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SigmaCamp 2019: Semilabs

The main part of SigmaCamp academic program are the Semilabs that combine theoretical (Seminar) and practical (Lab) parts in 90-minute session. Each semilab is a course, running for the five “regular” days of camp. Each student can attend 2 semilabs, one in the morning and one in the afternoon

Semilabs come in three difficulty lеvels. 
Please consider the following guidelines when selecting semilabs you would like to attend at SigmaCamp:

Introductory level semilabs do not assume any prior knowledge on the topic

Intermediate level semilabs do not require any prior knowledge on the topic, but will generally be more challenging

Advanced level semilabs are the most challenging ones. They have prerequisites - a set of concepts you are expected to be familiar with prior to attending the semilab

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Introductory

codes
Math
Codes and Ciphers

Sometimes people want to keep their communications secret. Others, on the other hand, always want to break into other people's secrecy. This...

by Tatiana Yurchenko
chem-fun
Chemistry
Chemistry: Fun and Insightful

Popular books and movies usually depict chemist’s lab as a place where everything boils or smells, changes its color or explodes. In real life,...

by Eugene Pinkhassik
combinatorics
Math
Introduction to Combinatorics

Combinatorics is at the foundation of current research in computer science, cryptography, and bioinformatics. Even though in school introductory...

by Natasha Zayfman
filmmaking
Filmmaking and Science journalism

Become a film director and science journalist in SigmaCamp!

Communication has become a very important part of the skill set of a modern...

by Ekaterina Eremenko
python book
CS
Introduction to Computer Programming

Using Python programming language we will introduce basic concepts of programming.  We will introduce variables, data structures, and flow...

by Yuri Salkinder
robotics intro
CS
Introduction to Robotics

In this semilab, we introduce students to robotics. Students will be divided into teams of 2-3; each team will be given a small Arduino-based...

by Natasha Zayfman

Intermediate

vision
CS
Computer Vision: From Pixels to AI

Discover the fascinating world of computer perception at SigmaCamp! In this semilab, we'll explore the core principles of Computer Vision, a...

by Jaime Ide
probability 1
Math
Probability Theory

If you toss three fair coins, what is the probability they all show the same, either all Heads or all Tails? Here is an argument from a Victorian...

by Alexei Borodin
archimedes
Math
Math and Discoveries of Archimedes

Archimedes was arguably the greatest mathematician that ever lived on Earth. After he was killed by Romans, who conquered his native Syracuse,...

by Igor Zaliznyak
algorithms-python
CS
Algorithms in Python

In this semilab, we will discuss the concept of algorithms, describe them mathematically, and turn them into Python programs. Our basic theme will...

by Oksana Ivashkevych
dna
Biology
DNA Barcoding

How do we identify all the living species around us? These days scientists can use short fragments of DNA (so called barcodes) as unique and...

by Vyacheslav (Slava) Yurchenko
genomic
Biology
Genomic Fingerprinting

Do you like to play Mafia? I do like this game and I will play this game with you during Genomic Fingerprinting Semilab. By using different...

by Evgenii Boriushkin
language
Linguistics
Constructing a Language

Conlanging (or Constructing Languages) became very popular starting from Esperanto and artificial languages created by JRR Tolkien and all the way...

by Andrei Antonenko
light-2021
Physics
Optics: Nature of Light

What is light? Humanity has been trying to answer this question for millennia. The answer, "light is a wave-like particle" (wave-like like...

by Daniil Lukin and Inna Sus
scent
Chemistry
Chemistry of Scent and Color

You will find out how different chemical compounds will confer scents and colors that human eye and nose can detect. You will learn about natural...

by Eugenia Poliakov
symmetries
Math
Geometries and Symmetries

Why is it possible to construct with the compass and ruler a regular 5-gon but is impossible to construct the cube of volume 2? Why there is a...

by Mikhail Lyubich

Advanced

glassware
Chemistry
The Enigma of Chemical Glassware

In both science fiction and non-fiction films, filmmakers often depict science labs as rooms filled with elaborate glassware, the functions of...

by Mark Lukin
comp-biology
Biology
Computational and Evolutionary Biology

An enormously large series of complex and chaotic events (including chromosome and whole genome duplications) have shaped the genomes (master...

by Igor Rogozin
gene-5days
Biology
From Gene to Protein in 5 Days

What is genetic engineering? Simply put, you take a gene of some protein, introduce it into a new organism, and this organism starts to produce...

by Lena Yakubovskaya
number
Math
What is a number?

When you say "number", most people immediately think "real number". Some of you might also be familiar with complex numbers. But why these are the...

by Alexander Kirillov Sr.