Novosibirsk State University has published three English-language courses on the educational platform «Open Education»:
«Dermatology». The students who completed the course successfully, will acquire knowledge and skills such as knowing the structure and main functions of the skin as the largest of human organs; understanding the effects of the environment (temperature, radiation, humidity, water, plants) on human skin; being able to differentiate the specific age-related issues of child, teenage, adult and aging skin etc.
«Seismic tomography». The students who completed the course successfully, will acquire the following knowledge and skills: knowing the history of seismic tomography; understanding the basics of seismology; understanding the dynamics of earthquakes: how do they start and develop; using the instruments and software (BASIC TOMO, PROFIT code, LOTOS) in practice.
«Cryptography». The key topics covered in the course: how cryptography developed in Russia and in the Soviet Union, including the facts which used to be top secret until very recent times; Boolean functions and S-boxes, and how the resistance of a cipher depends on cryptographic properties of a Boolean function; methods of cryptanalysis; some special and most intriguing types of cryptographic Boolean functions: bent functions and APN-functions (Almost Perfect Nonlinear Functions); AI and ML for cryptography.
Online courses consist of 8-12 weeks of training. Students watch video lectures from Novosibirsk State University Professors, work with additional sources, and take weekly tests. A course assessment is based on a final exam.
