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Unexplored St. Petersburg: Kanonersky Island
…onfused by the names of the streets, as they don't exist here: all buildings have the same address – Kanonersky Island. The island’s isolation and the contrast between old and new are certainly part of the charm here. In the 1700s, the island hosted an ammunition warehouse and during the Great Northern War it was a training ground. That’s when the island got the n…
16.10.2020
ITMO Researchers Win Grant for Development of Smart Glasses Components
… present images in a transparent medium, we can use the modes of optical microwave guides that are invisible to the user. In our project, we’ll be researching ways of modeling new types of augmented reality displays that would employ new functional optical elements that haven’t been available before.” Invisible patterns In o…
15.10.2020
ITMO University Teams Reach the Finals of Digital Opera Contest
… contestants present several opera acts (arias or duets) on a stage equipped with projection screens. Each act is a performance created according to a director’s concept. New visual language for opera This year, several teams from ITMO University will present their works at the final concert. One of the teams from the Lighting Design (CLD ITMO University)…
15.10.2020
Staff Spotlight: Assel Romanova, Kazakhstan
….Petersburg a big step for you? I thought I was 100% ready, but it turned out that I was not. It was my first trip abroad and my life had changed significantly – there were new people and a new environment far away from my family. When I moved to St. Petersburg, I was surprised by lots of things and especially by Russian mentality…
15.10.2020
Harvard Professor Stefanie Stantcheva on the Role of Surveys and Experiments in Economy
… evaluate its effectiveness and fairness. In particular, I analyze tax and trade policy, as well as healthcare,” Stefanie Stantcheva explained earlier in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant. The methods that the researcher uses in all her projects are large-scale socio-economic online surveys and experiments. When collecting and analyzing people’s vie…
15.10.2020
ITMO Graduate Stanislav Krasnoyarov’s Journey From a Full-Time Employee to His Own Business
…d – we completed one such order, but it didn't go any further. Then I got into business education, namely, I started to learn more about marketing and sales – it is a whole new world to me. Recently, I got carried away with project management: everything related to CustDev, unit economics, launch, and startup development strategies. In fact, there are more courses…
14.10.2020
Scientists Explain Why Paradise State Is Hard to Reach
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 17-18, 2020
…ber 17-18, 12 - 8 pm Nikolskiye Ryady Free entrance This weekend will witness the first-ever moving festival of independent theaters of St. Petersburg. Hosted by the newly remodelled Nikolskiye Ryady social space, the festival will feature dozens of plays and performances for children and adults alike. Expect to see puppet shows and fairytales come alive in…
14.10.2020
TECHNOHISTORY Project Showcases New Approaches to Historical Studies
…h questions related to integration of humanities and hard sciences at a technological university. We are focused on bioethics, technoethics, medical humanities – those are the new fields that rapidly develop in the West but are almost non-existent in Russia.” Tracks There are five tracks at the laboratory, each moderated by experts from the corresponding fiel…
13.10.2020
Celebration for Children Student Club: Bringing Smiles All Year Around
…TMO. How was it founded? Has the club grown over the years of its existence? The club was created back in 2014 by Yulia Usikova. Back then, it was a project that organized New Year’s performances for children in hospitals – hence the name “Celebration for Children”. Since then, our project has broadened the spectrum of its activities and now we visit children not…
13.10.2020