The possibilities of an interdisciplinary automated training system in the modular object-oriented environment of distance learning MOODLE are highlighted. The structure of the training course «Ergodesign» is presented and the possibilities of electronic learning management systems for the implementation of test control of students' knowledge are considered. Prospects for the development of modern distance learning technologies are outlined.

The article considers modelling a modern automatic consultant-assistant built on up-to-date methods and approaches used in the chatbot development. In the course of the presented research, modern approaches, programming languages, messengers, algorithms for analyzing natural languages are examined. A software module is written and tested to automate users’ consultations on the most frequently asked questions. To fill in and test the chatbot, the data available in the public domain are used. The proposed chatbot showed good results in working with users and was presented to the representatives of the “Magnit” network for analysis and further development.

The article briefly describes the methodology and suggests the method for recognizing any elliptic forms objects on the images. This method is universal and can be applied in any intelligent recognition systems, for example, recognition system of the road signs from video camera images. The proposed method has proven itself in solving various practical problems, such as searching for signs in photographs, detecting circles on charts and diagrams, searching for the boundaries of ovals of faces, etc. The main advantage of the method is its extreme ease of implementation and high speed, which makes it possible to use not only on modern stationary computers, but also on mobile devices with low computing power.