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ITMO & Australian Scientists Contribute to Latest Nanophotonics Review
…rsity. All of the authors for the anniversary issue believe that this review will have an impact on modern photonics, as it will be a unique generalization of modern knowledge in the field of nanostructures, new optical materials, nanoscale lithography and the related fields. The authors hope that it will help researchers from all over the world be more conversa…
16.08.2017
The Night of Light: Gatchina Hosts International Light Art Festival
SHA2017: Summer Camp for Hackers
…nal hacking community. Developers from all around the world come to events like this, most of them experts in information security. Here, they can share their experience, knowledge, experiments and get to know each other in an informal environment. They sleep, hack and have fun side by side – anyone can pitch a tent where they prefer to and “dig in” for the rest of t…
14.08.2017
Dmitriy Andrianov: We've Lost Our Opportunity To Develop IT-Outsourcing Industry
…ught. Still, I graduated from LITMO with great scores. Dmitriy Andrianov Was your education useful for your work? I can't say that it contributed to my practical knowledge. Yet, this is a problem of all Russian universities: we're rarely taught things that'll be useful in real life. In this respect, I really like how it's done in Finland: the lecturer can pr…
11.08.2017
RoboCup-2017: ITMO School Team Gets Novice Award
…had to be part of a stage play. "For us, this was the first time we participated in this tournament on an international level, hence sometimes we felt that we lacked knowledge and experience in what had to do with nuances of this particular contest. We expected it to be similar to what we saw in Tomsk, yet in Japan there were several surprises waiting for us. Fo…
10.08.2017
Project Session at Sirius: Implants, Security and Nano-Shampoo
…experts in the form of presentations. The experts, in turn, sorted them into various fields of study. The students were provided various tests and tasks to evaluate their knowledge and prepare them for their time at the school. Preliminary training was very important; after all, nanotechnology is a cross-disciplinary field of science that includes physics, chemistry,…
10.08.2017
Cool Science: Why Science Communication Matters
…omposition and illnesses are affected by certain factors, the authorities can begin to eliminate them, applying their political influence in alignment with the scientific knowledge. This might raise the question: just how much can the public be an expert on a certain issue? Some groups, like ecologists, for example, will be in favor of installing new filtration sy…
09.08.2017
Levan Tatunashvili: Focusing On One's Own Resources Only is No Good
…o, there are many issues concerning which form these centers are to take. If we are talking about straight-through technologies, there are to be some centers that provide knowledge on such technologies and can provide expert advice to those who want to use them in their projects. Those technologies are something totally new, so having a network-based infrastructure i…
08.08.2017
How Neural Networks Help Scientists
…f the Milky Way. Another of its goals is the search for exoplanets. The telescope has so far discovered 80 stars that are moving away from the center of the galaxy towards its edge at high speeds. Hypervelocity stars are difficult to find; earlier on, scientists managed to discover 20 such stars, with their mass 2.5 to 4 times bigger than that of our Sol. Yet Gaia…
08.08.2017
Summer at Sirius: SciComm, Interactive Learning and Sports Programming
…er Russia. Throughout the year, school students aged from ten years and above arrive there for project sessions that last for 24 days. During this time, they get advanced knowledge in their chosen fields, as well as meet famous experts, attend workshops and go on field trips. Education at Sirius focuses on four subject areas: Science, Literature, Arts, and Sports, wi…
07.08.2017