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• The Results of ITMO’s First Large-Scale Study of Quality of Life in Academia

  …ties to do sports at the university. Besides, we’d like to study the lesser-known yet no less crucial health conditions, such as eating disorders and chronic eye diseases. For instance, we use a special mobile fundus camera to obtain appropriate images of the fundus and eyes to study eye diseases in an academic environment. We hope that the university’s expertise in …

  15.12.2022

• Student Spotlight: Arafat Rahman, Bangladesh

• ITMO Scientists Win the First Blue Sky Research Innovative Scientific Projects Contest

  …“North-West” and the association Artificial Intelligence in Industry are the contest’s partners). The term “blue sky research” is used to refer to scientific inquiry in domains where real-world applications are not immediately apparent. That is precisely why it is deemed high risk research. As highlighted by Sergey Salkutsan, the head of the Foundation for Support…

  15.12.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 17-18, 2022

  …on explores the history of the avant-garde movement in Russia, starting from its roots and going all the way to the present day. Even if you already know your Malevich and Kandinsky, you won’t be disappointed by the works of those lesser-known yet no less influential painters who have played their part in creating what we now know as the Russian avant-garde.  Time…

  14.12.2022

• Evolution Responsible? ITMO Researchers Identify Evolutionary Adaptations Connected To Autoimmune Diseases and Allergies

  …er to move further and detect mutations in specific genes, researchers from ITMO in collaboration with their Estonian colleagues have conducted fine-mapping of genetic factors inside the genome’s loci using the fully sequenced genomes from the Estonian Biobank (University of Tartu).  “We have decided to approach autoimmune diseases from the point of view of evol…

  14.12.2022

• Think Like an AI: ITMO Students Create a Game Where You Guess Words Using Artificial Intelligence Logic

  … similar context. For example, one day the word was “водопад” (waterfall), but the closest to it was not, as you might have guessed, “вода” (water), but “ниагарский” (Niagara) instead. This added challenge is what makes the game fun. — What words did you upload into the algorithm? — We use works of fiction as our dataset, with more than a hundred thousand o…

  13.12.2022

• Get to know ITMO’s Russian Language Teachers

  …distinguish between Russian patronymics and surnames. What is your dream travel destination and why? I really would love to visit some African countries, my students have inspired me. In what ways have your students surprised you? Students from warmer climates don’t freeze when you open the window in the winter. I freeze, but they don’t. Oksana K…

  13.12.2022

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #20

  …eling debate in the artistic community: is there a place for neural networks in creative trades? Who is to be credited for AI-generated artworks? How will museums and cultural institutions react to the growing trends? Data scientists, educators, and art experts came together at the Second Congress of Young Scientists to discuss the subject and draw their conclusions.…

  12.12.2022

• Evidence-Based Education: How Data Improves Learning & Teaching

  …ned in 1919, the learning curve describes how a person’s skill in a certain task changes through time or depending on their experience. This concept is still in use today, for instance, in adaptive learning systems, where educational content is hand-picked for each individual student. In Russia, this field was first introduced by psychologist Aleksandr Nechaev, wh…

  12.12.2022

• Spelling a Story Bit by Bit: How To Get Into Data Journalism

  …heat maps, to achieve their goal. Importantly, such stories often relate to some of society’s most acute problems – and this technique of analyzing fragmented bits of data remains one of the most reliable ways to identify these issues. Where do they work? The world’s first data journalism projects appeared in 2009, when The Guardian launched its Datablog; in 20…

  09.12.2022