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• Interning in New York, Working in Berlin: ITMO Graduate Victoria Gorelkina On Her International Experience

  …n an exchange in Switzerland doing IT and Physics, I missed a lighting design course in ITMO University. I knew that I could work in lighting design with my then level of knowledge, but in order to be able to advance in my career further studies were necessary. I had several options; I could have followed up with a PhD in Russia or pursued another Master’s degree abr…

  30.07.2018

• St. Petersburg Hosts 4th VK Fest

  … started. At first, the support team was just a community of users who knew the website well and helped others with their issues. This volunteer movement later became a full-fledged support team but remained amicable and friendly towards regular users. How many support agents are there? Today, VK’s support team consists of 140 employees, while the social netwo…

  30.07.2018

• Cryosaunas and Liquid Nitrogen: Guatemalan Student Shares Her Experience Of Studying in Russia

  …t for my business. I want to write my thesis about a cryogenic micropump. I’m going to work on this project in Guatemala. So when I come home, I will have advanced knowledge of all the processes, and it will be easier for me to start working with these technologies. Have you already decided what to start with? It’s going to be a family business, as my mo…

  27.07.2018

• ITMO Students Study Monodzukuri at Kindai University

  …l-centered education. Such an approach is the answer to a crisis that emerged in Japanese higher engineering education in 1980s, when it became too focused on theoretical knowledge. “For students, this means that the educational process is organized in collaboration with industrial partners, and features many practical assignments, including working with mod…

  27.07.2018

• ITMO Young Scientists Win BASIS Foundation Grants For Physics and Maths Research

  …oncept is applicable to physics, as well. For example, the topology of photonic bands is a source of such unique properties of artificial structures as topologically-protected edge states. Such states emerge strictly along the structures’ edge, never going deeper or leaving the structures’ boundaries. Topological states of light have se…

  26.07.2018

• Cindicator: A Startup To Ease You Way Into Cryptocurrency Markets

• Think Critically: ITMO University Student Creates Popular Science Podcast

  …it’s hard to come up with a clear definition of pseudoscience. Some 100-200 years ago scientists believed in aether, and before that in alchemy. With the emergence of new knowledge, these theories were disproved, and if someone pursues alchemy today, you can well call it pseudoscience. Also, we can now disprove of particular ideas based on intuition or common sense, …

  24.07.2018

• UniverSum Summer School: Competitive Hacking for School Students

  …SPbCTF project and Kaspersky Lab specialist. To help school students understand what skills they lack, the organizers of UniverSum created the so-called “Tree of knowledge”. This is a graph which shows the recommended order of learning materials for every curriculum subject. Thanks to this graph, students could more accurately assess their skills and create …

  23.07.2018

• Sun, Sea, and Computational Science: YSC-2018 Participants Discuss Their Conference Experience

  …ce in Computational Science since 2012. Attended by leading scientists and young researchers from all over the world, the conference is a forum for active discussions and knowledge exchange in all areas connected to computational science and computer modeling, theory and practice alike. Past guest speakers include the likes of Jack Dongarra, Petros Koumoutsakos, Stef…

  23.07.2018

• “I Am a Professional” Winners On How Competition Changed Their Lives

  …ing project got the second place. It was very challenging, but the experience was definitely worth it. ITMO University was my number-one study choice because of the cutting-edge IT research pioneered by ITMO’s scientists. I also really like ITMO’s approach to teaching and studying, as well as the opportunities the university offers. I plan to apply for the “Corpor…

  20.07.2018