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• Break Down to Atoms: Why It’s So Hard to Become an Astronaut in Russia

  …other requirements are the command of English on the level of a technical university, mathematics and physics on high school level, good Russian and computer skills, keen knowledge of the history of space exploration, and the ability to study any of the spacecraft’s systems in a night’s time and be ready to explain it the next morning. Oftentimes, the exams are admin…

  09.10.2018

• Civilization Historian, Cyber Security Ace, Filmmaker: Who’s Who at ITMO’s New Art&Science Program

  … in numerous exhibitions: this May, I organized a solo exhibition looking into destructive aspects of social relations. I applied for the Art&Science project to deepen my knowledge of the biology of auto destructions and want to use ITMO University’s extensive academic, innovation and research resources to increase my understanding of human psychology. I work as an i…

  08.10.2018

• Career Guidance for School Students

  …trends and money only is not the best way to go. It’s important to understand the specifics of one’s desired work, and also check whether you possess the minimal level of knowledge and skills for developing in a particular field, or are at least ready to learn them. “I sometimes work with students who want to become programmers only because there’s much mone…

  08.10.2018

• Career Guidance for School Students

  …trends and money only is not the best way to go. It’s important to understand the specifics of one’s desired work, and also check whether you possess the minimal level of knowledge and skills for developing in a particular field, or are at least ready to learn them. “I sometimes work with students who want to become programmers only because there’s much mone…

  08.10.2018

• Career Guidance for School Students

  …trends and money only is not the best way to go. It’s important to understand the specifics of one’s desired work, and also check whether you possess the minimal level of knowledge and skills for developing in a particular field, or are at least ready to learn them. “I sometimes work with students who want to become programmers only because there’s much mone…

  08.10.2018

• Staking on Unique: ITMO’s Startup Accelerator Revamps its Approach

  …rketing and communications, among others. Business crash courses and expert sessions Business crash courses present a great opportunity to boost your knowledge in one or another field. Several courses have already been launched including the ones on teambuilding and SEO tools. Profile events and partners’ services Apart from busi…

  04.10.2018

• ITMO University Scientists Develop Laser for High-Precision Satellite Navigation

  … space debris. It will be capable of identifying objects in orbit and, if necessary, pushing them away using radiation pressure. "The laser we’ve developed is cutting-edge by several criteria. According to our data, it is the most powerful pulse-periodic picosecond source of laser radiation in the world. In addition to ranging applications, lasers of this cl…

  04.10.2018

• ‘I Want to Create Something that Really Matters’: ITMO University’s First-Year Student On Developing Socially Significant Apps

  …ech disabilities and sign language specialists to accommodate people with special needs in their cafes. My initial concept was way more ambitious: I wanted to make a full-fledged online sign language translator. You would point your phone camera at a person communicating with signs, and the app would translate them to words. My invention would make it possible for…

  02.10.2018

• Fighting Talk: Management Sparrings Participants Discuss their Experience

  …t takes for them to bounce back from their opponent’s advances. Following the end of two one-minute rounds the judges determine whether this dialog can be considered a fully-fledged management sparring; if the decision is positive, they go on to choose the winner. Express sparrings typically feature fewer judges, and, unlike classical face-offs, they’re not divided i…

  01.10.2018

• Smart City VS Smart Citizens: Сoen Bergman on Conducting Efficient Public Research

  …different technologies work. For instance, at our microbiology lab one can learn how DNA is analyzed and what data can be derived from it, as well as the ways to use such knowledge. We collaborate with many developers and designers, and invite specialists from different fields, from mathematicians and data analysts to sociologists and art experts. As a result, we …

  01.10.2018