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• More Than Panels: Cool Soviet Experiments on Residential Buildings

  … Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union at the time, set a challenging task of providing every Soviet family with their own apartment. Such a daring idea required a construction method which would be inexpensive, fast, and easy to implement, so Soviet architects turned to the experience of their French colleagues, whose panel houses met all the required qu…

  05.04.2021

• Picture of the Week: Brettanomyces Pseudomycelium

  … at ITMO’s Faculty of Biotechnologies under the supervision of Dr. Vera Ivanova. The research aims to determine the mechanisms of adaptation and survival of microorganisms in production and assess the prospects of using Brettanomyces as a source of β-glucans, natural components of their cell walls. Yeast β-glucans have received special attention for their biologic…

  05.04.2021

• From Screen to Life: A Movie Guide to St. Petersburg

  …Piter FM (2006) Digital natives can hardly imagine, but some 15 years ago (still the 21st century!) people couldn’t reach each other so easily, as cell phones were as multifunctional as bricks and social networks were virtually nonexistent. Luckily for us, this is now history, but phone trouble became the basis for one of the most romantic movies filmed in St. Pet…

  02.04.2021

• ITMO Associate Professor Alexander Kuznetsov on How Criminals Fool Voice Recognition to Steal Money

  … case, comes with lower security. Lately, you probably heard the stories about hackers using fake voice recordings to deceive security systems and gain access to accounts, make transactions, get loans, or transfer money to others. In our article, we analyzed synthesized voices, cybercrime and online frauds, and methods for recognizing generated speech. In fact, is…

  02.04.2021

• Bachelor’s and PhD Admissions Now Open at ITMO University

  …d subject areas of choice. Step #2: print out the filled form and application (for record purposes); upload a copy of your passport and educational documents to the corresponding section. Step #3: submit your application. Once the moderation team has checked it for errors, your name will appear in the list of applicants (you will be notified via email). Otherwise…

  01.04.2021

• TECHNOHISTORY Conference: Biohacking, Neuroart, and Women of Bauhaus

  …women who demonstrated quite impressive achievements from both aesthetic and tech perspectives. However, there’s little information about these women. Also, I speak about the connection between the aspects of tech production and the aesthetics of objects. I’d like to investigate jacquard machines of the early 20th century and compare…

  01.04.2021

• ITMO Researchers Teach Neural Network to Tell Jokes

  …n a robot come up with a joke? This sounds challenging, for jokes in their essence are paradoxes, they step outside the rules of logic – but such rules are key for an algorithm to function. On the other hand, jokes also have their laws and structure, which can be grasped by a neural network. In order to prove this hypothesis, ITMO experts created a website where G…

  01.04.2021

• Social Media Knows Everything: Threats and Risks

  …surfing the web and using social media? Every time you do anything on the internet you leave a trail behind you: you visited a website, entered a request, clicked on certain sections, navigated through the pages, and spent a specific amount of time on each. All these actions can be represented as data. Most often, this data is in…

  31.03.2021

• The Future of Hard Drives: Hot Bits and Laser Recordings

  …city on the market by 2026.” What magnetic storage is made of and how it works  Let’s turn to physics for answers. It is “magnetic” because it requires a magnetic field to function. This field can be created by a coil, i.e. several whirls of a conductor with the electric current running through them. Another way to create the field is by using permanent magne…

  31.03.2021

• Live Your Best Spring in St. Petersburg

  …ts of events and exhibitions); Lenpoligrafmash space; Fligel creative cluster. Don't forget some sustenance Now, all of the public spaces mentioned above offer a wide selection of food – from street food like falafel to fancier restaurant meals. They are all definitely worth a try, but it’s also always nice to have some trusty options spread all over the …

  30.03.2021