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Microbial Fuel Cell, Space Station, and Electronic Guide: Finals of Quantoriada Competition
…Quantoriada is a science and engineering competition for school students that consists of three rounds: first, participants solve theoretical tasks individually, then they’re divided into teams and work together in the chosen track remotely, and then comes the final round during which children complete their projects and present their achievements to the jury. The pr…
13.12.2018
Techies Tell: Best Podcasts for Data Aficionados
… the world of Apple. Learning Machines 101 Sitting beside the mic here are avid techies specializing in machine learning. In each episode of the podcast, they talk about solving real-world problems, such as how to use linear regression software for forecasting or how to create a neural network in order to answer questions about images. A very informative number…
13.12.2018
How New Advanced Materials Help Fight Bacteria – and Cancer
… mentioned above, the entire world is struggling with the issue of bacterial resistance. Developing new anti-bacterial products is one of the branches of a complex approach to solving this issue. Today, the research concerning MOFs is focused on a number of fields, such as drug delivery systems. Nevertheless, the production of pharmaceuticals (and pharmaceutical mate…
12.12.2018
Future of NTI Centers Discussed at NTI Ecosystem Forum in Sochi
…gies,” says Oleg Malsagov. “The challenges the centers face right now are setting and implementing KPIs, finding an effective approach to interacting with major companies, and solving legal issues connected to their status in law.” According to the experts participating in the forum, NTI centers are hubs of valuable knowledge helping companies boost their excell…
11.12.2018
The Alchemy of Silk: Bioart Pioneer Joe Davis’s Workshop by The Polytechnic Museum and SkBioLab
… later, when I was at a lecture, our program coordinator wrote to me that I got included on the list of participants. How was the event organized? What tasks did you get to solve? Liliana: The event was arranged in two parts. First, Joe Davis spoke about his work and projects at the intersection of science and art that he's been doing lately. The second part wa…
11.12.2018
School of Technology Brokering: Establishing Communication between Science and Business
…re companies whose only focus is on providing technology brokering services. ITMO's School of Technology Brokering brought together experts from Russia and around the world to solve a series of cases in 72 hours. Since last year, the school has become self-sufficient in its funding, and now offers three "participation packages": "Student" (three days of unique tra…
06.12.2018
Russian Programmers Prepare For ICPC-2019
…ntest and keep a close eye on the results. How it works All ICPC teams consist of up to three students aged under 25. Over the course of five hours, they are tasked with solving 8 to 13 problems based on actual cases encountered by professional programmers. Solutions must be given in the form of software written in C++, Java, Python or Kotlin. Every team…
04.12.2018
New York University Professor Kimon Keramidas on Digitalization and Digital Humanities
…e already existing linguistics methods, at this conference experts discussed the use of digital methods in organizing museums and such, i.e. whether this field had to focus on solving the tasks of communication between researchers and analysts or become something bigger. It was at this time that more and more people decided to join the discussion. As of today,…
03.12.2018
Chemists From ITMO University Created New Diagnostic Method for Difficult Climate Conditions
…tored under special conditions. Therefore, it is not always suitable for work in difficult climatic conditions or in mobile laboratories. Chemists from ITMO University suggest solving this problem by means of an alternative diagnostic method. The new method is based on a polymerization reaction, in which the liquid substance, acrylamide, turns into a gel in the pr…
30.11.2018
ITMO Scientist’s Thesis Named Best at the Australian National University
…ty of MRI scanners, whilst also making the procedure faster and safer for patients. What the group posited in particular was that the issue of low image resolution could be solved by adding a special metamaterial-made base layer. Placing this layer inside an MRI scanner makes it possible to increase the signal-to-noise ratio in the scanned area, which leads to a s…
30.11.2018