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Phylogenetic Trees and Targeted Cancer Research: Bioinformatics Summer School
…cipated in a project on reconstructing phylogenetic trees. A phylogenetic tree is a type of graph depicting the evolutionary links between different species. Why do we need to master this technique for cancer research? So that we could retrace how a healthy cell transforms itself to a cancerous one. This would allow for earlier diagnosis of oncological diseases. This…
30.08.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 1-2
UC San Diego Assistant Professor on Latest Software Development Trends
…tool giving phonologists a better grasp of pronunciation rules in different languages, as well as a deeper understanding of how and why children all over the world are able to master these rules in a natural way. ITMO University scientists’ related research projects The workshop I gave at ITMO University was attended by students and professors alike. Some o…
29.08.2018
Making the Most of Your Student Life
…parents would tell me that university is the best time of your life and that I’d miss being a student when it was over. I didn’t really believe them. Now that I’ve finished my Master’s degree, I realize that they were right. I feel both happy and nostalgic and I know that I’m going to miss my university years. I’ll miss sitting in a lecture hall struggling to unde…
28.08.2018
Geography for All: Why Science Popularization Matters
… migrations. Developing cooperation between ITMO University and the Russian Geographical Society Together with Nina Sadykova, ITMO University’s Science Communication Master’s students are working on a special bird-locating app to aid birdwatching enthusiasts all over Russia. The students already filed for several grant applications to boost this project, wh…
28.08.2018
What’s the Commotion? ITMO Scientists Discover How Obstacles Change Crowd Dynamics
…nt evacuation. The scientists drew on the PULSE simulation environment to model the human flows behavior. PULSE is specifically used to simulate pedestrian flows during mass gatherings and emergency situations. The program was developed by researchers from ITMO University’s eScience Research Institute in collaboration with the National Autonomous University of…
27.08.2018
Movie Fridays: Time of Your Life
…her stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller), who introduce him to the world of partying, drugs, sex and love, and help him overcome his inner demons. I wouldn’t call it a “brilliant masterpiece” as some people do, but it definitely has its charm, mainly thanks to Emma Watson’s rather un-Hermione-ish performance. Dirty Dancing (1987) And last but not least, origin…
24.08.2018
Sport, Recreation, Intellectual Hobby: What is Birdwatching and How it Helps Scientists
…irds in various territories. But in Russia it’s still in its infancy. So why is birdwatching underdeveloped in Russia? It makes more sense to ask why it hasn’t become a mass culture phenomenon here. Of course, there are people here who are keen on ornithology, both professionals and amateurs. But compared to Europe and USA, there’s not enough of them on the va…
24.08.2018
Roger Roger: How to Make Websites Understand Their Users
…opers have to make do with the Natural Language Processing (NLP), which is the science of how to work with speech algorithmically. But it will take more than 20 years to fully master that. So developers came up with a ‘dirty trick’ which is now actively used by tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Yandex, and Google in their virtual voice assistants (Amazon Alexa, Apple S…
23.08.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: August 25-26
…through the main streets of St. Petersburg. Making a victorious return to their place of departure, the roller skaters will be rewarded with a music concert featuring a mishmash of jazz, rock, and pop tunes and starring St. Petersburg’s budding performers ART-Jazz Band, The Vicious Seeds, Soul-K, and Surfa. Admission is free and everyone is welcome to join in the …
22.08.2018