Development of the Russian Universities’ Human Capacity in the Field of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Digital Technologies

The paper is devoted to the pilot implementation of CPD programs for universities academic staff advanced training in the International Computer Science Continuous Professional Development Centre of Tomsk State University. The Centre was created within the framework of the project “Human Resources for the Digital Economy” of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”. The article presents the structure of CPD programs by tracks: research and development, advanced educational technologies and academic programs of a new generation in the IT field. The authors discuss the results of online training of more than 1000 academic stuff members from more than 100 universities for 4 months in the second half of 2020