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Fintech Cup 2017 Lets Teams Compete for Chance to Work With Financial Giants
…ticipants will be offered consultation from mentors and industry experts, who will share their best practices with the teams during off- and on-line workshops. After a case is solved, experts will provide feedback on the solutions and give tips and advice to the teams that made it to the next stage. Nadia Cherkasova, Head of Customer Service for Small Businesses at V…
19.06.2017
Prime Minister Medvedev Congratulates ACM ICPC Winners
…prestigious ACM ICPC Senior Coach Award, given to coaches whose teams participate in the contest finale for 15 years. What makes the contest unique is that the participants solve practical problems that call not only for basic knowledge of algorithms, but also for specific knowledge of various forms of programming. Teams consist of three members and it is importan…
16.06.2017
ITMO International Days: Best Practices
…re regularly organized as well. There's also the Buddy Program that helps international students adapt better - Russian-speaking students overseee the newcomers and help them solve everyday issues. Another successful practice is “student ambassadors”. They participate in all of the university's international events, where they communicate with students from other co…
14.06.2017
ITMO-UCLA Partner Program Graduates Showcase Projects
…purpose of such a network is to exchange information among the staff and provide opportunities for growth, work and education. As Lisa Audish noted, such a form of interaction solves a wide range of issues. Firstly, it aggregates the information spread out over the various sections of the university’s website in a single place and lists the standards for record keepi…
13.06.2017
“Natural” AI: On the Way to Whole Brain Emulation
…nity manages to avoid the influence of several key socioeconomic factors related to a sudden prevalence of brain emulation, it could radically transform our future and help us solve a wide range of existential problems, from climate change and overpopulation to space travel and colonization. It is known that humans have evolved in an environment suitable for their ha…
09.06.2017
Chemoinformatics in ITMO: From Individual Projects to A University of Strasbourg Diploma
…Say, we have a two-dimensional metal-organic material. If these two-dimensional layers are positioned in a certain sequence one after another, and the spaces are filled with a solvent, we can research the effect of the solvent on the material's properties. Let's say we change the distance between the layers and the solving practical problems and using novel solutions – and teamwork and project skills, the so-called “pervasive competencies”. This is all necessary not just to bring young talents “to light”,…
07.06.2017
Young Scientists from ITMO University Receive Presidential Grants
… to process information much faster. Yet, to create such elements scientists have to perfect their ability to control light, preferably on the as small a scale as possible. To solve this problem, we propose using resonant optical periodic structures with a non-linear response.…
05.06.2017
ITMO 3.0 Reload: Battle of the Strongest
…ive effect on the resident's well-being, mood, sleep, and nervous system. What's more, in absence of fresh air the humidity level increases, resulting in emergence of mold. To solve the problem, the team proposes to use a small-sized ventilation unit that can be mounted on the window sill or the window's upper frame. The unit also has filters for dust and fluffs. Th…
02.06.2017
Vladimir Putin Congratulates ITMO's Programmers on Winning ACM ICPC
…tin stressed the role of the youth in meeting these challenges; according to him, it is the young generation that will have to fulfill the hopes of the current and continue to solve mankind's global problems. He added that Russia already contributes to this cause by actively engaging the potential of fundamental science and training highly qualified specialists. The …
02.06.2017