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WEEKLY OF THE SIBERIAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (SB RAS)

N 7 (2942) February 2014

	NEWS
	HE WAS A TRUE RUSSIAN INTELLECTUAL February 24, 2014 marks the 100th birth anniversary of the outstanding scientist in the field of solid mechanics Academician Yu.N. Rabotnov.
	SYSTEMATIC APPROACH AND SIMULATION AS UNIVERSAL RESEARCH METHODS From the experience of the scientific school of Academician Rabotnov.
	FROM WSBAS TO SB RAS: LESSONS OF THE PAST IN A MODERN CONTEXT The West-Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences marks its 70th anniversary in February. The history of WSBAS, the first Siberian academic structure, the predecessor of the Siberian Branch of Academy of Sciences undoubtedly provides important lessons, relevant to this day.
	THE RAS REFORM: NEWS, INTENTIONS, EXPECTATIONS Press review.
	EXPERT ROLE OF SCIENCE: FROM IDEA – TO REALIZATION As it is known, on January 15 the Russian President has authorized the Government together with the RAS to develop a work plan for expert scientific support for major scientific, technical and socio-economic programs and projects for the medium-term perspective.
	SUPERCOMPUTER AND SUPERGOALS THAT MAY BE SOLVED The largest supercomputer, named after the first Director founder of the Institute – “Academician Matrosov”, has been created at the Institute for System Dynamics and Control Theory of Siberian Branch of the RAS. It became the biggest computing center in the east of Russia and may be used to solve the strategic objectives of industry, basic science and applied research.
	MAPS OF SEISMIC RISKS – THE UNIQUE WORK Maps of seismic vulnerability of buildings in the city essentially serve as a guide for the administration of different levels - from municipal to provincial and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
	PHYSICS: HOW IT ALL WORKS Within the Days of Russian Science, the high-school students in grades 9 and 11 of the Novosibirsk “Gornostai” Gymnasium № 6 have visited the Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the SB RAS.
	GENOME WILL HELP TO EXPLAIN THE PAST The popular science lecture on “Evolution of genomes” has been held on February 4 at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology.
	ABOUT EVOLUTION – TO HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS This year on the Science Day the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals of SB RAS hosted lectures and excursions for students from four city high schools.
	A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MICROGRAVITY AND NOT ONLY The events devoted to the Day of Science have been held at the Institute of Thermophysics on February 5.
	WEEKDAYS AND ROMANCE OF GEOLOGY As part of the Days of Science, the Doors Open Day has been held at the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum-Gas Geology and Geophysics of SB RAS.
	FUTURE OF RUSSIA IS CREATED IN SIBERIA Their professional holiday scientists of the SB RAS Institute of Coal have marked with satisfaction from what they have done and responsibility for the future tasks.
	ETHNOGRAPHIC EDUCATION – THE PATH TO STABLE INTERETHNIC PEACE The fact, that dissemination of knowledge on the history and culture of ethnic groups plays a crucial role in the peaceful interaction of people within Russia, has been many times emphasized by humanities scholars, trying to clarify this for the leaders of all ranks of the regional and federal levels.
	NEW EXPOSITION AT THE MUSEUM OF OMSK BRANCH OF IAE SB RAS The opening ceremony of the exhibition “Culture as a space. Yurt - Nomad's space” has taken place in Omsk on February 12.
	ON THE POSSIBLE LOCATION OF CAPITAL OF KYRGYZ KAGANATE One of the largest in Eurasia and the oldest established in the territory of the Russian Federation states in the Early and developed Middle Ages was Kyrgyz Kaganate. The total number of its population, following the number of direct references to written sources, can be defined in several hundred thousand families.
	VACANCIES
	SKI CALL The ski competition devoted to the memory of the founder of Tomsk Academgorodok Academician V.E. Zuev has taken place at the Tomsk Scientific Center.