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• Indigenous Languages and Fun Science: ‘From Volunteering to Social Engineering’ Forum

  …multicultural communication among the city’s youth. The organization approaches this problem by building a community of volunteers from different associations which focus on resolving inter-ethnic tensions. There are 89 ethnicities living in Voronezh today, the city also has a lot of international students. The project authors develop the volunteer movement, form …

  07.11.2018

• Movie Fridays: Studio Ghibli, Nuff Said

  … is Natsukashii, fond nostalgia for the past and one’s personal memories, which is channeled by the films’ convoluted narratives and magical scores with their deliberately unresolved and strange melodies that influence spectators’ perceptions on a subconscious level. Take these deep-seated cultural layers, mix them into a wildly imaginative plot, wrap it all up in an…

  02.11.2018

• ITMO’s Teaching Methodology Wins Best Innovation Product Award

  … by its name, projects take the center-stage. Their focus, be it engineering, science, or something else, is not of great importance; what matters is to have an open-answer, unsolved task. We group three to five people around a task, set an objective, and let them do their thing. Iana Muzychenko: It’s important to note that these are not like lab work that command…

  02.11.2018

• State Hermitage Photographer Yuri Molodkovets on Running an Instagram for World-Famous Museum

  …Hermitage sought to make the most of natural lighting, and its interiors look stunning in sunlight. That’s why I try to capture such images whenever I get the chance. Resolving conflicts As you might remember, two years ago we hosted the Jan Fabre exhibition "Knight of Despair / Warrior of Beauty". This was a highly charged exhibition that should have had a…

  02.11.2018

• Ghent University Professor: Every Patient Should Have Their Own Heart Model

  …What issues is your scientific group trying to solve right now? In short, at the core of our research is the problem of heart arrhythmia: its causes and possible treatment methods. Atrial fibrillation is known as the most common irregular heartbeat. There is evidence that this disease is associated with an increased risk of stroke. On the one hand, it’s easily …

  01.11.2018

• ITMO Student Talks Urban Development in Northern Cities

  …Russia? Many aspects of how we plan our cities are problematic. For example, there is this perennial issue of roof water disposal. As of now, the majority of Russian cities solve this problem by dumping rainwater and melted snow onto passer-bys. But this is fraught with risks: come wintertime, disposed-of roof water turns into ice, people slip, fall down, sometime…

  30.10.2018

• Siberian Coal Energy Company’s Advisor on Personnel: Even the Most Macho Miners Need Soft Skills

  …because the tasks that our company, industry and country are faced with are always changing, and it’s important to be able to keep up with the progress. People who can do that solve these tasks faster and adapt to new circumstances more easily, benefiting the company at large. If an enterprise doesn’t develop, it loses in competitive performance and can’t pay its wor…

  30.10.2018

• Head of Mitsubishi Electric’s Department of Conditioning Systems: Why Working with Universities Is Our Top Priority

  …O University, I believe that the administration of ITMO University and, in particular, the staff of the School of Biotechnology and Cryogenic Systems are on the right track to solving this problem. Partnership with world-class manufacturers will not only help the students to form a comprehensive understanding of modern technological solutions, but also will develop a…

  25.10.2018

• Why Factories Are Once Again Popular Among Young Optics Specialists

  …achelor’s thesis. It was largely practical and revolved around optical surfaces. It so happened that my academic advisor had his own business and he often involved students in solving some of the tasks they had, which gave us an opportunity to work on real projects. I got to work on a spotlight projection system that emitted light over a distance of about 2 kilome…

  24.10.2018

• ITMO Scientist Vladislav Gromov: We Want to Make Robots Help People, Not Replace Them

  …pt to new tasks? How to control robots remotely? How to effectively integrate a large number of robots into one complex technological process? Another issue we’re trying to solve in our research is, how to build a successful interaction between humans and robots? Before, introducing the latter into the manufacturing process meant that human workers no longer serve…

  24.10.2018