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• Five Science Blogs You May Find Interesting

  … blog network. You can find links to her articles, research and recommendations on her Twitter, among lots of other interesting information that ranges from cooking recipes to insights into the important issues of science communication. Elizaveta Dubrovnik: Science communicator In Russia, blogging and science communication are not yet closely connected as m…

  31.08.2018

• Saint Petersburg Hidden Gems: Annenkirche

  … made my way up to the gallery. From up there, I could see the main hall that hosted a contemporary art exhibition; few visitors silently moved amidst grotesque constructivist installations. Despite my disdain for selfies and people posting photos of just every moment of their lives, I hardly restrained myself from pulling out my smartphone; in some twenty minutes, s…

  31.08.2018

• Specialists From eScience Research Institute Participate in ICCS 2018

  … or phenomena with a large number of participants and objects influenced by multiple external factors that can be hard to assess or predict without using additional means. For instance, forming and movement of crowds, evacuation, spread of disease, or weather conditions. Modeling such phenomena helps forecast their development under different circumstances. For one, …

  31.08.2018

• Phylogenetic Trees and Targeted Cancer Research: Bioinformatics Summer School

  …d to apply it to our project. I remembered hearing about cases when similar tasks were solved by using decision trees based on a set of machine learning algorithms, which also inspired our research approach. The largest chunk of time was spent away from the computer; we had to organize our thoughts and experiment with different theses. It was only after this that we …

  30.08.2018

• ITMO University Topped GoTech Ranking

  … Among the traditional leaders are Lomonosov Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, ITMO University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. But this year, ITMO University topped the ranking for the first time with 5.5% of students and graduates holding leading positions at the GoTech contest par…

  30.08.2018

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

  …roll in the park, participate in workshops on birch bark weaving and wood painting, and feed a couple of those sweet, adorable creatures. A little tip: take some nuts with you instead of buying them in the park, as they are pretty expensive there. Want to buy some top-shelf curry powder, try the best Indian desserts and tea, and immerse yourself in Indian culture?…

  29.08.2018

• Neurotheater as an Instrument of Cognitive Science

  …wadays, scientists have an opportunity to record the signals coming from the brain and the somatic nervous system as particular output data that can be used in different media installations. Few people know, but one of the first installations that made use of human emotions was created in 1996 by artist Pavel Smetana and was called “the…

  29.08.2018

• UC San Diego Assistant Professor on Latest Software Development Trends

  …ersity professor Anatoly Shalyto. During the automated model synthesis process, models are created automatically based on information pre-specified by user. In other words, instead of making engineers painstakingly create automated machines by hand, algorithms build them on prerequisite specifications. Conducting a finite-state autom…

  29.08.2018

• Geography for All: Why Science Popularization Matters

  …een as good news by the science popularizers. The field is buzzing with other events, too: this June, the International Geographical Union and the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geography co-hosted the “Practical geography and XXI century challenges” international conference, which was held in Moscow and brought together prominent geography scientists and …

  28.08.2018

• Science Comics: New Format of Science Communication

  … Format-wise, science comics is a hybrid of the elitist culture of popular science articles and books that are written by professional scientists and journalists, and the mainstream comics culture. Despite the rapid development of this format, it is still often shunned by the scientific community. The editorial of “Schrodinger’s Cat” has begun to create science…

  27.08.2018