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• 10th Birthday of International Sports Programming Project Codeforces Celebrated at ITMO University

  …now how it all began is a competitive programming coach Andrei Lopatin. He met Mikhail in 2002 and introduced him to Pavel Durov, the founder of VK, the biggest Russian social network, who’s been supporting Codeforces for many years since then. Lopatin believes that Codeforces is successful because it was just the thing that the community needed. “There used to …

  03.03.2020

• Scientists Develop Algorithm for Researching Evolutionary History of Species with Whole-genome Duplications

  …According to research by genetic scientists, some plants and even mammals have whole-genome duplications, i.e. some of their genes exist in several copies that are more or less similar to each other. The ancestral genomes didn’t have such duplicates, but the duplication happened at some point of its evolutionary history and got a foothold in the population. “Som…

  27.02.2020

• Exploring New Cultures, Studying New Materials: ITMO Students on Their International Internships

  … Relevance and practical applications of the research As many people who have some connection to the chemical industry, I’m extremely concerned about how polluted our planet is. People are burning fuel, mindlessly throwing away used batteries, while we are surrounded by so many natural energy sources. Vibration, heat, solar radiation – all this can be transform…

  27.02.2020

• Art Born of Slime Moulds and Bacteria: ITMO Hosts BioArt Workshops

  … Laura Rodríguez, bioartist and second-year student at ITMO’s Art&Science Master’s program I actually specialise in molecular biology. My project at ITMO deals with genetic modifications. But microbiology is better suited for a beginner workshop. Maybe later, when our participants are more experienced and have acquired some knowledge, we will advance to mole…

  26.02.2020

• Clarivate Analytics Expert on Why Russian Researchers Are Cited Less and Universities Aren’t Included in Innovation Rankings

  …y means of applications like VOSviewer. That way, we managed to find the most groundbreaking topics that kept scientists busy in the last couple of years: convolutional neural networks, multicriteria decision making and the Dempster– Shafer theory. Now it would be appropriate to get back to the very definition of a highly cited article. A highly cited article …

  26.02.2020

• ITMO FabLab: DIY Coworking Space For the Creative

  …ing system. FlashStep was developed by the laboratory’s co-founder Evgeniy Anfimov. It is a system for lighting the stairs of multi-story country houses. The solution was monetized and is now popular among smart house owners. Another noteworthy project is the SMARR – a prototype robot that makes use of VR and AR technologies. Its development, which was s…

  25.02.2020

• ITMO’s International Center for Digital Humanities Research Presents Results of DH Week at NYCDH Week in New York

  …such events as DH Week is to explain it to the public,” explains Antonina Puchkovskaya. DH Week is a free event. Apart from popularizing DH, it also serves as a great networking platform where representatives of cultural institutions can meet with various specialists. “Sure enough, the main goal was to speak about DH in St. Petersburg, and I think that …

  25.02.2020

• Education Helps You Understand Things, Science Communication – to Explain Them: An Interview with ITMO University Graduate Daniil Shirokov

  …e program is, of course, the contacts. During the studies, your contact list gets really long, you meet potential employers, experts and other notable members of the industry. Networking is a part of studying here. Even my current job is connected to the program. How so? Around two years ago, Severgroup Medicine – a company that manages Scandinavia clinics – st…

  25.02.2020

• Meet the First Graduates of ITMO's Mentorship Program

  …tions with a mentor are more informal, you can ask them things you’re too embarrassed to ask others,” says Alexandra Krot, a student at ITMO University. Mentorship as networking and a path into the professional community “I wanted to discuss which field I should choose, which qualities are necessary for working and starting a career with an established …

  20.02.2020

• Sagar Kumar: My Desire Is to Help Humankind in Every Way Possible

  …ts in machine learning have unleashed new possibilities in artificial intelligence. The proliferation of sensors that measure an abundance of different parameters and the Internet of Things have been fueling the big data explosion. These fields are becoming more sophisticated with every passing year. We are yet to see its full potential, which goes beyond self-dri…

  20.02.2020