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 / School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology / Department of Informatics
- Programme Academic Supervisor: UX Analytics and Information System Design
- Alena Suvorova has been at HSE University since 2020.
- Language Proficiency
- English
- Contacts
- Address: St. Petersburg, 3A Kantemirovskaya Ulitsa, Korpus 1, room 4.1
- SPIN-RSCI: 2070-4480
- ORCID: 0000-0002-5392-4683
- ResearcherID: A-9746-2012
- Scopus AuthorID: 55667628400
- Google Scholar
- Office hours
- Wednesday 2.30 - 4 pm, Saturday 11am - 1 pm
- Supervisor
- A. I. Khrabrov
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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; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 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; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Mago-Lego; 1-3 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Predictive Models and Applied Analytics (Minor)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Research at HCI"" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Applications and Practice of Data Science (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis Technologies (Minor; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 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; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Predictive Models and Applied Analytics (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Research at HCI"" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Applications and Practice of Data Science (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Dashboards and Analytical Systems Design (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Dashboards and Analytical Systems Design (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Analysis Technologies (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Data Exploration and Visualization (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Predictive Models and Applied Analytics (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Science for Information Systems" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 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; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Analytical Systems Architecture (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Architecture of Information Systems (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Business Analytics (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- Human-centered Design and Prototyping (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Mathematics for Data Analysis (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Data Analysis (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Project Seminar (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Design Science for Information Systems" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in HCI" (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Applications and Practice of Data Science (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Analysis and Data Technologies (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Data Mining and Elements of Machine Learning (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Databases (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences field of study Sociology; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Human-machine Interface (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology 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; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Modern Methods of Decision Making (Master’s programme; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology field of study Applied Mathematics and Informatics; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Programming with Data and Reproducible Research (Minor; School of Computer Science, Physics and Technology; 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
Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage: a Perspective from Samarkand and St. Petersburg
Scientists of the Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism took part in the scientific-educational seminar «Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage: examples and research methods» held at the Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov. The event was organized within the International academic partnership «Integrated platform solutions for the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage (cases of Samarkand and St. Petersburg)».
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.
Fifth Russian Economic Congress: meeting of creative industries researchers
From September 11 to 15, 2023,researchers of the Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism participated in the V Russian Economic Congress (REC-2023) in Yekaterinburg.
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.