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• Guide on IT meetups in St. Petersburg. Part 3: Events for Data Scientists

  …ps and breakfasts of ODS and PyData conference remind me of a kaleidoscope: one element (atmosphere) is repeated in many different fragments (events). Attendees come for fun, networking and inspiration. Presentations cover a diverse range of topics: neural network architecture, model optimization, scraping and data preprocessing, data p…

  20.05.2019

• Guide on IT meetups in St. Petersburg. Part 2: Softcore and Hardcore

  …r web development Meetups in English once in 3 months Pybreakfasts once in 2 weeks with tech talks, offtop discussions, jokes and coffee Drinkups in a bar once a month for networking and fun Sometimes PiterPy Meetup also organizes hackathons and drinkathons, participates in open-source sprints, makes interactive stands, workshops and panel discussions on IT festi…

  02.04.2019

• Experiences with Teaching at ITMO

  …mbeddings on the Russian-language book versions, and used those to evaluate the newly created datasets.They also tried to explain the differences regarding evaluation metrics between the English original versions and the Russian versions. The other student projects were equally interesting, but it would lead too far to discuss all of them here. What I really like …

  05.03.2019

• Why diets do not work?

  … the solution? First, sport has always been the best solution to losing weight. It’s better to burn more calories than to consume less. Second, make a smooth transition between 1700 and 2000. Make it 1750 and keep it around a few weeks and then 1800 and so on. What you eat also matters (veggies are 100% better than chocolate). Finally, it doesn’t really matt…

  01.02.2019

• Women in IT

  …ader of various books and web projects. Her literary works have been published worldwide. Radia Perlman (born 1951) Radia Perlman is an American computer programmer and network engineer. She is most famous for her invention of the spanning-tree protocol, which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for D…

  08.01.2019

• Guide on IT meetups in St. Petersburg. Part 1: Hardcore Meetups

  …in St. Petersburg. Almost every week developers can find something interesting to visit. As the organizer of the JUG.ru conferences remarked, initially meetups were organized between friends from different companies for experience exchange. Now the organizers of meetups emphasise communication and networking. Gurus of public speaking…

  21.12.2018

• Big science communication story in Russia born from a small networking coincidence

  …though massive and not easy, were clear and so was the way of accomplishing them. But to start international communications activities, we crucially needed more international networking and expertise. Seeking this, I came in summer 2014 to the Erice International School of Science Communication. D.M. In 2012, I was in a position that can be best described as embar…

  10.12.2018

• Higher Education in Belgium: My Personal Experience

  …th internship opportunities. Even though the industrial internship is included in the curriculum in ITMO as well, I have to say it’s nothing similar. Here students can choose between min. 5-week (4 ECTS) or min. 10-week (10 ECTS) internship scheduled for their summer break in between first and second years of MSc. Luckily, Belgium has a…

  02.12.2018

• Student Exchange in Europe and Why You Must Travel

  …hich hide behind the study experience. Since I am living and studying in the heart of Europe, I have an ESN card (The ESNcard is the membership card of the Erasmus Student Network. Its primary objective is to support and give opportunities to international students during and after their exchange period), which allows me to buy plane, bus and train tickets with co…

  27.11.2018

• A Day in the Life of an ITMO Student

  …ther building. Walking slowly through the streets of St. Pete is one of my favorite things in this life. The next stop is my favorite bookshop. I like to wander around between the impossibly beautiful bookshelves and maybe find a new interesting book. I grab a cup of cocoa with marshmallows and go to the next stop, my favorite thinking place. It’s a small park…

  19.11.2018