KSU Professor participates in the VUIAS program workshop in Uzhhorod
From October 19, a workshop for participants of the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study (VUIAS) program is taking place in Uzhhorod. Among the participants is Professor of Kherson State University Vitaliy Kobets, a program participant for the 2026/2027 academic year in the field of «Economics / IT».
The VUIAS program is designed for Ukrainian scientists from all scientific disciplines working both in Ukraine and abroad. Scholars were selected through a three-stage competitive procedure from over 600 applications: candidates were divided by fields, the top 5 were identified in each field, then the top 3, and finally the winners. In total, 5% of candidates from all over Ukraine were selected for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Selected scientists receive support for conducting research both in Ukraine and abroad. The network of foreign partners includes, in particular, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Stanford Center for Advanced Research in Behavioral Sciences, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, the Swedish College of Advanced Studies in Uppsala, and the Helsinki Center for Advanced Studies. In Ukraine, partners include the Ukrainian Catholic University, the Center for Urban History, the Kyiv Center for Advanced Research, the Kyiv School of Economics, American University Kyiv, and the Research Center «Ukraine».
The initiative is supported by the Volkswagen Foundation. Selected participants represent over 20 scientific disciplines and academic institutions from all regions of the country.
During the workshop, participants learn about the VUIAS mission, introduce themselves, and familiarize themselves with the program's working formats and schedules, and also participate in various communication spaces.
As part of the program, Professor Vitaliy Kobets will implement the research «Automated financial advisory system based on machine learning for personalized investment management in post-war Ukraine» https://vuias.org/person/vitaliy-kobets/.
The project is aimed at studying the experience of automated financial advisors common in EU countries and the possibility of their application in Ukraine. The project combines interdisciplinary methods for developing personalized investment portfolios based on mathematical models, large language models, and programming, and is aimed at developing accessible financial instruments for Ukrainians to achieve personal financial goals with various planning horizons.