Workshop took place on March 14 at the premises of SPC RAS, in the already familiar hybrid format; three presentations were delivered, versatilely highlighting the problem under discussion and approaches to its solving.

Alexander N. Motienko, an employee of SPC RAS, who took part in the rescue operation in Turkey, as a part of the “Extremum” volunteers’ team, returned to St. Petersburg St. Petersburg search and rescue volunteers’ team "Extremum" consisting of 30 people has completed emergency rescue operations and elimination of consequences in the earthquake zone in Turkey..

Dr. Elena Fedorchenko, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Computer Security Problems at SPC RAS, attended the II Conclave of Young Scientists from the member countriesof the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and delivered there a presentation that covered some research results concerning: "Intelligent Methods for Security Assessment and Response to Cyber Security Incidents in Critical Infrastructures".

Researchers of St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) have developed a software package able based on intelligent video analysis to recognize the sign language of people suffering hearing impairments and converting it into text. The application is planned to be used by medical institutions in order to improve the effectiveness of medical care for deaf patients. The development will contribute to improving the quality of life of people with disabilities; results of the study are published in the Scientific and Technical Journal of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics.

Upon completion of thorough studies concerning physical and chemical parameters that compose bottom sediments of Lake Ladoga at fish breeding sites, the scientists of St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) arrived to a conclusion that specific sediment layers enriched with organic matter are formed directly below the trout tanks. The problem affects only those lake bays where fishery enterprises are located, and their influence does not spread to the rest of the reservoir. Scientists deem that potential future changes in the properties of bottom sediments can cause emissions of gases or toxic elements. The repercussions may produce certain effect both on the fishery farms and aquatic organisms living in trout breeding areas at Lake Ladoga. The scientists' work is published in the journal Aquaculture and Fisheries.

Researchers of the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) have launched a new interdisciplinary scientific direction – aerolimnology. Within its framework, researchers propose an approach aimed at studying internal reservoirs (e.g., lakes and reservoirs), that comprehensively combines classical methods of limnology, methods of acquiring information by drones and sensor systems, as well as processing big data arrays as based on artificial intelligence technologies. The information acquired through aerolimnology methods can be used, in particular, to study bottom landscapes, aquatic organisms (like the Ladoga ringed seal or hydrobionts) and to search for minerals in hard-to-reach water areas. The concept of this new research direction is introduced in the scientific journal “Informatics and Automation”.

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Researchers of the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) have developed a method for obtaining humic acids out of organic lake sediments (sapropel), that serve a source for creating preparations able to increase crop yields. The acids obtained from sapropel appeared better in basic characteristics than the currently existing analogues, secreted out of wood, coal or peat. The results of the work are published in a scientific issue Agriculture Digitalization and Organic Production.

This year's conference was organized by Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) and the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS, St. Petersburg) together with Fuzhou University (Fuzhou, China), Gaitech Intelligence (Zoucheng, China), Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press (Shanghai, China) and Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technologies (Maoming, China). Honorary Chairmen of the conference were Hongqiao, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Igor Kalyaev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Professionals from the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) have developed an application that allows for determining the originality of logos and trademarks for Russian companies. The development can be used by analysts, experts and lawyers to investigate crimes in the intellectual property area.