In 2024, 50 students arrived in Russia for internships, who were assigned to leading domestic universities, including the Southern Federal University. The Institute of Computer Technology and Information Security, as a division of SFedU, accepted four students for individual master's and postgraduate study programs. The new students were representatives of the University of Computer Science Denis Sixto Francia Carell, Roberto Antonio Infante, Andi Suarez Onya and a student of the Havana University of Technology named after Jose Antonio Echeverria Ariel Baloira Perez.

Within five weeks, Cuban interns will have to complete research projects and submit them for defense.  Project management is carried out by employees of the SFedU Institute of Computer Technology and Information Security:

- Professor of the Department of Computer Engineering Eduard Melnik, research area "Information and communication technologies, engineering, computer technologies. Artificial intelligence. Pattern recognition";/
-Associate Professor of the Department of Synergetics and Management Processes named after Professor Anatoly Arkadyevich Kolesnikov Dmitry Elkin, "Research of virtual twins for smart cities and development of a virtual twin for electric mobility systems using a multiservice and statistical approach based on standards";
- Evgeny Abramov, Head of the Department of Information Technology Security named after O.B. Makarevich, "Method for assessing the security of database systems";
-Alexey Tselov, Associate Professor of the Department of Information and Analytical Security Systems named after Professor Leonid Samoilovich Berstein, "Development of practices in the field of artificial intelligence technologies, especially reinforcement learning, to support decision-making in cybersecurity management processes."

In order for Cuban interns and their research supervisors to support successful academic, scientific and professional communication within the framework of their research projects, the International Institute of Interdisciplinary Education and Ibero-American Studies organized translation support, in which not only undergraduates of the program "Theory of Translation and Intercultural Communication" actively participate, but also the teachers of this department. So, at the Institute of Computer Technology and Information Security, translation support is provided by Associate Professor Sabina Kerimova.

Russian Language and Culture intensive course, developed by the Department of Russian Language and General Education Disciplines will also be held by foreign students during the internship program. Russian classes will be taught by Ekaterina Pomigueva, Associate Professor of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language and methods of teaching it. This course will help to create a better contact between the two countries, which in the future will become the basis for the creation of research and educational collaborations.