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ITMO University and NEC Corporation to Cooperate on Development of Infocommunication Technologies
…ing and artificial intelligence. ITMO staff will provide the company with their expertise in the field and adapting the digital platforms to the Russian market and industry specifics. The cooperation action plan also accounts for the creation of a new platform for interaction with the student community which will give them the unique opportunity to work with cutting-…
29.12.2018
Business Games, or How to Pass Exams Without Taking Exams and Get a Job Without an Interview
…t implies putting students in groups to work on problems in assigned conditions (for example, that of conflict or collision of interests) or to identify the potentials of a specific case, which is, fully on in part, based on real-world facts. ITMO’s business game included three teams of students competing for the right to pass a course exam without having to take it,…
28.12.2018
New Year’s Resolutions and How to Keep Them
…principle called SMART. This is an abbreviation that gives you the criteria to guide yourself in the setting of objectives, with its letters broadly conforming to the words Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound. Use this principle to set your goals, and you’re bound to succeed. Second, think about forming good habits. The thing is that even the…
27.12.2018
Entrepreneurial Culture: A Look Into the New General Course at ITMO
…actice-oriented, with students working on real cases under the supervision of business experts. Its main goal is to explore the various project types, their lifecycles, and specifics of development, and how to determine their readiness for operation in the real economy. The students also learned to assess risks and resources, organize teamwork and raise funding for t…
26.12.2018
ITMO University Awards Its First Academic Degrees
…he field in question. Our old system featured people from different subject fields, therefore some of the boards' members weren't knowledgeable enough to give judgements on specific thesis topics. The new format ensures that all members are specialists who understand the thesis topic really well. Being a member of a thesis board myself, I can say that the defense …
25.12.2018
ITMO Launches New Master’s Program ‘Bioeconomics and Resource Management’
…oChem, and the Vodokanal of St. Petersburg. As Elizaveta Sheklanova, a tutor for the Faculty of Applied Optics, notes, each student will be able to do an internship at a specific company as well as focus on their research, all depending on their personal interests. “We don’t limit our students and we’ll structure things depending on the way they prefer to wor…
20.12.2018
University of South Carolina Professor on Development of Anticancer Drugs
… This is the reason why therapeutic window has become the key principle for developing anticancer drugs. It implies that drugs that are designed are effective when taken in specific non-toxic doses at a given time. This way, the drug will stave off cancerous growth without hurting other cells. The wider the therapeutic window, the better is the drug developed. …
19.12.2018
InnoJam "TimeHack": Real Options Theory and Machine Learning
…e developer. ITSK specializes in providing services and introducing projects in the field of information technologies and enterprise management systems, developing industry-specific software and supporting IT-infrastructures. The issue that ITSK's representatives wanted help with was the absence of an effective tool for managing the developer team and monitoring the …
14.12.2018
How New Advanced Materials Help Fight Bacteria – and Cancer
…out the condition of many types of tissue: nails, teeth, hair, eyes, and even help to discern between a malignant tumor and a benign one. Materials need to exhibit a few specific qualities to be luminescent. In any case, luminescent materials absorb light before re-emitting it. This, too, depends on the composition of a material, and researchers are able to manipu…
12.12.2018
Head of the .NET-Development Department at JetBrains Sergey Kux: Don’t Build a Process Just for the Sake of It