KazNU and KazTransOil strengthen cooperation in the field of digital technologies

A meeting of the university's management with Sabit Arynov, director of the branch "Center for Research and Development" of KazTransOil JSC, was held at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The key outcome of the negotiations was the signing of a memorandum of cooperation. The delegation was welcomed by Board Member and Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Alina Galeeva.

Addressing the participants of the meeting, Alina Galeeva stressed that KazNU consistently strengthens cooperation with leading enterprises in the real sector of the economy, considering the integration of science, education and production as the most important condition for the technological development of the country. According to her, cooperation with KazTransOil JSC opens up new prospects for joint research, innovation, commercialization of scientific developments and training of specialists in demand by the modern oil and gas industry.

Sabit Arynov, Director of the Research and Development Center branch of KazTransOil JSC, highly appreciated the scientific potential of KazNU and confirmed the company's interest in long-term cooperation. He noted that combining fundamental science with industry expertise will facilitate faster implementation of advanced developments and the search for effective solutions for the oil transportation industry.

The signed memorandum consolidated the parties' intention to jointly develop scientific research, carry out development work, introduce modern technologies, commercialize the results of intellectual activity and train highly qualified specialists.

One of the key areas of cooperation will be the application of artificial intelligence technologies and high-performance computing in the oil transportation industry. These include modeling the operation of trunk oil pipelines, creating digital counterparts of production facilities, analyzing big data, predictive diagnostics of equipment, and optimizing production processes.

During the negotiations, KazNU scientists spoke about the scientific and technological potential of the university, including the Center for Supercomputing Technologies, the Farabi HUB innovation hub and modern research laboratories. Of particular interest was the KazNU supercomputer complex, the first high–performance academic computing complex in Central Asia. Its performance reaches 2,000 teraflops, which makes it possible to perform complex mathematical modeling, engineering calculations, and big data processing for scientific and applied projects. The complex is one of the 600 most productive supercomputers in the world.

After the official part, the delegation got acquainted with the innovative infrastructure of the university. The guests were introduced to the Earth's Remote Sensing Center, the Farabi Supercomputer Center, the Farabi HUB innovation hub, as well as the KUKA Robotics and HUIBO Robotics laboratories.

Press-service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University