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• Science Through Generations: Notes from Young Professionals Conference at ITMO

  …elved into the best mentorship practices and students’ engagement in student associations. A separate section of the event was devoted to linguistics in the context of natural sciences; participants emphasized that efficient communication between science and society is impossible without understanding the language’s “structure”. In addi…

  11.10.2024

• I Am a Professional Contest: Robotics Track FAQ

  …botics enthusiasts Why participate I Am a Professional is a national competition for students in various fields, including engineering, humanities, pedagogy, natural sciences, agriculture, and medicine. Over a million students took part in the contest in its seven seasons. Monetary prizes and internships. Apart from boosting their skills and knowledge, s…

  10.10.2024

• Recap of the International GenAI School by ITMO University in Dubai

  …. In this context, ITMO University is creating strategic partnerships with numerous educational organizations in the UAE. AI is one of the crucial areas on the educational and scientific agenda for the UAE universities, which leads to a great demand in AI training,” noted Alexandra Klimova, the deputy head of ITMO’s School of Translational Information Technologies. …

  10.10.2024

• Staff Spotlight: Walid Al-Haidri, Yemen

  …ctors make more detailed and advanced diagnoses.  So you are working as a bridge between doctors and patients. Yes, something like that. There’s a need for AI in medical science that would complement clinicians’ competencies and help them treat their patients better. We are making it a reality. In the future, do you see AI taking over a doctor’s job? Hone…

  10.10.2024

• Hacking Protein Structures: Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Protein Design and Structure Prediction

  …This year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for research performed at the intersection of chemistry and IT – the honored scientists developed machine learning algorithms to study protein properties. For our bodies, proteins are not just building materials, but also regulators of all chemical reactions. These molecules consist of amino acids, the building b…

  09.10.2024

• This Week in St. Petersburg: October 10-16, 2024

  … Thursday, October 10 Exhibition: On Depth and Surface: In the World of Screens October 10-30, week days: 2 pm - 8 pm; weekends: 12 pm - 8 pm  ITMO’s Art & Science Center Free (register here) In July, ITMO’s Art & Science Center and Dom Radio organized workshops for video and media artists. Now, visitors can see their…

  09.10.2024

• Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Discoveries in Machine Learning and Neural Networks

  …ther neurons. This architecture was one of the first networks capable of learning efficiently and quickly, as well as recovering damaged images. Geoffrey Hinton was one of the scientists who came up with the method of backpropagation, which is still used to train multilayer neural networks. Since the 1980s, neural networks have evolved significantly, with modern mode…

  08.10.2024

• Virtual Power Plants, Real Electricity: Tanzanian Researcher Jackson J. Justo on Artificial Intelligence and Future of Power Industry

  …ed in a combined Master’s and PhD program. After that, I went back home, where I continued to teach and supervise students’ graduate projects, as well as conduct research with scientists from around the world. Then, I joined the University of Pretoria (South Africa) for my postdoctoral research fellowship. There, my colleagues and I worked on a new – efficient, re…

  08.10.2024

• Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for MicroRNA: ITMO Expert Explains Significance

  …After their separate discoveries, Ambros and Ruvkun continued their research together. In 1993, they published articles in the same issue of Cell, but they were ignored by the scientific community. Everything changed when the team discovered that microRNA contributes to gene regulation not only in worms, but in mammals, too. To this day, out of the over 2,000 unveile…

  07.10.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #65

  …ore: ITMO Physicists Twist Electrons for Particle Accelerator Experiments *** ITMO’s hometown, St. Petersburg, is known for many things, not least for the many legendary scientists who lived and worked here. Throughout the month, locals and guests of the city can get to learn about the cultural capital’s scientific past, present, …

  07.10.2024