Published on: 2026-10-09
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The sixth forum “Digital Days of Innopolis” is taking place in the Republic of Tatarstan. It is an annual international technology forum on artificial intelligence, robotics, technologies, and innovations in education. The key event of the forum is the plenary session dedicated to the implementation of artificial intelligence technologies for breakthroughs in education and science. The first day of the forum brought together more than 2,000 participants.
The forum is attended by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov, Russian Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, as well as heads of state corporations, IT companies and universities, scientists, and representatives of educational and scientific foundations. At the strategic session “AI Landscape for Science: from Industry Tasks to General Platforms,” high-ranking guests of the forum were shown key developments by Russian high-tech companies, including the AI project “Autonomous Fleet” being developed at the Polytechnic University for coordinating a group of autonomous vessels.
The AI service processes data directly on board the vessels, so it does not require a constant connection to remote servers. According to the developers’ design, one operator will be able to coordinate the work of four ships. Among the possible application scenarios are ice escort along the Northern Sea Route, environmental monitoring of waters without a crew, and exploration and prospecting work during the development and mastering of deposits.
For autonomous transport in remote areas, it is important not only to collect data but also to promptly use it for actions in a changing environment. Onboard processing will allow devices to remain operational with limited communication, and the operator to focus on controlling the entire group and intervene only when necessary, noted Dmitry Kaplun, lead researcher at the Higher School of Artificial Intelligence Technologies of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.
The forum every year gathers key IT and robotics companies, industrial enterprises, and universities to unite everyone around the theme of technology development. The organizer is Innopolis University. In 2026, among the main topics are: the application of AI in business, science, and education, the robotization of industry, and workforce training. This year, at the “Digital Days of Innopolis,” a special youth program for students will be held for the first time.
It is worth noting that the Polytechnic University is developing applied artificial intelligence for transport, the oil and gas industry, and energy. The university platform POLANIS combines multimodal data analysis tools, modeling, and machine learning. In the oil and gas industry, the platform’s neural network modules reduce seismic data processing time by 70%, while the accuracy of predicting the geophysical characteristics of the reservoir exceeds 85%. When calculating traffic flows, POLANIS accelerates computations by up to 20 times with a decrease in accuracy of no more than 5%. In the energy sector, scientists have combined the digital twin of a thermal power plant with artificial intelligence algorithms to optimize its operating modes.
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