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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: June 12 and June 15-16

  …ival, held at the KOD Virtual Reality Center on June 12-16. Colors Festival June 14-16, 4-7pm Kirovets stadium Tickets: 500 rubles Fancy a cool summer party or just want to unwind? Visit Colors Festival and you won’t be disappointed! Held annually in 450 Russian cities, this fest is all about exciting summer vibes, good music, dancing, fun, and creativity.…

  11.06.2019

• SPIEF 2019: Speakers Discuss Achievements and Problems of Russian Education

  …the quality of applicants. We’ve conducted an experiment where we tried to teach project-based teaching to teachers and project-based learning to students of Moscow schools. I want to say that as great and ready to change and accept new things are our students, so most of our teachers are inert and closed-minded. In most schools, there are “star” teachers, ones th…

  11.06.2019

• Quantum Computing: Challenges, Prospects, and Current Developments

  …e classic hardware can develop no further? For us, one option is to invest in quantum computers, which utilize a completely different method. What’s the challenge? If we wanted to simulate a quantum computer, we wouldn’t be able to do it the regular way. Back in the day, Richard Feynman had taken note that modeling even the simplest physical systems on a comput…

  10.06.2019

• “Innovative Entrepreneurship” Master’s Program: Starting Your Business at ITMO University

  … in some couple of months. These skills are definitely useful, but they don’t have much to do with complex processes. Business is becoming more and more complex, and if you want to launch a company that will survive for a long time, or even revolutionize its field, and not just some “Uber, but for laundry”, you need really advanced knowledge. As part of the “Innov…

  07.06.2019

• ITMO University Partners Up With Rostelecom to Develop Unique Quantum-Encrypted Data Network

  …e technology to the wider public. As it is widely known, digital economy is founded on the use of data. The higher the value of this data, the more there are of those who want to exploit it. Stealing, leaking, and destruction of data can all lead to consequences the severity of which can be frightening to even think of. Our subsidiary company Rostelecom-Solar de…

  07.06.2019

• Gennady ‘Tourist’ Korotkevich: My First Defeat Only Made Me Want to Win More

  …r how many weeks I’ve topped the rankings. My dad keeps track of that. Not long ago, a boy from Gomel came to the computer science competition at ITMO University and really wanted to take a picture with me. That must mean I’m setting some kind of example. As for me, when I was just starting out in school, Petr Mitrichev was winning many competitions. You co…

  06.06.2019

• Good Business: How Business Simulations Help Create Social Initiatives

  …volved in entrepreneurial activities, and social entrepreneurship is one of the fields we work with. People today are eager to become involved in this field, because the young want not only to make money, but to also make their contribution. Events like Good Business help them learn how social businesses work, as well as practice some of their skills. In other words,…

  06.06.2019

• How Cerevrum Inc Uses VR to Boost Social Skills

  …’ve come up with our own format, the Natural Experience Learning System (NELS), in which you learn natural skills (such as communication) in a space that’s natural for you. We want to become the pioneers of this field; we’re not interested in being yet another studio creating VR solutions – we want to develop globally. Your start…

  04.06.2019

• Speak like a Russian: Speaking of Rain

  …“Проливной” (prolivnoy) rain, or “ливень” (leeven), is a downpour: the kind of weather that makes you want to stay at home. Another way of calling it is “льет как из ведра” (lyet kak iz vedra) - literally “pouring like from a bucket”, or “дождь стеной” (dojd stenoi, rain that’s like a wall). This kind of rain is considered "classic" for St. Petersburg weather. A s…

  03.06.2019

• Smoke and Mirrors: ITMO’s Lighting Designers to Present Projects at Light Nights in Gatchina Festival

  …orary Art, Liza Savina, eminent Russian art curator and critic, Carole Purnelle, director of the Lumina Festival of Light (Portugal), and Caspar Lootsmann, art director of the Wandering Lights Festival (Estonia). All in all, the contestants’ works were evaluated by 27 judges. Among the projects selected are two installations by first-year Master’s students and one by…

  03.06.2019