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• Yandex’s Andrey Sebrant on Progress, Society and Podcasts

  …arious fields is important. Why? – Because our world is changing rapidly and at a growing pace. I believe the only way to fit into this world is to be continuously learning new things, to always be ready for unexpected and unconventional changes in both your own fate and the general state of things in the world. Classical science isn’t really good at teaching t…

  17.05.2021

• It’s Your Call! Forum Winning Projects: Fighting Burnout and Recycling Face Masks

  …st teams, one in each track, which presented their ideas at the final.” At the final, the participants voted for the best presentation thus selecting the winner. ITMO.NEWS talked to the teams awarded in the CTF hacking tournament, as well as the main It’s Your Call! contest.  Ekaterina Tatanova, winner of the It’s Your Call! CTF tournament  I came here…

  17.05.2021

• Biologist Dmitry Zhukov on Stress, Depression, and Displacement Activities

  …What is stress and where it comes from Biologically speaking, stress is a reaction to a new significant stimulus, to a situation that demands making decisions quickly. It’s basically an adaptive reaction of our bodies that is supposed to either solve the problem or adapt to the situation. Animals experience stress if there is a direct threat to their life, for …

  14.05.2021

• Life During Exams: Self-Care 101

  …this option above all others.   If you want to learn more about mental health, check out this series of articles for ITMO’s Mental Health Month. And if you want to ace your new self-care-driven schedule, check out this guide to top time management apps and this intro to personal finance.…

  14.05.2021

• Elena Rybnikova on Why You Shouldn’t Fight Stress

  … you need to increase the amount of BDNFs. As of now, there is no medication for that, but scientists work on this. However, there are other ways to increase it. Processing of new information – sounds, smells, flavors, tactile sensations – is beneficial for BDNF. You can start with little things to enjoy: use bright colors in interior design, surround yourself with o…

  13.05.2021

• ITMO’s Andrey Filchenkov: How To Train Neural Networks To Identify Debtors Based on Their Expenses

  … Our first hypothesis was that the clients who default on their loans can be divided into two categories. Roughly, in the first category, there were irresponsible clients who knew from the start that they were not going to pay back or maybe they didn’t think they would need to return it hoping that it would sort itself out later. In the second category, there were cl…

  13.05.2021

• ITMO Researchers Suggest Design for Biointegrable Controlled Nanoparticles

  …ng has been developing for some time now, with advances in the field of biointegrable polymer complexes. “From a chemical perspective, it was very interesting to create a new material using silicon particles and a series of equally-charged macromolecules – polyelectrolytes. This is a non-trivial task for polymer chemistry. We were able to substantiate the behavi…

  12.05.2021

• Researchers Highlight Inbreeding Among Amur Leopards Through Whole Genome Sequencing

  …ience museums, as well as the DNA of modern African and Asian leopards. The main goal of the research was to study the genetic structure of the global leopard population using new technologies and whole genome sequencing. The most important discovery was how much Asian and African leopards differ genetically. The researchers compare this difference to the one exis…

  12.05.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 15-16, 2021

  …iving at the truth and this time it tackles one of the most complicated subjects: emptiness or nothingness. That way the void, accentualized by the artist, can truly give us a new perspective on the meaning of life and vitality. Erté. The Spectacular World of Art Deco  May 14 - July 26  Antiques Gallery St. Petersburg  300 rubles  Erté is the pseudo…

  12.05.2021

• The Magic of Neural Networks

  …ower-paced game where you have to describe one of the words in the blocks to make them disappear. It's a great chance to get a unique experience of playing Codenames with your new AI buddy! Want more? Check out this handy link to explore other AI experiments together with Google.…

  11.05.2021