An IT laboratory has opened in Vitebsk at the P. Masherov Vitebsk State University

Meetups and hackathons will be held in Vitebsk, mobile and augmented/virtual reality applications will be developed. A new IT laboratory at PSU named after P. Masherov was created in cooperation with one of the largest residents of the Hi-Tech Park, the company TechArt Group, with which cooperation has been ongoing for 5 years.

Opening it, Elena Zalesskaya, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technologies of PSU, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, and Alexander Yakovlev, Head of the iTechArt development group in Vitebsk, who is also an alumnus of this faculty, invited students to take a test on the history of programming. For example, they had to recall the name of the first programmer. And it turned out to be a woman – Ada Lovelace. Two winners received prizes from the faculty's partner.

 

 

 

 

 

– Leading IT companies in the country actively participate in the university's educational process, – noted Elena Zalesskaya. – They help strengthen the material and technical base and support the university's staff. Thanks to this laboratory, education will reach a higher level; in the summer, we plan to launch the first specialized course for students in Java Script.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Vitebskiye Vesti".