Nizhny Novgorod students became winners of the "CASE-IN" championship

Nizhny Novgorod students became the winners of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the direction of "Digital Atom". The project is included in the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities" and is implemented using a presidential grant. Future IT and nuclear industry specialists of the Nizhny Novgorod region have developed the best prototype of a digital system for remote immersion of new employees in the environment of the state corporation.

The system, developed by Nizhny Novgorod students, will hospitably welcome an employee within the walls of the Rosatom State Corporation, tell them about employees, internal rules, upcoming events, and even show a detailed layout of buildings. The virtual assistant Botya knows everything about the company.

Tatiana Borodina, 3rd year student of the Department of Computer Science and Control Systems of the R.E. Alekseev NSTU: "He helps the employee by not just answering any questions. And it really helps to adapt. He helps to find contacts of some people, helps to find this or that place. That is, it has quite a lot of functionality." 

The jury of the engineering championship noted both the way employees were encouraged and communicated.

Timofey Karklin, 3rd year student of the Department of Computer Science and Control Systems of the R.E. Alekseev NSTU: "Someone helped a person or did something for him, he can send to this system "yes, thank you, thank you to such and such a person. Thank you very much." And the boss sees it, the management sees it. And points are added to the person for teamwork, and this can already be evaluated somehow." 

In addition, the system created specifically for Rosatom is secure, it can work in a closed network. This is important for the largest state-owned enterprises with special treatment.

By the way, this is not the first experience of participating in the engineering championship for NSTU students. Last year we took the 3rd place in the qualifying stage. And this year, it's already a well-deserved 1st. The team includes experts from nuclear energy, economics, and the IT industry. They have created a system that has no direct analogues.

Artem Korolev, founder and co-chairman of the International Engineering Championship "CASE IN": "CASE-IN is a social elevator for future engineers. This is really a platform that allows students to orient themselves in their career, learn more about the activities of industry companies, and how the fuel and energy and mineral resources complex functions. Starting from the first year, students can think about how to properly build their professional and career trajectory, choosing those areas, those cases, those companies within the framework of the championship that are most interesting to them." 

The competition consisted of three stages. Even at the selection stage, students prepared the basic model of the system, and at the next ones they completed tasks from the jury and experts on finalizing projects. 14 teams from specialized universities of the country reached the final. The winners will go on a working tour of the Rosatom enterprise on the Kola Peninsula. 

Alexander Seryshev, a 5th-year student at the Institute of Nuclear Energy and Technical Physics of the R.E. Alekseev NSTU: "Since this is related to my field, it will be quite interesting to see what I have previously seen only in pictures and videos and heard from other people's words. To see the production capacity that is being forged in the bowels of our country." 

In addition, the best participants of the Student League championship will be able to complete internships and internships at leading industry companies, as well as receive benefits for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at 20 partner universities. 

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