research educational center

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research educational center baikal
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• alexander arguchintsev irkutsk state university

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paradigm interdisciplinarity

• Approach 1 focused on a separate and important
  direction of investigations.
• Approach 2 focused on a separate and important
  object of investigation

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lake baikal
Math simulation

• a Russian national treasure and a UNESCO World
  Heritage Site
• a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water
• deepest (1,640m) and oldest (25 million years)
  freshwater lake
• 23.000 cubic kilometers of water volume (more
  than in Baltic Sea)

Geographic investigations
Geological investigations
Limnological investigations
Biological investigations
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potentiality

• Russian
• Academy
• Of
• Sciences

• Russian
• Universities

young blood for RAS institutes / research for
education
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reality

• Russian
• Academy
• Of
• Sciences

• Russian
• Universities

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paradigm integration

• research

• educational

• center

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basic activities
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a research educational unit
partner 2
re-unit
irkutsk state university
partner 1
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interdisciplinary interaction
REU-A
REU-A
REU-A
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competitions

• competitions are the basic principle of money
  distribution
• 80 of RECs money goes through competitions
• levels
• research
• education

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other expenses
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networking

• enormous territory distributed ISU
  infrastructure is needed
• 11 research stations but MONODISCIPLINARY
• necessary to develop a MULTIDISCIPLINARY stations
  network

A
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automated stations
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further interdisciplinarity
natural humanitarian research collaboration
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lake.baikal.ru
lake.baikal.ru
eLibs, QA-systems, DBs, knowledge processing
project management, eLearning social projects
data knowledge collection distribution
specific web-services
networking
information support
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general architecture
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education
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new generation
junior researchers participate in the REC
Baikal workshop at Bolshie Koty, Lake Baikal,
2006
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competitions for young people

• selection and support of most gifted and
  committed
• motivation increasing and dynamization
• teamwork and team building

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interdisciplinary network packages
INP
course 1
course 2
course N
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INP joint problem solving
an interdisciplinary practical problem
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INP a virtual component
virtual component of INP
course 1
course 2
course N
lake.baikal.ru
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INP REUs collaboration
course 1
course 2
course N
joint development of a INP
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INP pilot projects
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external linkages
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international cooperation
JUST OPENED
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shuttle visits to international partners
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cooperation with other RECs
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regional impact
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general public education
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future work

• the ambition of development of the international
  research educationl interdisciplinary center
  focused on Lake Baikal
• advanced virtual part based on lake.baikal.ru
• further academic institutions universities
  convergence