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• Yimer Getnet: Food Biotechnology is a Promising Field and I Want to Be Part of It

  …How did you pick Russia as a place to study?   When I was a teenager, I had the opportunity to learn a lot about Russia. I discovered that it has a fascinating history and considerable influence on science and technology.  In my opinion, Russians are very educated people. This influenced me greatly. Before coming here, I also knew that it was home to many distingu…

  30.01.2020

• Digital Humanities Week: Physicist and Mathematician Ivan Yamshchikov on the Use of Algorithms in Humanities Research

  …, when using this system, you cannot learn the truth about each particular person, but you can easily determine the percentage of true answers in your group. Predictions, history and counterculture Another aspect worth considering is how accurate our predictions really are. A group of American researchers decided to use data analysis to predict whether an event…

  30.01.2020

• Bioinformatics Specialist Alexey Komissarov on Gaps in Genomic Studies and Plans to Close Them

  …f errors.  What do you want to find out during this research? For example, using this data we can uncover the structure of a population and restore its demographic history – what its size was before, how it changed. For example, sables in Siberia had been almost fully destroyed by hunters by the middle of the 20th century. Then, in the 1960s, the animals we…

  27.01.2020

• Siege of Leningrad: 900 Days of Courage

• Mahdi Akhlaqi: The Attitude We Have Towards Ourselves Makes Us Who We Are And Who We Will Be

  …lture shock is highly likely to happen if you’re traveling from another continent.  An important characteristic of St. Petersburg is that living here you feel immersed in history. Interestingly, this is the exact point of difference and at the same time, the similarity between my country and Russia. Everyone seems to know the history

  23.01.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 25-26, 2020

  …Echo of Expressionism exhibition January 23 – March 9 Marble Palace 250 rubles for students, 500 rubles for everyone else Reconstructing the history of Leningrad Expressionism in its astonishing diversity, the exhibition features some 200 works by famous Russian expressionist artists from the collections of the Russian Museum, the Hermitage Museum, the…

  22.01.2020

• Tsegai Tekle: Russia Exceeded My Expectations

  …iked ITMO’s capabilities for integration and adaptation of international students. Did you have any expectations before coming to St. Petersburg? My country has a long history of educational relations with Russia, so my expectations were just to pursue my studies. And regarding the living environment in Russia, it’s all beyond my expectations. The image that I …

  16.01.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 18-19, 2020

  … the Northern capital has it all. Some drawings and photographs are the only things that still keep the memory of the old times and the city’s rather violent yet fascinating history. To familiarize yourself with these works of art and see the mysterious shadows of the past, head to the City Lost in Time exhibition held in the magnificent Rumyantsev Mansion located on…

  15.01.2020

• TVs for Instagram Videos and Flying Taxis: 2020 Consumer Electronics Show

• Wikipedia Is Not an Ivory Tower: ITMO Graduate On Working For The ‘Net’s Greatest Encyclopedia

  …itor at a publishing house, to do something science-related. By the way, during my studies, I worked part-time as a scientific publications editor at the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg. Where did your interest in science come from?  From reading a popular encyclopedia for children, it was my favorite book series when I was a child.   How d…

  15.01.2020