The "Stat Hour" symposium is an engaging platform dedicated to the exchange of knowledge in statistics, data science, and related disciplines. Established under the auspices of the Student Scientific Association of Statistics and the Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Tehran, this symposium fosters collaboration and learning among scholars, students, and professionals.
Sessions are accessible in multiple formats, including in-person, online, and on-demand, accommodating a wide range of participants. Presenters typically include students and graduates from related fields both within Iran and internationally. We welcome collaboration in various capacities; please visit this link to explore opportunities to get involved with our team.
The "Stat Hour" symposium is an engaging platform dedicated to the exchange of knowledge in statistics, data science, and related disciplines. Established under the auspices of the Student Scientific Association of Statistics and the Faculty of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Tehran, this symposium fosters collaboration and learning among scholars, students, and professionals.
Sessions are accessible in multiple formats, including in-person, online, and on-demand, accommodating a wide range of participants. Presenters typically include students and graduates from related fields both within Iran and internationally. We welcome collaboration in various capacities; please visit this link to explore opportunities to get involved with our team.
Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged his armed forces to surrender. The company maintains that it cannot act against individual or group chats, which are “private amongst their participants,” but it will respond to requests in relation to sticker sets, channels and bots which are publicly available. During the invasion of Ukraine, Pavel Durov has wrestled with this issue a lot more prominently than he has before. Channels like Donbass Insider and Bellum Acta, as reported by Foreign Policy, started pumping out pro-Russian propaganda as the invasion began. So much so that the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council issued a statement labeling which accounts are Russian-backed. Ukrainian officials, in potential violation of the Geneva Convention, have shared imagery of dead and captured Russian soldiers on the platform. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” Since January 2022, the SC has received a total of 47 complaints and enquiries on illegal investment schemes promoted through Telegram. These fraudulent schemes offer non-existent investment opportunities, promising very attractive and risk-free returns within a short span of time. They commonly offer unrealistic returns of as high as 1,000% within 24 hours or even within a few hours.
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