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ITMO Researchers' Improved Text Recognition Algorithm Helps Analyze Century-Old Russian Texts
…artistic sources,” tells us Antonina Puchkovskaia, head of the DH Center and associate professor at the Institute of International Development and Partnership. “Simply put, we want to create a map where you can see which famous person lived in a certain house in the 19th century and who visited it later. To do that, we need to analyze a massive amount of books, newsp…
27.04.2020
School Students from All Over Russia and Belarus Take Part in the Congress of Young Scientists
…. I think it would be easier to present my paper in real life, and yet I’m glad that the event took place despite the quarantine. In the future, I’d like to work in science. I want to continue studying machine vision and autonomous drones at a university. Vera Bulavinova and Anastasiia Untilova, 10th grade students, St. Petersburg, Ecology and Sustainability s…
24.04.2020
Song of the Month: April 2020
…and movie theaters, and music concerts – the whole world without the threat of a dangerous and new virus, I guess? So, sometimes I'm sad and that’s okay, but I just really want to hear the simple “everything will be alright” - even if it's not simple at all. If you want to hear something like this too, I wan<…
24.04.2020
ITMO University Graduates Develop a Service for Career Guidance in IT
… What is your target audience? Dmitry: Our mission is to provide career guidance, and anyone might need help with this at some point. It’s not only for school students who want to apply to universities, but also for students who have to choose a specialization, and for those who decided to start a career in IT. Why do you only cover the field of IT? Dmitry:…
23.04.2020
ITMO's First Game Development Graduates on Russian GameDev and Their Careers
…e game development program was a backup plan for me. However, at the entrance exam, I got a question on game engines and while I was answering it I realized that that’s what I wanted to do. I’ve been into games since I was a child, and I wanted to work in game development when I was a Bachelor’s student, too. At the time, I was really i…
23.04.2020
Shubham Kunal: My 5 Favorite Things about ITMO and More
…ng to be like 200-300 years from now. What was your childhood dream? As long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by Bill Gates. Since I was a kid, I always wanted to become like him. How would you feel if somebody told you 10 years ago about where and what you’re doing now? I would be happy that he/she wishes such good things for me, but I…
23.04.2020
This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St.Petersburg: Celebrating the Great Outdoors
…created by this global corporation is a question we’d rather not ask ourselves, gratefully accepting the benefits of this particular earthly project. No matter where it is you wanted to go as you were planning your next adventure, be sure to find it represented here – most of the time with a chance to take a virtual walk around the place of your dreams. I, for one, h…
22.04.2020
ITMO University Master’s Student Speaks About Her Internship at T-Systems
…program? I found out about it accidentally. I got into IoT in my fourth year of studies, and attended the IoT Academy by Samsung that took place at our university. I didn’t want to continue studying electrical engineering as a Master’s student. I thought there are no IoT related programs in Russia but, as it turned out, there is, right here at ITMO University. It …
21.04.2020
G’day Mate! Your Guide to Speaking Australian
…larm goes off in the middle of class, students might look like stunned mullets (shocked!), and your classmate might say she’ll be apples, meaning everything will be ok. If you want to express yourself as an Aussie, you’ll often start your sentences with I reckon which means I think, but I wouldn’t use that in an essay. In Russia, there’s a funny phrase that peopl…
21.04.2020
Speak Like a Russian: Corona-Inspired
…thing. Another flu symptom that’s become a popular expression is sneezing. Remember how you can use “symmetrical” (“симметрично”) to express your indifference? Well, if you want to be less scientific and more graphic about it, you can just say “начхать!” (“nachhat”) - “I sneeze on this”, meaning you totally don’t care. As for the expression that I’ve used in th…
20.04.2020