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• Crash Course: the Hirsch Index

  …n though such citation impact is basically at Nobel Prize level. 6. Can you use the h-index to compare the scientific impact of an engineer and a philologist? Certainly not. That’s another problem with the h-index as a scientometric tool. In some fields of study, the average citation impact is higher than in others. A geneticist will probably have a hig…

  14.04.2020

• ITMO University and Yandex Launch New Master’s Program in Data Analytics

  …, students will be learning mathematical basics for working with data, and practicing using data processing and storage algorithms and modifying these algorithms in order to obtain the best results.  The program includes two specializations: Methods of Data Analysis, with a focus on the development of new data analysis methods and tools; Technologies of Da…

  14.04.2020

• Researchers Demonstrate a Platform for Future Optical Transistors

  …need to do is to create a polariton-based transistor. However, it is not that easy: we need to design a system where these particles could exist long enough while still maintaining their high interaction strength.  Light traps In the labs of ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering, polaritons are created with the help of a laser, a waveguide, and an ex…

  13.04.2020

• ITMO Hosts MemoryHack: New IT Services for a Project About Veterans

  …test. The RHT.ai team came first in the data collection track with their service “Create your own memory postcard”. Grigoriy Frantsuzov, an ITMO University graduate and the captain of the team, explained that the service allows a user to upload a picture of the veteran and get an interactive card with the battle route and information about the veteran’s distinctions.…

  13.04.2020

• How Reading and Literature Changed in the Digital Age

  … no more than five or six years. That’s why they didn’t have enough time to adapt to conventional categories of culture. They started to change the system that associated a certain social position with a certain type of culture. This was shocking and novel for the establishment of that time. The same process was also connected to the…

  10.04.2020

• Gaka-Chu: The Robot That Dreams of Being an Artist

  …as the description of the drawing surface. To create a picture, the robot needs to know the exact parameters of the surface in order to, for example, apply the brush with a certain pressure. Any surface, whether it is a table where the robot and the canvas are installed, a wall, or an easel, has some irregularities and angles of inclination, which complicates its des…

  10.04.2020

• Life After MVP: How Startups Can Avoid the Post-Acceleration “Crash and Burn”

  …ossible market size for your company’s products and services. This is a yearly target and one you should strive towards with your medium-term strategy. SOM (Serviceable & Obtainable Market) — this is the part of SAM that your business can actually “take over” considering its development plans, as well as the expected changes among the competition. Startups in t…

  10.04.2020

• William Ngona Mulenga: ITMO Opened Up a Whole New World of Opportunities For Me

  …ng to Russia?  I graduated with a Specialist’s degree in Mathematical Methods in Economics from the St. Petersburg State University of Economics. After working so hard to obtain my degree, I had to say goodbye to Russia and go back to Zambia, where I took up an internship with the Central Statistical Office of Zambia. Upon completion of the internship I decided to…

  09.04.2020

• ITMO University PhD Student Evgeniy Odlyanitskiy on Creating a Laser Facility During Isolation

  … Yes, and it was highly beneficial. I’ve learnt a lot both as a person and as a researcher. I found out what it’s like to live and to be a scientist in France. There were certain obstacles, but we overcame them. Now I have a lot of experience and I feel much more confident in assembling complex optical systems. What kind of research are you planning to condu…

  09.04.2020

• Window to the World: ITMO Programmers’ New App Helps Combat Self-Isolation Loneliness

  …become accustomed to are falling apart as people spend days inside their homes avoiding most contact with the outside world. Even those who are still commuting to work must abstain from dropping into their favorite bar or meeting with friends at a cafe. Trying to make use of newfound free time, some have taken up programming, some binge on TV shows, and others learn …

  08.04.2020