National Research University – Higher School of Economics

About: National Research University – Higher School of Economics is a education organization based out in Moscow, Russia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Computer science. The organization has 12873 authors who have published 23376 publications receiving 256396 citations.

When IoT Keeps People in the Loop: A Path Towards a New Global Utility

Abstract: While the IoT has made significant progress supporting individual machine-type applications, it is only recently that the importance of people as an integral component of the overall IoT infrastructure has started to be fully recognized. Several powerful concepts have emerged to facilitate this vision, whether involving the human context whenever required or directly impacting user behavior and decisions. As these become the stepping stones to develop the IoT into a novel people-centric utility, this article outlines a path to realize this decisive transformation. We begin by reviewing the latest progress in human-aware wireless networking, then classify the attractive human-machine applications and summarize the enabling IoT radio technologies. We continue with a unique system-level performance characterization of a representative urban IoT scenario and quantify the benefits of keeping people in the loop on various levels. Our comprehensive numerical results confirm the significant gains that have been made available with tighter user involvement, and also corroborate the development of efficient incentivization mechanisms, thereby opening the door to future commoditization of the global people-centric IoT utility.

Extraction of Russian Sentiment Lexicon for Product Meta-Domain

Abstract: In this paper we consider a new approach for domain-specific sentiment lexicon extraction in Russian. We propose a set of statistical features and algorithm combination that can discriminate sentiment words in a specific domain. The extraction model is trained in the movie domain and then utilized to other domains. We evaluate the quality of obtained sentiment vocabularies intrinsically. Finally we combine the sentiment lexicons from five domains to obtain one general lexicon for the product meta-domain. We demonstrate the robustness of the extracted lexicon in the cross-domain sentiment classification in Russian.

Subnational Budgeting in Russia: Preempting a Potential Crisis

Abstract: Reforms of Russia's budgetary system at the subnational level are vital to preserve macroeconomic stability, improve the efficiency and accountability of government, and enhance incentives for local and regional governments to vigorously support economic growth. This report reviews recent trends in fiscal adjustment, budgeting, and government debt at the subnational level in Russia. Most previous fiscal reforms in Russia have focused on problems at the federal level or in the system of federal transfers to the regional governments. This report focuses instead on opportunities for reform at the subnational level. It analyzes major problems in the fiscal area, and suggest a number of measures and performance indicators that could form part of a reform strategy initiated by the Government of Russia. Key directions for subnational fiscal reform include: clarification of subnational government functions; developing a regulatory framework; budget consolidation; budget preparation and expenditure management; accelerate expenditure restructuring; debt management; reform of local taxation; and capital building.