Search results for «SiON» 5312 results

• Datathon on Texts Annotation: How Programmers and Humanities Specialists Analyze Texts

  …course rather subjective,” shared the expert. Why texts need to be annotated and how it could be of use in culturological data analysis All in all, over 80 young professionals took part in the datathon. On the first day, the participants split into interdisciplinary teams, each team including at least one programmer and humanities specialist. Having done that…

  11.03.2019

• Women in Science 2018

  …pants of the project work in different fields, from astrophysics, volcanology, herpetology, biogeochemistry, photonics, and combinatorial theory to neuroprosthetics, group decision making, health justice, and so on. Maria Stepanova’s best-selling book about the nature of collective and personal memories Maria Stepanova is a Russian poetess, writer, and edit…

  08.03.2019

• Amazing Russian Women Who Shape Our Lives

  …ecembrists, were exiled to Serbia, and many of their wives followed them, despite the brutal journey and excruciating prospects of future life in spartan conditions. The expression The Decembrist Wife became a Russian symbol of the devotion of a wife to her husband. Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in the world…

  08.03.2019

• Materials Scientist Alexandre Nominé on Challenges of his Field, Learning Russian, and Creativity at ITMO University

  …of the temperature or the rate of its change. Plasma can cool at a rate of millions of degrees per second; with lasers, you can reach billions. This leads us to the extreme versions of tempering and quenching: in the Middle Ages, smiths would put red-hot swords straight into icy water to cool them at hundreds, maybe a thousand degrees per second. Imagine what we coul…

  07.03.2019

• 10 Summer Schools to Attend This Summer

  … Advanced Studies (Italy) Dates: July 22-26, 2019 Application deadline: March 31, 2019 Tuition fee: €550 The Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School is a full-immersion five-day summer school in the field of synthetic and systems biology. Held at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Italy), the school offers a set of lectures by world-renowned experts. Participa…

  07.03.2019

• Awardees of 2018-2019 Potanin Scholarship Reveal Their Winning Hacks

  … of all I enjoyed the contest on analyzing literary works. It revealed a lot about our personalities; it was clear that some of my fellow participants were trying to sell a version of their persona which wasn’t real. They were playing a part, hoping that the judges wouldn’t notice that, and it didn’t turn out well. I plan to use the money I won for funding my poss…

  07.03.2019

• From Leucippus to Dmitri Mendeleev: History of Periodic Table

  …s of Chemistry in 1867-1868 that Mendeleev discovered the periodic law of chemical elements. In the introduction to the first edition of his work, Mendeleev backs up his conclusions by listing the concepts he based his theory on. Mendeleev’s periodic table was further refined in 1871. What is truly extraordinary about this work is that the scientist predicted the …

  06.03.2019

• On Way to Smart City: Head of St. Petersburg e-Government Department on Digital Economy and City Services

  …uates have to have a certain set of skills and knowledge, both in the field of their specialization and general humanities, and be capable of switching between different professions. The sixth and final area in the framework of the development of digital economy concerns the state. If we don’t optimize bureaucratic processes, including those of providing services …

  06.03.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 9-10

  …The event will bring together some of St. Petersburg’s most renowned street artists, who will share their works and host various workshops. The event kicks off at midday. Admission is free. Don’t miss your chance to visit one of St. Pete’s most unusual museums! Enjoy your weekend!…

  06.03.2019

• Quantum Physicist Oleksandr Kyriienko on the Future of Computing and Making a Career in Science

  …blications changes with time. For a student getting his Master’s Degree or a young postgraduate student, every single paper takes a lot of effort, not only technical and professional, but also personal, because the modern publishing process is very complicated. Your paper may sometimes get negative reviews, and what’s worse, they’ll often not explain their reasoning …

  05.03.2019