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• Summer at Sirius: SciComm, Interactive Learning and Sports Programming

  …ude, that they put much effort in their projects, and really care about their research. The children spoke a lot about what's important in their research and the problems they solve. For instance, I never knew before that seaweed and oil are equally dangerous for ships and sea creatures, and that it is most difficult to monitor oil spills or prosecute ship owners who…

  07.08.2017

• ITMO Scientists Working on New Generation of Aircraft Fire Safety

  …by dialing down the sensor’s sensitivity. This might make the detector less prone to false alarms, but it also can delay their reaction in the event of an actual emergency. Solving the problem Companies all over the world are working on ways to make such systems more stable and reliable. In Russia such work is done by Technodinamika JSC (in cooperation with USA…

  07.08.2017

• Rainy Day Gadgets: How Science Deals With Bad Weather

  …tive effect on road visibility. Drops of water and snowflakes reflect light, causing issues for drivers. A project co-developed by Intel and Carnegie Mellon University aims to solve that problem by “dimming out” these flashes of light and, in a way, erasing rain and snow out of the driver’s field of vision. For that purpose, the scientists used a complex syste…

  04.08.2017

• Gaming Your Way In Programming

  …who don't know anything about programming. The player is to take on the role of a wizard who uses programming code to alter the surrounding reality. On each level, he is to solve a particular task - for instance, find a mushroom that can help defeat an ogre, lead an army or escape from a prison. The player is to write a code for that and then watch how it works. T…

  03.08.2017

• ITMO University Wins Grant on Developing New Decision Support System

  …d also protect them from deceptive advertising by letting them know of any additional conditions and risks. Alexander Boukhanovsky Practice-oriented tasks and methods to solving them As of now, the level of computerization of financial processes as well as their speed has increased considerably. What's more, it is not just the amount of financial information…

  28.07.2017

• New Genetic Algorithm by ITMO's Scientists Wins Prize at GECCO-2017

  … Benjamin Doerr presented the results of their research where they succeeded in defining the conditions at which the recently proposed genetic algorithm (1+(λ, λ)) effectively solves the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAP) and proving this mathematically (you can read the full article here). GECCO–2017 Credit: social networks Genetic algorithms Genetic algo…

  27.07.2017

• ITMO Students Share Summer Internship Stories

  …School of IT Summer School of IT – is a summer school for children from grades 6 to 10. The main goal of the school is to educate students about algorithmic programming and solving Olympiad tasks. This is the largest such school in Russia and neighboring countries; its graduates go on to become champions of Russian and international programming competitions. Th…

  26.07.2017

• ITMO and VNIIM Develop Joint Master's Program in Metrology

  …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 are witnessing a global metrology boom right now. This is caused by the need for metrologists who can work internationally to help overcome trade barriers; the amount of …

  25.07.2017

• Programming the Future: ITMO University’s 2016 Annual Report

  …nd technologies. As each School focuses on certain challenges, the applicants find it easier to understand which competencies they can get and which tasks they will be able to solve in the future. The academic mobility for each faculty has increased, as well," comments Marianna Chistyakova, Head of the Strategic Development Department. Opening of ITMO's Chemical…

  25.07.2017

• Study Abroad in One of the Best Universities in Finland

  … “I had doubts about going at first,” she explained. But her advice for others is “if you want to go, just go, try! If you have problems, try to solve them and just go, don’t be closed, be open; some people who go there spend time in their rooms, but you need to keep in touch and communicate with others, always say yes for everything.” Mariya is in her first ye…

  24.07.2017