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Reaching the Finals! ITMO’s Teams Do It Again at the ACM ICPC
…tulate Vladimir Smykalov, Ivan Belonogov and Ilya Zban! Every year, the contest has the same rules: a team consisting of three programmers gets one computer and five hours to solve 8−13 tasks. This time, some 106 teams from Northeastern Europe took part in the semi-finals. All young programmers aim to solve as many tasks as it is possi…
05.12.2016
Startups in the Rest of Russia: How to Know about Local Business Specifics?
…services and medicine as well. "Our University supports innovative activities in different regions of Russia. Our educational program in Sochi aims to develop economics and solve social issues. There are such projects as a service for protecting life, health and property, and also robotic devices for producing energy-saving glass and metal ceramics. About 20 teams…
02.12.2016
CodeХ’s Founder on Apps for the Next Generation of Media
ITMO "Raps the Scrap" at the World Robot Olympiad
…The WRO's participants are split into three age groups, and compete in four categories. The Regular category is about building a robot to solve particular tasks (like sorting objects by some characteristics or moving along a particular route); in this category, there are strict requirements to the robot's external dimensions and components. Another two are related to…
28.11.2016
Mind Games: Quests as a Way to Learn and Have Fun at the Same Time
…e first crude video games in the 1970s and 1980s. These, such as King’s Cave and Myst, were largely text based and seem unbelievably dull to us now; but the emphasis on puzzle-solving and narrative made them popular among more cerebral gamers. Ultimately, these games would evolve into the immersive universes that we now find in virtual reality role-play games such as…
25.11.2016
A New City Guide App from the Science Slam Participant
…membered that it's often hard to navigate in a new city. And that is a problem, because when traveling, you want to spend your time as efficiently as possible. So I decided to solve this problem with a mobile app. When I was still a Bachelor, I developed a working prototype. My advisor was Igor Kotsuba, a research student for the Department of Intelligent Technologi…
24.11.2016
The "Student of the Year" Prize Goes to ITMO
…urg visited the event this year. Georgy Poltavchenko, governor of St. Petersburg made a speech at the awarding ceremony. "By uniting efforts and success we can contribute to solving big challenges faced by student community and the city. You can be proud of being part of St. Petersburg student body, as our higher education is one of the best ones in Russia and in t…
22.11.2016
ITMO Master’s Student Is in the Top-6 of the TopCoder Open 2016
…he three-times champion!" The Algorithm Competition, as part of the Topcoder Open, is a timed contest where all contestants compete online and are given the same problems to solve under the same time constraints. The competition is available in four programming languages: Java, C#, C++, and Python. Other parts of the competition deal with the other stages of creat…
22.11.2016
Lectures in the Hermitage: How to Combine Art and Science
…trovsky, head of the Hermitage at his opening speech. "Theselectures will be on technologies used in exact sciences that can assist to develop, analyze art objects, as well as solve problems of art." Speaking of modern technologies, Mr. Piotrovsky mentioned optical devices that help verify the authenticity of art objects and 3D modelling techniques thanks to which …
21.11.2016
Scientists Develop a Graphene Matrix for Stem and Cancer Cells Growing
…re expensive and long clinical trials. That is why the environment and conditions for cell growth are very difficult to simulate artificially. However, the new development can solve these problems. The GAIN matrix is a unique substrate, which enables to evaluate cell behavior under controlled conditions. Changing experiment parameters in wide range that was previo…
18.11.2016