News
Interview with the creators of special Sedova stickers
In one of the previous news we told you about the annual New Year’s charity fair which was held on December 14 on Sedova Street [https://spb.hse.ru/ba/soc/news/213267940.html], where Sedova stickers were the most popular and sold commodity. We talked with their creators - 1st course students from the educational program "Sociology and Social Informatics" Daria Maltseva and Anna Vasekhina - and learned how it all began and how they see the future of their idea.
New Year Charity Fair
New Year is the time of miracles and magic. Everyone is immersed in this pleasant New Year's Eve buying gifts for the loved ones, beautifully decorating houses, thinking about celebration in details. But the most important thing in this hurry is not to forget that there are some people who need our help and support, and to create, though a small, but a real miracle for them.
The life of first-year sociology students. The first 3 months
December. The first three months of studying of the first-year students of Sociology and Social Informatics Program at Higher School of Economics are almost over. How is their student life? How did they join the friendly community of the campus at Sedova Street 55? What events happened to them during this time? Second-year students Polina Petrova and Julia Morozova share with us their reflections.
Know our People Contest
On November 18th, 2017 a significant event took place: first-year students of seven educational programs have gathered together for the annual event "Know Our People", organized for the purpose of acquaintance of students of different directions with each other. For participation in this contest each program has prepared 3 tasks: an unusual collective picture, a music clip, and a small scene. The motto of the event was the phrase “Everyone needs friends!”
Why should I trust You? LIME method for machine learning tasks
On the seminar of our Research Group on November 16, Olga Silyutina told about the ways of applying the LIME method. The classical tasks of machine learning were used as examples: regression and classification, including the demonstration in both R and Python.
Conference on online education Stepicon 2017
From the 22nd to the 23rd of September, participants of our Research Group Alexander Sirotkin and Alina Bakhitova and 3rd-year students of BA "Sociology and Social Informatics" Anna Bataeva and Olga Silyutina took part in the educational conference Stepicon 2017, which was held at the main office of Stepik.
QTEM Will Choose Best Students
On October 6 Bruno van Pottelsberghe, chairman and dean of QTEM (Quantitative Techniques for Economics and Management) from Solvay Business School held a presentation at HSE Saint-Petersburg. The HSE campuses in Moscow and Saint Petersburg joined QTEM in March 2017, enabling students to learn new quantitative and analytical skills whilst spending a semester or two in one of the world’s best business schools.
Symposium of young scientists
The symposium of young scientists "Cyberspace: Prospective socio-economic and humanitarian research" was held on 20th June. The symposium was at the ITMO University and became one of the events opening the Information Society Week Conference.
HSE Joins Top 50 in QS Rankings of Young Universities
The Higher School of Economics (HSE) has taken 48th place in the QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking. Furthermore, it is the sole Russian academic institution in this ranking.
The Second International Conference “Digital Transformation & Global Society” (DTGS’17)
The Second International Conference “Digital Transformation & Global Society” (DTGS’17) was held between 21 and 23 June, 2017, to address various issues of information society development. The conference was co-organized by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (St. Petersburg) and the ITMO University.