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• Science-Pop for All Ages: ITMO Scientists’ How-To

  …How come you decided to write a children’s book instead of a new scientific article? Alexander: At the laboratory, we study complex microbial communities, for example, analyze genetic data of various bacteria. To do that, you don’t only have to understand computational algorithms, but also know biological laws and keep abreast of the latest trends in this field. I…

  25.02.2019

• How Researchers Use Big Data to Fight HIV and Addiction

  … reliant less on the nature of an inquiry than the desire to keep up with the times. Many methods that we use today have existed 10 or 20 years ago, and we’re just giving them new names. Neural networks and neural trees were invented back in the 1960s, but they were soon forgotten because we just didn’t have any computers capable of handling them. Yet the methods sti…

  25.02.2019

• Helping Sleepwalkers, Fighting Excessive Snow and Ensuring Better Security on Campus: Best Projects by 2019 “It’s Your Call!” Participants

  …’re not bound to a specific staff member or student, so if the former quit their job and the latter graduate, their pass can be reused. The passes are also expected to acquire new functions later on, allowing their owners to use them to pay for their daily commute or cafeteria meals, and the educators to control student attendance. Third place: optimal campus infr…

  25.02.2019

• ITMO University and Government of Moscow’s Department for Education and Science to Launch IT Classes in City’s Schools

  …map for the “IT classes” project spells out that the Department for Education and Science of the Government of Moscow and ITMO University will spearhead the development of the new school syllabi for computer science and technology, organize joint events for training high school students in the field of IT, and encourage students to pursue a career in IT. Other plans …

  22.02.2019

• Yandex Director of Marketing Andrey Sebrant: We’re Living in the Age of Implementation

  …nto something readable by humans and forward it to management, who review these reports and make their calculations. Then, a massive pool of programmers turns these ideas into new code, sends them to management centers and changes the processes related to production and sales. Then, information is collected all over again and the circle continues. So what’s wrong …

  22.02.2019

• Forbes Science and Technology Editor on Communicating Research

  …d, there are several key reasons. It’s publicity, promotion of your ideas, getting a good reputation with the media, networking, offering an alternative approach and getting a new profession. Let's consider every of them. Today, there is a number of researchers who are recognized more as science communicators rather than scientists. They often give lectures, somet…

  22.02.2019

• 4SPB Hackathon: Machine Learning for Socially Significant Projects

  …unspoiled food they don't need. Team Food bot developed and presented a bot that can help make this process simpler. It can notify those who are looking for free food about new ads; what's more, it can come up with location-specific rankings and search for nearby offers. A user can specify a location where they prefer to pick up the food, as well as the products t…

  21.02.2019

• How to Get a Job in Game Development

  … This can only be answered experimentally. Some will know the answer when they’re just learning, some will need months of working before they understand. Instead of getting a new job every three months, just try and make your own game from start to finish. Thankfully there are plenty of tools and tutorials out there these days. In the process, you’ll come to know wh…

  21.02.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 23-24

  …s, as well as books, honey, sweets, and lots of other foodstuffs! Purchase some unique handmade souvenirs, and enjoy the atmosphere of the former industrial site turned into a new vibrant urban area! The market is open from midday to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday. Entrance is free.…

  20.02.2019

• Career Guidance Hackathon: Winning Projects

  …n, Aleksandr Reiband and Nikita Maksimov. In order to achieve their goal, the students scraped the website tutu.ru using Python. Upon receiving a query from the user, the new bot analyses the offers found on the Internet and proposes the fastest and cheapest route. Another winning project is a cross-platform application for navigating in the city. Accordi…

  20.02.2019