🔹 Central Asia–China Advanced Computing Symposium

📍 Almaty, Al-Farabi KazNU · 📅 15–16 April 2025

On 15–16 April 2025, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University hosted the first Central Asia–China Advanced Computing Symposium, organised by KazNU together with Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST, China). The symposium served as a platform for sharing the latest advances in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and digital technologies.

🎤 Department’s participation

Professor Madina Mansurova, Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, gave a talk and presented the results of her research.

🧭 Participants

  • The symposium was opened by KazNU President Zhanseit Tuimebayev; the Chinese side was represented by Jiang Wei, Consul General of the PRC in Almaty, and HUST Professor Jin Hai.
  • Researchers from the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, Tsinghua University, the University of Science and Technology of China and Sun Yat-sen University.
  • Representatives of Shakarim University, the University of Information Technologies and the Kazakh-British Technical University.

📚 Topics

  • high-performance computing;
  • intelligent computing and artificial intelligence;
  • quantum computing.

Fourteen research talks were presented at the plenary and breakout sessions.

🏆 Outcomes

  • The creation of a joint high-performance computing centre was discussed.
  • The Chinese guests visited the KazNU supercomputing centre.
  • Participants exchanged experience with international researchers, established new contacts and discussed future research projects.

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