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• Singlet Oxygen and UV Emission, or Why Winter Strolls Are Good for Your Health

  …adds the research student. Egor Yasenko's research was highly appreciated by the Committee on Science and Higher Education of Saint Petersburg. In 2016, he became one of the winners of the "Environmental Protection. Human Ecology" contest.…

  11.01.2017

• Now You Can "Solve It!" at ITMO

  …nstance, such people as David Yan, head of the ABBYY, showman Ivan Urgant, opera singer Anna Netrebko, restaurant keeper Arkady Novikov, actress Chulpan Khamanova, Noble Prize winner Konstantin Novoselov and other famous people are planning to take the test. It is not a problem if, for instance, someone is versed in informatics and math, but is not good at physics…

  30.12.2016

• Robotex-2016: Robots Race, Swim and Do Sumo!

  …ing capabilities and the motor's power. Motor runs The Folkrace motor runs are a traditional attraction of the Robotex. Five robots participate in a heat. Then, the winners compete with each other. As with water races, the participants don't know the route in advance, and it is fixed with many unexpected obstacles: pits, poles, garbage. This year, the orga…

  26.12.2016

• ITMO Graduate on Three Failures and One Victory

• St. Petersburg and the Yakutia Republic Develop IT

  …uests. The presentation took place at a pitch session on the third day. The "Sitegen" project, a service for making a website in five minutes using one key word, became the winner. The jury also appreciated two projects from St. Petersburg. The first one, "Hide and Kill" is a corporate game based on AR, where players use their cell phones instead of guns. I…

  21.12.2016

• 10 Things We Are Proud of in 2016

  …ugust of 2016, ITMO U saw a 25% jump in high school student applications. Some 7% of freshmen were foreign students. Over 200 freshmen were enrolled without exams as they were winners of Russian and international subject-specific contests. ITMO U receives UNESCO Medal. Rector Vladimir Vasilyev accepted the UNESCO Medal "Contribution to Development of Nanoscie…

  20.12.2016

• "Death and Life of Catalysts": Evgeny Pidko on Getting the ERC Grant and his Research Plans

  …s, ERC Consolidator Grants, And ERC Advanced Grants. The latter, 2.5 million euros for five years, is given to the best of the best. For instance, Ben Feringa, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, got the ERC Advanced two times. One can apply for the ERC Starting Grant, 1.5 million Euros for five years, only five years after getting a PhD. This grant is great help…

  20.12.2016

• Science Slam ITMO 2.0 Final

  …Alexandra Toropova, the winner, with the title "Can you eat a rainbow?" has combined her love of museums and candy with science. In her home town of Kaliningrad, together with her parents they founded the Marzipan Museum. Now it’s no longer about ordinary candy but more about multi-colored chocolate and caramel, not through the use of dye or chemicals, but with the m…

  20.12.2016

• Smart Assistants Based on Neuroethologies

  …alyzes large amounts of data from open and limited sources for price shocks and news that affect financial markets like Samsung cellphones bursting, the Brexit or Donald Trpmp winning the elections in the USA. Using the app, one can find a bargain and choose how much money he’d like to spend on it. A user can also get the information on what news were used by the sys…

  19.12.2016

• Social Entrepreneurship form All over the World

  …According to Alena Stepanisheva, chair at ITMO’s Volunteering Center, the participants from America made the best four projects, Russian project placed fifth. Among the winners was the Awareness Film Festival, which aims to raise money for the Heal One World fund, which helps needy people to use expensive medical services. One other best project was the Plants with a…

  16.12.2016