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• Seven Sins of Our Memory or Why We Forget Things

  … also a full-fledged function of memory, and it’s quite important. Memory is most often compared to a warehouse or library where each book is responsible for a separate story. The only problem is that there is no catalog in this library, and most of the books are in random order.  People’s complaints may arise from irregularities in the process of storing o…

  07.01.2021

• White New Year: Soviet Cartoons Sparkling with Snow

  …e fir tree is decked out with junk from the attic, cobwebs are cleared off the TV, and magic happens.  The Snow Queen A full-length 1957 animated movie, it is based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen and is everything you hope to see in Soviet animation. Beautiful hand drawings and symphonic music bring to life a sweeping but sad fairy tale, where a search f…

  04.01.2021

• 5 Holiday Movies and Series to Binge On

  …es definitely deserves a (re)watch during your days of post-holiday rest. Happiest Season (2020) This is your typical “getting to meet the parents over the holidays” story, but for some reason it hit me harder and in those places where I least expected it. The raison d'etre here might seem to be to portray the struggles of a young woman being unable to come…

  01.01.2021

• Make It Magical: Guide to Russian New Year’s

  …thing from the music of the 90s to the one and only The Little Blue Light, and dancing. Then you can take your party outside to build some snowmen (snow is intended in this story), light firecrackers, or watch the night sky lit up with bright, colorful flashes, and have festivities till the morning. The next morning and holidays January 1 is a legendary …

  28.12.2020

• Student Spotlight: Michael Nuñez, Ecuador

  …general?  I love this city. It is incredibly beautiful, and it’s clear why they call it the cultural capital of Russia, with so many parks, palaces, churches, and Russian history told through its architecture. You can go out anywhere, take a walk and find memorable places. For student life, this city is an amazing choice. Despite the fact that I have already be…

  24.12.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 26-27, 2020

  …er our age, we are all looking for some magic in our lives, especially at the end of a tiring 2020! So why not give yourself the chance to feel a part of your favorite fantasy story by taking a walk among the glowing creatures. Let it be bright!  The ArtAntarctica project December 27 - January 27  Truda Square  Free entrance ArtAntarctica is a proje…

  23.12.2020

• What’s Behind the Renewed Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Program

  …ial intelligence”. This is not some fashion statement, even though there is a naming trend “take X and add AI” much as it previously was with the internet. This is a different story; to my mind, it’s a two-way road. I mean, on the one hand, contemporary robotics offers lots of interesting tasks essential to the comprehensive development of artificial intelligence, an…

  22.12.2020

• ITMO Hosts Digital Local History Conference 2020

  …The main goal of the event was to pinpoint the key challenges of contemporary local history research and offer ways that they can be solved with new technologies by creating a dialogue between historians, urban researchers, librarians, and IT specialists. Another task was to demonstrate the projects of ITMO’s International Digital Humanities Center (DH Center) to dis…

  21.12.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 19-20, 2020

  … (200 for students) The project is dedicated to the dialogue between contemporary artists of different generations: those minds that have already made their mark on the history of art and the young inspired authors. The Byl Ili Nebyl exhibition (from Russian “True or False”) will present the works of Vladimir Dubossarsky and Mika Plutitskaya. Both artists work i…

  16.12.2020

• It’s Like Seeing Your Baby Walk: Founders of Specvideoanalytika Startup on Development of Automated Vehicle Pass Systems

  … Innovation Promotion Foundation and became a Skolkovo resident this year, faced all of that. So their path to success was not quite simple. Smart barrier The team’s story began in 2017, when staff members of ITMO’s Machine Learning Lab founded a company together with their colleagues working in the field of industrial automation systems development and int…

  15.12.2020