We express our deep condolences to the family and friends of Alexander Grigoryevich, specialists and employees of JSC «Breeding Factory «Ruchi».

In 2020 the «Speech and Computer Conference» SPECOM entered the international list of top-conferences in Computer Science. 2020 added new experience to the conference organizers: for the first time SPECOM functioned completely in on-line format using Zoom service.

Researchers from the SPC RAS Laboratory of speech and multimodal interfaces won at the international competitions in computer paralinguistics INTERSPEECH ComParE 2020.

The event was organized by "The Institute of Milk" and was held from October 21 -23, 2020 in Voronezh. The business program included presentations and discussions on the most relevant issues in the dairy industry.

On October 22, the international scientific and practical conference "Up to Date Problems of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring in the CIS".

Cordial Congratulations to SPC RAS staff-members: M. V. Abramov, I. V. Vatamanyuk, D. V. Ivanko, K. D. Krestovnikov, M. A. Letenkov, K. V. Nenausnikov, A. L. Ronzhin, D. A. Ryumin, M. Yu. Uzdyaev, A.O. Khlobystova, E.O.Cherskikh on the occasion of special recognition by St. Petersburg Government Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations.

Happy to extend our sincere congratulations on the Day of  Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers to be celebrated on October 11, 2020 to our colleagues from Novgorod Research Agriculture Institute (NSRAI ), North-West Centre of Interdisciplinary Researches of Problems of Food Maintenance (N-W CIRPFM), Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (IAERD), and all staff-members of SPC RAS, whose research and developments promote the Russia’s food security progress, advancement and strengthening of the domestic agro-industrial complex based on the 21st century novel cost-effective biological and information technologies.

Meeting of the SPC RAS constantly functioning under the auspices of Scientific Council for Informatization of St. Petersburg: “Informatics and automation" the SPIIRAS City Seminar will be held on October 09, 2020 at 11:00 am in the SPC RAS Scientific Council Hall at the address: St. Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island, 14th Linia, №39, room №401.

Cordial Congratulations to the SPC RAS staff-members on the occasion of the Russian Space Forces Day. With wishes of health, strength and inexhaustible desire to develop the aviation sector and strengthen our country defense capability!

The Meeting of Scientific Council was opened by a speech of the Scientific Council Chairman Professor of RAS Andrey L. Ronzhin, who delivered a presentation on the Center research and organizational activity and the forthcoming work concerning the most actual tasks.