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How China Helps Its Industry By Involving International Scientists
This October, professor Gennady Lukianov from the Department of Sensing Equipment participated in the One Belt, One Road conference as part of ITMO's collaboration with Yantai city Sino-Russian Technopark. The event brought together international scientists and specialists from different branches of industry who were to help the Chinese build up their scientific resources. Upon getting back, Mr. Lukianov shared his opinions on the rapid-growing Chinese industry and how conferences are organized in China.
18.10.2017
Why Smart Cities Need Standardization: Experts Discuss
Last week, ITMO University and Russian Venture Company held the Smart Cities Tech Standards conference dedicated to standards in the field of digital economics. This topic becomes all the more relevant due to the rapid development of such technologies as the Internet of Things, Big Data, smart manufacturing and smart cities. At the conference, leading experts from Great Britain, Canada, China, Japan, France, and Germany spoke about the rules that will regulate such standards in the nearest years.
17.10.2017
Lighting Design Conference: A Bright Future For St. Petersburg
On October 12 to 13, the 4th International Research-to-Practice Conference on Lighting Design was held at Alexandrinsky Theatre’s New Stage. Participants discussed new methods and the best foreign and domestic practices in lighting design. The event is an open international platform for new ideas, methods and tools. This year’s conference drew more than 500 architects, lighting designers, engineers, artists, urbanists, experts in IT, multimedia and smart technologies, as well as scientists, students, and representatives of the government and the industry.
16.10.2017
Digital Humanities: Digitizing History
The Russian Digital Humanities Network, which focuses on the use of digital resources in humanities, has been around for two years already; despite its many projects having become quite popular with the Russian public - for instance, the "1917. Free History" project by Mikhail Zygar, followed by millions of Internet users, - few know much about the professional community of Digital Humanities (DH) specialists and how soft scientists work in the era of digital technology. Not so long ago, ITMO University became part of the global community controlling the development of Digital Humanities in many countries. Who help popularize the movement in Russia, what fields its experts work in and their projects - read the article to learn more.
04.10.2017
Neural Networks As Translators: Jorg Tiedemann's Lecture At AINL Conference
ITMO University has recently hosted the Artificial Intelligence and Natural Languages Conference, where experts from all over the world discussed the relevant issues of neural networks' development, semantic technologies, and deep learning. Jörg Tiedemann, a professor at the University of Helsinki, whose research is focused on improving the quality of the computer-aided translation, gave a lecture on its history and the new opportunities offered by neural networks.
25.09.2017
METANANO-2017: International Conference on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials held in Vladivostok
The annual international conference on nanophotonics and metamaterials kicked off on 18 September in Vladivostok at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU). The conference brings together more than 230 scientists and researchers from all over the world. The conference is organized by ITMO University and FEFU with the support of the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP) and Russian Science Foundation. During the week, participants of METANANO-2017 will discuss the latest advances in the field of metamaterials, nanophotonics, terahertz radiation, and optical engineering, as well as get acquainted with the culture and history of Vladivostok.
19.09.2017
Baltic Weekend 2017: Why Creators Will Always Be In Business
Why is it that robots will never replace talented creators? Why do investors often make their choice based on who presents some product or service? How can one draw attention to the ethical problems of our high-tech future? These are the questions that were widely discussed at the recent Baltic Weekend conference that brought together experts in the field of PR and journalism that recently took place at ITMO University.
14.09.2017
E-Governance: International Conference Just Ended at ITMO U
This month, ITMO University hosted a combined conference on both “E-Government and E-Participation” called IFIP EGOV-EPART and “Electronic Governance and Open Society: Challenges in Eurasia” (EGOSE), organized by ITMO’s E-Governance Center. The event was dedicated to creating accessible resources for the provision of online public services and discussing the challenges and prospects of using open data and the possibilities for engaging the public in addressing important public issues.
06.09.2017
ITMO University Will Host 20th International Sol-Gel Conference
Universities from Switzerland, Greece, and Russia competed for the right to host the 20th International Sol-Gel Conference in 2019; ITMO University, whose scientists have recently received the prestigious Ulrich Award in the field of sol-gel technologies, has become the winner. In two years, the university will welcome over 800 young scientists from all over the world as part of the conference.
05.09.2017
Bloomberg Experts: Semantic Tech to Improve Financial Operations
Today, executing financial operations often requires the use of identifiers to clearly specify the different financial instruments used - such as equities, bonds, options and so on. But these IDs may be different in various organizations and countries, which can lead to mistakes and slowing down financial operations. At the recent Digital Transformation & Global Society Conference hosted by ITMO University, the Bloomberg experts Richard Beatch and Inessa Collier, as well as Dr. Yuri Lipuntsov, Associate Professor at the Moscow State University, spoke about new standards of identification of financial instruments and how they can help solve such problems.
25.08.2017