MOSCOW - Katerina Tikhonova, the youngest
daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was appointed head
of a new artificial intelligence institute at Moscow State
University, her fund said on Friday.
Tikhonova, 33, has held a senior position at the university
for several years and runs publicly-funded projects, Reuters has
previously reported.
She has a Master's degree in physics and maths and is also
an acrobatic rock'n'roll dancer.
The new institute is dedicated to "artificial intelligence
issues and intellectual systems" with a focus on "fundamental
and practical cognitive research," Tikhonova's fund Innopraktika
said.
It provided no further details on the nature of the
research.
Moscow State University will receive 890 million
roubles($13.6 million) in state funding for its development
programme this year, according to Vedomosti newspaper, which
first reported Tikhonova's new role earlier on Friday.
Ten new research institutes will be funded through this
programme, Vedomosti said. It was unclear what portion of this
will be spent on Tikhonova's institute.