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KSUAE student team entered the world top 20 in cybersecurity

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KSUAE student team entered the world top 20 in cybersecurity

The KSUAE team of students on cybersecurity "BARS" took 20th place among 139 participating teams in the WatCTF world championship. Our university was represented by a team of bachelors of the Department of Digital Road Technologies: Vadim Akhmadishin, Vadim Baranov, Marat Gatin, Maxim Kotov, Ildan Khaibullin.

CTF (Capture the Flag) is an information security competition with tasks in several areas: - Cryptographic tasks (decrypting messages, cracking ciphers, creating your own cryptosystems and analyzing cryptographic protocols); - Search for vulnerabilities in software products, websites or networks (exploitation of vulnerabilities, detection of SQL injections, XSS and other types of attacks); - Reverse engineering (tasks requiring binary code analysis, program decompilation, search for hidden functions and restoration of source code from binary files); - Forensics or digital forensics (tasks related to analyzing digital traces, recovering deleted data, identifying users based on their digital footprints, and analyzing malware); - Networks and security (tasks that test skills in configuring and managing network devices, configuring firewalls, detecting and eliminating network attacks); - Penetration testing or penetration testing (tasks that simulate real attacks on information systems, including port scanning, password guessing, exploiting vulnerabilities, and analyzing network traffic); - OSINT or open source intelligence (tasks that require collecting information from open sources to solve a problem, such as determining IP addresses, domains, email addresses, and other information).

In March, the students will take part in the international open competition VOLGA CTF link https://volgactf.ru/

Information and cybersecurity skills will be useful to students of the Department of Digital Road Technologies in their future professional activities to protect intelligent transport systems (ITS).

The News is submitted by International Relations Dept of the University.

KSUAE team took 3rd place in the Tatarstan University Boxing Championship

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KSUAE team took 3rd place in the Tatarstan University Boxing Championship

On March 10-13, 2025, the Tatarstan Republic Universities Boxing Championship was held. The competition was a tough fight between ten universities.

The KSUAE team led by coach Evgeny Arkhipov took third place. Our student Vladimir Vasiliev became the champion in the 71 kg weight category.

The following our students took second place in their weight categories: Saro Ayvazyan; Shokhrukh Mirzoshozoda; Yaroslav Kaurin.

The following studnets took third place in their weight categories: Azamat Khabibullin; Karim Valeev; Kirill Prokhanov; Askar Gazizov; Karim Lutfullin.

The News is submitted by International Relations Dept of the University.

KSUAE hosted the annual charity concert "Hand in Hand"

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KSUAE hosted the annual charity concert "Hand in Hand" to help special children

On March 12, 2025, the annual charity concert "Hand in Hand" was held at KSUAE. The organizers of the concert are activists of the Institute of Construction Technologies and Engineering-Ecological Systems. The event attracted many spectators, among whom were not only university students but also representatives of the organizations "Kind Kazan" and "School for All", which help children with special needs. All funds raised from the charity fair will be sent to "School for All" to help children with autism spectrum disorder.

Talented artists performed on stage — students of KSUAE, children with autism spectrum disorder and a guest magician. The audience was touched by the story of a special child in a children's camp, listened to songs and poems performed by students and children, saw dance and theatrical performances. Particular attention was drawn to the performances of children with autism spectrum disorder, who showed their talents and skills. Their sincerity and joy from the performances touched the hearts of all those present.

The audience could take part in a charity fair: buy handicrafts created by students and paintings painted by children, or make a donation, and at the fair they were met by a unicorn animator. The concert ended with a joint song performed by the artists and children. The children received cute gifts from the Hand in Hand project, and the guests left the hall with unforgettable emotions and beautiful tulips.

The charity concert became a symbol of unity and support, reminding everyone that together we can make the world a better place. Sincere smiles on the faces of the participants and spectators once again confirmed that this format of the event is not only important, but also necessary for raising people's awareness of autism issues and creating a friendly society.

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The company "New Geodetic Systems" with an open lecture-workshop for KSUAE students

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Representatives of the company "New Geodetic Systems" held an open lecture-workshop for KSUAE students

In the scientific and educational center "Geodesy" as part of mastering the disciplines "TIM technologies in restoration" and "Engineering geodesy" an open lecture-workshop for students of KSUAE on working with modern geodetic equipment was held.

Deputy General Director for Development Alimov Ildar and Head of the Department of Engineering and Geodetic Surveys Gatin Ilgiz introduced the students to advanced geodetic technologies. As part of the lecture, students studying in the areas of "Reconstruction and restoration of architectural heritage", "Digital technologies in road construction and traffic organization", "Industrial and civil engineering" were told about classical measurement methods, and also introduced to new technologies in 3D scanning. In practice, the restoration students independently scanned the premises of the center and the geodetic testing ground adjacent to the center with the SLAM RS10 scanning system, and also carried out office processing of the obtained data. The lecture aroused great interest among the audience. During the discussion, students asked questions about the use of modern technologies in professional activities.

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KSUAE international students celebrated the festive "Maslenitsa"

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KSUAE international students celebrated the festive "Maslenitsa"

Within the acaademic programme KSUAE international students get acquainted with the culture, history, traditions and customs of the holidays of Russia and Tatarstan. This time, students from Turkey, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Peru, Chad, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania took an active part in the celebration of "Maslenitsa", symbolizing the farewell to winter and the arrival of spring. During classes, teachers introduced them to the history and rituals of the holiday, the children learned how this holiday was celebrated in Russia and how it has been preserved in modern culture.

During practice, students together with teachers took an active part in noisy and cheerful folk festivities, getting acquainted with the traditional attributes of the holiday. The children learned to dance folk dances, took part in round dances and games, listened to traditional songs and ditties, performances by creative groups demonstrating traditional outfits and costumes, got acquainted with folk products and crafts at the fair and, of course, saw a bright performance of burning the Maslenitsa effigy - a symbol of farewell to the cold winter.

The rich entertainment program ended with tea drinking, the students were treated to pancakes and crepes - a symbol of the Sun, joy and the arrival of spring. All the children were delighted with the cheerful festivities, sharing vivid impressions of the holiday and expressing wishes to meet the next spring again at Maslenitsa. Maslenitsa is a unique holiday that reflects the spirit of Russian culture, its hospitality and generosity of soul.

For our foreign students, such events are not only an opportunity to get acquainted with traditions, but also an important step in learning the Russian language. Through cultural immersion, they better understand the mentality, history and values ​​of our country.

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