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• VK’s Head of Growth and Research On Delegating Routine Tasks to AI

  …d people who are able to attract attention to their content. At an early stage, our algorithms notice the authors, and then they become even more famous and finally are acknowledged far beyond "VK". This is but one positive aspect that we see: the users are interested in the talents we find. Thanks to the fact that we communicate with our authors, we have a lo…

  10.04.2018

• Learning Russian and Making Movies: a Finn's Exchange Semester at ITMO University

  …s been going on for many years. The idea of going to Russia attracted me, as I am interested in the Russian language and culture as well as in the Russian lifestyle. This knowledge and “hands-on” experience will come to my advantage in the future, when I start looking for a job in Finland. It is important to understand that in-depth knowledge<…

  09.04.2018

• GameDev Specialists and Practice-Oriented Education

  …regular IT graduate is not enough for them. Companies want to hire a great specialist. But for us it is not just about hiring. We would like the students to get essential knowledge and practical experience during their education. That is why we are trying to cooperate with the industry as much as we can,”   says Andrey Karsakov. Companies should not be afraid to…

  06.04.2018

• VR/AR Association & ITMO University Spring Kickoff: Trends and Philosophy of Virtual Reality

  … “The Association’s committees exist to consider various matters that can be solved in teams. There is a university committee that helps universities do research, share knowledge with each other and organize events and projects. There are opportunities for students, too, both in research and in employment, as the Association works with companies like Google, GoPro,…

  05.04.2018

• ITMO University Revamps its Master’s Program in Optoelectronics

  …t, within the framework of cooperation, student excursions to the JSC INTER RAO LED Systems were offered. Later the students actually got an opportunity to go through a full-fledged trainee program at the companies. "After that, I developed a course on assembly technology which I taught at the Department and eventually I immersed myself in the educational pr…

  04.04.2018

• #ITMOCODE: Competition for Vacant Posts for Professors and Lecturers

  …his year's competition different from its earlier iterations? This new competition is special because it follows the university’s “code”, and we assess our candidates' knowledge and skills on the basis of the university’s Values (V). These include respect for the individual, integrity, academic freedom, openness, and love. Fundamental (F) consists of two parts:…

  02.04.2018

• Startup Pallium Promises Smarter AI

  …hms can interact with each other and with the surrounding world (that is, with people) completely autonomously, where they can learn and work, transfer cryptocurrency and knowledge. One peculiarity of the system is that it is built on agents. According to the FIPA (Federation of Intelligent Physical Agents), an agent is an entity that receives data on the events occu…

  30.03.2018

• Dean of Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics Anton Pyrkin Named “Professor of the Year”

  …them to – and do it quick and well. That’s what we teach students. In Russia, we are among the leaders in the field of automated control, both in terms of our theoretical knowledge and the level of experience among our international professors. Our work involves in-depth studies of processes and controlled objects. And we put that to use in real robotics right…

  30.03.2018

• ITMO Scientists Develop Topological Defect Detection Method

  …g near-field map lets them draw conclusions about the topology of the object’s photonic bands. For instance, it is possible to determine if the object contains any topological edge states, and to what degree they are protected from scattering in areas with defects or non-uniformity. Scientists from ITMO University together with their colleagues from the City Unive…

  28.03.2018

• Telegram Messenger: a Short Guide to the Hit Russian App

  …tralized economy. We believe that a whole new economy saturated with goods and services sold for cryptocurrency will be born.” It will be built on blockchain's distributed ledger technology, and will allow app developers, publishers and content creators to earn coins — called grams — and use them to transact. Grams, which have a finite supply, will theoretically r…

  27.03.2018