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• Portuguese Scientist Talks About Optical Technologies

  …Usually, it’s hard to explain what metamaterials and nanophotonics are about without giving some practical examples. What problems does such research solve? The most essential trend is making electronic devices — cell phones, PCs — smaller. That is why scientists have to find ways of manipulating light and electrons, so they can work in small, even nano-sized elem…

  12.09.2016

• E-participation: UN Expert on E-Government and Civic Consciousness

  …nd then - decision making", - commented Yuri Misnikov. He gave the example of the Moscow "Active Citizen" website where concerned citizens can interact with officials and solve daily problems by voting. Surely, there is a most essential question to electronic democracy: how rational will it be to leave serious economic, political and social decisions to citizens…

  07.09.2016

• ITMO Student at Google Android Camp

  …so had a chance to talk to recruiters who shared some lifehacks, how to get through the interview process, how to prepare for the interview, and what problems you will have to solve in advance. Beyond this, at the end of the week, we had a 24-hour hackathon. We presented our projects and programs, and the company experts evaluated them.” explained Daria. At …

  01.09.2016

• The Beginning of Student Life: The Day You’ll Always Remember

  …However I didn’t know that it was required to pass the math exam. And I realized it the day before! I decided to try. I vividly remember 20 difficult tasks and only an hour to solve them. These 60 minutes flew very fast. I did my best and solved all of them but only 19 were right. It was enough to be enrolled. However I didn’t understan…

  01.09.2016

• Silicon Nanoparticles Trained to Juggle Light

  …of Gbit/s. However, silicon-based electronics are unable to process the incoming data at that rate. Non-linear nanoantennas that work at optical wavelengths could help us to resolve this problem and make ultrafast, all-optical signal processing possible." Silicon nanoparticles To demonstrate non-linear switching, the authors of a paper published in ACS Phot…

  24.08.2016

• The International Olympiad in Informatics – Russian High Schoolers Score Big

  … This year, 308 contestants from 80 countries participated in the contest, which has held in Kazan. The contest went on for two days, on each day the contestants had do solve three algorithmic tasks. In the end, Russian team was 2nd in the standings, losing only to the Chinese. As for individual results, participants from China, Russia and the USA got three go…

  19.08.2016

• Evgeny Pidko: Chemistry is a Catalyst for Success

  …rk on in Eindhoven.  Are there other applications of this technology? Fruits and vegetables rot in a refrigerator because of hydrogen sulphide release. The Japanese have solved this problem by using a special catalyst, which counteracts hydrogen sulphide and makes food stay fresh longer. This technology is forbidden in Europe because it uses a toxic transition …

  18.08.2016

• Summer School in Tallinn: Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction

  … or five for hands-on sessions: each team had to choose a problem to work on, develop the necessary methodology to check their hypothesis and, finally, propose a technology to solve it. Andrei Balkansky's team decided to work on a service for the elderly who travel alone, as many hesitate to go on distant journeys because of the language barrier or age-related diseas…

  18.08.2016

• Russian Coders: To Leave or not to Leave

  …il.Ru looked quite simple. The only extra benefits its’ employees had was unlimited coffee and cookies. However, the main reason of for his working there was an opportunity to solve tasks related to big data. Furthermore, Daniil got the chance to work part-time and at the same time continue his studying for his Master’s program. Apart from that, his salary was very h…

  18.08.2016

• ITMO University Participates in the Erasmus+ Program

  …ystems. A good example is the concept of a "Smart House", or even "Smart City". Household usage aside, IoT will help save energy (Smart  Grid), improve health care systems and solve numerous other problems a lot faster and more effectively than a human. There will also be a need for professionals who maintain the security of these systems, their stability and deve…

  15.08.2016