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• Student Spotlight: Cheng Xintong, China

  …lia region of China, Cheng grew up just over 100 km away from the Russian border. When she was young, she listened to her family discuss various aspects of Russian life, its history and culture, thereby growing interested in the country since her childhood.  Cheng started her Bachelor’s degree at Beijing University of Technology, where she also studied Russian. Th…

  08.04.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 10-11, 2021

  … saintly TheatreHD (Avrora cinema, Sun 5:40, tickets here);  a screening of the somewhat legendary 2013 drama Kill Your Darlings with a to-die-for cast and a nerve-wracking story (Angleterre Cinema Lounge, Sun 6 pm, tickets here).…

  07.04.2021

• More Than Panels: Cool Soviet Experiments on Residential Buildings

  …les, a set of apartment blocks situated near the Primorskaya metro station is closer to harsh reality than you can imagine. Built in 1988 in the Brutalist style, these four 22-story houses have become an outstanding architectural experiment in the era of panel construction.  Their key characteristic is not just the complex geometric shape of the facades, but also …

  05.04.2021

• From Screen to Life: A Movie Guide to St. Petersburg

  …ry!) people couldn’t reach each other so easily, as cell phones were as multifunctional as bricks and social networks were virtually nonexistent. Luckily for us, this is now history, but phone trouble became the basis for one of the most romantic movies filmed in St. Petersburg: Piter FM. Masha is a local radio DJ. Maksim is an architect. Their lives go different …

  02.04.2021

• TECHNOHISTORY Conference: Biohacking, Neuroart, and Women of Bauhaus

  …The first results of the project were announced at Rukami, an international tech and creativity festival, in November. TECHNOHISTORY was nominated for an award from the Government of St. Petersburg and invited to join a special project dedicated to the Сity Day from Tochka Kipeniya (“Boiling Point”). The project actively collaborates with the Institute of the Hi

  01.04.2021

• ITMO Researchers Teach Neural Network to Tell Jokes

  …t three parameters: who walks in, how they do it, and what they order. In total, there are over 300 combinations. After the parameters are set, the network will tell the whole story based on the selected combo. “In contrast to other networks that usually solve a particular task, GPT-3 is much more versatile because it can be quickly retrained on another set …

  01.04.2021

• Social Media Knows Everything: Threats and Risks

  …er or not they have kids? Do they have a car? What kind? And how much do they pay for it? All this information can be used as search and social media attributes. The viewing history may indicate the level of income not directly but indirectly. Purchase data can provide insight into the average monthly spending. Search queries will also differ: some are looking for a …

  31.03.2021

• Architectural Utopia: 5 Never-Implemented Soviet Projects

  … introducing buildings that extend not upwards but outwards. With good intentions of ergonomics, the artist proposed and developed the concept of horizontal skyscrapers: three-story, 180-meter-wide, and 50-meter-high L-shaped structures supported by three pylons. A series of eight identical (yet color-coded, if necessary) buildings was supposed to beautify the major …

  29.03.2021

• ITMO's 121st Anniversary: Quizzes, Tours, and Lots of Gifts

  …’s amazing that we managed to bring together not only our students but also staff and graduates. Together we held useful and interesting events, learned more about ITMO, its history and its present, as well as had the chance to look into the very heart of our laboratories. I think we created a festive atmosphere and gave everyone the opportunity to get to know each o…

  29.03.2021

• Song of the Month: March 2021

  …warning) yet it hits differently when you are all in your thoughts walking down the city’s streets. Give it a listen! And it will take you to a whole new world with its moving story, beautiful acoustic guitar, and soothing voice. Maria Even though it was cold in the city for almost the entire March, the days became brighter, filled with the promising air of…

  26.03.2021