The Faculty of Computer Sciences opened a new subdivision, the Laboratory of Mobile and Gaming Systems. The main goal of the laboratory is to engage students and staff into the development and replication of projects in the area of mobile applications and computer games.
The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art high-tech equipment. It was purchased and installed in the laboratory as part of the international Erasmus+ project “MAGnUS: Developing Master's Programmes in Mobile Applications and Game Design” financed with the support of the European Commission. VSU is a participant of the project (coordinated by Alexander Krylovetsky, the Dean of the Faculty of Computer Sciences).
According to the project schedule, the Faculty of Computer Sciences runs a master’s programme “Mobile Applications and Computer Games” (supervised by Sergei Makhortov, the Head of the Department of Programming and Information Technologies). The programme adapts the modern European experience and provides world-class training of highly professional specialists in a relatively new and immensely promising area of computer sciences.
The mission of the laboratory is:
- To support a new innovative environment for students and staff.
- To hold practical classes for students completing the MAGnUS programme and developing IT projects in the area of mobile applications and game design.
- To teach students entrepreneurial skills, including the promotion and monetisation of mobile and game systems and creating their own start-ups.
- To conduct research in the area of mobile and game technologies using its own computer facilities.
- To extend the cooperation between VSU and concerned external parties: partners, IT companies, and employers.
