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• 10 Things to Remember and Do When Participating in International Student Programming Competitions

  …orithm, and it will fit in 1 second. But if the length of an array is up to 100,000, you should use a more optimal algorithm like, say, quicksort. Test your code before submission. As you already know, every wrong submission nets you an additional penalty. That’s why you should be sure that your solution at least passes all the samples…

  30.05.2019

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

  … are afraid of the code. Deep lecture on Natural Language Processing can seem too complicated for both a newbie in Data Science and for an experienced researcher in Computer Vision. Based on the approaches to solving these problems, three types of events can be distinguished: 1) Meetups and breakfasts of ODS and PyData conference remind me of a kaleidoscope: one e…

  20.05.2019

• The Optics Are Looking Good

  …yourself! My next favorite exhibition would have to be the one that allowed you to see yourself broken up into primary colors. The installation is admittedly another great occasion for taking photos (you might have noticed a trend by now). The last exhibition I’ll mention in this post would have to be the heat tracking camera. Although a very simple concept, i…

  22.04.2019

• Exploring St. Petersburg’s Views

  …This roof excursion was organized with the help of our buddy Alina, whose friend has been exploring different roof locations of our city for a couple of years. Usually you can find people who can guide you on this kind of tour on the internet (Instagram, for example). We visited the roof of a building located near Petrogradskaya metro station. We had to climb up the …

  20.04.2019

• Discover the Museum that Shows You Mini-Russia

  …s the "Lokodrom" where you control the trains from a small layout: adjust the speed, turn on the arrows. This so-called simulator is a great success with children. In conclusion, I can say that Grand Maket Rossiya is a very interesting, informative, modern museum, which uses unusual technical solutions. For those who would like to get acquainted with different par…

  08.04.2019

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

  …two softcore talks and a couple of lightning stories) Hardcore meetups once in 3 months about functional programming features in Python, optional static typing in the last versions of Python, CPython and PyPy, GIL, asynchronous Python for web development Meetups in English once in 3 months Pybreakfasts once in 2 weeks with tech talks, offtop discussions of a washing machine to find detergents), you explore the city. That’s how fun this complicated experience can be. Then after a month you look back and see how much you have changed. T…

  15.03.2019

• Experiences with Teaching at ITMO

  …their relations. After translation to Russian, the students experimented with different word embedding methods and settings to train embeddings 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 version…

  05.03.2019

• Is there life after academic mobility?

  …My months in Pilsen were more intense than I could have expected. If you have the opportunity to study abroad, be sure to use it. Travelling does not give such a complete immersion in real foreign life. New experiences, new friends, new language, unexpected twists of fate, say goodbye to fears and comfort zone… …and thank you, ITMO! …

  04.02.2019

• Why diets do not work?

  …What you eat also matters (veggies are 100% better than chocolate). Finally, it doesn’t really matter how much you weigh as long as it doesn’t harm your health. In conclusion, I must say that the problem of the acceleration of metabolism and overcoming hidden hunger overcoming is not solved yet. Scientists haven’t come up with a solution yet! Therefore, the bes…

  01.02.2019