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Details Zoom Recommended for: 3-4th year/Specialist’s program 3-4th year/Bachelor’s program Teachers Vassili Kolokoltsov Kirill Sokolov

Joint Seminar of the Department of Probability Theory & Vega Foundation

Details Teachers Shiryaev Albert Nikolayevich Kirill Klimov Mikhail Zhitlukhin

Introduction to Blockchain and Decentralized Finance

Details Offline / Zoom Recommended for: 3-5th year/Specialist’s program 3-4th year/Bachelor’s program 1st year/Master’s program Teachers Dean Fantazzini Rostislav Berezovskiy Anatoly Krestenko

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15 july The Fund “Institute ‘Vega’” at the Panel Discussion “Effective Business Models: How to Monetize Science”

07 october Статья с аффилиацией Фонда в научном журнале Банка России.

19 october Launch of the Global Seminar in the new academic year

The Global Seminar returns from summer break and resumes for the 2023/24 academic year.

22 august Apply for the Foundation's special courses in Fall 2023

On September 11, the Fall cycle of special courses of the Vega Institute Foundation in fundamental mathematics and mathematical finance starts. Courses are held online, with free access for students of Russian universities. You can register for the course until October 9 inclusive.

13 july Applications are open to the 4th International Summer School

From July 14th to August 8th, undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply to the 4th International Summer School in Financial Mathematics.

18 april Applications for the All-Russian Seminar "Selected Issues in Financial Mathematics" are now open

31 march The results of the additional selection to the research groups were announced

In the spring semester of 2023, twenty-three more students will join the Foundation's research groups.

17 march Application call for extra spots in Student Research Groups is open

From March 17 to March 22 students who wish to join the work of student research groups of the Vega Institute Foundation can apply for extra spots in Spring 2023.

28 february Winter scientific trip of the Foundation: a new tradition

In the period from February 24 to February 26, a scientific trip took place near Yaroslavl for the first time, timed to coincide with the reporting events of student research groups following the results of the fall semester.

15 february What is Mathematical Finance about?

On Wednesday, February 22, a new project starts as part of the Early Stream program.

18 january Enrollment for the Foundation's special courses in the spring of 2023 is open

On February 06, 2023, the spring cycle of special courses of the Vega Institute Foundation in fundamental mathematics and mathematical finance starts.

14 december Winter QUANTATON started in Sirius

On Sunday, December 11, the opening of the 2nd Chernomorskaya School of Financial Mathematics for students of Russian universities took place, it will be held in a unique quantaton format. The school was co-organized by the Vega Institute Foundation and Sirius University.

15 november Start of the Early Stream Program

On Thursday, November 17, Chief Executive Officer, Head of Quantitative research of VTB Bank, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Kirill Klimov will open a series of review lectures for 2nd year students of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University.

19 october On Wednesday, October 19, the first meeting was held as part of the regular Seminar of the Department of Probability Theory of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, organized with the support of the Vega Institute Foundation.

On Wednesday, October 19, the first meeting was held as part of the regular Seminar of the Department of Probability Theory of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, organized with the support of the Vega Institute Foundation.

17 october Start of selection for the winter school in partnership with Sirius University

From October 17 to November 10 inclusive, applications are being accepted for participation in the winter school “QUANTATON 2022: 2nd Chernomorskaya School in Financial Mathematics”

15 october Student scientific groups began work in the new season

In the fall semester 2022, 5 student research groups will conduct their work under the guidance of leading experts from the scientific world and industry. 37 selected students became members of the groups. Competition in groups reached 2 people per place.<br>

29 september Global Seminar kicks off in October

On Tuesday, October 4, the new season of the "Global Seminar" project will start under the supervision of Yuri M. Kabanov, Scientific Director of the Vega Institute Foundation.

20 september Demo day of student scientific groups

On Saturday, September 24, as part of the upcoming selection campaign, a series of meetings-presentations of student research groups of the Vega Institute Foundation will be held, which are designed to help students decide on their choice of research.

29 august A film about the House in Komarovka was shown at the closing of the Summer School

On Saturday, August 27, the closing ceremony of the 3rd International Summer School in Financial Mathematics of the Vega Institute Foundation took place

26 august MathPitch as a place for the exchange of students' scientific ideas

The participants of the 3rd International Summer School in Financial Mathematics for senior students spoke about their research in the framework of the MathPitch pilot project.

About us

Vega Institute Foundation is a joint project of Lomonosov Moscow State University and VTB Group.

The Foundation’s primary goals are the support for and advancement of financial mathematics school in Russia as well as the training of highly skilled professionals for the financial industry. We aspire to bring together the student, academic, and business communities.

Vega Institute Foundation was established in late 2020, and by spring of 2021 several specialized courses were made available to the students. The Institute aims its activities at students from all over Russia. In April 2021, Vega Institute together with Sirius Mathematics Center in Sochi, successfully organized and ran the Black Sea School on New Developments in Mathematical Finance.

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