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• 12th in Russia: ITMO University On the Rise in National Rankings

  …ty. ITMO University was just two places off the top ten, and has in fact risen from last year from 15th to 12th place. Besides the overall criteria, it has also risen in specific categories, such as research, from 21st to 9th place; in internationalization, from 16th to 6th place; brand, from 29th to 12th place, and innovation and entrepreneurship from 8th to 5th …

  15.12.2016

• "It's More than ESP" Exceeds Our Expectations"

  …ESP differs from usual English Language (EL) classes in that it addresses specific needs of a group of students at a particular time. Teaching ESP raises such questions as "how to teach students whose majors are technical?" "How gadgets can be an indispensable tool for a teacher?" and even "How to make students love technical disciplines through ESP?" The conferen…

  13.12.2016

• Hermitage’s Head Clocksmith on his Work, Laboratory and the Importance of Restoring Technological Marvels

  … beautiful and valuable part of the clock is the clockwork, but visitors don’t even see it. Is it important to tell people of the uniqueness of clockworks? A museum is a specific structure: sometimes it's necessary to prove that the aesthetic beauty of clockworks is equal to that of art objects. When you're reading the description of clocks in the Hermitage, it's …

  07.12.2016

• Reaching the Finals! ITMO’s Teams Do It Again at the ACM ICPC

  …es in one of programming languages. The jury judges the solutions by testing. The best programs are those that are compiled without mistakes, give correct results, and meet specific memory use and time requirements. Five hours — too many or not enough? When preparing for the contest, participants pay a great attention to timing. The success depends on the correct…

  05.12.2016

• Startups in the Rest of Russia: How to Know about Local Business Specifics?

• CodeХ’s Founder on Apps for the Next Generation of Media

  … For instance, CodeX.Editor, a vision editor based on a new concept — unlike other editing solutions that generate HTML codes, it offers a text, picture or title without specific symbols. This data can be uploaded on web sites, mobile apps and reader services as well as Facebook, Instant Articles and so forth. It is very relevant for media portals. A user can navi…

  30.11.2016

• Formulas for Making Right Decisions

  …According to Natalya Karmanova, there is plenty of methods of psychological pressure that are not obvious, such as subliminal stimuli or a sound with a specific acoustic frequency rate. In her research, Ms. Karmanova analyzed what lawbreakers do in order to gain secret information. Having studied their behavior, one can catch them. For example, hackers want to receiv…

  28.11.2016

• The Ultimate Guide to the Russian Banya

  … people; "Poddat zharu" or "Increase the heat' is the equivalent of "Ramp up the tension". Irony of Fate, screenshot Inevitably, the Banya itself has nurtured its own specific customs and etiquette, which may at first seem daunting to novices or foreigners. In addition to the sado-masochistic practice of flogging, Russians will also wear a variety of silly f…

  25.11.2016

• Internet of Magic Things: How to Improve IoT Systems

• ITMO Master’s Student Is in the Top-6 of the TopCoder Open 2016

  …pete in UI Prototype. Traditionally TopCoder Open finals take place online but starting last year the organizers started to hold onsite rounds in the categories popular in specific regions. TCO 2016 Russia took place at ITMO University in St. Petersburg in September. …

  22.11.2016