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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 8-9

  …ng been included by Giorgio Vasari in his seminal 16th-century treatise Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, aka ‘the first important book on art history’. Sadly, the great master hasn’t had that much of a reach in Russia, partly because there are no works of his in our museum collections. Up until now, at least: a major monographic exh…

  05.12.2018

• New York University Professor Kimon Keramidas on Digitalization and Digital Humanities

  …andy in our everyday lives. Let us first make sense of what "digital" is. If I were to ask you this question, I doubt that you'll come up with a quick and easy answer. History-wise, we had devices like ENIAC and other monstrous computers that existed up to the mid-20th century, when digital technologies started to look more promising. With time, they even chang…

  03.12.2018

• Six ITMO University Lecturers Awarded Prize by Government of St. Petersburg

  …r work. Anna Spiridonova, a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems My competition entry was a syllabus I developed for the course ‘History of World Art’, which has been partially taught in English for two years now. The course is aimed at the students of the Educational Center of Graphic Technologies, who will go on to becom…

  03.12.2018

• Movie Fridays: New Releases

  …ight, catchy trailer did their work and I bought the ticket. And I didn’t regret it. Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2018 biographical film with a killer soundtrack that follows the story of the British iconic rock band Queen from their foundation in the 70s to their historic Live Aid performance in 1985. Directed by Bryan Singer, this flick is a celebration of Queen’s sen…

  30.11.2018

• ITMO’s Digital Humanities Lab Wins Microsoft Prize for Project on History of Gulag

  …aboratory. In essence, they are offering startups an opportunity to work with major cultural institutions such as the Tretyakov Gallery, the Bolshoi Drama Theater, the Gulag History Museum, and others. Before I enrolled in the Art&Science program at ITMO University, I graduated from the St. Petersburg State University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science with a majo…

  30.11.2018

• ITMO University and VR/AR Association Host Japan VR/AR Day in St. Petersburg

  …ched in 2015. The company’s mission is to create optimal communications solutions using VR. We believe that virtual reality is the future of communication. If we look at the history of industrial revolutions, we’ll notice that each one changed the format of global communication. An important element of the fourth industrial revolution is the concept of cyber-physical…

  29.11.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 1-2

  …aturette depicting ‘three playful and cheeky journalists’ uncovering unsightly practices in the chocolate production industry in a bid to change it for the better, Wasted: The story of food waste, the documentary aimed at changing how people buy, cook and eat food, both screened on December 1, and on December 2, Into the Okavango, a passionate conservation biologist’…

  28.11.2018

• Pop-Science Cinema at ITMO University

  …hem food for thought and encourage them to create something just as complex and amazing," shares Ms. Polishchuk. The second movie called “Let there be light!” follows the story of a dozen scientists from different countries who build an artificial star in a small French village. The authors attempt to ask the question of whether we need alternative energy and wh…

  26.11.2018

• KonFest 2018: Experts on Development of K2B Market

  …t learned to recognize the beautiful landscapes from the backgrounds and not the sheep. Artificial intelligence is an instrument that we make use of. Throughout our whole history, we've been working with instruments, and we were in the lead. It is I who decide how to use a hammer, not vice-versa. When using machine learning, the machine can have more power than I …

  23.11.2018

• VK Hackathon 2018 Winners Make Donating Blood Easier

  …cial aspect of the work. Grigoriy Frantsuzov: When I was studying at ITMO, I was a member of the Student Council, and we organized the first Donor Day in the university’s history. It was as part of this that I met people from the Red Cross; they were promoting blood donation among students. For the next seven years, I was volunteering at the Red Cross, so I made l…

  23.11.2018