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ITMO’s Bioengineering Center Presents Research on New Bio-Compatible Implants
…use of metal implants call for a secondary intervention to remove them. Thus, polymer implants can become a great alternative: they are totally bio-compatible and gradually dissolve in the organism, being replaced by bone tissue in three to five years. The idea has already been around for some time: the first papers on the subjects were written around half a century …
21.02.2017
Does Your School Have the Best Programmers? ITMO Does!
… in the individual competition. Gennady Korotkevich and Ilya Zban, students of the Computer Technology Department, received the maximum number of points — 430. Mr. Korotkevich solved all the tasks in record time equal to 144 minutes. Ilya Zban made it in 521 minutes which made him place third in the School Leaderboard while a coder from Harvard University
21.02.2017
A Cubic Centimeter-size Charger to Save Your Day
…take bottled gas with them. Yet, until recent time there weren't the technologies necessary to create a sufficiently small device. That's where we come in. The main task we solved was creating a device for gas combustion which is less than 1 cm in size. There were many problems with it, as small flames tend to extinguish — and we needed them to burn. There are lot…
17.02.2017
Network Function Virtualization — Hardware Solutions, Be No More
…uses NFV for intra-company communications. Thus, NFV has all the opportunities to spread all over the world and change the modern concept of computer networks. NFV's unsolved problems and challenges As any new concept, NFV still calls for fine tuning. For the last two years, scientists from all over the world have been studying and improving this technolog…
16.02.2017
From dry Statistics to Reality: the Experts Explain How Numbers Reflect the State of Russian Science
…ear old men and women were born in the period of the demographic crisis of 1988−1993. Those who were born in 1978 and later studied in high school when the Soviet Union was dissolved. Then in 1998, they face the market crash which made professional self-identification a lot more difficult. What do Russians invent? According to the Higher School of Economic’s report…
14.02.2017
"Come Out and Solve!" - The First All-Russian Test in Technical Sciences
…e idea to gather graduates and ask them to "show how it's done". And then we thought: why not make an all-Russian event like the Total Dictation? So, this is how "Come Out and Solve!"came to be", commented Mr. Polozkov. About 25,000 people registered for the test; yet, as the event has been held for the first time, many came to participate without registering. Abou…
13.02.2017
Female Scientists on Their Work, Inspiration and the Magic of Science
…Often, you theories and ideas prove to be false; yet, you shouldn't get caught up in them. It is a lot better to switch to a different project, or look for alternative ways to solving the task. Yet, sometimes you just can't accomplish a task, and you have to live with it. Irina Livshits, Head of the "CAD Opto-Information and Energy Saving Systems" Laboratory …
11.02.2017
International Experts on Business Incubators and Accelerators in Russia
…y office is located, is also a very entrepreneurial city, yet there entrepreneurs don't always know where to get this or that kind of help. I don't know whether the problem is solved here, but I really hope that the system for supporting entrepreneurs is sound and clear, and they know where to get help. Is there a need for this many incubators and accelerator…
10.02.2017
Big Data for Insurance: How Algorithms Affect Car Insurance Prices
…er 90% of correct answers, but such tasks as purchasing behavior forecast for the next month are much more difficult," says the student. When taking part in hackathons and solving real tasks, analysts deal with various cases and problems. Sometimes, specialists get unexpected and irrational results. For instance, having analyzed a large amount of data related to …
10.02.2017
Minister Olga Vasilyeva Awards ITMO’s Staff with Russian Federation Government Prize in Education
…effort that he is happy to be part of. Thanks to the procedure developed by ITMO University's team, Russia will train specialists that can work in interdisciplinary fields, solve practical tasks and manage innovative projects and companies in the field of translational IT. The procedure has already shown great results: even now ITMO is seen as a university with th…
09.02.2017