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• The Whats, Whys and Hows of Biometric Data

  …ig Sberbank office on the 3rd Line of Vasilievsky Island, 34. His visit was a memorable one for the staff present: by their accounts, he was the first client in the office’s history to ask to have their biometric data taken. But he didn’t have any luck, as after a 40-minute sequence of procedures such as passport and bank card checks and the signing of forms, the sys…

  30.01.2019

• Genetic Testing: What Human Genome Tells Us About Ourselves

  …me companies also use DNA chips. He adds that, in most cases, the results of genetic testing should be taken with a grain of salt, as it is more advisable to consider family history and other factors. “Everyone has found a different way to sell genetic tests to customers. Some will even offer to tell you if your child has the potential to become an athlete, for …

  29.01.2019

• Magic of Light: ITMO’s Interactive Exhibition in Shanghai

  …such as reflection and deflection, light spectrum characteristics, stereo imaging, and hidden images. Stereoscopy module In this area, visitors can learn about the history of stereoscopy and the latest achievements in this field. Among the items on display are moving images, multiangle holograms, ancient Chinese frescoes with a perspective, renaissance pain…

  25.01.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 26-27

  … days of devastation and horror (and, at the same time, of human bravery, compassion, and valor), the Siege of Leningrad is one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, and a hardship our city will never forget. Commemorations are held every year, 2019 being no exception, with a range of events planned for January 27, the day when the siege finally ende…

  23.01.2019

• Moscow Topography of Terror, Geography of Holocaust and Gulag Retrospective: Digital Humanities Projects That Remind of the Horrible Past

  …nline. Gulag retrospective ITMO's international Digital Humanities Research Lab has come up with a data visualization project conducted in collaboration with the Gulag History Museum. The project received Microsoft's special award at the St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum. The project is currently in development, and will soon be available as a web app…

  23.01.2019

• St. Petersburg’s Architectural Gems: Eclecticism

  …skovsky railway station, the second railway station in St. Petersburg, designed by Konstantin Thon. Although large Venetian windows, two floors of Corinthian columns and a two-story clocktower at the center explicitly reference Italian Renaissance architecture, the building incorporates other features from a variety of periods and countries. Gothic Revival …

  22.01.2019

• Ins and Outs of Modern Animation

  …Disney. The Incredibles 2 As Brad Bird, the director of both Incredibles movies, recalls, in the late 90s Steve Jobs, then head of Pixar, was reluctant about putting the story of a superhero family into the pipeline. “At the time, Steve was worried that people’s associations with the combination of superheroes and animation were all negative,” Bird say…

  22.01.2019

• Nanophotonics' Most Topical Fields: Research on Hybrid Metal-Dielectric Structures

  …ies, unidirectional scattering, etc. This also contributes to such materials' relevance. You always have been focusing on photonics, haven't you? This is quite a complex story. I started my Master's program in China, but after a year I chose a subject field that had to do with nanophotonics and came here to study at ITMO's Faculty of Physics and Engineering on …

  21.01.2019

• Nights in a Library, History Lessons and Stress Relieving Dogs: Academic Exchange at Seoul National University

  …ll of that reflects the attitude of the country's younger generation. Older Koreans are very different: they are more introverted and less friendly. We had lessons of Korean history, and they told us that this largely has to do with the Korean war in the 1950s, after which South Korea survived on American help, and the life of Korean citizens depended on whether Amer…

  18.01.2019

• Master’s Student from Argentina: Immersing Into New Culture Is Like Starting New Life

  …Rodrigo Lopez Pablos had always wanted to study in Russia, because, in his words, Russia played such an important role in the world’s history. When the opportunity of going to Russia for studying emerged, he jumped at the chance and did his utmost to win a scholarship contest organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. He a…

  17.01.2019