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• Social Sciences in the Era of Social Networks: Studying Selfies, Likes and Geotags

  … Why do we love data so much? First of all, it’s objective. When a researcher tries to explain a certain question or problem, there is always a temptation to bring this explanation down to their own point of view. Numbers don’t let us distort the way we view the world. They are facts which only need to be interpreted within the framework of a certain discipline. …

  31.01.2020

• ITMO Graduate Elena Ushakova on Scientific Career, Research Projects and Working in Hong Kong

  …bjectiveness of my decision. It’s the same with exams. If a student doesn’t agree with their grade, they can easily submit an appeal and I will have to send them a detailed explanation of why it is this grade that they got. Does it mean that the relationship between students and professors is completely different there? Do students respect their lecturers?  Yes…

  21.01.2020

• TVs for Instagram Videos and Flying Taxis: 2020 Consumer Electronics Show

  … our high technology era, regular board games with something as unassuming as paper cards would go the way of dinosaurs, but in fact, their popularity is booming – with one explanation being that people like the sense of community that they bring. The innovation of this CES 2020 awardee is that no one would be forced to take the boring role of the presenter: this rou…

  15.01.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 14-15, 2019

  …ive musings on the multifaceted topic of Inside and Outside, its three nominations (apartment-centered “Habitat”, kindergarten-focused “Patterns and Planes” and mildly self-explanatory “Function of a Courtyard”) embodying the ying-yang-like conundrum of private vs. public in our lives. You can examine what they’ve come up with at Sevkabel Port this weekend, so that’s…

  11.12.2019

• Professional Reboot: Empower Program at ITMO University

  …ked to the program’s participants whose projects were highly appreciated by the jury and asked them about their impressions of the program and plans for the future. Svetlana Ankudinova, project: yacht club, “Marina service” marina I learned about the Empower program from my friends, who told me about the very high level of teaching at ITMO University. Aft…

  11.12.2019

• ICPC-2020 World Finals Participants Announced in St. Petersburg

  …d Scientific Centre and Gymnasium 9; Ivan Lakhtin, Viktor Mikhailov, Alisa Gladchenko). They were the only team that solved all ten problems. Their coaches are Nina Grein, Svetlana Sandakova and Ekaterina Paramonova.  Students from School 199, Tbilisi (Georgia) came second and a team from Special Educational and Scientific Centre of Moscow State University and Sch…

  02.12.2019

• Resident of ITMO Technopark Included in Top-3 of SLUSH Festival

  …tners Helsinki Center, NewCo Helsinki, Helsinki Business Hub, and Helsinki Ventures held the series of events SLUSH HUCK, during which they provided the teams with detailed explanations of how to gear up for the conference, structure the pitch deck, find the right partners and investors, as well as what to expect from participation and how to make it as effective as …

  28.11.2019

• ITMO University Physicists Discover Proof of Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek’s Time Crystal Hypothesis

  … described a model in which the existence of such crystals is possible. Since, by this point, anyone would have plenty of questions, we asked Valerii Kozin to provide a few explanations. What are crystals and translational symmetry? We’ve all gotten used to saying “crystal” to describe a grain of salt, a quartz shard in our wristwatches, or minerals found o…

  22.11.2019

• Participants of Google’s STEP Internship Share Tips for First-Timers

  …ifferent approaches. It is much better to demonstrate your ability to think, even if you don’t completely solve the problem, than to just say ‘The answer is 42’ without any explanations. The interviewers are always nice and try to help you, fixing some of your mistakes. After that I was invited to the final stage, host matching.  I got into the team developing searc…

  13.11.2019

• Grab Your Chance: Career Day at ITMO University

  …at the end of the course, the most successful students are invited to take part in a paid summer internship and then offered a part-time position at the company,” explains Svetlana Akhmerova, a HR manager at SoftWerke. Level up: opportunities for PhD students Leningrad laser systems The company Leningrad laser systems doesn’t offer any internships, but PhD…

  29.10.2019