Students of 56 CIS universities will present options for digitalization of fuel and energy complex and MSC

The main areas of the engineering championship were geological exploration, metallurgy, petrochemistry and electric power industry.

The first qualifying stage the international engineering championship "Case-in" It opened on the grounds of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) on Tuesday. The participants of the championship will present their options for digitalization of production to the largest companies in the Russian Federation, such as Sibur and Alrosa, a TASS correspondent reports from the opening ceremony.

As part of the international engineering Case-in championship, students from leading technical universities in Russia and the CIS solve problems based on real-world production situations. TPU received the right to open the VII season of the Case-in Student League on February 26, as in 2018 the university students won the final of the competition.

TPU became the first venue where the qualifying stage of the championship was held. By May this year, the qualifying stages of the championship will be held in 55 more universities in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.

As the Deputy Director General of the autonomous non-profit organization "Russia - the land of Opportunities" announced at the ceremony Vladislav Davankov This year, "Case-in" became one of the 16 projects of the platform. "The task of digitalization and transition to new technologies has been set at the state level. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that the country's competitiveness depends on this. However, personnel and highly qualified specialists are needed to achieve this task."- he noted.

Source: TASS