VYZOV Prize presented to siberian scientific community

Aleksey Fedorov, Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the VYZOV Prize, head of Quantum Information Technologies research group at the Russian Quantum Center, Director of the Institute of Physics and Quantum Engineering at MISIS University, noted that it is important for the organizers of the VYZOV Prize to talk about this award at places that are leaders in science, knowledge, and technology, such as the TSU and the entire Tomsk Oblast.

"Since we represent a young and developing award, it is very important for us to spread the news about it at the sites that are known leaders in science, knowledge, and technology. Thank you for the opportunity to hold this conference at TSU. Our goal is to talk about the tools for further technology development that scientists are rewarded for," said Aleksey Fedorov.

Gazprombank is co-founder of the VYZOV and Award. Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprombank and alumnus of TSU, spoke at the plenary part of the conference about ways of supporting scientists by the bank.

"Gazprombank has extensive experience and unique competencies that allow us to assess breakthrough technologies and research projects of the future, identify promising teams and scientists at an early stage. In order to build knowledge-driven economy, it is necessary to ensure uninterrupted transition of scientific inventions into new technologies. The VYZOV Prize has become a statement that science is important and requested by the state, society, and businesses. And for young people who are making their first steps in science, it means that their ideas and efforts will be appreciated and fill find practical applications," emphasized Dmitry Zauers.

Awards as a means for supporting scientists not only promote science, but also help researchers find investors and gain additional recognition among colleagues. This view was expressed by Ilya Semerikov, Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, head of Scalable Ion Quantum Computing research group at the Russian Quantum Center, researcher at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and winner of the 2023 VYZOV Prize in Future category.

"Awards certainly add value to your work. Telling investors and colleagues that you are engaged in promising research in quantum technologies is one thing, but adding that your work has been recognized by the highly respected Scientific Committee of the VYZOV Prize and that you have won the Prize in one of the categories, this is something completely different. Such presentation of research is a strong argument that you can be trusted, and the technologies under development really have the potential to improve people's lives in the near future," noted Ilya Semerikov.

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