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New Year’s Resolutions and How to Keep Them
…r example, metaphorical cards. It works like that: you take a card and explain what thoughts it evokes in you. If it doesn’t work out, just look at it from a different angle,” shares Anastasia Prichislenko. “It’s impossible to keep silent when you find something you really want to speak about.” Such techniques, as well as various visual exercises in which yo…
27.12.2018
Scientists Create First Topological Nanostructures Which Make Infrared Light Visible
…ith colleagues from the USA and Australia demonstrated the first nonlinear photonic topological structures at the nanoscale. The group of researchers, led by Professor Yuri Kivshar, designed and fabricated zigzag arrays of silicon nanodisks placed on a glass substrate. The nanodisks, each with a diameter of 510 nanometers and height of 300 nanometers, were placed at …
27.12.2018
Christmas Is All Around Us
…tersburg’s numerous winter fairs to feel the Christmas vibe. 4. Christmas Movies Among my personal favorites are Richard Curtis’s charming romantic comedy Love Actually, Sharon Maguire’s hit Bridget Jones’s Diary, Robert Zemeckis’ dark fantasy A Christmas Carol, and The Polar Express. I watch these films each and every year, starting in the middle of December, …
25.12.2018
New Year's Gifts Russian Style
Mind Maps, Open Spaces, and Cooking Contests: ITMO Staff Visit UK’s Oxford Brookes University
…ysics and Engineering, noted that he and his colleagues have been using Moodle for quite some time now. During the meeting with other ITMO staff, he expressed his readiness to share his experience with others. In addition, the students and teaching staff use online resources such as Padlet (an app for creating online bulletin boards), Mentimeter (a tool for co…
21.12.2018
ITMO Students' Facial Recognition System Wins 'Best Creative Solution' at Fintech Cup
…s have already started collecting their clients’ biometrics. “My granny has recently told me that the banking officers have recorded her voice and photographed her face,” shares Valeria Stromtsova. “She’ll soon be able to withdraw cash from a cash machine without a card. Sberbank has already installed some of the new machines in St. Petersburg metro. According t…
21.12.2018
From Sunshine to Freezing Cold: An Ecuadorian’s Experience of Russia
…to get more fluent in Russian in order to start participating in debates. Do you live in a student dorm or rent? I live in a dorm. When I arrived, I asked if I could share a room with Russians, to practice the language. All was great, but my neighbors played computer games day and night and were extremely noisy. So I moved to another dorm, which is much qui…
20.12.2018
ITMO Launches New Master’s Program ‘Bioeconomics and Resource Management’
…tion of renewable energy sources. Just four years ago, investments into renewable energy amounted to $270.2 billion, which is six times more than a decade earlier. The biggest shares of investments come from China (31%), Europe (21%) and the USA (14%). Green initiatives in the fields of power industry, public transit and infrastructure, eco-friendly constructi…
20.12.2018
Affiliate-Friendly Advertising Network: Connecting Small Businesses and Clients
…. “We find inspiration in the ideas of the Chicago Sociological School, which emerged in the 1920s and was the first major body of works specializing in urban sociology,” shares Aleksandra Nenko, the head of QULLAB. “We also rely on the ideas of the Livehoods project conducted by the Carnegie Mellon University. We used their approach to data analysis and improve…
20.12.2018
Virtual Influencers: What Are They?
…eering new niches and staying up to date on the latest trends. However, most commonly the term refers to those who are considered experts in their area of work and know how to share their knowledge with others. These are the kinds of influencers commonly picked to represent brands online. Influencers are considered more trustworthy than mass media; their pages boa…
19.12.2018