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• At the Intersection of Sciences: Bioinformatics Specialist Nikita Alexeev on Challenges of DNA Research

  …atics from both sides. A mathematician can pick up biology and a biologist can pick up mathematics. Of course, to be a good specialist you need to have a certain level of knowledge of both. A true biologist would easily notice that I come from mathematics and don’t know biology as well as they do, but that is why we collaborate and that is why it is called an interdi…

  02.05.2019

• Targeted Drug Delivery, Multidimensional Blockchain, and Vision Enhancement: ITMO University’s Young Scientists Win SIE Support Grants

  …s, Sberbank, Alfa Bank) are showing interest in blockchain and investing millions in the development of projects like Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Ripple, Corda R3, and Hyperledger Fabric. Blockchain reflects the nature of financial streams, and smart contracts allow us to take financial operations to the next level. The adoption of blockchain is impeded by the issu…

  30.04.2019

• Academic Freedom and Focus on Interdisciplinarity: Leading Experts on Key Trends in Master’s Studies

  …al system, Master’s studies are necessary as a level that first and foremost ensures the specialization of students. While Bachelor’s studies provide fundamental, general knowledge, Master’s studies give students the opportunity to decide on their future career and acquire more in-depth competencies and skills. “If we were to look at the situation from the l…

  30.04.2019

• International Academic Mobility Opportunities at ITMO University

  …iversity, like AgroParisTech, would be more fitting for the student, its staff will forward the applicant’s information to the other school. “We believe that the knowledge we offer is in demand among many international companies,” explains Fethi Bedioui, the research director of CNRS at Chimie ParisTech. “And we’re offering Russian students an opportunity to…

  29.04.2019

• Master’s Degree ++ Conference: The Plenary Session in Review

  …nymore, because the number of companies now largely surpasses the number of universities, and in the modern conditions of the constantly growing amount of information and knowledge universities simply can’t manage to give all these masses of knowledge and skills to their students. That’s why the likelihood of the situation where the int…

  29.04.2019

• English Teachers Unite at NATE Convention

  …ues from all over the country, and beyond. They are eager to develop their skills, become better professionals, and, what is also important, they are ready to share their knowledge and unique experience with others. This conference created a very encouraging environment for professional growth. I would like to express our gratitude to the English Language Office of t…

  25.04.2019

• ITMO Graduate Mikhail Galkin on PhD Studies in Germany and the Importance of Believing in Oneself

  …instead. The decision was fairly simple, as I was really interested in topics my research was exploring. I wanted to continue with my work, to dig deeper, to expand my knowledge. I’ve been obsessed with computers since I was a kid, and it was because of this that I ended up at ITMO. What does your research focus on? I study artificial intelligence, knowl

  25.04.2019

• Congress of Young Scientists Participant Yaroslav Kapustin: Had I Not Worked on My Own Projects, I Never Would Have Learned What I Know

  …interest in this idea. Getting started in programming I go to a regular school, and I was never trained for something specific in any of my classes. All specialized knowledge I have, I acquired on my own. I was helped by my parents and also took classes with a tutor for a few months, but continued to learn on my own. All in all, I’ve been programming for more t…

  24.04.2019

• Semantic Hub Founder Vitaly Nedelskiy: 90% of Startups Fail Because Nobody Needs Their Product

  … of? There’s definitely no reason to fear job loss. New technologies will create new jobs. But don’t be fooled into thinking that a person with a particular set of knowledge and skills will spend their whole life using that same set. Perhaps if you’re a great massage therapist, you’ll spend your whole life giving massages, and you’ll always be in demand. But e…

  19.04.2019

• Behavioral Economics: Why Humans Aren’t Made to Be Rational

  …ve the framing effect to blame. What is the framing effect? The framing effect is one of the key phenomena in behavioral economics. When people do not have the full knowledge of a situation, they tend to make decisions differently than they would have if they had all the information available to them. “The more we know, the better we make decisions. Th…

  17.04.2019