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• How to Make the Perfect User Interface

  …ake electronic systems accessible to users; to make them “speak our language”. Anything can be an electronic system – from a smartphone to an ATM. There is no emphasis on a specific type of system in this course. It’s about screen interfaces, which includes online and mobile applications and numerous everyday devices” The course is split into two parts: one that…

  11.09.2017

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: Look for a Team

  …k for a team, find good people that you have the same research interests in, the key is to find a good supervisor. Also as an enthusiastic PhD student you can jump into the specifics of your research topic but it’s important to first gain a deep foundation of understanding of the whole field before delving into your narrower topic.”  …

  08.09.2017

• ITMO Scientists Help Link Alzheimer’s to Lack of Energy in Immune Cells

  …s on mice that lacked TREM2 and were genetically predisposed to the formation of beta amyloid lesions in their nervous system. Researchers proposed supplying the mic with a specific nutritional mixture to restore their microglia cells’ ability to destroy beta amyloids. As the attempt was successful, the scientists then spent six months testing their discovery on two …

  08.09.2017

• Robot Economics: How Industry 4.0 Will Change Our Life

  … are aware of all the deals and thus scheming is impossible. Payments for power and rent can also be made in the same manner. And what if robots can perform not just one specific task, but several? And make contracts with humans? An example was presented at the conference. Imagine a “smart” contract being made for the delivery of cargo by a robot from point A to p…

  07.09.2017

• Developers Present Projects at Girls4Tech Hackathon

  …most effective solution was proposed by the “Brigade” team in the form of their Remontinder application. Users can describe their needs using photos and videos and even tag specific parts of the picture with detailed messages. If someone’s apartment is being flooded or a tree fell on their house in a storm, they can tick the “URGENT!” box to skip through some of t…

  07.09.2017

• Relocation Tips: Buying Groceries

  …this is the cheapest place in the city to shop for soy/nut/grain milk. Prisma, a store chain from Finland, carries a great selection of import foods, as well as ethnic/diet-specific products. Lenta, Okei and Karusel are basically the same style as Auchan, but a little bit smaller. There is also Metro Cash and Carry, which only has three locations in the city, it’s an…

  05.09.2017

• ITMO Student Wins Sberbank Scholarship to Develop Neural Network for Investment Planning

  …rk to analyze the same data over and over again. Simply put, the initial data, having been analyzed multiple times, becomes a set of traits, such as the direction of lines, specifics of forms and colors, certain elements (paws or ears) and others. In the end, the program makes a decision what kind of animal the picture depicts. If the answer is wrong, then the parame…

  04.09.2017

• Great Prospects, Great Expectations: European XFEL Inaugurated

  … offered by XFEL are limitless, unique and are yet to be understood in their entirety. Also, everyone noted that the project has been carried out in due time and within the specified budget. It was a great experience - to go underground into the tunnel, some 20 meters down, and see those laboratories with our own eyes. What is more, we got to very productively commun…

  04.09.2017

• Life in World of Resonances

  …catastrophes, notes Mikhail Limonov. Resonance is a phenomenon in which a vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at specific frequencies. Wireless and optical devices, various medical equipment - all of those are based on resonance effects. Yet, is this all they can be used for? In 1935, Hans Beutler obs…

  01.09.2017

• Divide and Conquer: How S&R Built a Successful Chemical Startup in Russia

  …ecided to found something akin to a consulting company in the field of chemical manufacturing. Besides regular equipment, the company provides custom solutions for clients’ specific needs. Each order is handled with an individual approach, but so far the company has a few “signature” technologies. Task: separation of liquid mixtures. Solution: pervaporation Per…

  30.08.2017