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• The Magic of Neural Networks

  First envisioned in the 1950s, neural networks are now all the rage: they’ve taken over the media and even your day-to-day life. After having a few profound conversations with Siri or Alexa, enjoying some perfectly-picked tunes on your personalized radio, or unexpectedly seeing your long-lost friend on your social media feed, you may start to wonder what else is in the power of neural networks.

  11.05.2021

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: Exploring the Deep Sea

  Yesterday was all about space exploration as we celebrated Cosmonautics Day in Russia. It’s hard to imagine, but despite venturing far out into space, we still don’t know nearly enough about the inhabitants of the Earth’s oceans and especially at their deepest levels. There, in constantly reigning darkness an enigmatic world uncurls in slow motion. How can cutting-edge research in AI and robotics help explore this world? Read on to find out.

  13.04.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 20-21, 2021

  Do you have anything exciting lined up for the weekend? If not, we’ve got your back, as always. There’re plenty of reasons to leave the comfort of your room (even in such unpredictable weather) and experience the vibrant spirit of the city. Whether you’re a fan of art – both classical and tech – or enjoy the old but gold jazz, you will find your pick among our top things to do this weekend in St. Petersburg.

  17.03.2021

• ITMO Professor Alexander Boukhanovsky on How AI Can Help Economy in Crisis

  Recently, Alexander Boukhanovsky, head of ITMO’s School of Translational Information Technologies, received renewed funding from Russian Science Foundation for his project in predictive modeling in economics. In this interview, ITMO.NEWS asked Prof. Boukhanovsky about his project and the role AI might play in economics.

  25.02.2021

• ITMO Professor Aleksandr Farseev on Long Tail Marketing and 2020 Gartner Cool Vendors Award

  The SoMin.ai company, which participated in ITMO Accelerator, received an award from the Gartner agency, one of the leaders in business analytics. ITMO.NEWS met with Aleksandr Farseev, the founder of the company and a professor at ITMO Machine Learning Lab, to learn more about the award and their future plans.

  19.02.2021

• Three Monsters of Thinking: ITMO Holds a Lecture on Evidence-Based Policy As Part of Hard Core Philosophy Project

  Hard Core Philosophy is a project within ITMO’s Thinking module. It is a series of lectures by Russian and international researchers from the world’s best universities on contemporary ontology and theory of cognition.

  18.01.2021

• ITMO University Participates in Personal Digital Certificate Program

  The courses by ITMO University helped over 350 students of various majors acquire new knowledge and skills in big data, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.

  29.12.2020

• What’s Behind the Renewed Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Program

  The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence program (previously called Robotics) is aimed at training specialists working at the intersection of two fields. Read this article to learn why robotics is so important for AI and vice versa, and what sociologists and programmers are to do in this program.

  22.12.2020

• ITMO University Student Wins One Million Rubles at Sberbank Competition

  Daniil Tsimerman, a first-year student at the Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, was ranked first in the Junior category at AIJ Contest. The online competition was organized by Sberbank as part of the AI Journey conference.

  14.12.2020

• First Year Student Daniil Kazantsev Presents Project at Sberbank Conference on Artificial Intelligence

  The Artificial Intelligence Journey conference took place online on December 3-5, 2020. The event is among the world’s largest discussion platforms on artificial intelligence.

  07.12.2020