Alena Suvorova
- Senior Research Fellow: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences / Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism
- Associate Professor: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science / Department of Informatics
- Programme Academic Supervisor: UX Analytics and Information System Design
- Alena Suvorova has been at HSE University since 2020.
Education and Degrees
St Petersburg State University
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Trainee (2011-2012), Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, USA, AIDS International Training and Research Program "Training and research in HIV prevention in Russia"
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2021–2024
Courses (2024/2025)
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Applications and Practice of Data Science (Minor)Rus
- Dashboards and Analytical Systems Design (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Dashboards and Analytical Systems Design (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Mago-Lego; 1-3 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Predictive Models and Applied Analytics (Minor)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Research at HCI"" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Applications and Practice of Data Science (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis Technologies (Minor; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Mago-Lego; 1-3 module)Rus
- Data Exploration and Visualization (Minor; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Predictive Models and Applied Analytics (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Research at HCI"" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Applications and Practice of Data Science (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Dashboards and Analytical Systems Design (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Dashboards and Analytical Systems Design (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Analysis Technologies (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Exploration and Visualization (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Predictive Models and Applied Analytics (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Science for Information Systems" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- System Analysis and Complex Information System Design (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- System Analysis and Complex Information System Design (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Architecture of Information Systems (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Business Analytics (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Human-centered Design and Prototyping (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Mathematics for Data Analysis (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Data Analysis (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Project Seminar (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Science for Information Systems" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Applications and Practice of Data Science (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Data Technologies (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Mining and Elements of Machine Learning (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Databases (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Human-machine Interface (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics, field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Data Analysis (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Programming with Data and Reproducible Research (Minor; St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science ; 1, 2 module)Rus
Grants
RSF (Russian Science Foundation) grant, project No. 19-71-0006, 2019-2020, Methodology for comparison of algorithms for machine learning models interpretation (PI)
Employment history
(2014-2018) Senior Researcher, Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Computer Science Laboratory, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
(2010-2014) Researcher, Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Computer Science Laboratory, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
(2010-2013) Post-graduate student, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
HSE University-St Petersburg Hosts 50 Students from Top Indian Universities
HSE University-St Petersburg hosted the Indian Students Week. The event gathered more than 50 students from India. The students represented 15 top universities in the country. In particular, there were representatives of IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, UPES, IIM Amritsar and others. The goal of this large-scale initiative of HSE University-St Petersburg is to introduce talented students from India to educational opportunities in Russia, in particular, HSE educational programmes in four directions: business and economics, design, social and computer sciences.
HSE SPB Day 2022: How It Went
This year, HSE University-St Petersburg's traditional HSE SPB Day event returned in an offline format. It was held on September 11 in the Sevkabel Port creative space. Students, lecturers, the administration and partners of the campus met by the Gulf of Finland to celebrate the brightest holiday of the autumn, which symbolised the beginning of the academic year and an initiation ceremony for first-year students.
Workshops, Dances and Quests: HSE SPb Day at 'Sevkabel Port'
HSE University-St Petersburg invites its students and other guests to HSE SPb Day—the brightest holiday of this autumn. Participants will have a chance to meet student organisations of HSE University-St Petersburg, attend a theatre workshop, play a live chess game, listen to the lectures about the youth and enjoy the tracks by DJ Feel, which put everyone in a good mood.
HSE Researchers Receive Grants in Russian Science Foundation Competitions
The Russian Science Foundation announced the results of its 2019 competitions for support from the Presidential Research Project Programme. One competition was for grants in support of research initiatives by early career researchers, and another was in support of research conducted by research groups headed by early career scholars.
First seminar of Research Group "Machine Learning and Social Computing": trajectories of development and research of online games
On January 21 the first adjusting seminar of Research Group "Machine Learning and Social Computing" took a place. Current plans and the main ideas about future work were discussed; design and some results of researches on social algorithms in online games and eSports were presented.