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The Magic of the ‘90s
…hild, “Alrighty then!” Ace Ventura, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Art Attack and, of course, Friends. The start of the Harry Potter series and the first installment of the Star Wars prequels (that I’d prefer to forget, though). Scrunchies, overalls and hair clips were grand too. I’m glad they’re back. Maryam Growing up in Australia, I sp…
02.07.2019
Third Forum of Science Communicators: Responsibility and Challenges in Science Journalism
…atifying to observe that it has become a tradition rather than staying a one-time event. We are growing with each year that passes; the event continues to expand in scope. For instance, this year’s forum included a new feature in the form of a further training program; we have also launched an open call for applications for section reports by participants, which were…
02.07.2019
Machine Learning for Enhancing Online Courses’ Efficiency
…rder to understand their semantics and collect all the nessesary data. As soon as we automate the process, we’ll be able to talk about statistically significant results,” explains the student. It took Sviatoslav Oreshin about four months to develop the project. The biggest challenge, he says, was not of technical nature but had to do with defining a problem…
02.07.2019
ITMO University to Participate in a New Program for the Development of Student Volunteering
…an organization with a wealth of experience of working with educational organizations, is now creating a community of volunteer groups of universities and vocational education institutions. To that end, the Association plans to propose work practices on the formation and operation of such groups. Some of these have already been set forth in a guideline prepared by AV…
02.07.2019
Grill Like a Russian
… A kilo of pork shoulder or lamb, cut up into two-bite pieces. An medium-sized onion sliced up. Three tablespoons of white vinegar. Some people use mayo as a marinade instead. Salt and pepper. Toss it all together and let it sit in the fridge overnight. Alternatively, you can just buy pre-cut and brined shashlik at a grocery store. You can also grill…
01.07.2019
Experts Discuss How to Protect Scientific Knowledge
…ure and digital society. Among the highlights of the conference was a report by Alexander Antopolsky, Doctor of Engineering, professor and a chief research associate at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the period from 1992 to 2004, he was the head of the research and technical center Informregistr. I…
01.07.2019
Scientists Develop New Probes for Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Based on Unique Ceramics
…tructural elements of biological samples is often less than 100 microns. This method helps visualizing both internal organs and tissues as well as single cells. It is a useful instrument for scientists, as it offers the ability to generate digital sections of scanned samples that can be introduced in virtual 3D images. MRM is currently becoming a widespread visualiza…
01.07.2019
Data Science for Culture, Toxicity, and New Perception of Time: Researchers of New Media Discuss Trends in Digital World
…dea to create a system that accesses every website and downloads such information, analyzes and visualizes it, so that we get a map of the development of global culture,” explains Lev Manovich. Three years ago, Lev Manovich got back to this idea, and half a year later he began working on it. According to the expert, starting from the new stage of globalization w…
28.06.2019
Unexplored St. Petersburg: AI at the Hermitage
…novative Art & Science Program. Sun Xun: Time Spy from White Rabbit Collection on Vimeo. My perception started to shift quite literally while watching Time Spy video installation by a Chinese artist Sun Xun in 3D glasses. He trained AI to create an animated film by using a variety of prints with traditional images. As I watched them come alive, I couldn’t h…
28.06.2019
ChemBio Cluster’s Small Innovative Enterprise Innocolloid Started Paying Dividends to ITMO
…for the transfer and transformation of knowledge created in the process of the university’s research activities not only further on in the field of science and new educational institutions, but also in the field of new and open innovative methods and approaches that have the potential of being introduced to the market. The purpose of small innovative enterprises is t…
28.06.2019