Research expedition within the Federal Scientific and Educational Program “Floating University”, that engaged the geo-ecologist of SPC RAS, investigated the anthropogenic load on the coastal waters of the South-Eastern part of Kamchatka by assessing the population of bacteria that characterize water pollution. The maximum indices of pollutants were recorded in the Avacha Bay, where the port city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsy located. The received research results can be used at assessing the environmental situation of the coastal zone.

Researchers of the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) and staff members of the State Hermitage have developed a VK-bot interpreter of the Flower language. The above bot renders the users an assistance in encrypting their messages via replacing texts on feelings by appropriate flowers. At that, the plants’ images are picked out from the paintings and objects of decorative and applied art as exposed at the Hermitage collections. The project popularizes art as well as helps to get deeper and thoroughly acquainted with the flora’s representatives and their symbolisms over different historical periods.

Scientists of the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) have developed a system module – microcomputer, to be particularly used in computer-aided control of various electronic systems (the international standard SMARC v1.1.). The device is almost entirely assembled out of components available in Russia and its characteristics match similar products of the world's leading manufacturers of system modules at a lower cost. Therefore, the development looks promising for serial production within the framework of achieving the technological sovereignty of the country in a considered industry.

Staff members of the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) have developed an application that allows for automatic detecting the bots engaged in cyberattacks. The new approach first and foremost studies open data on the bots’ development as based on a variety of parameters (metrics), whose analysis also allows for determining the bot’s type. The developed application can possibly be used by companies implementing social networks for commercial purposes to uncover and counter targeted malicious impacts. The results of the study are published in the international journal Social Network Analysis and Mining.

St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) researchers have developed software for physicians, that based on electrocardiogram (ECG) data determines the probability of a fatality for patients with cardiovascular diseases. In the future, the development will allow medical doctors for prognosticating what sufferers of the heart primarily need special attention and enhanced therapy.

Professionals of the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS) have learned to recognize human speech by lips via artificial intelligence algorithms and "computer vision". The development will contribute to improving the accuracy of voice assistants in noisy environment, like, crowded places or at controling heavy machinery.

Right now, robotics is one of the leading research areas that opens up great opportunities for enhancing automation and labor productivity in various sectors of the Russian economy – from industry and agriculture to space exploration and cargo delivery.

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”.