Project

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Project Virtuoso

• Vladimir L Pavlov, IntelVladimir.L.Pavlov_at_intel.c
  om

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Agenda

• Virtuoso
• Project contributors

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Local brain drain in Russia

• There are many software development companies in
  Russia who hire a lot of high-tech professionals
  from various Russian cities, not only from
  Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhniy Novgorod
• As a result, high-tech professionals migrate to
  Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhniy Novgorod
• Unlike Moscow and St. Petersburg, in local
  universities there are not many good teachers. On
  the other hand, big percentage of local work
  migrants work for universities before they
  relocate to Moscow / St. Petersburg. So, local
  brain drain also means academic brain drain,
  and it will result in dramatic deterioration of
  quality of education in local Russian
  universities
• The question will it be possible to hire
  programmers from Russian non-capital cities in 5
  years?

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Project Virtuoso

• Initiated by Intel
• An idea was born in March 2004
• The first pilot project has been successfully
  conductedin August-December 2004
• The second pilot project will be conducted in
  August-December 2005
• If the second pilot is successful, we will make
  the project Virtuoso regular
• Organized by Nizhniy Novgorod State University
• The Computer Science Faculty
• The Continued Education Faculty
• Supported by Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Kaspersky
  Lab, Borland, etc

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An Idea

• University of Nizhniy Novgorod (UNN) with Intel,
  Microsoft, IBM, Kaspersky Lab, Borland and some
  other world-known high-tech companies conduct
  joint internship program in the fall semesters of
  years 2004/2005
• The program is targeting best PhD students and
  young associated professors from various CIS
  universities - those who have strong English,
  good knowledge on computer science and industrial
  experience
• These guys relocate to Nizhniy Novgorod for one
  semester
• During this academic internship program they
  attend various courses on software engineering.
  These courses are provided by project sponsors
  and cover most areas of ACM/IEEE Computing
  Curricula Software Engineering
• Program participants are also involved into
  short-term projects at Intel and get real-life
  experience
• After program completion these guys are to return
  to their cities and bring their expertise to
  local universities

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Virtuoso-2004

• 9 PhD students and associated professors from
  various Russian and Ukrainian universities
• August-December 2004
• Project participants have attended various
  courses provided by Intel, Microsoft, IBM,
  Kaspersky Lab and Borland
• Project participants have gotten a real-life
  experience at Intel Nizhniy Novgorod Lab
• Project participants have also developed a new
  courseware on software engineering

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Innovations in this project

• internship program that targets not students but
  professors
• new curricula development that is based on the
  newest standard ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula
  2004 Software Engineering
• Microsoft conducts TTT (Train The Trainer) for
  their new course on Visual Basic
• Intel conducts TTT (Train The Trainer) for the
  new course on UML
• Borland conducts ALM (Application Lifecycle
  Management), UML 2.0 and J2EE QuickStarts

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Virtuoso-2005

• 15-30 PhD students and associated professors from
  various Russian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian
  universities
• August-December 2005
• Project participants will attend various courses
  provided by Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Kaspersky Lab,
  Borland, etc.
• Project participants will get a real-life
  experience at Intel Nizhniy Novgorod Lab
• Project participants will also develop a new
  courseware on software engineering

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What Will Be New in 2005?

• New approach to courseware development
• Two specializations?
• Wireless Virtuoso
• Additional courses on business-incubation
• More project contributors

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Time distribution(100 of Working Weeks
Saturdays )
Industrial Component (Intel) Educational Component (NNU)
Taking courses and seminars 5 25-30
Work in real-life projects 45-55
New courses development 25-30
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Project participants get

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Further Plans

• Since the project was successful in year 2004, we
  will repeat it in year 2005
• If the project is successful for the second time,
  we will make it regular
• Of course, we will adjust our approach based on
  lessons learned in year 2004

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Virtuoso-2005

• Applications should be submitted to
  virtuoso_at_unn.ru before June 1, 2005
• Contest winners will be announced on July 1,
  2005
• 15-30 participants
• Project participants will arrive to Nizhniy
  Novgorod in July 28-29, 2005
• They will leave Nizhniy Novgorod in December 2005

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Who Should Participate?

• Postgraduate students and assistant professors
  from CIS-based universities
• Age under 35
• Strong English
• Real-life experience
• Willingness to come back to their local
  universities after the program is completed

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IMPORTANT

• After project completion (December 2005) all
  project participants must return to their cities
  and bring their expertise to local universities
• They will be required to sign special agreement
• We expect them to teach at local universities at
  least until December 2007

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Three points of view

• An experimental internship program for teachers
  from local CIS universities. It takes place in
  August-December 2004/2005, it is organized by UNN
  and (co) sponsored by world-known high-tech
  companies (Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Borland,
  Kaspersky Lab, etc.)
• A long-term strategy of promotion Software
  Engineering expertise into local CIS universities
  via UNNIntel -based internship program
• An initiative of Intel Russia RD, dedicated to
  help Russia CIS solve local brain drain
  problem. We expect that this initiative will
  become industry-wide, and other major players of
  Russian high-tech market will support this
  undertaking either by (co) sponsoring
  implementation of Virtuoso strategy or in some
  other way

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Agenda

• Virtuoso
• Project contributors(information provided by the
  Russian offices of the companies listed below)

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Intel in 2003

• 35 years old (founded in 1968)
• 78,000 people, 294 offices and facilities in 48
  countries
• Over 450 products and services
• Revenue of 30.1 billion
• Net income of 5.6 billion
• RD Investment of 4.4 billion
• RD is distributed all over the world

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Intel in Russia in 2004

• 13th year in Russia
• gt 1000 Employees
• Russia/CIS HQ in Moscow
• RD Center in Nizhny Novgorod
• 1st Intel Capital Investment in 2003

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University of Nizhni Novgorod

• 9 active and corresponding members of Russian
  Academy of Sciences
• 11 active and corresponding members of Russian
  Academy of Natural Sciences
• 25 winners of State Prizes
• 20 merited workers of science and technology

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University of Nizhni Novgorod

• In the official national rating UNN occupies the
  5-th place among Russian universities
• 255 doctors of sciences (D.Sc), professors
• 823 candidate of science (Ph.D), associate
  professors
• Total enrollment is over 30000 students
• 20 faculties
• 121 departments
• 6 research institutes

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Microsoft in 2003

• 29 years old (founded in 1975)
• 55,000 people, 89 subsidiaries
• Revenue of 32.2 billions
• Net income of 10 billions
• RD investment 5.2 billions
• As a general rule, all development is carried out
  at main campus in Redmond, WA

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Microsoft in Russia

• 12 years in Russia
• Russia HQ in Moscow
• Offices in 12 cities of Russia More than 200
  employees
• Sales Marketing
• Microsoft Consulting Services
• Development of Microsoft Business Solutions
  products

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IBM

• Services
• Finance
• HW solutions
• SW
• Technologies
• RD

• IBM a global IT company
• Founded in 1911
• 8th world largest IT company
• Has 90 000 partners all around the world
• Works with customers and partners in 170
  countries
• 2003 performance
• Revenue 89,1 bln
• 14.3 bln Software
• 28 bln Hardware
• 43 bln IT services
• A leader in number of patents for the last 11
  years 3415 patents in 2003
• Over 319 000 employees
• Major streamlines
• Business Consulting Services
• Integrated Technology Services
• Strategic Outsourcing Services
• Learning Services

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IBM in Russia

• Operates in the market since 1974
• Has over 500 business partners in Russia and CIS
  countries among them are
• Solution suppliers
• System integrators
• ISVs and Developers
• They offer
• Integrated ERP, SCM and CRM solutions

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Borland in 2004

• 21 years old (since 1983)
• Over 1.300 employees in 29 countries
• Revenue in 2003 of 295.2 million
• Net income in 2003 of 17.4 million
• Leadership in platform independent solutions for
  software delivery optimization

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Borland in Russia

• Operations in Russia CIS since 1989
• Russia/CIS HQ in Moscow
• RD Centre in St.-Petersburg
• gt150 people

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Kaspersky Lab

• An international, independent, privately-owned,
  cutting edge software development company
• A technological leader in anti-virus industry,
  offering a number of additional products for data
  security

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Kaspersky Lab

• Founded 1997
• 15 years of anti-virus experience
• Headquarter Moscow, Russian Federation
• Offices France, Germany, Netherlands, UK,
  Poland, USA, Japan, China
• 350 employees around the world
• 500 direct business partners worldwide

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Summary

• Project Virtuoso is an initiative of Intel
  Russia RD, dedicated to help Russia CIS solve
  local brain drain problem
• The first pilot project Virtuoso has been
  successfully conducted in Nizhniy Novgorod, it
  was initiated by Intel, organized by NNU and
  supported by Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Kaspersky Lab
  and Borland
• The second pilot Virtuoso project will be
  organized in August-December 2005, applications
  must be submitted before June 1, 2005 to
  virtuoso_at_unn.ru
• If the pilot projects are successful, we will
  make Virtuoso our regular program