dmitry Vasilievich Location Moscow Site http://miem.edu.ru/

Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (Technical University)  - State Technical University in Moscow, founded in the city. Former name - Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering (MIEM). The Institute trains engineering and scientific personnel in the field of electronics, computer engineering, mathematics and telecommunications.

Classes are held in two buildings. The first is located in the Kitay-Gorod metro area, at 3 B. Trekhsvyatitelsky per., 109028, Moscow, Russia. The second is located in the Paveletskaya metro area at Moscow, ul. Malaya Pionerskaya, d. 12.

Currently at MIEM:

• More than 3 thousand students study at 6 faculties.
• In postgraduate and doctoral studies, candidates of sciences are trained in 25 specialties of the physical, mathematical, technical and philosophical sciences, as well as in art history.
• 6 dissertation Councils accept for defense candidate and doctoral dissertations in 15 specialties.

MIEM has always been famous for the fundamental training of students in mathematics and physics, which are the basis of modern engineering and technology. In the field of computer engineering and information technology, changes are happening so rapidly that the applied knowledge acquired by students over the years of study has time to become outdated. A good foundation of theoretical and practical training in the field of natural sciences allows university graduates to quickly adapt to all changes in engineering and technology. The school of mathematics at the institute is one of the strongest among engineering universities in the country.

Faculties

• Faculty of Electronics (PE)
• Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering (AVT)
• Faculty of Informatics and Telecommunications (FIT)
• Faculty of Applied Mathematics (FPM)
• Faculty of Economics and Mathematics (FEM)
• Evening Faculty (VF)

Centers and Associations

• Educational-methodical association for education in the field of applied mathematics and quality management.
• Testing center for displaying information "Elite".
• Distance Learning Center.
• Educational and Scientific Center "Modern Information Technologies and Mathematical Education".
• Educational-scientific center "Technical means of object protection".
• Center for Advanced Studies "New mathematical technology."
• Student Innovation and Research Center.
• Training center of the company "Motorola".
• ZyXEL authorized training center.
• Training center of the company "Synopsis".
• European Center for Quality.

Famous graduates

• Bakshtein, Joseph Markovich - art critic, art critic. Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art (Moscow)
• Mavrodi, Sergey Panteleevich - founder of MMM, which through its activities caused material damage to millions of its depositors in the early 1990s
• Yakubovich, Leonid Arkadevich (only a few courses were unlearned) - actor, host of the Field of Miracles program
• Tikhonov Alexander Nikolaevich - From 1998 to 2000 - Minister of Education of the Russian Federation.
• Kovalev, Nikolai Dmitrievich - Russian politician and intelligence officer, director of the FSB in 1996-1998. Army General (1997)
• Dzhan Khan-Magomedov - Director of the Regional Public Center for Internet Technologies, one of the founders of the Russian Internet
•   - General Director of the Russian Agency for Management Systems (June 1999 - April 2002)

References

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2017: Launch of the InfoWatch scholarship program

On September 4, 2017, InfoWatch Group of Companies (GK) announced the launch of a scholarship program at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (MIEM NRU HSE), which aims to support and develop the intellectual and creative potential of students of technical specialties in areas of information security.

According to Natalia Kasperskaya, InfoWatch Group President, InfoWatch scholarships will be awarded annually to the best second and third year university students who are interested in IT. Following the results of the three stages of the competition, 10 university students will be selected annually, the best of whom will become direct fellows of the company, and several more will remain in the reserve of the program.

One of the main goals of the InfoWatch scholarship is to support the profile training of highly qualified personnel in the field of information security, ”said Natalya Kasperskaya, president of the InfoWatch group of companies. - Despite the fact that everyone knows about the importance of information security in the modern digital world, Russia still experiences personnel shortages in this area. I hope that our scholarship will help talented students who are interested in information security and related fields to develop their knowledge and skills, and continue to conduct research activities. I am particularly pleased that MIEM students will become scholarship holders of the company, and InfoWatch will thus support the high reputation of my native alma mater.

Students who study at the budget department of MIEM NRU HSE and do not have ratings below “Good” in the last two (before the competition) modules of the year can participate in the InfoWatch scholarship program. In addition, the applicant will have to write a project work on one of nine topics: computer networks, microcontrollers and robotics, the Internet of things, information security, wireless sensor networks, programming for the Internet, applications for mobile devices, quantum algorithms, mathematical modeling and optimization. The selection of candidates will be handled by a special commission, which will include representatives of InfoWatch and program coordinators from the HSE MIEM. Each finalist of the competition will receive 15 thousand rubles a month during the year.

In 2016, Natalya Kasperskaya and the management of MIEM NRU HSE signed a framework agreement on cooperation between the company and the university. The launch of the scholarship program was the next stage in the development of integrated cooperation between InfoWatch Group of Companies and the Higher School of Economics and Economics. The plans for 2018 under the cooperation agreement determine the creation at MIEM NRU HSE of a specialized department of information security, whose graduates should in the future form the intellectual core of InfoWatch Group of Companies.

Training of specialists in the field of information technology, including protection and security, is a priority task, the solution of which in the near future will be the main focus. In this regard, cooperation with InfoWatch Group of Companies is considered by MIEM as a driver of one of the strategic directions of the university’s development, ”said MIEM Director of the Higher School of Economics, Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences

In the modern world, higher education is no longer considered a luxury. This is a necessity. Only thanks to him, people get prestigious positions, work in complex but interesting fields of activity. Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM) invites applicants to study and lay the foundation of their future career.

The beginning of the way

In the late 1920s, a university appeared in the country, thanks to which MIEM now exists. An educational institution was opened in the capital and called the evening machine-building institute. He trained specialists for several decades. In 1962, the history of a new educational organization began. The Institute of Electronic Engineering was founded on the basis of the Engineering Institute. It was from him in the future that a modern university was formed.

The Institute of Electronic Engineering quickly gained interest among applicants. In just a couple of years, the competition at this university was one of the highest in the capital. Under the name of the Institute of Electronic Engineering, the educational institution operated until 1993. Then it was renamed the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics.

Change and organizational structure

Important changes in the history of the institution occurred in 2011. A document was received from higher authorities, according to which it was required to include MIEM in the Higher School of Economics, which is a National Research University. This has been accomplished.

Now let's talk about the organizational structure. There are 3 faculties in a higher educational institution. They are called departments. Here is a list of their profiles:

• electronic engineering;
• applied math;
• computer engineering.

Department of Electronic Engineering

This division in Electronics and Mathematics of the HSE appeared in 2015. It was opened as a result of combining several departments that previously existed at the university. The Department of Electronic Engineering offers quality education. The advantages of the unit are not only the availability of qualified teaching staff. An important advantage is the work of 10 educational laboratories with modern technology.

At the undergraduate level of this department, only one area of \u200b\u200bstudy is offered - “Infocommunication technologies and communication systems”. It is interesting and useful, as it relates to a developing sector of the economy. The university seeks to train highly qualified specialists on it, which is why when building training, the experience of leading world educational institutions is taken into account.

Department of Applied Mathematics

The named department, now working at the Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, began its history in 1968. A faculty of the same name was created at a higher educational institution. During its development, its name changed; additional departments were included in its composition. In 2015, the faculty became a department, i.e., took its real name.

Both in the past and in the present, the department under consideration is a demanded structural unit. It attracted applicants then and is now interested, because only here are trained mathematicians who can solve various problems using mathematical methods, models, and automation tools.

The department at the Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics also offers one thing at the undergraduate level. This is “Applied Mathematics”. Training in this area is well thought out. For high-quality training of specialists, university staff divided the program into 3 blocks. One of them is the study of mathematics and physics, the second involves quality training in information technology and programming, and the third is aimed at practical work.

Department of Computer Engineering

In 2015, the Department of Computer Engineering appeared at the Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM). It includes departments related to information and communication technologies, computer systems and networks, information technology and automated systems.

At the bachelor's degree in computer engineering, a training direction is proposed related to computer science and computer engineering. Here they teach to develop software, work with software and hardware of computer technology, create computer simulation systems.

: MIEM NRU HSE Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics HSE (MIEM HSE)

The Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics began its history in 1929, when the Moscow Evening Engineering Institute was formed. In 1962, he was reorganized into the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering, whose main task was to train specialists in the electronic industry. A distinctive feature of MIEM was the new program of mathematical training, which was allocated 2 times more hours than in other universities. In 2012, MIEM was included in the Higher School of Economics, which opened a new page in the history of the institute.

Modern MIEM consists of 3 faculties (“Electronics and Telecommunications”, “Information Technologies and Computing Technology” and “Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics”), a design department and 4 general institute departments - higher mathematics, physics, physical chemistry and ecology, foreign languages. In addition, there are educational research laboratories. MIEM trains specialists in the fields of electronics, information technology, telecommunications, applied mathematics, cybernetics and design.

Admission to the MIEM NRU HSE is based on the Unified State Exam scores contest in general secondary subjects. For those entering the design department, an additional creative test is provided. The results of the first introductory campaign at MIEM HSE in 2012 are as follows: 351 applicants became university students; the average score for one subject of the exam was 72.9; the highest average score - 84.3 - was recorded in the field of training “Applied Informatics”. As for the average mark in three subjects, most of all it was necessary to score in the following areas of training: “Applied Informatics” - 241 points, “Computer Security” - 223 points and 215 points for the design department.

At MIEM there is an evening physical and mathematical school-lyceum for gifted children, where schoolchildren can study for free, starting from the 7th grade. To enroll, you must pass the entrance exams. On the basis of the school-lyceum, preparatory courses work, at which everyone can get ready to enter and study at MIEM. Classes are held in mathematics, physics, computer science and the Russian language. All lectures are given by university teachers. Students from grades 9 to 11 are accepted. Tuition is paid.

In addition, on the basis of several lyceums and gymnasiums in Moscow and the Moscow Region, there are specialized and specialized classes of the MIEM NRU HSE, in which training is free, but for admission it is necessary to pass entrance exams.

For nonresident students, places are provided in one of the 6 hostels. Accommodation is paid. There is a special “budget rate” for students of budget departments (according to 2012, the payment is 55 rubles per month), for “payers” the cost is much higher (from July 1, 2012 - 4800 rubles per month). In addition to students in the hostel, applicants can also live on a paid basis during the entrance exams, graduate students and members of conferences held by the Higher School of Economics.

Since the Higher School of Economics has its own military department, all MIEM students can also take military training courses and become reserve officers.

In addition to basic higher education at MIEM, you can get a second higher education, take professional retraining and advanced training courses. There is also the possibility of distance learning thanks to the online program.

According to an independent study by the job search portal, MIEM graduates occupy one of the leading places in the ranking of the highest salaries in the IT field.

Official website of MIEM NRU HSE.

Which led him from the moment of foundation until 1987. When created, it was called "Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering". Subsequently, it was called "Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics."

The Institute trains specialists, bachelors and masters in electronics, information technology, telecommunications, computer engineering, applied mathematics, cybernetics and design.

Until 2015, it was located in two buildings. The first was located in the vicinity of the Kitay-Gorod metro station at 109028, Moscow, B. Trekhsvyatitelsky per., 3. The second in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Paveletskaya metro station at Moscow, ul. Malaya Pionerskaya, d. 12.

In November 2014, the construction of a new building in Strogino was completed.

Since the 2015 school year, classes have been held in the new building in Strogino at the following address: 34 Tallinskaya

Story

By mid-April 1962, the government was preparing a decree on the development of radio electronics in the country. However, the State Committee for Electronic Industry of the USSR (chairman A. I. Shokin) did not have “its own university”, which would train specialists with a special purpose in its organization. The Machine-Building Institute proposed to create the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering on its basis. The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the RSFSR agreed and included in the draft Resolution a clause on the creation of a new institute on the basis of the MVMI. The resolution was issued on April 12, 1962.

Since 2015, MIEM has received the status of the global faculty of the Higher School of Economics.

Faculties and departments

Currently, MIEM includes 3 faculties (departments):

• Department of Applied Mathematics
  • Department of Applied Mathematics
  • Department of Cybernetics
  • Department of Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling
  • Department of Computer Security

• Department of Electronic Engineering
  • Department of Electronics and Nanoelectronics
  • Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
  • Department of Microsystem Engineering, Materials Science and Technology
  • Department of Engineering and Machine Graphics

• Department of Computer Engineering
  • Department of Computing Systems and Networks
  • Department of Information Technology and Automated Systems
  • Department of Information and Communication Technologies

• Institutional departments:
  • Department of Higher Mathematics,
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Physical Chemistry and Ecology
  • Department of Foreign Languages

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Excerpt from the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics

Shortly after the Rostovs arrived in St. Petersburg, Berg made an offer to Vera, and his offer was accepted.
  Despite the fact that in Moscow the Rostovs belonged to high society, without knowing it and not thinking about which society they belonged to, in St. Petersburg their society was mixed and indefinite. In St. Petersburg they were provincials to whom the very people who, without asking them what society they belonged to, fed the Rostovs in Moscow.
The Rostovs in St. Petersburg lived as hospitable as they did in Moscow, and a wide variety of people came together at their dinners: neighbors on Otradnoye, old poor landowners with daughters and a maid of honor Peronskaya, Pierre Bezukhov and the son of the district postmaster who served in St. Petersburg. Of the men, Boris, Pierre, who, having met on the street, was dragged by an old count, and Berg, who spent all his days with the Rostovs and paid the senior countess Vera such attention as a young man could become householders in the Rostovs house in St. Petersburg intending to make an offer.
  No wonder Berg showed everyone his right arm wounded in the Battle of Austerlitz and held the completely unnecessary sword in his left. He so persistently and with such significance told this event to everyone that everyone believed in the expediency and dignity of this act, and Berg received two awards for Austerlitz.
  In the Finnish War, he also managed to excel. He picked up a fragment of a grenade with which the adjutant was killed near the commander-in-chief and brought this fragment to the chief. As well as after Austerlitz, he so long and persistently told everyone about this event that everyone also believed that it was necessary to do this, and for the Finnish War Berg received two awards. In the 19th year, he was a captain of the guard with orders and occupied some special advantageous places in St. Petersburg.
  Although some freethinkers smiled when they talked about Berg's merits, it was impossible not to agree that Berg was a good, brave officer, on the excellent account of his superiors, and a moral young man with a brilliant career ahead and even a solid position in society.
  Four years ago, meeting with a German comrade on the ground of the Moscow theater, Berg pointed him at Vera Rostov and said in German: “Das soll mein Weib werden”, [She should be my wife,] and from that moment decided to marry her. Now, in St. Petersburg, realizing Rostov’s position and his own, he decided that the time had come and made an offer.
Berg's proposal was first accepted with unflattering perplexity for him. At first it seemed strange that the son of a dark, Livonian nobleman was making an offer to Countess Rostova; but the main property of Berg’s character was such naive and good-natured egoism that involuntarily the Rostovs thought that it would be good if he himself was so firmly convinced that it was good and even very good. Moreover, Rostov’s affairs were very upset, which the groom could not have known, and most importantly, Vera was 24 years old, she traveled everywhere, and despite the fact that she was undoubtedly good and reasonable, no one had ever offered her . Consent has been given.
  “You see,” Berg said to his friend, whom he called a friend only because he knew that all people had friends. - You see, I realized all this, and I would not get married if I had not considered everything, and for some reason this would have been inconvenient. And now, on the contrary, my dad and mom are now provided, I arranged this rental for them in the Ostsee region, and I can live in Petersburg with my salary, with her condition and with my accuracy. You can live well. I’m not getting married for money, I think it is ignoble, but it is necessary that the wife bring her own, and her husband. I have a service - she has connections and small means. It means something like that in our time, right? And most importantly, she is a beautiful, respectable girl and loves me ...
  Berg blushed and smiled.
  - And I love her, because she has a reasonable character - very good. Here is her other sister - one surname, and a completely different, and unpleasant character, and no mind, and that kind of, you know? ... It’s unpleasant ... And my bride ... Here you come to us ... - Berg continued, he wanted to say dinner, but thought it over and said, "drink tea," and, piercing it quickly with his tongue, let out a round, small ring of tobacco smoke, which fully embodied his dreams of happiness.
Near the first sense of perplexity excited in the parents by Berg’s proposal, the usual festivity and joy in such cases were introduced into the family, but the joy was not sincere, but external. Confusion and modesty were noticeable in the feelings of relatives regarding this wedding. As if they were ashamed now that they had little faith in Vera, and now they were so eager to get it off hand. Most of all, the old count was confused. He probably would not have been able to name what was the cause of his embarrassment, and the reason was his money affairs. He absolutely did not know what he had, how many debts he had and what he would be able to give to Vera as a dowry. When the daughters were born, each was assigned 300 souls in a dowry; but one of these villages was already sold, the other was mortgaged and so expired that it had to be sold, so it was impossible to give the estate. There was no money either.
  For more than a month, Berg was the groom and only a week remained before the wedding, and the count had not yet decided with him the question of the dowry and had not spoken about it with his wife. The count either wanted to separate Vera the Ryazan estate, then he wanted to sell the forest, then borrow money on a bill. A few days before the wedding, Berg entered the count's office early in the morning and with a pleasant smile respectfully asked the future father-in-law to announce to him what would be given to Countess Vera. The count was so embarrassed at this long-anticipated question that he thoughtlessly said the first thing that occurred to him.
  - I love that I took care, I love, you will be satisfied ...
  And he, patting Berg on the shoulder, stood up, wanting to end the conversation. But Berg, smiling pleasantly, explained that if he did not know correctly what would be given for Faith, and did not receive forward, although part of what was assigned to her, he would be forced to refuse.
  “Because, judge, count, if I had now allowed myself to get married without certain means to support my wife, I would have acted meanly ...”
  The conversation ended with the count, wanting to be generous and not subject to new requests, said that he would issue a bill of 80 thousand. Berg smiled meekly, kissed the count on the shoulder and said that he was very grateful, but he couldn’t get into a new life now without having received 30 thousand with pure money. “At least 20 thousand, Count,” he added; - and the bill then only 60 thousand.
  “Yes, yes, good,” said the earl in a tongue twister, “only excuse me, my friend, I will give 20 thousand, and the bill also for 80 thousand.” So then, kiss me.

Natasha was 16 years old, and was 1809, the same one until which she counted Boris on the fingers four years ago after she kissed him. Since then, she has never seen Boris. Before Sonya and her mother, when the conversation turned to Boris, she spoke quite freely, as if it had been decided that all that was before was childishness, which was not worth talking about, and which had long been forgotten. But in the most secret depths of her soul, the question of whether the commitment to Boris was a joke or an important, binding promise tormented her.
  Since Boris went to the army from Moscow in 1805, he has not seen the Rostovs. Several times he was in Moscow, drove near Otradnoye, but he had never been to the Rostovs.
  Sometimes it occurred to Natasha that he did not want to see her, and these conjectures of her were confirmed by the sad tone that the elders spoke of him:
  “In this century, old friends are not remembered,” said the countess, following the mention of Boris.
  Anna Mikhailovna, who was recently less likely to visit the Rostovs, also behaved in a particularly dignified manner, and each time enthusiastically and gratefully spoke about the merits of her son and the brilliant career he was on. When the Rostovs arrived in St. Petersburg, Boris came to visit them.
  He went to them not without excitement. The memory of Natasha was Boris's most poetic memory. But at the same time, he rode with the firm intention to make it clear to both her and her relatives that the childhood relationship between him and Natasha could not be an obligation either for her or for him. He had a brilliant position in society, thanks to intimacy with Countess Bezukhova, a brilliant position in the service, thanks to the patronage of an important person, whose trust he fully enjoyed, and he had nascent plans to marry one of the richest brides of St. Petersburg, which could very easily be realized . When Boris entered the Rostovs living room, Natasha was in her room. Upon learning of his arrival, she flushed almost run into the living room, beaming more than a gentle smile.
  Boris remembered that Natasha in a short dress, with black eyes shining from under a curl and with a desperate, childish laugh that he knew 4 years ago, and therefore, when a completely different Natasha came in, he was embarrassed, and his face expressed enthusiastic surprise. This expression on his face pleased Natasha.
  - What, do you recognize your little friend minx? Said the countess. Boris kissed Natasha’s hand and said that he was surprised at the change in her.
“How prettier you are!”
  “You would!” Answered Natasha's laughing eyes.
  - Did dad get old? She asked. Natasha sat down and, without entering into a conversation between Boris and the countess, silently examined her child's fiance to the smallest detail. He felt the weight of this stubborn, affectionate look and occasionally glanced at her.
  The uniform, spurs, tie, Boris's hairstyle, all this was the most fashionable and comme il faut [quite decent]. This is now noticed by Natasha. He sat a little sideways on the armchair next to the countess, adjusting with his right hand the clean, drenched glove on his left, spoke with a special, refined pursion of lips about the amusements of the higher Petersburg light, and with gentle mockery recalled the past Moscow times and Moscow friends. It was not by chance that Natasha felt this, he mentioned, referring to the high aristocracy, about the ball of the messenger he was at, about invitations to NN and to SS.
Natasha sat silently all the time, looking at him from underneath. This look, more and more, bothered and embarrassed Boris. He often looked back at Natasha and interrupted in stories. He sat no more than 10 minutes and stood up, bowing. All the same curious, provocative and somewhat mocking eyes looked at him. After his first visit, Boris told himself that Natasha was just as attractive to him as before, but that he should not give in to this feeling, because marrying her - a girl with almost no condition - would be the death of his career, and renewing a relationship without the goal of marriage would be an ignoble act. Boris decided on his own to avoid meeting with Natasha, but despite this decision, he arrived a few days later and began to travel often and spend whole days with the Rostovs. It seemed to him that he needed to communicate with Natasha, tell her that everything old should be forgotten, that, in spite of everything ... she could not be his wife, that he had no fortune, and she would never be given for him. But he did not succeed and it was awkward to begin this explanation. Every day he became more and more confused. Natasha, according to the remarks of her mother and Sonya, seemed, according to the old woman, in love with Boris. She sang his favorite songs to him, showed him her album, made him write to him, did not allow him to remember the old, letting her know how beautiful the new was; and every day he drove away in a fog, not saying what he intended to say, not knowing himself what he was doing and why he was coming, and how it would end. Boris stopped visiting Helen, received reproachful notes from her every day, and still spent whole days with the Rostovs.

One evening, when the old countess, sighing and clucking, in a night cap and blouse, without false letters, and with one poor tuft of hair protruding from under a white, knee-cap bonnet, laid down the earthly bows of evening prayer on the rug, her door creaked, and shoes on bare feet, also in a blouse and in papillots, Natasha ran in. The countess looked around and frowned. She read her last prayer: “Will I really have this coffin?” Her prayer mood was destroyed. Natasha, red, lively, seeing her mother in prayer, suddenly stopped on her run, sat down and involuntarily stuck out her tongue, threatening herself. Noticing that the mother continued the prayer, she tiptoed up to the bed, quickly slipping one small leg against the other, slipping off her shoes and jumping onto that bed, for which the countess was afraid that he was not her coffin. This bed was high, feather-bed, with five ever-decreasing pillows. Natasha jumped up, drowned in a feather-bed, rolled over to the wall and began to fiddle under the covers, laying down, bending her knees to her chin, kicking her legs and laughing a little audibly, now closing with her head, now looking at her mother. The countess finished the prayer and with a stern face went to bed; but, seeing that Natasha was closed with her head, she smiled with her kind, weak smile.