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• Saint Petersburg Hidden Gems: Annenkirche

  …lub in the early 00’s. In 2002, shortly after it was returned to the Church of Ingria, a fire ravaged the building, which was then left unattended until the beginning of its reconstruction in 2010. Therefore, its unique interior has a most simple explanation. What is more interesting is that being an operating church, it regularly hosts different cultural events like…

  31.08.2018

• Specialists From eScience Research Institute Participate in ICCS 2018

  …ce’s minutes help the scientific community identify the relevant topics in the field of high-performance computations. For one, the 2018’s conference topic was “Science at the Intersection of Data, Modelling and Computation”, and the next year’s topic will be “Computational Science in the Interconnected World”. World-renowned scientists are invited as keynote …

  31.08.2018

• Phylogenetic Trees and Targeted Cancer Research: Bioinformatics Summer School

  …life issues, and I think that my team and I managed to do just that. Elena Kartysheva, St. Petersburg State University In as little as three days I’ve managed to establish connections with some like-minded computer scientists, and we decided to take on a project under the guidance of Konstantin Zaytsev, Professor at Washington University in St. Louis Python. Th…

  30.08.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 1-2

  …chnologies, explore virtual reality, see vintage computers, and even learn more about how our brain works. Entrance fee is 900 rub. If you have already visited all the famous attractions in St. Petersburg and are looking for something more off the beaten track, we know just the place! This weekend offers a unique opportunity to learn about the history of one of th…

  29.08.2018

• Neurotheater as an Instrument of Cognitive Science

  …ivity remains the same whether you actually move or just imagine movements. We first decided to record the brain’s activity when one performs choreographic moves and not just simple actions. Still, we couldn’t accomplish this, as it turned out that we can’t record the necessary signals. So, we focused on the dancers’ psychosomatic states: we asked them to “dance” dif…

  29.08.2018

• UC San Diego Assistant Professor on Latest Software Development Trends

  …g several different areas of program synthesis. One of the problems we’re working on is how to get the automatically generated code to not only perform according to its designated functions, but also do that effectively and with the least time, memory, and energy costs possible. It turned out that however unsurmountable, this task can be solved with the help of a spe…

  29.08.2018

• Making the Most of Your Student Life

  … miss sitting in a lecture hall struggling to understand what the Triangle of Reference or a semantic frame could possibly mean. Or only pretending to understand: “Derrida’s deconstruction? Oh, it’s such a profound concept that had a major impact on the development of the linguistic theory.” I’ll miss my fellow students and the sense of camaraderie when we did our ho…

  28.08.2018

• Geography for All: Why Science Popularization Matters

  …e know that. We work on breaking away from this limited understanding of geography and making the general public interested in our science. This summer school is one step in this direction. We want participants to not only discover a wealth of new opportunities in the field of geography, but also learn to find creative ways of speaking about these opportunities to ma…

  28.08.2018

• ITMO and Rostelecom Support Technological Startups

  …real-life projects, which is represented in the agreement under a separate clause on additional professional education for the company staff. We worked out different formats of interaction. First is a special education program in the form of a mini-accelerator or a startup school for the Rostelecom staff, who could bring their own projects or take up existing ideas t…

  28.08.2018

• Science Comics: New Format of Science Communication

  …ristics similar to those of the phenomena it explains. Visualization of complex processes In comics, the visualization of metaphors always has to do with the emergence of fictional characters. Along with real scientists, such things as colibacille, genome editing systems, and other scientific phenomena can become full-fledged characters of a science comic. …

  27.08.2018