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RAEX Ranking 2020: ITMO University Rated Russia’s First in Computer Science
…in the subject area Hardware Architecture. The University also came second in Artificial Intelligence, another subject area within computer science. ITMO University also retained its second place in engineering and materials science. In the new subject area – Safety, Risk, Security & Quality – the University was named the best in Russia. There is also significant…
20.04.2020
“Humans Aren’t So Unique”: Modern Artists Talk Future of Art
…absolutely necessary. Now, we realize that these things were not an existential characteristic of our existence. Finding new ones is philosophy’s current task. Modern art entertains many eschatological motives and discussions on aesthetics in their most medieval sense – as ways of defining the sublime and the limits of our soul,” says Natalia Fedorova. Media art…
17.04.2020
Cosmonaut Training Methods to Apply In Your Daily Life
…How to stay productive at home Many people right now are having to work from home for the first time. This causes certain problems: inconsistent sleep schedule, irregular working hours, as well as lack of motivation and concentration. Isolation in itself is also dangerous for mental health. Cosmonauts who work on the ISS have a detailed daily routine. If they d…
17.04.2020
Top Five: Podcasts to Self-Isolate With
… History Podcast History buffs will be well-fed with this gem of a pod, with its impressive pool of episodes chronicling the yesteryear happenings on the island of Great Britain and the related beyond in a detailed yet engrossing and easy-going way. Says the host Jamie Jeffers, “The focus of this podcast is upon the human drama that is played out in history. Rathe…
17.04.2020
Russian and Dutch Researchers on What’s Holding Back a Revolution in Data Storage
…07 that my colleagues from Radboud University demonstrated that if you take the right material, which is a ferrum, cobalt and gadolinium alloy, and then choose a pulse of a certain strength, you can reverse the magnetization without a magnetic field – it was the start of a new era!” However, physicists still debate as to how exactly this works – there are no…
16.04.2020
ITMO Roboticists Developing a Financially Independent Robot Artist
…. For instance, we would take a text or a picture and extract from them a single word that describes them in general terms. We came to a point where we’d have words that contained quite a lot of information – ones that could be used, say, to describe everything that’s happening all over the world right now. IB: At first, we used tweets, literally collecting the…
16.04.2020
Citizen Science: How to Contribute to Research From the Comfort of Your Home
…ffiliated with Arizona State University, the staff of which created it as a convenient tool for the creation and moderation of citizen science projects. Today, its database contains over a thousand verified projects and events for volunteer researchers. Apps and projects for nature lovers It’s safe to say that most citizen science projects involve the obser…
15.04.2020
This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Concerts and Live Shows
…ssible, right? In other, even more exciting news, Global Citizen has collaborated with Lady Gaga to host a massive broadcast involving dozens of “today’s most notable entertainers” who will appear and perform during this legendary event hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on Saturday, April 18. If that sounds like something you wouldn’t want …
15.04.2020
For the People, By the People: Art in Self-Isolation
…rsion of #betweenartandquarantine, and a Facebook group under the same name with over 460,000 users. The idea is to recreate famous paintings with whatever’s on hand – from curtains to toilet paper to dried fish. Some participants are shooting for close resemblance with the original works while others take a more creative approach. Some consider it a fun project that…
14.04.2020
ITMO University Launches Laboratory of Quantum Processes and Measurements
… my mind, we have all the reasons to believe that the synergistic effect that can result from the merging of two strong groups, theoreticians and experimenters, will help us attain significant results in the field of quantum optics and quantum information theory, ones that will be recognized on an international level. What’s more, the opportunity to conduct such fund…
14.04.2020