TEHRAN – A 12-member Iranian team of young technology experts has won nine medals, including two gold, three silver, and four bronze, at the 2026 BRICS Hi-Tech Future Skills Competition in Russia, securing the highest medal tally among participating teams.
Held in Yekaterinburg from November 9 to 13 under the theme “Hi-Tech: Skills of the Future,” the competition brought together more than 1,000 competitors, experts, technology companies, educational institutions, and industry representatives from around the world.
The international event aimed to promote technological cooperation among BRICS countries, strengthen industrial human resource capabilities, and advance the application of emerging technologies in production.
Abouzar Masoudi in chemical engineering and Kheibar Dashtian in polymer and petrochemical engineering won the gold medals. Amir-Hossein Hashemi and Shervin Rastegar in Robotization and automation of technological processes, as well as Ali Yousefi and Hossein Seyyed Mohseni in cybersecurity, received the bronze medals. Amir-Hossein Khaniki in machine learning and big data, Amir-Hossein Abdullahi and Arezo Sabri in the innovation sector, and AI-based applications secured the bronze medals, Mehr News Agency reported.
This year’s competition featured 49 professional disciplines, covering a wide range of fields including data mining and artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data processing, and the development of industrial algorithms, AI in Unmanned Systems (UAS), UAS operation, cybersecurity (protecting critical infrastructure, such as refineries and power plants…
