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The Rector of Tbilisi State University Rector, Academician Jaba Samushia met with TSU students who won the NASA Hackathon across Georgia and presented them with laptops.
During a meeting with students, Rector Jaba Samushia discussed the opportunities that TSU offers young researchers. As Samushia asserted, the provision of support to young scientists is a pivotal element of TSU’s mission. “TSU students have the opportunity to visit the world’s largest laboratory for elementary particle physics operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and participate in a variety of experiments. In addition, our students are actively involved in international scientific conferences, with some attaining success in the international arena. You, too, are among the ranks of these successful young people,” Samushia addressed the students.
The meeting with the students was attended by TSU Chancellor Lasha Saghinadze and Dean of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences Petre Babilua.
Petre Babilua, Dean of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences at TSU, stated that “the faculty provides support for any activity related to the participation of students in scientific conferences on an international scale. With the financial support of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, six students will soon travel to the Jülich (Germany) Research Center as part of the Georgian-German Science Bridge initiative. Additionally, two students have been selected to participate in the Asian Science Camp in Thailand. We have many successful young scientists, which confirms that hard work and dedication yield results,” Babilua noted.
The laptops were presented as gifts to the members of the TSU team “Asterisk” (Latin for “little star”), winners of the NASA Space Apps Challenge Tbilisi 2024. The team members are students in the Physics Department of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences: Mariam Aslamazishvili, Luka Kezua, Salome Dzigua and Sesili Berishvili (supervisor - TSU Associate Professor Oleg Kharshiladze).
The hackathon had more than 70 participants from across Georgia. It brought together students and graduates from a variety of disciplines, including exact and natural sciences, programming, engineering, design, data analytics, storytelling, and journalism.
The winning project of the NASA Space Apps Challenge Tbilisi 2024, which included geomagnetic storm analysis, was submitted from Georgia to the international NASA Space Apps Challenge competition and was placed in the top 10 percent of participating teams worldwide.