new theories in nonlinear photonic devices and systems new technologies for optical communications, lasers, safe data transmission and medicine practical applications of developed technologies in high-speed coherent optical communications, in advanced laser systems for scientific, industrial and medical applications, and in innovative systems for safe data transmission. The Center for Photonics was created in partnership with Aston University (UK) and offers NSU students access to world-class laboratories in the field of high-speed optical communications, fiber-optic and, femtosecond laser technologies. International collaborations Research groups are involved in 38 international collaborations; Novosibirsk State University has six international collaborations in the field of physics, elementary particles and astrophysics and 12 ongoing collaborations with the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Novosibirsk State University has partnership agreements with 141 universities representing 27 countries. University journals Novosibirsk State University publishes the following journals: Vestnik NSU. Series: information technologies in education (ISSN 1818-7900) Vestnik NSU. Series: biology, clinical medicine (ISSN 1818-7943) Vestnik NSU. Series: mathematics, mechanics, computer science (ISSN 1818-7897) Vestnik NSU. Series: history, philology (ISSN 1818-7919) Vestnik NSU. Series: pedagogy (ISSN 1818-7889) Vestnik NSU. Series: law (ISSN 1818-7986) Vestnik NSU. Series: physics (ISSN 1818-7994) Vestnik NSU. Series: philosophy (ISSN 1818-796X) Vestnik NSU. Series: psychology (ISSN 1995-865X) Vestnik NSU. Series: information technologies (online) (ISSN 2410-0420) Subordinate educational institutions Specialized Educational Scientific Centre The Specialized Educational Scientific Centre (also known as Physics and Mathematics School) is a special secondary school, founded in 1963. It focuses on two fields, including mathematics & physics and chemistry & biology. An education system resembles the college education, with separate general lectures and small-group seminars. Higher College of Computer Science The Higher College of Computer Science is a vocational school focused on the training of programmers. Chinese-Russian Institute The Chinese-Russian Institute conducts educational bachelor's, master's, graduate school programmes in collaboration with Heilongjiang University. Notable alumni Sergey Alekseenko (born 1950) - Russian/Soviet applied physicist, director of Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics Raissa Berg - geneticist and evolutionary biologist Andrey Bocharov (born 1960) - actor and screenwriter Konstantin Bryliakov (born 1977) - chemist Nikolay Dikansky (born 1941) - physicist Viktor Fadin (born 1942) - theoretical physicist Alexey Fridman (1940-2010) - astrophysicist Nikolay Goncharov (born 1984) - scientist, specialised in plants' genetics Sergey Goncharov (born 1951) - mathematician Victor Ivrii (born 1949) - Russian-Canadian mathematician, specializes in microlocal analysis, spectral theory and partial differential equations Victor Kharitonin