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• Initiative Is Encouraged: How To Get Funding From Academic Mobility Support Office

  …te in the event, as the experience of such trips is always unique. What is more, when focusing on such a rapidly developing field as robotics, one has to possess relevant knowledge. Not only does communicating with people from other countries help improve your language skills, it also helps be up to speed with new approaches to solving different technical issues. Lea…

  12.12.2017

• Horizon 2020: How to Obtain Grants for Russian-European Studies

  … leading research groups in Europe, as you get access to data about all participants of grant programs. Which means making a joint effort to promote the development of cutting-edge science in the world, to translate research results to reality and thereby improve our daily life," concluded Svetlana Klyosov. …

  12.12.2017

• Russia to Launch First Educational Media-Project on Cancer Prevention

  …What is cancer prevention The words "prevention" and "cancer" are rarely found in one sentence. Usually someone begins to acknowledge cancer, read about it and talk about it openly only once they have been diagnosed themselves. And while this problem is not there, it is easier and much more pleasant not to think about this disease, and ignore it completely. Howeve…

  08.12.2017

• ITMO.REGIONS Startup School Comes to Volgograd State Technical University

  …’s innovation ecosystem familiarized students, young scientists, staff of VSTU and other universities with the intricacies of technology entrepreneurship and tested their knowledge through practical application. On November 17, the participants presented their projects to a jury. On November 22 to 24, staff of ITMO’s Center for Project Development and Fundraising and…

  06.12.2017

• ITMO's Business Incubator Transforms, Will Focus on Acceleration

  … university aims to train specialists who will be in demand on the market in the era of digital economy. Another goal is the development of a scientific and technological knowledge. "The university’s ecosystem is focused on people, not projects. An innovative project can be one of the tools for self-fulfillment and achievement of goals. These goals can be indivi…

  05.12.2017

• “People Need You!” Project Wins Presidential Grant

  …ed You!” took the form of a contest in which students would develop a project, implement it, and demonstrate their results in the finals. Today, “People Need You!” is a full-fledged educational program that takes place from February to September. The center recruits volunteers from the different regions of Russia and provides both on-site and distance education. As p…

  04.12.2017

• Aleksandr Martynov, Lead Programmer at Netcracker Technology: We Need Programmers Who Understand What They Code For

  …most basic competencies that are easy to master. Many have those. Yet, there’s a demand now for employees who understand the field they are writing their code for, have a knowledge of different business processes. For instance, our company is working in telecommunications, so a good specialist has to know how networks are organized, what the customers need and what t…

  01.12.2017

• Who Are IT Analysts And Why This Job Is Never Boring

  … for the Peter-Service company My main responsibility is to analyse  the customers’ requirements. I have to formalize them and translate them for the programmers using knowledge of the field the product is meant for. My department deals with projects related to the Internet of Things (IoT). For instance, we are currently developing software that helps manage objec…

  30.11.2017

• RAISON Developers on Using AI for Financial Analysis

  …an interdisciplinary project: AKIL.IO and our other AI developments are only a part of the project, its technological foundation. An important element of it is the expert knowledge that was required to educate the system on the specifics of the new subject area. For this, we had the help of professional, highly-qualified investment executives, including the team of t…

  29.11.2017

• Emerging EdTech: Can AI Change Education

  … is even a "Socratic Dialogue" trend: when a person, instead of receiving information from the outer source, comes up with answers themselves - and thus, internalizes the knowledge and ascribes a higher value to it later on. Fear is another factor. Many people are afraid of online education and new knowledge. We observe it on a regul…

  29.11.2017