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• Yandex Expert Shares Rules for Co-Existence of Humans and AI

  …es to our way of life often turn out to be incorrect. According to Sebrant, those who work at tech companies are better at this since their predictions are based on their knowledge of the projects that are already in the works at their or their competitors’ companies, as well as the knowledge of what the outcome of such projects will be…

  29.08.2017

• Bloomberg Experts: Semantic Tech to Improve Financial Operations

  …The conference discussion topics were sorted into five categories: eSociety, eCity, eHealth, eKnowledge и eScience. The latter included reports related to high-performance computations and Big Data. Richard Beatch, Inessa Collier and Yuri Lipuntsov presented the results of their work: how using the Financial Instrument Global Identifier, or FIGI, can be combined with…

  25.08.2017

• 3D Printers For Kids: A High-Tech Toy

• Student Life on the French Riviera: ITMO Exchange Experience

  … heavily on practical training. All the exams are in written format and it’s not enough to simply remember the theory. What matters much more is how well you can use that knowledge in life. Students get cases – tasks based on the professors’ actual experiences. Nobody ever just stands there and reads their material – it’s all available to the students anyway. This is…

  24.08.2017

• Telegram For Geeks: Channels for Those Fond of Science

  …lar topics. Chess Bot Russian language Last but not least, the bot that can help you train your brains by playing chess. Surely, it won't give you any scientific knowledge, but it's great for improving your intelligence!  …

  23.08.2017

• Aleksandra Kalashnikova: We Need to Reconsider PhD Students’ Status

  … examinations. I believe that is a wrong decision. In our laboratory, and in many laboratories I know of, PhD students are the core workforce, they are not students but full-fledged researchers who just need some guidance. They spend a lot of time in their laboratories and have the same responsibilities as their older colleagues. That is why our educational system ha…

  23.08.2017

• "In English, Please": De-Jargonizer Helps Make Science Accessible

  …who are already familiar with the subject matter and related vocabulary. Popular science writing, however, uses words that are familiar to most people regardless of their knowledge of the subject, as well as various metaphors and jokes. “Since scientists are used to applying professional jargon in their work, it is hard for them to avoid these special terms in t…

  21.08.2017

• Scientists Learn To Predict Users' Preferences Based On Data From Social Networks

  …those developed by most modern recommendation systems." The system studies which places the user visited in the past, as well as his other preferences, and uses this knowledge to advise him on places he might find interesting in future. For example, if the system learns that the user decided to address his or her health needs and started uploading photos of him …

  18.08.2017

• Dave Vasquez: We Need To Start Teaching Entrepreneurship Back In School

  …etter? Well, this is what ITMO University is working on - it launches programs in different cities, develops collaboration with other regions and shares experience and knowledge. Also, many meet-ups are now organized all over Russia, and people are starting to understand what they are for. Some four years ago the situation was different. Participants of the Sum…

  17.08.2017

• IEEE Award Winner Slobozhanyuk: “There Are No Stupid Questions in Science”

  …e up to me and talk to me about collaboration. But I’d like to stay and work at ITMO University, the university where I was “raised”, and to bring back from Australia the knowledge and competencies that I could introduce to science and the industry here. What accomplishments do the top universities look for when offering work to scientists? Should they be involved…

  16.08.2017