Foreign partners have shown interest in KazNU's scientific potential

During a working visit to Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, a delegation led by Jiang Yun, Director General of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, and Zhang Qiao, President of Suzhou University, got acquainted with the scientific potential of the university.

The distinguished guests visited the scientific centers and laboratories of the university, and also got acquainted with the innovative projects of scientists.

The delegation included Cui Jingui, Secretary of the Party Committee of Jiangsu University of Technology, Xie Yonghua, Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanjing Professional University of Industry and Technology, Shi Yunyu, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, Zhu Jia, Deputy Director of the International Office of Suzhou University, and Wang Zhenhuang, CEO of Huibo Robotics.

The delegation members visited the Farabi Hub Center for Innovative Products and High-tech Projects. The Center builds partnerships with universities, research institutes and investment companies. Joint research is conducted here and new technologies are being developed. The activities of international companies and centers that are part of the hub were presented to the Chinese partners.

The guests were also shown a Robotics Center equipped with robots from the German company KUKA and opened jointly with the Chinese side. In addition, they were provided with detailed information about the most powerful supercomputer cluster in Central Asia.

This facility was launched following negotiations between President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping. The performance of the high-tech complex is 2000 teraflops. It is one of the 600 best supercomputers in the world. The cluster architecture is based on Intel and NVIDIA processors. Its computing power is about 10,000 times greater than the capabilities of the most modern personal computer.

Jiang Yun, Director General of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, highly appreciated the scientific infrastructure of KazNU and wished success in further work to the university's scientists.

Press-service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University