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ITMO Students Share Summer Internship Stories
…burg Arena stadium: a billion dollars. “What mattered to me was that the school’s topic this year was relevant to my own work. The theme was the reflection of the latest discoveries about the Universe in mass media. My Master’s thesis focuses on a comparison of communication practices of “Roskosmos” and other leading space agencies, so when I heard about the sch…
26.07.2017
ITMO and VNIIM Develop Joint Master's Program in Metrology
…stry and almost every enterprise has a chief metrologist and metrological staff. We often witness a lack of knowledge and awareness about metrology, which is why there can be miscommunication between our Institute’s metrologists and the specialists who deal with metrology issues in various industries. Our program, among other things, aims to solve this problem. We ar…
25.07.2017
ITMO Business Incubator Team Attends SHIP Festival
…n of large amounts of data. It aims to facilitate the use of Big Data by corporate clients. As part of the festival, the team met with investors from REOF Capital and San Francisco Oy (a Finnish marketing company). The managing director of the investment and consulting company REOF Capital which has branches in Puerto-Rico and the US, has shown interest in the pro…
24.07.2017
5 Things You Need to Know Now
…. The new hydrogel laminate - a layer of hydrogel that bonds to latex, rubber and silicone - provides a softer, more slippery exterior that can significantly ease a patient's discomfort for catheters and tubes. The coating can even be tailored to monitor and treat signs of infection.…
23.07.2017
How a Russian Teenager Cracked Nation's Largest Social Network in His Spare Time
Technology as Digital Mirrors
…or universities it is essential to create a space where young scientists can show their potential and develop their ideas. This way completely new forms and interfaces can be discovered. Collaboration with ITMO University aims to initiate a new incubator targeted to those talented alumni of the university, who would otherwise leave Saint Petersburg to develop their i…
19.07.2017
5 Things You Need to Know Now
…ty of instrumental sounds. 3D Movies for home, no glasses needed. Home3D converts traditional 3-D movies from stereo into a format that's compatible with so-called "automultiscopic displays." It can run in real-time on a system such as an Xbox or a PlayStation and in the future could take the form of a chip that could be put into TVs .The algorithms also let users…
16.07.2017
Forming Bonds: Visiting Scientists on Chemistry Research and Working Abroad
…rthplace of Alessandro Volta, a famous Italian physicist, chemist and pioneer of electricity and power. She explores the properties of the new materials, synthesizes them and discovers what kinds of things they can do; for example: adsorb gases, carry drugs, detect the presence of pollutant molecules, be used for catalysis, as optical sensors, in photovoltaic technol…
12.07.2017
ITMO Researchers Seek to Improve MOOC Effectiveness
…lso try their hand at a tougher version of the assignment. And we did see many of the users respond well to that mechanic. When we tested it in our web development course, we discovered that it increased the course’s effectiveness by 13%,” – says Ms. Lisitsyna. Lyubov Lisitsyna. Therefore the students who respond to such mechanics are not only motivated to …
11.07.2017
ITMO Scientists Receive Alferov Foundation Award
…n 2013 that the Science journal included new hybrid perovskites into the list of breakthrough technologies as promising elements for solar cells. At the same time, scientists discovered that their efficiency output in photovoltaics and LEDs is comparable to that of traditional best semiconductors like silicon or gallium arsenide. What's more, they can be applied on a…
06.07.2017