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Andrey Breslav on Kotlin, Time-Management, and Being a Programmer
…e it, and making it tangibly better than the other languages available. The market is saturated with tried-and-tested mainstream languages with lots of adherents and questions solved, and squeezing your own invention into this mapped-out territory can be tough. You also have to understand that switching to a new programming language can be very expensive: there’s no …
26.11.2018
VK Hackathon 2018 Winners Make Donating Blood Easier
…d to participate, you had to demonstrate strong interest and motivation. As we regularly asked questions, we were soon added to the main list. Which problem did you need to solve for DonorSearch? Elena Selivanova: The main goal of our website is to motivate users to donate their blood, as well as to attract new donors and retain regular donors, the ones that do…
23.11.2018
ITMO Master’s Students Win National Lighting Design Competition
…trian paths at Vyborgskaya for their project but focused on another issue: the eight exits and entrances in the area that become a source of confusion to passers-by. To solve this issue, the designers suggested implementing light navigation systems using color-coded exits and other techniques. During the day, natural lighting enters the underpass via colorful …
22.11.2018
Inkjet Printers Can Produce Cheap Micro-Waveguides for Optical Computers
…s high refractive index, which is necessary for the waveguide to effectively conduct the signal. In order to achieve suitable ink parameters, the scientists selected the right solvents, concentration of the main component, and surfactants. After that the ink is filled into an inkjet printer, which applies the material according to a given geometry on a clean glass su…
21.11.2018
Tel Aviv University Professor Boris Malomed on Non-Linear Physics and Solitons
… a technology that you worked on, which could have improved communications, not seeing a practical application? To theoretical scientists such as me, the work was all about solving interesting physics problems. It wasn’t like we were contractors who had to account for our expenses. We wrote articles, submitted them to journals, and didn’t earn much for it. Perhaps…
21.11.2018
WUD@ITMO: Ending the Dispute Between Developers and Designers
…sound design are all branches of the selfsame tree. The lecturer proposed that designers explore other scientific fields and look back at the available design solutions for solving complex professional problems and finding inspiration. One of the seminal design solutions mentioned by Prof. Lamas was the Basic Design Cycle model, which was developed in 1955 and imp…
20.11.2018
Gennadiy Korotkevich Wins 2018 Topcoder Open Marathon
…ompetition in this track kicked off on April 14 and consisted of four online rounds. What makes the Topcoder Open Marathon different from other tracks is that its participants solve optimization tasks. In every round, they are given one task, which even its author doesn’t know how to solve. The task is to come up with a program that …
19.11.2018
National Technology Revolution 20.35: Universities as Driving Force of Change
… level, make their big debut on the market and then increase their production. Apart from focusing on research, ITMO has now become a major player in the field of business who solves tasks of upscaling successful practices and helping entrepreneurs go global. It is in the context of this objective that we devised the project of ITMO Highpark, which integrates the …
16.11.2018
ITMO Students Take First Place in Physics Competition
… but you’re not sure if you’ll be able to complete it. The most important thing here is to not give up and write down all the ideas that pop up in your head. Even if you don’t solve the task completely, you can still get some points for what you’ve done. It might sound weird but it really works. Anyway, it doesn’t hurt to try. So don’t waste too much time trying to <…
15.11.2018
ITMO’s KronBars Tops List of Russia’s Best Student Sports Clubs
…o appear, their audience growing and the competition between the clubs increasing,” shares Vyacheslav Morozov. During the Forum, the participants had several tasks to solve. First, they had to come up with a strategy of ASSC development until 2025 based on the results achieved by the Association over the course of the last five years. They had to take into a…
12.11.2018