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TRAINING OF IT-SPECIALISTS IN THE -DIGITAL ECONOMY-

Irina Bagdasarian

Abstract

Krasnoyarsk Territory is a region of Russia, where the diversified economy of the country is represented. There are mining, metallurgical, petrochemical, timber, woodworking and other industries. Such a developed infrastructure of the economy provides stable needs for qualified specialists-engineers, technologists, power engineering specialists. It is clear that the system of higher and secondary vocational education is aimed at training personnel who are ready to participate in the regional development effectively. The world nowadays lives in the realities of the economy, where digital technologies have already been introduced in both industry and social entrepreneurship. There is enough evidence in the world that the digital economy is one of the most effective tools to increase labor productivity. The economy of any country expects the reduction of costs, the growth of efficiency, the quality of management, the competitiveness from digitalization. Increasingly, we use the terms ?big data?, neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, new production technologies, industrial Internet, robotics, sensor technology, wireless communication, virtual and augmented reality in our vocabulary. Moreover, it does not matter whether we are talking about the soil sciences, space research or governmental management. Russia is aimed at the emergence of high-tech enterprises operating in the global market and forming a system of start-ups and research teams that will ensure the development of the economy in the future. Siberian Federal University as one of the largest universities in the country sees its mission in the training of specialists with digital competencies. Understanding the strategy of the state, our university acts as a source of expertise, analytical judgments, scientific discussions, wide dissemination and use of information, information and communication technologies. We have created a team of like-minded people from among the university faculty members, representatives of business and industry, who are ready for change. The purpose of the article is to present the authors? experience in the development of the project in the form of the concept of a new Master?s educational program for the training of highly qualified specialists in the field of applied Informatics, ready for development, implementation and adaptation of information technologies of various industry directions. The goal is achieved on the basis of competence and system approaches. The research methodology is based on the use of analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, including phenomenological description, survey, included observation, Agile-methodology. The result of the team?s activity in the form of the developed concept will have a strong motivational effect both on the labor market and on the university applicants. To the first, it gives the opportunity to feel the involvement in the training of specialists in demand, to understand own value, the importance of it.

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