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ITMO Faculty Learned How to Teach in English in Arizona
…assignments and materials. Irina Radchenko, Associate Professor for the Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics shared how informative and productive the knowledge gained during the course was. She also said: "The experience gained will be useful in developing courses in English." Not only was the internal collaboration among ITMO staff useful b…
23.02.2017
Fourth Session of Hermitage’s Art&Science Project: Laser Technologies and Interactive Art Installations
… to study historical objects in order to disclose hidden defects of objects, find all "layers" of masterpieces, provide laser cleaning and preserve monuments. For instance, if edges of a picture are burnt, one can use a laser to "cut off" a burnt layer and disclose an initial image. "A laser beam focuses on the object, and then it removes material from the surface…
20.02.2017
A Semester in China: ITMO Student Shared his Impressions
…ubjects. It means you will spend at least five years there. Economics, marketing, chemistry and math for foreigners are taught in English. In this case you can apply your knowledge wherever you want. However, if you study such specific things as public administration, calligraphy or scientific communism, they can be useful only in China. Special inspection measure…
17.02.2017
Entrepreneurship as Profession: Troitsky "Technopark" Opens Russia’s First Entrepreneurial Club
…tructure — we've developed it well, and it works according to business logic. This is not some system of dotation centers that were opened throughout the country, but a full-fledged technological business, which provides a full range of services and is aimed at once-only and small batch jobs. This means that our common clients are startups and young companies. During…
16.02.2017
ITMO University Signs an Agreement with Mediatech Company
…ger notes, short-term internships will be launched in the coming days. During the first week, the participants will learn how large IT-company work, as well as test their knowledge and refresh them, if necessary. They will also get a chance to improve the so-called soft-skills — to work in a team, present projects, conduct them in accordance with the standards that a…
15.02.2017
From dry Statistics to Reality: the Experts Explain How Numbers Reflect the State of Russian Science
…re on science in Russia small or large in comparison with other countries? According to Konstantin Fursov, head of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the Higher School of Economics, in the form of absolute value, Russia spends a lot on science. Yet, if we look at this money as a share of the country’s GDP, the situation becomes diffe…
14.02.2017
Jobs of the Future: Who Will Design Emotions and Preach IT Knowledge?
"Come Out and Solve!" - The First All-Russian Test in Technical Sciences
…niversity. The test consisted of modules in Math, Physics and Informatics; the participants had 50 minutes for each of them. All of the tasks could be solved using knowledge from secondary school's curriculum; the organizers didn't aim to impress anyone with extravagant tasks that called for advanced, university-level knowledge. …
13.02.2017
Female Scientists on Their Work, Inspiration and the Magic of Science
…the "Monday Begins on Saturday" novel, those academics who hid in their laboratories in the evenings so as to stay the night there and work a little more. This thirst for knowledge, this curiosity defines scientists. As for being a female scientist, I believe that now, it is even easier for women. As of now, everyone is concerned with how hard the world can be on …
11.02.2017
ITMO Launches a New Set of Massive Open Online Courses
…ogramming language that is used by specialists of such IT-giants as Google, Facebook and Yandex. The curriculum is developed in such a way that the students can apply new knowledge as soon as they learn it, for purposes of classic programming or creating web applications. The lecturers will also share on the skills necessary for solving the most typical tasks of web-…
09.02.2017