Digital Transformation of Science and Education: International Conference in Tashkent

Ishankhodzhaeva Zamira Raiimovna ORCID: 0000-0002-8495-8122 Doctor of History Professor, Department of History of Uzbekistan, National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek 101174, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Universitetskaya str., 4, room 309 zamira.i@rambler.ru

Tagaev Zhasur Erkinovich ORCID: 0000-0002-8202-078X PhD in History Associate Professor of the Department of History of Uzbekistan, National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek 100174, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Universitetskaya str., 4, room 309 jasur.erkinovich.1990@mail.ru

The introduction of digital technologies in science and education is currently a necessary condition for the development of society in the context of digital transformation. Modern technologies and telecommunications make it possible to change the nature of the organization of scientific research and the educational process, modernize the information and educational environment, transfer science and education to a new qualitative level, deeply motivate researchers and students in obtaining and assimilating new knowledge, which will eventually lead to an improvement in the quality of life of society ^{[1; 2]}. To train specialists who meet the challenges of the time, it is necessary to use digital technologies in educational programs at all levels, primarily university and postgraduate, as well as in research activities.

Today, modern technologies are actively used in Uzbekistan to create digital platforms for intercultural dialogue. We are talking about virtual museums and creative exhibitions, various online conferences that promote the rapprochement of peoples, including through the active involvement of young people in such projects. This work is carried out on the basis of decrees and orders of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyoyev, as well as orders of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan (see Note 1), according to which, within the framework of the applied grant A-OT-2021-542 (see Note 2) the Department of History of Uzbekistan of the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek organized and held a scientific and practical conference with foreign participation "The importance of digital technologies in the study of the history of Uzbekistan" on September 28, 2022.

During the conference, special attention was paid to the consideration of the possibilities of using digital technologies for educational and research processes in universities and research centers, among which the following aspects are highlighted:

· digital technologies as educational systems based on artificial intelligence;

· unlimited possibilities for collecting, storing, transmitting, converting, analyzing and applying information of a diverse nature;

· increasing the availability of education;

· ensuring continuity of education;

· development of personality-oriented learning, creation of a unified information and educational environment;

· improvement of methodological and software support of the educational process;

· development of independent search and research activities;

· increasing the motivational side of training, etc.

The conference was organized by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan.

The co-organizers of the conference were:

1. Interregional Association "History and Computer" (established in the Russian Federation in 1992).

2. Department of Historical Informatics, Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

3. Institute of Asian and African Countries of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

4. Humanitarian Institute of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

5. Humanities Institute of the National Research Novosibirsk State University.

6. The Center for Eurasian Studies of the National Research Tomsk State University.

7. L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University.

8. The State Museum of "Memory of Victims of Repression" under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In total, about 100 reports were presented at the conference in the following areas:

1. Virtual reconstruction of historical events and lost monuments (in accordance with historical periods).

2. The use of digital technologies in the study of history and special historical disciplines.

3. Digital technologies in the humanities: the experience of Uzbekistan and foreign countries, in particular the countries of Central Asia.

4. Digital technologies in studying the heritage and perpetuating the memory of victims of repressive policies in the Soviet period of Uzbekistan's history.

5. Digital transformation of science and education at the present stage.

In the course of the conference, reports and reports were heard and discussed, the tasks of further development of information technologies in historical research and higher historical education were determined. The conference participants were particularly interested in the report of the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Historical Informatics of the Faculty of History of Lomonosov Moscow State University L.I. Borodkin "A new stage of digital transformation of historical research: the possibilities of big data technologies and artificial intelligence", which focused on the use of artificial intelligence technologies by historians and the creation of three-dimensional reconstruction disappearing and lost monuments of architecture and objects of cultural heritage. The report of a member of the Rosarchiv Commission for Research and Methodological Work, Doctor of Historical Sciences Yu.Yu. Yumasheva (Moscow), devoted to the creation of electronic copies of archival documents as a modern method of preserving historical and cultural heritage and expanding access to it, was also interesting.

The head of the National Center of Archeology of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Historical Sciences F.A. Maksudov, reported on the widespread use of digital technologies in archaeological research on the example of the monuments of Tuganbulak and Tashbulak. I would also like to mention the report of Professor of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of Historical Sciences S.A.Zhakisheva "Mathematical and statistical methods and computer technologies in the study of repressions against Baiism at the turn of the 1920s-1930s." Interesting materials about historical science in Kazakhstan were presented by B.G. Ayagan, Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Director of the Institute of State History of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. A researcher from Japan, PhD Ueda Akira, reported on the use of GIS technologies in the study of the history of Uzbekistan, in particular, the Fergana Valley.

At the breakout sessions, it is possible to note the speech of Doctor of I.N. V.N. Vladimirova and Ph.D. E.P. Krupochkin (Russia, Altai State University) with the report "Information and cartographic support of historical studies of the Trans-Siberian Railway". Interesting were the reports of I.M. Shamsieva (National University of Uzbekistan) "Digital Storytelling – historical education in a different way", and her colleagues O.P. Kobzeva and N.A. Vaisova "Issues of digitalization of the history of the Great Silk Road on the example of creating an online platform of the same name", as well as the report of a young scientist D.V. Alinazarova "The use of digital technologies in the study of the history of printing in the Fergana Valley", which raised many questions. Finally, I would like to mention the speech of A.T.Tazhibayev and T.V. Marmontova (Kazakhstan) "Digitalization of education as a path to a new paradigm of socio-humanitarian knowledge".

All the reports presented at the conference were published in an electronic publication with an article-by-article assignment of DOI, indexing was carried out in the scientometric database Google Academy (Google Scholar) and placement in the resources of the international electronic library Inlibrary ^[3]. The conference materials can also be found on the Digital History – Raqamli tarix electronic platform of the Faculty of History of the Mirzo Ulugbek NUUz ^[4], which was created within the framework of the already mentioned project A–OT-2021-542.

Following the results of the plenary, breakout sessions and discussions, as well as the general work of the conference, a resolution was adopted, including the following recommendations:

· to carry out close scientific cooperation in research related to the use of digital technologies in education and science with the involvement of scientists from universities and research centers of Uzbekistan, as well as foreign countries with extensive experience in this problem;

· consider scientific and educational research based on information technologies as a priority;

· strengthen cooperation of scientists and university teachers with IT specialists in the field of using digital technologies in the study and promotion of historical knowledge;

· expand and strengthen intersectoral, interregional and international research and activities in the field of training highly qualified personnel in this field;

· pay special attention to the possibilities of publishing joint scientific papers, applications for grants and competitions, the development of exchange and networking programs between universities, research institutes, specialized centers of Uzbekistan and foreign countries.

The Conference supports the efforts of Uzbek universities to form a unified scientific and educational space and considers it necessary to continue implementing measures aimed at cooperation, academic mobility, exchange of experience and advanced technologies in the field of digital history, including all areas of historical science.

The conference participants consider it relevant to work on the conclusion of agreements between universities of Uzbekistan on training in the field of digital history, the widespread use of information technologies and artificial intelligence in higher historical education.

The conference participants noted the high level of organization and holding of this event, which is recommended to make traditional. The Organizing Committee is charged with organizing a Digital History Center on the basis of the Department of History of Uzbekistan of the Faculty of History of the Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan, with the involvement of young scientists and university teachers of Uzbekistan, with the subsequent formation of a scientific school on digital history, as well as holding a scientific and practical conference "The use of digital technologies in the study of the history of Uzbekistan" with international participation once a year two years. notes

Note 1. Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyoyev No. R-5598 dated October 8, 2020 "On additional measures for deeper study of the heritage and perpetuation of the memory of victims of repression"; Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-6097 dated October 29, 2020 "On approval of the concept of development of science until 2030"; Order of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 97 dated March 14 , 2022 Note 2. Project A-FROM-2021-542 — "In-depth study of the heritage of the repressed, perpetuation of their memory, the importance of their socio-political, spiritual and educational ideas in the education and upbringing of youth" of the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The project was carried out by the staff of the Historical Faculty of the Mirzo Ulugbek NUUz. The project provides for the creation of an electronic database, mobile applications on a given topic. The project manager is prof. Z.R. Ishankhodzhayeva.