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

  …mplex the problem we face. You can say that this is something like a huge crossword puzzle where you don’t even have clues for every mysterious word. At the same time, you occasionally get new data that speaks about more new words, vertical and horizontal.” Linear programming When trying to create an evolutionary history of species will whole-genome dupli…

  27.02.2020

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

  …itor their reaction by planting them on a copolymer. The results were very interesting. We could observe the behavior of cells upon irradiation and, following that, draw conclusions about their viability. Relevance and practical applications of the research The project’s goal was to understand the interaction between the cell and the photoactive matter in order…

  27.02.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 29 – March 1, 2020

  …St. Petersburg Fair February 29 – March 1, midday to 9pm Sevkabel Port Free admission St. Petersburg Fair is back! This time, in addition to the usual market chock-full of the homemade and the artisanal, the guests will have the opportunity to marvel at performances by circus artists and illusionists – the whimsical spiri…

  26.02.2020

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

  … 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 is a paper that was publishe…

  26.02.2020

• EMI in Practice: ITMO Staff Participate in an English as a Medium of Instruction Internship at Boston University

  …s method is necessary if a university enrolls international students. But lectures in English are often organized for local students, too, so that they could absorb more professional terminology in English during their studies. The EMI method was created to simplify the process of transmitting the information from a lecturer to a student by circumventing the langu…

  26.02.2020

• ITMO FabLab: DIY Coworking Space For the Creative

  …uitar. The laboratory’s equipment offers an opportunity to bring one's ideas to life a lot faster than what making them at home would've taken, and with a higher level of precision. FabLab’s “products” are regularly exhibited at various events. For example, 3D printed figures were demonstrated at the VK Fest last July. Then again, it is not just art objects and ho…

  25.02.2020

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

  … still in the development stage, so it can seem that DH is an instrument of humanities research and not an individual academic field with its own tasks and culture. And the mission of 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 networkin…

  25.02.2020

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

  …was constantly being postponed. I’d been worrying a lot about that and decided to look for other options. One may say I overdid it, as I decided to choose a whole new professional field. I stumbled upon an interview with someone from ITMO University’s Center for Science Communication and found out that there’s a program of the same name. I was fascinated by the fa…

  25.02.2020

• Taste Maslenitsa Like a Russian

  …ases but the headliners here are Buranovskiye Babushki (the Grannies from Buranovo) – a hugely popular folk ensemble of flamboyant grandmas who represented Russia in the Eurovision music contest a few years ago. They’re as endearing as they’re a delight to watch. To quote their own work – “Party for everybody! Dance!” On a submarine. Just in case you don’t get…

  24.02.2020

• Meet the First Graduates of ITMO's Mentorship Program

  …that they wanted to work on in their applications. For example, how to launch and manage a business, how to choose a career path, how to look for a job and prove oneself profession-wise. “We were matching students and mentors who can help each other based on their applications and CVs. If no one among the mentors matched, but we knew that someone among our gradu…

  20.02.2020