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• Harvard Professor Stefanie Stantcheva on the Role of Surveys and Experiments in Economy

  …n opportunity to achieve everything through one’s work. As the professor notes, with increasing inequality in the United States, one would assume that ordinary Americans would want to narrow the income gap through progressive taxation. However, Americans still see wealth as a reward for ability and effort, and poverty as the result of failing to seize opportunities. …

  15.10.2020

• ITMO Graduate Stanislav Krasnoyarov’s Journey From a Full-Time Employee to His Own Business

  … focuses exclusively on international startups. On studying at ITMO and lifelong education I was in my third grade when I saw Atari gaming computers and ever since I had wanted to become a programmer. Well, I also had the urge to become a musician in the ninth grade but after meeting a few of them, I realized that it was not for me. Then, I got my own ZX Spectr…

  14.10.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 17-18, 2020

  …), which unveils all the secrets to sound – or silence – in films without keeping the focus strictly on composers or the deeply technical aspects. Sunday offers us Banksy Most Wanted (France; 7 pm), a perspective on the century’s most influential anonymous graffitist, the myths surrounding them, and the role their anonymity plays in voicing problems shared by thousan…

  14.10.2020

• TECHNOHISTORY Project Showcases New Approaches to Historical Studies

  …ive lectures, quests, challenges, and science slam talks by leading researchers are also included. “Several centers and laboratories of ITMO University said that they want to make complex topics they work on more understandable for non-scientists. So, as part of the project, we help them present their research to a wider audience,” says Daria Martynova. …

  13.10.2020

• Celebration for Children Student Club: Bringing Smiles All Year Around

  … any activity and they will take part in any workshop and event we organize at the club. With such driven people, I will always be sure of our club’s bright future.  If you want to learn more about student clubs at ITMO, check out our interview with ITMO.GREEN, the university’s eco-club; our catch-up with the Intelligentsia culture club; an in-depth interview abou…

  13.10.2020

• How ITMO Researchers Are Using Speech Analysis to Diagnose Dementia and Parkinson's

  …oice of an average adult and are less accurate in recognizing the voice of an older person. The emotionality of speech complicates the analysis even more. Today, scientists want to create a system for automatic recognition of the emotions of this particular population group. ITMO University researchers, as part of an international research team, have proposed a du…

  13.10.2020

• How Coworking Spaces Help Remote Workers Stay on Track and Find New Friends and Colleagues

  …ded that the two of us do not need a full-fledged office and we can settle in Yasnaya Polyana – we both found this solution really cool. We have no strict schedule so if we want to work from home, we can do it. But, as a freelancer with a lot of experience, I understand that it is not always possible to work productively at home: it is very difficult to tune in, y…

  12.10.2020

• Your Guide to Gaming in Fall-Winter of 2020

  … spirit of an “honest” role-playing game – as a single character or a party of several warriors. Naturally, the game maintains the D&D traditions at its roots, and who doesn’t want to have a pandemic-approved game night choice at the ready? – CZ. Amnesia: Rebirth Release date: October 20, 2020 Platforms: PC, PS4, MacOS Did you know that horrors can actual…

  09.10.2020

• Battleships and Electrons: ITMO Student Develops a VR Game for Chemistry Students

  …eveloped a board game in the spirit of the old-school Battleship game to playfully encourage students to study the topic. In 2018, Mikhail and his university colleagues wanted to create a project to study the role of virtual reality in chemistry education at universities. That's when he remembered his previous attempt and decided to give it another shot but in…

  09.10.2020

• ITMO University Launches New Preacceleration Program

  …s and online course without a tracker’s support.  As for the ideas – there are all kinds of them. For example, there is an interesting project on the human microbiome: they want to create their own media and launch a line of products. There are several concepts in the field of alternative energy sources and ecology. For the most part, however, the projects are rel…

  08.10.2020