Domestic MOOC Provider - Universarium

    In one of the comments I saw a link to the Universarium , went in and was surprised that there were no announcements and PR on the hub, because the project is useful and ambitious.


    At the moment, 3 courses are announced and 3 more are on the way. Judging by the wiki , you can expect the library to grow to 20 courses by summer.
    One of the courses will be especially interesting to Khabrovsk citizens. Announcements of courses under the cut.


    Andrei Mikhailovich Raygorod
    University: Moscow State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, ShAD
    Graphs and Combinatorics: from the pearls of theory to modern applications



    About the course:
    Graph theory is a science rich in exceptionally beautiful tasks, the settings of which are understandable to the student. However, many of these tasks are extremely difficult and have not even been solved so far. At the same time, graph theory is not only a collection of vivid questions and facts - “pearls” - it is a powerful modern branch of mathematics with its non-trivial methods and, of course, numerous applications. We will construct the course as follows. First we introduce the main objects of graph theory and talk about a few of its pearls. Then we give an idea of ​​the role of the probabilistic method in graph theory. And finally, we will talk about models of random graphs that adequately describe certain aspects of reality. In particular, we will talk about models of the Internet and other “real” networks.

    Mikhail Viktorovich Khomich
    Yuri Romanovich Mitin

    University: Moscow State University
    Search and selection of business ideas



    About the course:
    “If a person has brains, he simply does not have the moral right to work not for himself, giving most of his time and the results of his achievements to his employer” - these words belong to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, the 29-year-old billionaire who started create your own business at the university. The modern world offers young talents a lot of ideas for business. There are only two small problems: how to catch an idea and how to bring it to life? Yuri Mitin and Mikhail Khomich - entrepreneurs and teachers of the country's best business schools - will help you find solutions. After listening to their lecture course, you will learn how to come up with and correctly evaluate a business idea, choose the right strategy, develop a business model, manage a team, and finally - attract investment.

    Vadim Vladimirovich Eremin
    University: MSU
    Chemistry - Useful and Useless



    About the course:
    “There are too many people around who make money from ignorance of those who have not bothered to learn chemistry,” one professor answered his student’s question: “Why do I need chemistry in real life if I don’t want to be a chemist?”
    Chemistry - one of the basic sciences that answers the question “How is everything arranged?”
    Chemistry is the food you eat, the fluids you drink, the air you breathe. These are your medicines, toothpaste and dishwashing detergent.
    Chemistry in and around us.
    So if you have lost interest in this science right after you have not found an element of surprise in the periodic table, this course is for you.
    Professors of the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University Vadim Eremin and Yuri Slovokhotov, as well as Ekaterina Lokteva, Doctor of Chemistry at Moscow State University, will tell you what chemistry is doing and how it improves our living conditions. You will learn how water works and what is the “thermal death" of the universe. They will explain to you what is common between diamond, aspirin and chocolate and how the medicines are made. And finally - did you know that life on earth exists due to hydrogen bonds?
    You will certainly find out!

    Also popular now: