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Song of the Month: April 2020
…on two things that keep me going from day to day. First of all, Full Circle (yes, the whole album) by the ethereal Hælos, who never fail to take me to the wonderful and mysterious sci-fi worlds I seem to love spending my time in. It was the very first track, however, that hooked me in with its “there arise among human beings people that seem to exhume love as nat…
24.04.2020
Online vs Offline: How to Find Common Ground With Students as a Teacher
…cludes all matters of organization, disciplines, and communication, as well as technical issues. With practice comes an understanding of how to speak to students and present material to them. A few pieces of advice for organizing online classes: don’t stretch out the introduction; make use of transitions between topics and summarize the materials with a specific crystalline structure. They were first discovered in the first half of the 19th century in the Ural region as a mineral that consisted of calcium, titanium and oxygen atoms. From then on, perovskites were applied in both nonlinear optics and the manufacturing of semiconductors. Now, they are rapidly winning the gro…
23.04.2020
ITMO University Graduates Become Forbes 30 Under 30 Nominees
… and consultants. According to the editors, several dozen of those long-listed were included after having sent an application to take part in the project. The following criteria were considered when forming the list: age (under 30), professional acclaim and personal competitive ability on the Russian or global scale. Data from Yandex, Facebook Russia and Scan Int…
22.04.2020
ITMO University Gains Positions in THE University Impact Rankings
…he 101-200 range of the goal ranking. In the category sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), ITMO University rose from the 101-200 range to the 96th place, thus entering the global top 100. This category takes into account various criteria for development, transparency, and accessibility of a university’s infrastructure to …
22.04.2020
Over 2000 Participate in ITMO’s Online Congress of Young Scientists
…e Congress. In previous years, such students applied to participate but weren’t always able to come to St. Petersburg. These students participated from as far as Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Kirov, Krasnodar, Moscow, Noyabrsk, Tomsk and other cities. This year, a record was broken in terms of the age of the school participants. In the Ecology an…
22.04.2020
RAEX Ranking 2020: ITMO University Rated Russia’s First in Computer Science
…e 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 success in ITMO’s non-major field – social s…
20.04.2020
“Humans Aren’t So Unique”: Modern Artists Talk Future of Art
…Art and coronavirus The participants began with a discussion of the idea that the definition of “human” as a noun and adjective is outdated and needs to be revised. Ekaterina Nikitina brought up a theory by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler, who wrote that the homo sapiens only became “human” in the modern sense of the word once they got their hands on instr…
17.04.2020
Top Five: Podcasts to Self-Isolate With
…ics, activism, tech, science, art, film, literature, comedy – all having marked, or marking the world in their own way. An interesting and thought-provoking listen anytime, centering on people’s values, perceptions, lives and beliefs. All interviews are also available on YouTube if you prefer the full audio-visual package. To start with: André Aciman, Malcolm Gla…
17.04.2020
Russian and Dutch Researchers on What’s Holding Back a Revolution in Data Storage
…p and compact technology is not likely to be driven off the big data storage market any time soon. “On HDDs, our information is stored using a thin platter of magnetic material,” says Alexandra Kalashnikova, an associate professor at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering. “Magnetization in this material, or its north and south…
16.04.2020