'Culture as a Growing Point': HSE University–St Petersburg Hosts International Forum of Creative Industries in UNESCO Cities
The Fifth International Forum 'Creative Industries in UNESCO Cities' brought together hundreds of specialists from various countries and Russian regions. One of the event venues was HSE University–St Petersburg. Representatives of city government, filmmakers, artists, and international experts met with university professors to discuss the ways in which the creative economy has helped to develop tourism and what role young people have played in it.
At HSE University-St Petersburg, Experts Discuss How AI Changes Tourist Routes and Cultural Heritage
Neural networks are no longer simple travel assistants; now they decide what to include on the route and what to skip. Artificial intelligence changes how people perceive a place and shapes the image of tourist centres. At the II International Scientific and Practical Conference ’Information Technologies in the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage’, researchers discussed who controls the algorithmic solutions and in what ways, and whether authentic traditions get lost in them.
'Best Way to Get to Know Each Other Is to Travel': Professor from Renmin University of China on St Petersburg, Tourism Development and Project with HSE University
HSE University-St Petersburg and Renmin University of China applied to implement a joint project focused on the cultural gene of Russian and Chinese cities. At the II International Scientific and Practical Conference ’Information Technologies in the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage’, Yangyang Song, Deputy Director of the Institute of Creative Industries Technology at Renmin University of China, told about cooperation prospects and how the heritage and digital communications shape a city image.
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Idea to prototype in three hours: workshop participants mastered working with data without code.
Are you wary of coding but want to work with data professionally without waiting for analysts to deliver results every time? On April 4, in a three-hour workshop, participants went from the initial idea to creating an interactive prototype for presenting the results.On April 4, an online master class, "Digital researcher: no-code tools for working with data", was held as part of the project "Integrated platform solutions for preserving and promoting cultural heritage (using Samarkand and St. Petersburg as an example)" within the "International Academic Cooperation" program.