INRTU Joins the Russian-Chinese Seminar and The Harbin Institute of Technology Global Summer School (HITGSS)
Irkutsk national research technical university continues to strengthen cooperation with Chinese universities as part of the Years of Education in Russia and China. In July of this year, young researchers and students from INRTU took part in the Russian-Chinese seminar "Dynamical Systems with Parameters and Singularities." They also joined the Summer Science School at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), which was dedicated to the application of AI in energy and robotics. The seminar was co-organized by the China-Russia Joint Research Center for Advanced Energy and Energy Systems at the Melentev Energy Systems Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS). The event was held within the framework of a state assignment under the supervision of Professor Denis Sidorov from INRTU and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"Thanks to the center, we organized the event at a high level with leading specialists. Our young scientists from INRTU presented their research on dynamical systems with parameters and singularities - a key area we are developing with HIT under a state assignment. We also discussed joint projects with Chinese colleagues, including digital twins for energy systems," said Denis Sidorov.
Fyodor Deryugin presented a method for predicting LoRa signal propagation in the energy sector, taking into account the specific features of urban environments and existing interference. In his report, Fyodor elaborated on how experimental data can be used to improve the accuracy of models.
Maxim Popov presented the results of his work on developing a digital model of the mineral processing cycle based on big data and machine learning methods. The postgraduate student had previously delivered a report on this topic at the "Leonov Readings" conferences in 2025 and 2026.
Vladislav Byankin proposed using a hybrid approach to solve a special class of the Hammerstein integral equation. The essence of the approach involved applying the semi-analytical homotopy analysis method and then adjusting the obtained solution using a trained neural network. The postgraduate student presented the results of numerical experiments, which confirmed higher solution accuracy with the hybrid approach. Together with Ksenia Saktoeva, Vladislav participated in the development of flow-type energy storage systems (SOC modeling) under the supervision of Professor Liguo Wang from HIT.
"Special attention should be paid to the results of participation in the robotics track. Postgraduate students from INRTU, together with their Chinese colleagues, formed a unified team for robocurling and successfully competed, winning second and third places. This achievement not only confirmed the high level of training of Irkutsk engineers but also became a vivid example of effective inter-university cooperation in the field of robotics," added Denis Sidorov.
Students from INRTU took part in the prestigious HIT Global Summer School (HITGSS), which gathered over 1,000 participants from various countries. This year, the school offered 22 educational tracks. Representatives of INRTU focused on topics related to the application of AI in energy, as well as intelligent robotic systems. The grand opening of the school was highlighted by an online lecture by Barry Barish, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2017), titled "Gravitational Waves: From Einstein to a New Science," followed by live interaction with the students.
