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• ITMO’s Digital Humanities Lab Wins Microsoft Prize for Project on History of Gulag

  …ry is associated with boring, routine work. Museums end up losing future visitors because schools foster a strong aversion towards history in kids. Nowadays, museums try to solve the first part of this issue by way of creating immersive exhibitions and expanding their online presence. But if we don’t reconsider the way we teach history in school, their efforts wil…

  30.11.2018

• MTS Lead Architect Mikhail Mishurovsky on Collaboration with ITMO

  …tty powerful chatbot that is currently being used for communication with MTS clients. For example, if you want to activate Internet on your phone, or change your rate plan, or solve some other problem and get feedback, you most often have to deal with a chatbot. Its efficiency is estimated to be some 75%, which is a very good result for this kind of systems. We al…

  29.11.2018

• Professor Sergei Tihodeev on Soviet Science and Collaboration with ITMO University

  …am technique for nonequilibrium processes (spectroscopy and manipulation of single molecules, nanomotors). Then I also started research in the field of electrodynamics, namely solving Maxwell's equations in complex spatially-modulated media: photonic crystals and metamaterials. I also started teaching. During the Soviet times, a scientist could work on an impo…

  28.11.2018

• Physicists Conduct Study of Terahertz Radiation in Liquids

  …des with the pump radiation. According to the researchers, these results will be used in future work. “A significant drawback of fluid is its large absorption. We plan to solve this problem by optimizing the type of fluid, the shape of the jet, the pump power and a number of other parameters. We want to experimentally find the optimal parameters for the radiatio…

  28.11.2018

• 2018 Student of the Year Winners on Students’ Unions, Science, and Buddy Program

  …r. Aren’t you tired of answering other students’ questions? No, not at all. It’s much easier to answer these questions when you’re a student yourself because you have to solve the very same problems. I just share my own experience with them. I really enjoy working with people and trying to help them. I’m happy when people around me are happy. Sergey Lepeshov…

  27.11.2018

• Russian Developers Created a Platform for Interactive Analysis of Metagenomic Data

  …ousands of metagenomes contain large amounts of useful information, which cannot be analyzed manually. Therefore, special tools are needed to interpret metagenomic data. To solve this problem, a team of Russian developers from Skolkovo, ITMO University and MIPT have created an analytical platform, which is designed to statistically investigate data and present it …

  26.11.2018

• 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