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• Royal Society Member Maurice Skolnick: Why Making Science Understandable to Society Matters

  …l be involved in the research. There are young employees in my university who make popular-science videos for YouTube that are accessible to those with minimal scientific knowledge. We also present our projects at expositions and make the expositions available to schoolchildren. Ultimately, it is important that any scientist, any university can make the concept of re…

  11.05.2017

• Concurrency In Life - Practical Advice From Roman Elizarov

  …his contribution to the development of ACM ICPC. On studying at a university: "The time when you study at a university is exceptional, as you can get a wide range of knowledge in different areas. That would be the main task for any student. In the future, it will really come in handy, as after graduating one will have to become a specialist in some narrow field,…

  10.05.2017

• Psychophysiologist Alexander Kaplan: Why Elon Musk is Weaving “Neural Lace” and Will AI Help Conserve Resources for Human Brain?

  … can we possibly measure the memory capacity of our brain?” – explains Alexander Kaplan. Scientists have only recently began to fill in all these blank spaces in our knowledge of the intricacies of the brain’s structure. A neuroscience boom has been occurring in recent years – dozens of billions of dollars are being invested into such research (there are project…

  10.05.2017

• “Edible Science” Course: How to Cook a Modernist Dish and Learn About All Colors of Potato

  …teps to making perfect French fries, boiled potatoes in various solutions and discussed the plant’s color, texture, composition and reactions to various stimuli. This new knowledge allowed them to perform several experiments, such as changing the potato’s color,and helped them understand why certain breeds of this root plant vary in color. And, lastly, the students f…

  05.05.2017

• Alexander Boukhanovsky Elected to Russian Science Foundation Review Board

  …t can not only solve complex scientific tasks, but also teach others to do it. After all, one of the foundation’s core goals is to attract new researchers, approaches and knowledge into science. “One has to admire the assessment system set up at RSF. The way the examination form is structured, filled and evaluated makes it so that it primarily recognizes the obj…

  05.05.2017

• Creative Mornings: Psychotherapist Andrey Kurpatov Explains How Our Brain Works

• Awards Given to ITMO University’s Most Successful and Prolific Alumni

  …’s important is that the Association’s website had some genuinely interesting projects listed. But sports is to my liking, our “Bars” is to my liking and I have firsthand knowledge of how certain teams develop. I know how much young players exert themselves and that inspired me to donate funds towards the development and support for the sports teams – because they de…

  02.05.2017

• Silicon Nanoparticles for Nanosurgery: Master’s Student Publishes an Article in Nano Letters

  …e. Science is about constant involvement in a particular task. Even a small experiment can capture one’s attention during the whole day. Researchers also have to gain new knowledge from related fields, as most important discoveries come from interdisciplinary research. “When I did my last year at a Bachelor program at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Andre…

  28.04.2017

• Beauty Pageants Are not for Smart People: Winner of Miss ITMO 2017 Was Announced

  …tory of art, 3D modelling, graphic, photography techniques and visual perception,” shares Anna. Plans for the future Anna is interested in application of her knowledge to real projects rather than fundamental science. She is going to devote herself to developing online services. She also wants to try to serve as a critic and reviewer – she would like to …

  27.04.2017

• ITMO Hosts The EdCrunchSPb Educational Forum

  …y develop and create new things. The University does everything it can for it as well. We offer education, as universities did still in the Middle Ages, yet now we use cutting-edge technologies, invite international partners, organize double degree programs and such. We involve our students in new research, give them the opportunity to search for new ideas and discov…

  26.04.2017