Results of the year: The great pre-New Year digest of ITMO University

On the eve of the New Year holidays we decided to share with you a selection of the most interesting materials that were published in the blog of the ITMO University (and not only) in the outgoing year: from scientific publications to stories about entrepreneurs and from robotics to bioinformatics.


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Programming: Olympiads, science, startups

How students become advanced programmers

The story of how the ITMO University works with gifted students, which techniques, techniques and resources are useful to use while studying in an IT specialty.

ACM ICPC Live Webcast: How it works

In different years, ITMO University teams have repeatedly become champions of the prestigious ACM ICPC International Programming Contest. But few people know that recently the team of ITMO University (in this case, the team of director, director, programmers, video editors and analysts) is also responsible for the video broadcasting of the championship. In this material there is a story about what “what is made” of the ACM ICPC video broadcast.

3D multimedia reconstruction of the theatrical production “The Seagull” on the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater (October 17, 1896)

The story of Denis Stolyarov ( Denis_Stolyarov ), a leading engineer at the Center for Design and Multimedia at ITMO University and the head of Video360Production about an interesting project of the University and the Laboratory of Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, which was held in conjunction with the Alexandrinsky Theater and the Russian State Institute of Stage Arts.

Processing “video 360”, image cleaning: algorithm and its implementation in C #

Another interesting blog post by Denis Stolyarov (@Denis_Stolyarov) about the developments that underlie the Video 360 project.

How to “model the future” at ITMO University: from predicting crowd behavior to analyzing opinions in social networks

Modeling the behavior of people in different conditions and situations, the study of the spread of diseases, the analysis of messages in social networks - all of this in the story of how scientists of the Institute of High Technologies (R & D Institute) of ITMO University work.

Robotics and quantum communications

How ITMO students create robots

A story about how the Robotics engineering department or RED Student Design Bureau works, created within the framework of the Department of ITM (Control Systems and Informatics) of ITMO University.

How technologies change the quality of life: the development of smart prostheses based on ITMO University

An article about companies and projects created by students and graduates of the ITMO University and aimed at making life easier for the sick and recovering, making prosthetics “smarter” and cheaper.

The movement of the robot to a point with given coordinates

The participants of the Student Design Bureau of the ITMO University ICS Department in detail tell about one of their latest projects on Lego NXT.

Quantum communications: from research to technology business

A story about the developments of Quantum Communications LLC - a small innovative enterprise at ITMO University: how fundamental research turned into a project of the first in Russia experimental section of a “civil” quantum network.

Quantum communication: prospects

Not only we are writing about quantum technologies: about domestic and foreign developments in the field of quantum communications (including the work of the ITMO University) in the Yota blog.

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Digests

Here we collected the most interesting and useful materials about the University’s scientific activities, articles and stories about events and projects that are being created at ITMO University.
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ITMO University Digest: # 1 Education and Science

This digest included scientific journals of the ITMO University (materials are publicly available), as well as open courses of the University, which anyone can sign up for (from programming courses to programs on laser technology and physical optics).

ITMO University Digest: # 2 Scientific developments and videos about scientists

This compilation is dedicated to the discoveries and developments of scientists from our University (robotics, quantum communications, systems for modeling human behavior, etc.).

ITMO University Digest: # 3 Neural networks: interesting articles from ITMO University journals

The material is entirely devoted to neural networks and publications of scientists of the ITMO University on this topic. In the selection of the article about the modeling of the processes of the human brain based on artificial neural networks, publications on various fields of application and typology of neural networks and materials on the implementation of the mechanisms of creative thinking of artificial intelligence.

Robots and Robotics: ITMO University Digest

The digest is also devoted to scientific articles published at ITMO University at different times, but in this case all materials are united by the topic of robotics: starting from stabilizing two-legged robots and ending with the introduction of augmented reality technology in manned space complexes.

ITMO University Digest: Residents of our Accelerators

This compilation consists of articles, interviews and publications in the media devoted to residents of the acceleration and incubation programs of the ITMO University. Among them are projects in the field of robotics, medical diagnostics, the synthesis of new materials and even the creation of 3D replicas of paintings.

ITMO University Digest: A Selection of Resources on Artificial Intelligence

This digest includes the most interesting lectures, videos and texts (in Russian and English), devoted to the topics of artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks, our probable future “side by side” with AI and current opportunities for applying developments in this area.

Other developments of ITMO University

DNA, new technologies and the human genome: Bioinformatics at ITMO University

What is bioinformatics, what projects in this area are developed at ITMO University and what you need to know and be able to begin a researcher in this field.

Lasers for Guidance and Geodesy: Innovations from ITMO University

Material about the latest developments of ITMO University in the field of lighting technologies: lasers for UAVs, geodesy and construction and other areas that the University’s Laser Physics Center is working on.

ITMO University Developments: Blockchain-Based Drone Management

The story of how the project "Drone-Employee", implemented at ITMO University, uses blockchain technology to control UAVs.

How to protect the smart home: Solution from the ITMO University team

The project “Safe smart home” of the Department of Safe Information Technologies of ITMO University, which allows to seriously reduce the applicability of the most common attacks on smart home systems.

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Machine learning, deep learning, working with data

Deep learning: A bit of theory

A story about what deep learning is and how the main methods used in this area work.

Work with data: New science

An article about how modern scientists implement non-trivial approaches to working with data in their projects and experiments.

Machine Learning: Questions and Answers

The most interesting questions and answers on machine learning on the Quora resource: how many algorithms does Netflix use, what algorithms should everyone who know the data know, why there are so few run-ins in this area and much more.

Selection: More than 70 sources for machine learning for beginners

Articles, courses, books, packages and tools, chat rooms and discussions are all that may be needed by those interested in the topic of machine learning.

List of machine learning resources. Part 1

A selection of useful materials discussed on the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange on machine learning: logistic regression, direct distribution neural networks, natural language processing, support vector machine, and much more.

List of machine learning resources. Part 2

The second part of the large collection: frameworks, threads on Quora, interesting presentations, interviews and other related materials.

Entertaining science

Pitfalls of Consciousness: How researchers cheat themselves

A story about why scientists often cannot repeat the results of their own experiments and how the scientific community fights against “traps” that researchers unconsciously resort to.

Theory of information visualization. Part 1

Longrid about how you can visualize probabilities, meanings and other topics and concepts, at first glance, very poorly amenable to visualization.

Theory of information visualization. Part 2 (final)

The second part of the story: how the visualization of entropy and fractional bits can help to better understand information theory.

PS This year we were very pleased to share the award for the best corporate blog under the heading "IT Education" with Mail.Ru Group. Thanks, Habr! We will try to please you with useful materials in the new year.